This is such bullshit manipulative marketing, similar to when companies will put out an ad saying something like “ONLY $1.99/MONTH” in large, bold letters and then below it have tiny fine print saying “for the first month, then $420.69/month”.

“Free of dyes. Soft pear scent.”. Boom. Done. Not only is it short, but it’s clear and accurate. Almost nobody cares if it’s “clear” as long as it’s dye-free.

Believe it or not, straight to jail.

That’s probably the case, or at least a part of it, but it’s crazy that it’s gotten to that point. If somebody finds a food item in the wild and decides to eat it, the consequences should be 100% on them. It doesn’t even have to apply to food, either.

If I find a block heater on the ground, install it into my car, and then my car catches fire; I’m not going to go after the manufacturer of the block heater. I’m the idiot who decided to do something stupid.

That being said there’s real life cases which indicate that yes, people are stupid and will sue over their own stupidity, so I’m not surprised at all.

Disagree, and I think you’re stupid for putting people down for using these. The data harvesting is the big issue, but let’s ignore that for a second.

You’re right that they don’t do a great job at getting everything, but if you use it to maintain a level of cleanliness alongside vacuuming then that shortcoming doesn’t really matter much. Instead of vacuuming 10 minutes every single day, you could do it once a week and have the robot do it between vacuums. If somebody travels for work and is away from home regularly then using these things is actually a good fit.

But go off, friend. Keep flexing that you’re superior for doing a mundane task for 10 minutes every day. Everybody else is stupid except for you.

Why? And what constitutes a “functional language” to you?

Is the fact that they can read, write, speak, and understand the language not “functional” enough for you? The point gets across to the person receiving the message.

You can even translate it to a “functional language” of your choice, with some restrictions. Translation restrictions aren’t isolated to Japanese either, there’s lots of languages that have things which don’t translate well, or at all, to English.

“Outlaws anonymous communication by requiring every citizen to verify their age…”

To me that reads similarly to age restricted websites asking you to verify your age before accessing it, where you just input a date that says you’re old enough and then you’re set. I’ve been 99 years old for the last decade. Given what they’re trying to do, I wouldn’t be surprised if they use more extensive verification measures, but I haven’t read into that yet. If it’s just an age/DOB input, then it’s not really outlawing anything.