25Sep/091

Free

by Jeff

Image text: Asbestos is bad; definitely get the one on the right. Wait -- this one over here has no swine flu!  Now I can't decide.

Explain XKCD is now 100% fat free!

This comic is a joke on how every food is attached with a label that says what it doesn't have (even and especially if there was no chance the food contained that type of item anyway).

One such offender is the label "99% fat free" on sugar products.  Diet Blog has this to say:

99% fat free has to be one of the most idiotic labels known to mankind - particularly when applied to a carbohydrate food. Just this morning I was reading a "healthy food guide" I picked up from the supermarket. It turned out to be an advertising feature. One product featured was jasmine rice - claiming that it was "99% fat free".

The fat-free labels prey on a basic fear of fat. In the consumers mind, it must be a better choice if it has no fat in it. Manufacturers have been applying the fat free label to candies - many of which are nothing but straight sugar.

Filed under: Commercials 1 Comment
MyTweetedLife.com
10Aug/091

Superlative

by Jeff


Image meta text: "Stay while I recount the crazy TF2 kill I managed yesterday, my friends."

Superlative is a comic that references the Dos Equis beer commercial which describes the "Most Interesting Man in the World." (youtube link)

The character in the comic is going through some of the most boring things in the world: recounting dreams to others, not speaking another language (the character in the commercial has been known to "Speak French in Russian"), making a blog with no content (first post!) and apparently drinking two beers and feeling sick.

The meta text is a reference to the Dos Equis tag line of: "Stay thirsty my friends."  TF2 is Team Fortress 2, a video game available on consoles and for PC.

Pages

Categories

Blogroll

Archive

Ads

Meta