Stupid warning labels are stupid

deithial · Oct 21, 2012

I hate the huge warning labels they put on smokeless tobacco products, and this is just more proof how they just put uneducated scare tatic tags on everything.
So here you go, "Don't sniff that stuff... It'll make your teeth fall out!"

rd02sir · Oct 21, 2012

You should see the ones they put on smoke packs here in Canada. They are pretty gruesome. I'll try to post a pic in a bit.

lankfordjl · Oct 21, 2012

I think the labels that say, "Tobacco is addictive" is stupid for the very fact that anything can be addictive! Can you image how many labels that we'd need. "Coffee is addictive", "Cookies are addictive", "Hamburgers are addictive", "Beware Sex is addictive (for condom packs)", "Alcohol is addictive", "Sitting is addictive (for chairs)", "TV is addictive", etc. Unlimited labels; they're coming; obvious social engineering!!

gwtwdbss · Oct 21, 2012

Yea, I really don't think they serve much purpose. They are about as useless at "Caution: Hot" is on a Styrofoam coffee cup. Well no shit Sherlock. That is really dumb to put a gum disease and tooth loss label on a can of sniffing snuff. :crazy:

sixmp · Oct 21, 2012

I'll just leave this here.

piperl12 · Oct 21, 2012

Thats too funny! Next thing you know my Quaker Oats will say may contain oatmeal!

captainprophesy · Oct 21, 2012

im sorry, I still think one of the stupidest (yet funny) is the hair dryers with the label that warn you against using the dryer in the shower or even better yet while asleep! LOL

lordofthepiperings · Oct 21, 2012

I'm failing to see the logic in something you sniff giving you gum cancer or making your teeth fall out. Wouldn't logics say it could screw up your ulfactory nerves and cause nosebleeds first? And yes, these scare labels are rediculous. Thank God America doesn't have them... yet.

garyovich · Oct 21, 2012

If you're referring to that particular label on sniffing snuff, I'm not sure. But I can assure you that copenhagen, snus, and all other types of smokeless tobacco have huge warnings all over them sold in the US.

deithial · Oct 21, 2012

The pic I posted is from a US sold product. Sad part is its a repackage from the English snuff company Toque snuff. To sell it here they had to ad the american warning labels. Just sad and utterly pathetic. And yes on Cope, Skoal, and all other cans of dip the warnings labels are huge. Taking up a 3rd of the lid and on the side as well.
I just find the whole thing ridiculous, worse part is some less than educated folks actually use these things as ammo in anti tobacco arguments.

lordofthepiperings · Oct 21, 2012

I was referring to our pipe tobacco tins. I've seen some nasty pics of the crap they put on tins in the UK and other parts of Europe.

gnatjulio · Oct 21, 2012

+1 lordofthepiperings, I got a tin of FVF from Mrsnuff (in Europe) and the nastiest pic was on it. I tore that sucker right off(is that legal?)
My favorite warning is "WARNING: COFFEE IS HOT!!!!!"

crazypipe · Oct 21, 2012

taerin · Oct 21, 2012

Just wait until cigars come with graphic rotting teeth and lung cancer photos on the band!

thebadkitty · Oct 21, 2012

Just wait till teens start collecting the graphic gruesome warning pictures off of cigarette packs like "Garbage Pail Kids"! :lol:

sixmp · Oct 21, 2012

Just wait till teens start collecting the graphic gruesome warning pictures off of cigarette packs like "Garbage Pail Kids"!

I laughed at first then realized... I would have done this when i was a kid.

pstlpkr · Oct 21, 2012

DANGER! DANGER! DANGER!

Possibly the most dangerous thing on the planet.

A little knowledge can be a terrible thing.

4 tablespoons flour - make sure you measure it right - or the cake is a lie!

4 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

2 tablespoons whisked egg - 1 egg is too much, 1 egg white is too eggy, 1 yolk is too dense, but 2 tblsp is just right!

3 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons oil

3 tablespoons chocolate chips

splash vanilla or other flavoring - try peppermint or cinnamon

For a fudgier version, omit egg!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow5n1NvS0f8&feature=player_embedded
:D

admin · Oct 21, 2012

Here's a couple of my takes on it.

bayoubreeze · Oct 21, 2012

Now, Lawrence ... you forgot to warn people to be sure to poke a hole down the center of the mug-cake before they poured in their coffee. After all, a very serious burn could result with that hot coffee splashing all over the place. :wink:

sparroa · Oct 21, 2012

Some countries are leaning towards generic packaging with just the name of the product to differentiate between brands. It's mostly talked about with regards to cigarettes, but I'm sure something similar would also apply to the other forms of tobacco.
That'd be a sad day with a huge loss of history and character as the revered brands would cease to have a physical presence.

Stupid warning labels are stupid

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