• Crotaro@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    This seems to be largely an American phenomenon, that people sue the maker of a product for themselves failing to use the product correctly, no? Or at least I can’t remember a single instance outside America where either someone sued the producer for using a product incorrectly or the producer pre-emtpively puts warnings on for ridiculous stuff to not get sued if people try these things.

    Either way, good to know that cotton swabs were primarily made indeed to clean ears. I don’t use them for that, but it always weirded me out when they came in those pastelle color packages with openings like tissues, perfect for a bathroom, but someone said “Yo, don’t use them for your ears! They were made for swabbing grease off motor chains.”

    • Umbrias@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Basically every absurd lawsuit you hear Americans do is either:

      • genuinely frivolous, tossed out of court immediately, amplified to paint suing corporations as bad

      • someone trying to get damages from a company which genuinely wronged them, often with life altering consequences

      Also jeez folks, clean your ears any other way, shoveling wax out of your canals with a non sterile tool regularly is asking for infections. The wax is there for a reason!