Darwin Award Thread

[AzScorpion]

I am 100% sure that there are people out there who think that the box is part of the eating experience......kinda like "you have to eat the box to get to the pizza" !!!
Do not underestmate the stupidity of some people out there.
These are the same people who DO put the bag over their head to try and figure out what the warning was about.......

Yeah, I don't trust AI to always give the correct info. There's way too many dumb people out there now and I doubt any company is going to waste the time (and money) to add that just for humor.

I still think there should be no warnings on any of these. Thanks OSHA! We could've already weeded out half (or more) of that bad gene pool by now!

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[veedubtuner]

Thin the herd

 

[got3fords]

Yeah, I don't trust AI to always give the correct info. There's way too many dumb people out there now and I doubt any company is going to waste the time (and money) to add that just for humor.

I still think there should be no warnings on any of these. Thanks OSHA! We could've already weeded out half (or more) of that bad gene pool by now!

Nope, not buying it. The way the box in the pic was worded is an absolute joke. I realize the absurdity of some lawsuits. Like the ones that require 'Caution Hot' on coffee cups etc. But there have been no lawsuits that I know of from gut issues from eating cardboard. Nobody is going to eat cardboard when there is a delicious Italian treat just inside.
I doubled down and asked Gemini AI.

"That one is almost certainly a deliberate joke from a self-aware marketing team!

While corporate lawyers are paranoid, "open box before eating" crosses the line from a legal necessity into pure satire. Packaging designers love to slip little "Easter eggs" like this into the fine print just to see if anyone is actually paying attention.

It has become a fun trend for brands to mock the hyper-cautious warning labels we talked about earlier. You'll see similar jokes pop up on other products, too—like clothing care tags that say "Wash with warm water. Or give it to your mother, she knows how to do it," or bottom-of-the-bag warnings on tortilla chips that say "If you are reading this, you are out of chips."

 

[TxOTRRanger]

Take 2 lol.
I posted this in the wrong thread earlier, this is where it belongs. All of the warning labels that we have on Everything now apparently .
My all time favorite bumper sticker that I remember seeing on the back of trucks and 18 wheelers when I was a kid. That said...........
"If you can read this, You're Too Close."

 

[Fordup]

Does anyone really need to be told this

You know someone somewhere couldn't figure this out so they had to put this warning on there.

I wish dogs could read that. Our previous Jack Russell ate the box first and then the pizza. Cardboard may taste good soaked in pepperoni grease .

 

[AzScorpion]

I wish dogs could read that. Our previous Jack Russell ate the box first and then the pizza. Cardboard may taste good soaked in pepperoni grease .

See, it does need that label!

Now, call a good lawyer and see if he can help you. I have a good one I can recommend.

 

[AzScorpion]

Nope, not buying it. The way the box in the pic was worded is an absolute joke. I realize the absurdity of some lawsuits. Like the ones that require 'Caution Hot' on coffee cups etc. But there have been no lawsuits that I know of from gut issues from eating cardboard. Nobody is going to eat cardboard when there is a delicious Italian treat just inside.
I doubled down and asked Gemini AI.

"That one is almost certainly a deliberate joke from a self-aware marketing team!

While corporate lawyers are paranoid, "open box before eating" crosses the line from a legal necessity into pure satire. Packaging designers love to slip little "Easter eggs" like this into the fine print just to see if anyone is actually paying attention.

It has become a fun trend for brands to mock the hyper-cautious warning labels we talked about earlier. You'll see similar jokes pop up on other products, too—like clothing care tags that say "Wash with warm water. Or give it to your mother, she knows how to do it," or bottom-of-the-bag warnings on tortilla chips that say "If you are reading this, you are out of chips."

You have way too much faith in the human race to not think someone didn't actually try this. lol

 

[got3fords]

You have way too much faith in the human race to not think someone didn't actually try this. lol

No, I'm just a realist. Did you notice how the warning is not visible until you actually open the box?

 

[AzScorpion]

No, I'm just a realist. Did you notice how the warning is not visible until you actually open the box?

I saw it was on the inside flap and realize it's a joke. But, that's not to say someone, somewhere hasn't eaten the box because they couldn't figure out how to open it.

 

[veedubtuner]

If you wait long enough, part of the cardboard box sometimes stays with the pizza when removing it lol. Yes, I still ate it. I drank water from a garden hose as a kid, I'm good.

 

[AzScorpion]

If you wait long enough, part of the cardboard box sometimes stays with the pizza when removing it lol. Yes, I still ate it. I drank water from a garden hose as a kid, I'm good.

There's much worse things you could eat. lol

I had a friend in high school (Ryan) who use to get drunk and eat bugs. We'd be at a party or just hanging around drinking and someone would say Ryan eat a moth and he would. He was a tall, skinny red head and funny as hell but that was pretty gross. lol

 

[veedubtuner]

There's much worse things you could eat. lol

I had a friend in high school (Ryan) who use to get drunk and eat bugs. We'd be at a party or just hanging around drinking and someone would say Ryan eat a moth and he would. He was a tall, skinny red head and funny as hell but that was pretty gross. lol

I think we all knew someone like that lol

 

[AzScorpion]

Some of these look pretty painful. lol

 

[AzScorpion]

Like, why would you think this was a good idea ?

Makes you wonder how some make it through the day

 

[TxOTRRanger]

Like, why would you think this was a good idea ?

Makes you wonder how some make it through the day

I know that I have said this before on here and other members have said this before as well, and it bears repeating.
You can't fix Stupid!(Ron White)

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