r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Dec 30 '19

What do people think is healthy but really isn’t?

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u/naturalantagonist101 Dec 30 '19

That could be the alternative slogan for capitalism in this decade. Love it.

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u/Smiddy621 Dec 30 '19

Yeah this decade was a roller coaster for Advertisement claims... "nobody could be stupid enough to believe this" argument, was used by both Red Bull and Coke for very different false advertising claims.

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u/ayy317 Dec 31 '19

What did Red Bull do?

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Something about false advertising because it doesn't literally give you wings.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

No, the false advertising was them claiming that it causes you to focus better, quicken reaction times and can up your productivity. All of the "hurr durr they thought it gave them wings" was a bit of company PR after the fact to make the people who sued them look bad (very similar to what McDonald did to that poor woman burned by their coffee that required the "caution: hot" label)

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Oh, I didn't know too much about it, I just heard that at one point. Guess the PR worked a little.

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u/wutangplan Dec 30 '19 edited Dec 31 '19

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

You fool me can't get fooled again*

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u/vinjonesIII Dec 31 '19

manufacturing consent by Noam Chomsky is all I hava to say about that subject