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Perhaps we all do, given certain situations unique to ourselves.
What is that saying about insanity and doing things expecting different results? I can't find it.
Delva wrote:
What is that saying about insanity and doing things expecting different results? I can't find it.
Keep looking.
Just as Planned.
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Aripyanfar wrote:
Wonder Gem Pawkeshup wrote:
Sandinmygum the Stupendous wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
NixNot wrote:
Vataro wrote:
Daimakaicho, Eater of Souls wrote:
NixNot wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
Second answer: If they didn't say it, someone would sue.
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Vataro wrote:
Aripyanfar wrote:
Wonder Gem Pawkeshup wrote:
Sandinmygum the Stupendous wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
NixNot wrote:
Vataro wrote:
Daimakaicho, Eater of Souls wrote:
NixNot wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
Second answer: If they didn't say it, someone would sue.
Delva wrote:
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
But... but...!
Kalivha wrote:
Delva wrote:
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
But... but...!
NixNot wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
Second answer: If they didn't say it, someone would sue.
Yeah, the legal department had to have insisted on that disclaimer. I think they should have insisted on "contains shellfish" to cover themselves a bit more broadly because it's not like the beef is really beef.
Daimakaicho, Eater of Souls wrote:
Kalivha wrote:
Delva wrote:
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
But... but...!
I wish I could rate Kalivha and Daimakaicho more for these two posts!
eiran wrote:
Allegory wrote:
Tailmon wrote:
Vendors have to Idiot-proof everything these days. McDonald's had to change their packaging to say Caution contents Hot on their coffee because of an idiot suing them and winning.
It's important to do research and not just read headlines. The highly popular case of McDonalds being sued over hot coffee involved a beverage at scalding hot temperatures of near 200 degrees Fahrenheit, a completely undrinkable temperature. The woman wasn't merely burned, but in fact had third degree burns and required surgery to restore her ability to pee. She originally only sued for medical expenses and lost wages of about $20,000, but when McDonalds tried to deny her this amount she approached them for punitive damages. She was awarded these punitive damages because McDonald's had a history of negligence with their coffee, including 62 severe burn incidents and around 700 minor incidents. The millions she had been awarded in punitive damages was later greatly reduced.
Laws and suits tend to make a lot of sense when you have the full context and an accurate and complete record of events, but "Plaintiff legitimately sues company for understandable and sensible reasons" isn't going to sell papers.
In the case of this taco I can only guess at the circumstances, but it might be the case that that customers might assume the tacos had artificial shrimp in them. Pretty much everything made with crab meat we eat is artificial crab meat, so I could definitely see a reason to label a crab product as "yeah this actually has genuine crab in it."
Edited, Apr 3rd 2011 5:19pm by Allegory
The McD's info is good to know Al, I did not have that background. I assume anything at Taco Bell is artificial and anyone who eats shrimp there is at their own risk.
Get used to it, because they're going to win the franchise wars.
Likibiki wrote:
Get used to it, because they're going to win the franchise wars.
When is the ETA on the three seashells replacing toilet paper in all their locations?
SwiftAusterity wrote:
Likibiki wrote:
Get used to it, because they're going to win the franchise wars.
When is the ETA on the three seashells replacing toilet paper in all their locations?
Well the instruction manual has already been printed, they just need to get a manufacturer willing to make it.
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I have a jar of dry roasted peanuts that has the "This product contains peanuts" disclaimer on it.
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Delva wrote:
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Made up definition given legitimacy by being miss-attributed to someone smart.
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
gbaji wrote:
Delva wrote:
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Made up definition given legitimacy by being miss-attributed to someone smart.
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Solrain wrote:
WARs can use semi-colons however we want. I once killed a guy with a semi-colon.
LordFaramir wrote:
ODESNT MATTER CAUSE I HAVE ALCHOLOL IN MY VEINGS BETCH ;3
gbaji wrote:
Delva wrote:
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Made up definition given legitimacy by being miss-attributed to someone smart.
Jophiel wrote:
Uglysasquatch wrote:
Don't bother Joph. Deaf ears on this last one.
Educating Tailmon falls very low on my priority list.
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An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
Nilatai wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Delva wrote:
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Made up definition given legitimacy by being miss-attributed to someone smart.
THAT is an extremely interesting philosophical, Socio-Biological, ToEvolutionary and etymological question.
I'd say: yes and no.
gbaji wrote:
Delva wrote:
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Made up definition given legitimacy by being miss-attributed to someone smart.
Is Joph beating your *** so bad in the Asylum that you have to come argue about a quote which is clearly in jest?
Majivo wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Delva wrote:
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Made up definition given legitimacy by being miss-attributed to someone smart.
Is Joph beating your *** so bad in the Asylum that you have to come argue about a quote which is clearly in jest?
NEVER upbraid Gbaji when he is being succinct.
Aripyanfar wrote:
Nilatai wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Delva wrote:
Ha! Found it!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein wrote:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Made up definition given legitimacy by being miss-attributed to someone smart.
THAT is an extremely interesting philosophical, Socio-Biological, ToEvolutionary and etymological question.
I'd say: yes and no.
I don't think gbaji likes it when people propose different meanings for words. Y'know, like Quiz. I'm sure he still uses it as 'an odd or eccentric person'. Which would be appropriate I suppose!
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Solrain wrote:
WARs can use semi-colons however we want. I once killed a guy with a semi-colon.
LordFaramir wrote:
ODESNT MATTER CAUSE I HAVE ALCHOLOL IN MY VEINGS BETCH ;3
And nice means precise.
Aripyanfar wrote:
And nice means precise.
Nilatai wrote:
I don't think gbaji likes it when people propose different meanings for words.
In general, a bit. In this specific case, I've watched this "definition" of insanity appear out of nowhere and become a popular method to attack anything that someone doesn't agree with by linking it with insanity. Worse, they often kinda gloss over the "trying the same thing" and re-interpret that to mean "trying to achieve the same thing". The reality is that most successes worth achieving in this history of man only happened after the person trying to succeed failed over and over until he finally got it right.
But what I've seen is this snarky definition being used to declare anyone trying to do something but who has not yet succeeded as "insane". It's just gotten to the point where it irritates me when someone pops up with it because it's not just wrong, but it's 180 degrees wrong. Determination is a good thing, and we honestly need more of it, and I just don't see the value in inventing a bogus definition in order to attack it.
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
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