(no subject)
I purchased some tobacco this evening, and on the side of the box was written, "WARNING: This Product Contains/Produces Chemicals Known To The State of California To Cause Cancer, And Birth Defects Or Other Reproductive Harm."
This, of course, is a warning well familiar to every American, appearing as it does on gasoline, plastic products, trees, banners towed through the sky by Cessnas, household cleansers, and etched onto the Moon in 4,561,920 point Helvetica.
What startled me, apart from the aggressive overcapitalization, was a footnote underneath, reading, "*Based on standard .65 oz package." This struck me as a very peculiar qualification. Would a .75 ounce package be Known to say, Idaho as well? Would a .55 ounce package be known merely to San Diego or La Jolla? Is it some passive-aggressive legal maneuver intended to force California to re-test the tobacco for tobacco content every time the package size changes?
What thought process caused someone to sit down and tell the package design guys to throw that on there?
This, of course, is a warning well familiar to every American, appearing as it does on gasoline, plastic products, trees, banners towed through the sky by Cessnas, household cleansers, and etched onto the Moon in 4,561,920 point Helvetica.
What startled me, apart from the aggressive overcapitalization, was a footnote underneath, reading, "*Based on standard .65 oz package." This struck me as a very peculiar qualification. Would a .75 ounce package be Known to say, Idaho as well? Would a .55 ounce package be known merely to San Diego or La Jolla? Is it some passive-aggressive legal maneuver intended to force California to re-test the tobacco for tobacco content every time the package size changes?
What thought process caused someone to sit down and tell the package design guys to throw that on there?