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		akudha 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their... “Discounts upto 50%” - shopper finds out one product (that nobody wants) out of 1000 has a discount of 50%, everything else has like 5%. But the statement itself is technically not a lie, they did say “upto”, lol. That is how corporate speak works

DougN7 7 months ago [–]

There is some dish detergent that advertises it cleans dishes up to 100% clean. I guess they figure showing “100%” is all that is needed and the dumb public won’t question it further. It’s still an insulting ad.

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