ELI5: "Up to 100" means "<=100". So 0% still falls in that range. Could even be negative (counter-productive).
57I 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
23Yeah I've definitely heard "up to [amount] or more" used in advertising. Which is just completely meaningless.
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That’s XCOM, baby!
18Consider working up to 8 hours a day at work.
15At up to 100% productivity...
7Up to 100%... or more!
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12"up to 100% effective" just means it's almost guaranteed not to be 100% effective except by accident in very rare cases lol
9Would also work with
Glasses off: 85%* of customers agree!
Glasses on: *of 56 customers surveyed
89 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!
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My baby has diapers that say “up to 100% leakproof”. It does not help my confidence in the product.
5Did something change in advertising law in the US in the last few years? I feel like ive been seeing this specific phrase in advertising more and more lately.
5I don't think anything changed. This isn't a false statement depending on the product. As long as there's some single rare scenario where it could be 100% effective, they're not lying. Really it's just to make you feel a certain way even if the sentence doesn't actually say anything at all.
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This movie (They Live) is awesome It’s on YouTube and also on archive https://youtu.be/W5CT4ahnrnA
4The 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.)
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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)
3In 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.
20TIL
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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.
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