# Is this what America has come to? \[stupid warning labels\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718 "2023-11-06T22:07:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/61 "2023-11-07T21:51:48Z")
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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/62 "2023-11-07T22:01:34Z")
I’ll try harder next time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/63 "2023-11-08T00:41:00Z")
You’ll label it more accurately. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/64 "2023-11-08T01:10:02Z")
You could add “May contain ignorance” 😊I swear I’m kidding. Just couldn’t stop myself. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/65 "2023-11-08T01:50:10Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > What does one use flour for during a porn shoot? Fake Cocaine. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/66 "2023-11-08T02:00:58Z")
There are still cases where stupic warning labels may still be justified. > [@Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972/6300): > > Polish media reported that the present was a grenade launcher and that Szymczyk himself had accidentally fired it in his office, in what would be a serious breach of safety regulations. Ya think? “Warning: Do not discharge grenade launcher in enclosed spaces.” ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/67 "2023-11-08T08:24:33Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > Our lives are filled with pointless warnings that few people pay attention to. Yes, I know, I can’t stand how all those people who have deadly allergies are keeling over in the streets because the listing of allergens has become so meaninglessly ubiquitous that they just ignore them now. > [@Spiderman](#): > > I also don’t know if people with egg allergies have issue with dried **EGG** white or since they don’t contain yolks the majority of allergic people won’t have any issue. Allergens are proteins. So more about egg whites than yolks. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/68 "2023-11-08T09:47:53Z")
Thought this would be about other stupid warning labels like how I once saw a Porty-A-Potty with a warning label inside that said DO NOT USE IF CURRENTLY BEING TRANSPORTED. I love the idea of somebody using a port-o-potty that’s on the back of a flat bed pick-up truck going 60MPH down the freeway. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/69 "2023-11-08T13:53:29Z")
There’s some real irony in the fact that a thread ranting about purportedly unnecessary extra info on labels … had a label with insufficient info. > [@Asuka](#): > > love the idea of somebody using a port-o-potty that’s on the back of a flat bed pick-up truck going 60MPH down the freeway. You’ve never met drunken rednecks, have you? ETA: my favorite “unnecessary warning” are the boxes of frozen pretzels that say, “Do not use entire salt packet unless heating all pretzels” or something to that effect. (I ate the last of mine recently, and don’t have a box handy.) Maybe I like my single pretzel to be extra salty! And then the rest to be unsalted! Don’t tell me how to live my life, frozen pretzel box! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/70 "2023-11-08T13:57:30Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > Thought this would be about other stupid warning labels like how I once saw a Porty-A-Potty with a warning label inside that said DO NOT USE IF CURRENTLY BEING TRANSPORTED. I love the idea of somebody using a port-o-potty that’s on the back of a flat bed pick-up truck going 60MPH down the freeway. - Simple misunderstanding of “bowel movement”. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/71 "2023-11-08T14:20:40Z")
“Do Not Eat Frozen Pizza” Who’d a thunk it? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/72 "2023-11-08T21:55:42Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > What does one use flour for during a porn shoot? > > Fake Cocaine. Thank you. I must watch the wrong sort of documentaries; never seen that. > [@Asuka](#): > > I love the idea of somebody using a port-o-potty that’s on the back of a flat bed pick-up truck going 60MPH down the freeway. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. Even if you’re going at the same time. A friend / cow-orker of mine used to fly freight in 747s across the Pacific ocean. Hours and hours of nothing to do while the computers drove the jet to China. In freighters there’s no competition w passengers for time in the lav. Anyhow, he tells the story of taking a 200-mile long shit, accompanied by a suitable bit of reading. 😉 > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > boxes of frozen pretzels What the hell is a frozen pretzel? Color me baffled. But yeah, the idea that there’s such a thing as too much salt on a real pretzel is nonsensical. If you can still see the bread, it’s not _quite_ salted enough. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/73 "2023-11-08T22:30:46Z")
Love them frozen pretzels. Need warning label “_May contain ingredients that make you want more more more!_” That’s another thing. They could be more like Lays potato chips _can’t eat just one_ in labeling products. Get more creative. My garlic/bleu cheese stuffed olives could say “May cause you regret at 2am if you eat with popcorn” Or Ivys ginger she buy for her ginger bread “_Caution, everything you wear will be gingery after using this spice_” or _“Use gingerly”_ yeah, I like that one. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/74 "2023-11-08T23:55:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > What the hell is a frozen pretzel? Color me baffled. Soft pretzels that you bake, so then they’re hot pretzels. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/75 "2023-11-09T00:06:46Z")
The 21st Century is a very strange place. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/76 "2023-11-09T00:09:07Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The 21st Century is a very strange place. Thank you 🤨 Soft pretzels go _way_ back… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/77 "2023-11-09T00:10:24Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The 21st Century is a very strange place SuperPretzel–a brand of boxed, frozen soft pretzels–was invented in 1971. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/78 "2023-11-09T00:12:28Z")
Sorry @LSLGuy not exactly diabetic friendly. 🫤 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/79 "2023-11-09T00:24:56Z")
It’s the frozen bake-at-home part I was questioning. I’ve certainly eaten Bavarian style mongo soft pretzels recently. And no, they are not diabetic friendly. The first bite is OK, the second is marginal, and after that it’s the ~~road~~ autobahn to perdition. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718/80 "2023-11-09T03:07:05Z")
Or those silica gel packets in the beef jerky that say DO NOT EAT. Wonder who the first person wad to see those and think “Oh nice, I can put extra salt on my jerky!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718.md?page=5)