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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 35 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago)

the most obvious one AI, totally not a even close at all, its just advanced wolfram alpha. or glass saying its "military grade, unbreakable" in this case of screen for phones, and for containers(like coffee), more than not its made with thinnest material to cut corners.

another fun one is pyrex, pyrex lowercase uses a cheaper weaker glass laminated glass, while the og uses borosilicate(if you are buying the large dishes), some of the lunch box types are made with borosilicate. PYREX is no longer sold in the US, but mostly in the EU and maybe canada. however there is other borosilicate containers out there with varying durability.

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 32 minutes ago

smart= data mining, and easier to become damaged forcing you to buy more because of all the unneccesary components that can break down"

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 35 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I signed up for the "ad free experience" on Amazon.

Picked a movie, popup says "this feature is not available ad free". Cancelled

How is this legal? Oh yeah, Bezos was on the stage clapping with the other robber barons.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I gave up sailing the high seas during the golden age of streaming. Unfortunately it has already come to an end with the majority of streaming services including ads for their highest tier.

I have wasted so much of my life on watching commercials, I refuse to waste anymore.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 5 points 4 hours ago

I have wasted so much of my life on watching commercials, I refuse to waste anymore.

This, 100% this.

Every streaming I have I pay the few extra bucks for ad free. Keep that fucking garbage out of my house.

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 hours ago

"Ribbed for her pleasure"

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 27 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

Indestructible or tough dog toys. My boy will have that in pieces, 15 minutes or less guaranteed

[–] Bubs12@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 hours ago

Indestructible toys are a catch 22, anyways. I found a couple of toys my old bud couldn’t destroy but he got bored of them very quickly. All of the satisfaction comes from the destruction.

We just started getting him soccer balls from 5 Below. Cheap enough and big enough to last a little longer.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Get him a stick

When he break it. He now have 2 stick

When he have too many stick.

Go get new stick. It free.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 2 points 2 hours ago

I was in a PetsMart and I swear they had regular ass sticks that they found outside with $5 price tags on them. You could literally walk 10 steps out of their front doors and find the same thing for free.

[–] neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago

My fucking big goofy dumball of a dog will continuously get sticks stuck in his mouth from trying to chew of them vertical instead of horizontal and its bad. He'll walk up all happy and just drip blood on my lap with his mouth stuck open. One time we came inside and didn't realize until like 30 minutes later that he had a big twig stuck in there, he was happy as can be .

I love that dog and he loves sticks

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

You're dog has fuckered up eyes

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Only two things ever last in my house. Beef femors and nylahide chewable. Everything has a lifespan of minutes.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Same with my dog but hes not interested in the nylon or femurs, probably because he can't figure out how to tear them apart.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 hours ago

Same. They dislike them at first but they get bored with them quickly. I don’t mind them shredding toys as long as they don’t eat them.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 39 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (6 children)

A "family size" bag of Doritos is not sized for a family. Or I on my own count as a family.

"Military Grade" is not the flex that civilians think it is.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

A “family size” bag of Doritos is not sized for a family.

It should be the size of a family.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

if it were liquefied

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 8 points 10 hours ago

Tbf, a family-sized (now party-sized) bag of Doritos does contain a day's worth of calories (2250) for a single person. I can't keep them in the house, they call to me.

I miss the old military surplus stores. 2/3 of the stuff was cheap crap, but every now and then you'd find something insane. I had this flat periscope, it was designed to go up through a slot on the roof of a tank. You could easily stand on it, and it wouldn't have broken.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 19 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

A "family size" bag of Doritos is not sized for a family. Or I on my own count as a family.

It's enough for a family because the portion sizes are like 4 chips.

Military grade

This one is funny to me because the military commonly goes with the lowest bidder. So I take it to mean that "military grade" is absolute garbage made by the lowest bidder.

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[–] ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.world 22 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I have been conditioned to think of "Free & Clear" as having no coloring or nasty scents added and then I come across this and was duped

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 5 points 8 hours ago

Flavored dish soap is kinda wild in general. Yes, I want the things I eat and drink off of to all taste vaguely of chemical lemons.

The default should be plain soaps and plain dish detergent. Some are so potent that the scent sticks to the dishes even after washing, and unfortunately, the food too. Especially that dawn spray soap.

[–] zaperberry@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 hours ago

This is such bullshit manipulative marketing, similar to when companies will put out an ad saying something like "ONLY $1.99/MONTH" in large, bold letters and then below it have tiny fine print saying "for the first month, then $420.69/month".

"Free of dyes. Soft pear scent.". Boom. Done. Not only is it short, but it's clear and accurate. Almost nobody cares if it's "clear" as long as it's dye-free.

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