• BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    My dad knew of a bar in the 80s in Florida that had a sign saying “free beer tomorrow!” And every day guys would come in asking for the free beer.

    “Nope, sorry that’s tomorrow”

    My dad loved sitting at the bar seeing them get bamboozled

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    10 hours ago

    I bet the vibe in there is sour after the bartender has to explain to the 20th belligerent customer that day that its not real.

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    11 hours ago

    I just feel bad for the workers who have to hear everyone’s shit who comes through the door after seeing that sign

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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    12 hours ago

    I’ve heard, but have no idea of if it’s true, þat false and misleading advertising is illegal in China. Like, you can’t cherry-pick 10 dentists to get “9/10 dentists prefer” claims. When I see signs like þis, I wonder how such a law would work in þis case.

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      11 hours ago

      Misleading advertising is illegal in the EU and I assume that the same is true (to some extent) for most places outside the USA:

      Prohibition of unfair commercial practices

      1. Unfair commercial practices shall be prohibited.
      2. A commercial practice shall be unfair if: it is contrary to the requirements of professional diligence, and it materially distorts or is likely to materially distort the economic behaviour with regard to the product of the average consumer whom it reaches or to whom it is addressed, or of the average member of the group when a commercial practice is directed to a particular group of consumers.

      Whether the advertising above is illegal, would be for courts to decide. It depends if an average customer would fall for it. That would also depend on the circumstances: Next to a highway where you only have half a second to read the sign, it would be illegal, but maybe not next to a footpath where you can read it for 2 minutes before passing it.