Life Is Identified As Major Contributor To Death: Protecting Idiots From The Obvious

I was working on a blog post this morning that turns out to have been based on an entirely fictional story. Researching it a bit further, we discovered that it was what has become commonly called “fake news,” and therefore not worthy of further dissemination.

It is a shame, because its ribald nature was a perfect fit with our reputation for taking on the odd and inane.

It was related to the misuse of a household product for “personal gratification,” and the one liners were, if I say so myself, hysterical. I’m sorry you missed it.

However, since the article mentioned new mandatory product safety labels, it got me to thinking about the ever-growing requirement to warn everybody about every potential pitfall in society.

After all, the push for ubiquitous safety labels is in many cases really nothing more than our effort to protect stupid people who have a tendency to do thoughtless things.