Meaningless product descriptions

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Diogenes Apr 2023 2:14pm, 3 Apr 2023 77,857 posts	0 Diogenes Not a meaningless product description but a meaningless mission statement. "Working together for tomorrow" This seen on the side of a stationery company fan. A stationery company FFS.
Steve NordRunner Apr 2023 11:13pm, 3 Apr 2023 2,839 posts	0 Steve NordRunner The goverment's appeal to pensioners' consciences should be “working today for yesterday”.
ChrisHB Apr 2023 12:09am, 5 Apr 2023 22,387 posts	0 ChrisHB -true Always true a description of the parameter -true on a Unix find command
Badger Apr 2023 9:49am, 5 Apr 2023 16,206 posts	0 Badger I don’t remember ever finding a use for that.
Badger Apr 2023 9:49am, 5 Apr 2023 16,207 posts	0 Badger The parameter, not the command.
RunningRonnie Apr 2023 8:38am, 13 Apr 2023 2,592 posts	0 RunningRonnie Flash bleach. "Removes up to 100% of stains." I read that as "removes some stains."
GlennR Apr 2023 10:27am, 13 Apr 2023 69,527 posts	0 GlennR If I had my way it would be compulsory for advertisements to replace “up to” with “not more than”.
um Apr 2023 11:26am, 13 Apr 2023 7,269 posts	0 um As in "Removes not more than 100% of stains" Glenners? How about 'at least'?
GregP Apr 2023 11:28am, 13 Apr 2023 144,732 posts	0 GregP It's a speed limit, not a speed target.
GlennR Apr 2023 11:30am, 13 Apr 2023 69,532 posts	0 GlennR Quite. It's not at least, it's not more than.