⚠️ Ridiculous WARNING Labels

[S0FTERSIN]

Washing dishes has always been one of those oddly satisfying tasks that helps me relax; however, as I was washing them today I noticed a warning label on one of my (very basic) ceramic mugs to remind users that it "may get hot in microwave." Not sure whether this was the result of a legal case or CYA on behalf of the manufacturer to prevent one, but consider me flabbergasted (and a lot less relaxed). 🤦‍♀️

What's the most ridiculous warning label you've encountered on a product?

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Never seen that on coffee mugs.

Contains small parts keep away from small children. This one is common sense and parents should know better.

[Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

Originally posted by S0FTERSIN:

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What's the most ridiculous warning label you've encountered on a product?

California Proposition 65 seems pretty reasonable until you look it up on the California government website and see that there is an exemption to notifying people about an item containing "chemicals known to cause cancer to the people of the state of California" for all materials and water sources in California government offices.

ie. California's own government documents (which are accessible online) are basically telling you (through heavy implication due to that exemption) to expect that at the government facilities, they put something strange in the water that makes it so that you shouldn't be drinking it.

If this is a real serious concern of theirs, I don't think they should be making exemptions.

[Lime]

My hair straightener has a label that suggests not to put it in my eyes.

[S0FTERSIN]

Originally posted by SnakeFist:

Never seen that on coffee mugs.

I'd never seen this before on any mugs either until this point, so it really caught me off guard. Weird times we're living in... 🤣

Originally posted by SnakeFist:

Contains small parts keep away from small children. This one is common sense and parents should know better.

True; I'd expect that to be common sense for most parents, however, I suppose enough instances must've occurred of children ingesting small parts that the US mandated this hazardous warning in '94. 😬

[S0FTERSIN]

Originally posted by Lime:

My hair straightener has a label that suggests not to put it in my eyes.

Okay... this one genuinely left me speechless. 🙉🙈🙊

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Tea lights have an icon which says to not put them on top of your TV. Or something. I never figured out what it is supposed to mean.

[Chalupacabaras]

Do not attempt to stop moving blades with your hands or groin.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall when the chainsaw manufacturers had a meeting about why they had to add this to their operator's manual...

[Lime]

"to reduce the risk of possible electric shock, do not immerse in water or use while bathing" -The same hair straightener

I wonder why my toaster doesn't have the same warning

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

I got mum a new heat resistant board for putting hot pans/cook pots on so you can put them on the table or whatever when you're dishing up food and the label said to not put hot pots or pans on it.

[Chalupacabaras]

Do not look directly into headlights, may cause blindness.

Automotive LED headlights.

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Originally posted by ṼṏẌṏḭḊ:

I got mum a new heat resistant board for putting hot pans/cook pots on so you can put them on the table or whatever when you're dishing up food and the label said to not put hot pots or pans on it.

That reminds me of something. I once bought a pizza, it was home-brand or something, not in a box but only in plastic and with a label on it. The label said: KEEP PIZZA RIGHT SIDE UP. The label was on the underside.

[S0FTERSIN]

Originally posted by Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏:

Originally posted by S0FTERSIN:

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What's the most ridiculous warning label you've encountered on a product?

California Proposition 65 seems pretty reasonable until you look it up on the California government website and see that there is an exemption to notifying people about an item containing "chemicals known to cause cancer to the people of the state of California" for all materials and water sources in California government offices.

I worked in Compliance for several years and CA Prop 65 requests were always a headache to handle. 😩 There are tons of exemptions for CA Prop 65 though (beyond the exemption you mentioned); however, companies tend to be a bit more diligent about Prop 65 warnings because of watchdog groups (who are looking to make a quick buck from an easy lawsuit).

[Schindler's Lifts]

The fact that laundry pods now have "Do Not Eat" on the packaging is really sad.

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Originally posted by Schindler's Lifts:

The fact that laundry pods now have "Do Not Eat" on the packaging is really sad.

Indeed, they were so yummy :(

[S0FTERSIN]

Originally posted by Schindler's Lifts:

The fact that laundry pods now have "Do Not Eat" on the packaging is really sad.

Indeed. I can understand how very young children might accidentally ingest these (if they're not properly stored); however, a mass number of teenagers purposefully eating them because of a social media trend is absolutely wild, sad, and certainly concerning. 😔

Originally posted by StarScream🔰:

Originally posted by Schindler's Lifts:

The fact that laundry pods now have "Do Not Eat" on the packaging is really sad.

You can thank tik tok for that one.

Interestingly, I was just reading yesterday about how a (somewhat) recent study found that nearly 30% of kids ages 8 to 12 listed “YouTuber” as their top career choice... I suspect this growing aspiration to be a content creator or "influencer" plays a large role in why so many kids are willing to engage in these dangerous social media fads and challenges. Nevertheless, it's sad that social media holds so much power over the younger generations.