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It’s cardboard, not depleted uranium. How the fuck is it so dangerous I must dispose of it if damaged? The entire point of the product is for the furry psychopath that lives with me to damage it. It literally has no other reason to exist.

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[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 109 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The whole "discard if damaged" is likely just standard cover-your-ass legalese which the lawyers will copy-paste on every single product they sell, including this one.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's this.

Lawyers: put the warnings on everything. Managers: what warnings? Lawyers: the warnings. Managers: yeah but Lawyers: on everything.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's like on medication when it says something along the lines of, do not take this medication if you are allergic to this medication or think you might be allergic to this medication.

Good now it's your fault if you have an allergic reaction.

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[–] heydo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I would imagine this same label is applied to all of their products as a cost savings measure.

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 61 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gets damage, kid uses it as a stool, falls, parents decide to blame the company.

Pretty run of the mill situation tbh.

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I presumed that since they mentioned a lawsuit.

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

True. Everyone knows other countries have no laws! /s

[–] Klear@quokk.au 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We do have laws! Just no suits. Everyone is naked here.

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[–] Sludge@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

These things actually only degrade as your cat uses them in America. Elsewhere the cardboard doesn't mix with hair and fall off into little cardboard chunks that are attractive for small children to eat. Also, the structural integrity actually only gets stronger in other parts of the world, so you're actually encouraged to step on it, as after some play and what might seem like structural damage to a piece of cardboard, it can actually support the weight of a fully grown adult.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Doesn't it?
The small pieces the cat rips out fill the holes and make the structure stronger, until the cat can't use it anymore, because it's too strong for its claws
Then we use it as bricks for our houses

Haven't you seen the cardboard quarries full of cats working their ass off?

Edit: on a second thought, that's also why de-clawing is unethical here, because it hinders our never ending demand on bricks...

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Honestly my issue with the way the US handles these things is that if wealth was distributed more equitably and fluidly we wouldn't need to be half as litigious.

If getting your car damaged didn't mean your only transportation to and from work being nonfunctional in a way that would require several months worth of wages from that job to fix, you wouldn't need to focus as much on who specifically changed lanes wrong, you'd just fix it. And if you could just go to the doctor and get care, and easily take time off work to heal, a little bit of muscle tension would be easy to catch, treat, and heal up from well before the possibility of lifelong and career ending injuries came into question.

If we were able to have the resources and time to just handle most small things, we wouldn't have to be constantly holding every individual working class individual personally liable for which direction they sneeze in. Litigation could be saved for serious and repeat offenders. But no, squeezing every last dime out of the working class is a feature, not a bug.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

You only hear about the ridiculous lawsuits. Local lawyer used to explain it on the radio all the time.

  • Media doesn't report on the 99.98% of boring, and meritorious, lawsuits
  • Judges toss frivolous cases
  • Lawyers are loath to bring frivolous cases due to reputational harm, even disbarment

Our sense of risk is absurdly out of whack with reality.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

companies also love to make it look like lawsuits are frivolous, when in reality the lawsuit was just "they gave me literally boiling hot coffee, not 40°C, not 50°C, literally 95°C coffee that melted my skin when i spilled it"

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember a summer about 10 years ago, when I went out at the beginning of summer to buy some new pool noodles. I looked everywhere, and couldn't find them, all summer.

The next year, they were back, but they all had new tags that said "Not to be inserted rectally."

Suddenly, I knew why they hadn't been available, as lawsuits and regulatory issues got worked out. All because someone looked at a pool noodle, and got a weird idea.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

So you put it in your butt right?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I wondered if it actually gave some people the idea: "Hmmm, hadn't thought of that, but now that you mention it..."

[–] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Or a friends butt. Get permission first though

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Clearly, you do not understand THE POWER of corrugated cardboard!

[–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Darth Vader from Wish?

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The dangers of corrugated cardboard are unknown to most, it's good they're trying to spread awereness

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We should do a fun run to raise money for victims of corrugated cardboard abuse.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

-in the arms of the angles plays-

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the angles

I've always wanted to be held by a kind gentle right angle.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

God I hate what the iPhone keyboard has become.

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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 27 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

That Spanish translation is awful

[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Your favorite pet only 😂

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[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Maybe your cat is dumb, rips a chunk out, decides to eat it, cat could get sick or catch fire or something

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[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 14 points 2 weeks ago

sounds like liability cover

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Choking hazard, next.

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's because for the corpo, it's cheaper to say it might hurt you than to not say anything at all.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My kayak has this warning on it. When everything warns you it causes cancer people no longer take the warnings seriously. Now where did my Cobalt 60 lollipop go.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've seen this warning on a t-shirt. Not on the label of the t-shirt, the actual design of the t-shirt. Which presumably also constitutes a warning, I bet the lawyers love that one.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Spanish is wack. That last line says to only use it for your favorite pet.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

“Bad kitty! That’s for the superior cat!”

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's for cats to scratch. It's supposed to be damaged.

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

take this item but beware it comes with a terrible curse

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Drop and run

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

That was the bridge to Tarabithia 😢

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

The do not use as a step thing I could see, trying to think of other misuses though, other than eating shit you shouldn't.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It makes it sound like some cursed item. Get the SCP on this.

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe someone ate it and got food poisoning?

[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The last line mentions not using it as a step so maybe someone was stepping on it and after a while it broke down and they fell and sued

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