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[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

ELI5: "Up to 100" means "<=100". So 0% still falls in that range. Could even be negative (counter-productive).

As long as you have the ability to speak, the phrase 'Im up to 100% dead' will be true.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At least you know it will never over-work. (What ever does?)

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess if it over-performs you could always return it as defective.

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 years ago

Places where it would work well:

In packaging of toned milk:
"Max Fat content: 4%" can be "Up to 4% fat"
Similarly, in packaging of full cream milk:
"Min Fat content: 6%" can be "6% or more fat"

Upto x or more is just useless garbage.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't remember what it was but I read something recently that said "up to 30+" and I had to reread it a few times

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah I've definitely heard "up to [amount] or more" used in advertising. Which is just completely meaningless.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 18 points 2 years ago

That’s XCOM, baby!

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Consider working up to 8 hours a day at work.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At up to 100% productivity...

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Up to 100%... or more!

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago
[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

"up to 100% effective" just means it's almost guaranteed not to be 100% effective except by accident in very rare cases lol

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would also work with

Glasses off: 85%* of customers agree!

Glasses on: *of 56 customers surveyed

[–] coffee_whatever@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

9 out of 10 dentist recommend!*

*in a questionnaire where we ask dentist which tooth paste brands they recommend, and every one of them recommended multiple!

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

My baby has diapers that say “up to 100% leakproof”. It does not help my confidence in the product.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This movie (They Live) is awesome It’s on YouTube and also on archive https://youtu.be/W5CT4ahnrnA

[–] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The fight scene is one of the best ever, and inspired the Cripple Fight in South Park (which is an almost perfect recreation of the scene.)

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think this meme has the images backwards... He should be taking off the rose-tinted glasses, not putting them on.

(Yes I know they're sunglasses and not rose-tinted)

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In John Carpenter's 1988 film They Live, Hoffman lenses are depicted as special sunglasses that allow the wearer to see hidden messages and the true nature of their environment. When the protagonist, Nada, puts on these glasses, he can perceive the concealed presence of aliens and view subliminal messages such as "OBEY" and "CONSUME," which are otherwise invisible to the naked eye. The lenses serve as a symbolic tool for revealing the film's critique of consumerism and social control.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 2 years ago
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Xia already gave you the quoted explanation for why you're wrong, but everyone should watch the movie They Live, at least once. It's a riot of a movie.

Fun fact: the Southpark episode "cripple fight" with that long ass fight between Timmy and Jimmy, their fight scene is a near blow for blow reenactment of a fight scene in They Live, between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David.

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Hell yeah! Entire movie at freemium pricing.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nothing in human history has ever been 100% effective

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hard to say, bunch of people haven't died yet

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

True. I intend to live forever and so far so good.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I dont know anyone who was able to completely stop moving relative to the sun