idk dude the Jack Daniel's logo is bigger than the Coca-Cola logo, I think this is a case of if you idiot-proof something nature makes a bigger idiot

Cannabis alcohol and caffeine are all regulated with labels on the packaging, and so long as they take a second to read instead of guzzling at random like a wild animal they should be fine.

people literally died because of a beverage that did not prominently display its (absurdly, dangerously high) caffeine content, and that's just the most recent example. OP is correct and saying "lol consumers are just dum-dums" feels like the McDonald's coffee lawsuit all over again.

Also maybe not everyone knows Jack Daniel's is an alcoholic company.

Plus the eye may be drawn to the pop of Red coloring (The Coca-Cola Logo) on this Monochrome Black and White Can first

It would literally be so easy to standardise this from a design perspective. All you need to do is add a coloured band around the can, for example cyan for alcohol, yellow for caffeine, magenta for CBD or THC (with lettering telling you which is which). Badly drawn with finger on phone vision below:

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The bands could state the dose too.

The eye is naturally attracted to color against a monochrome black & white background. In this case, they saw Coca Cola instead of the Jack Daniel's logo. Coke Zero has an entirely too similar design, making this easier to mistake for it.

It's a design failure based on aesthetics rather than logic. All that visual noise becomes static with that little bit of color standing out because of it.

Finding the caffeine and dosage on a drink is difficult because it's rarely bolded, and it's often the same size as the rest of the information. Not all drinks even I clude the dosage. I can manage up to 40mg, any higher results in Problems, like seizures. I shouldn't have to search online for the dosage nor eto even find out if it contains caffeine.

The strips of color at the top of a can or bottle is perfect, but must include the dosage for caffeine, CBD, and THC. Alcohol percentage is always at the bottom and should have a bright strip of color as well. These are a simple solution and will save lives. Especially for those with poor eyesight, folks with allergies to these specific ingredients (I know several people allergic to cannabis and hemp) or sensitivity (me and caffeine), and/or using meds that don't play well with these additions.

Also I know this is controversial with many many people but people who you consider idiots for not reading the label more carefully also don’t deserve to go into diabetic shock / have an intolerance reaction / have a dangerous blood pressure drop / be drunk or high if they don’t want to be. Like idk if people just aren’t catching this part but the person in the original screenshot was looking for coke ZERO, got a big swallow of sugar and alcohol, and almost called 911. They are very clearly diabetic and this is an extremely serious mistake to make.

I dunno how many times we have to have the “should I care about disabled people even tho their problems don’t affect ME” conversation but it’s getting real old. If your solution is ever “just be smarter”, there is someone vulnerable that you are forsaking.

also even if people were just being dumb, becoming illor falling off the wagon or dying is not an acceptable punishment for not paying enough attention in the grocery store

I might have made an error here

#here we have the classic case of tossing apollo's dodgeball in the air and standing directly under it as it comes down (via @qqueenofhades)

Part of the tradition is, of course, deliberately invoking the curse on yourself and then pretending to be dismayed when it materializes right on schedule.

For context, when I used to live alone I would do something called “Princess Time” where I would do an initial sweep (to remove any significant hazards) and then I would release a raccoon into the living area and clean. This helped because I would 1) feel like a princess and 2) the raccoon would bring attention to things my ADHD brain had decided to ignore and I’d quickly clean that stuff up.

So like, if I’m expected to clean the house now, I will be doing it in the way that is most effective for me. And anything that has not been cleaned up after months of having sit-down talks and sending reminders and being promised things will change, might be deemed “trash” by the trash panda and thrown away.

We haven’t done since we moved into the house, because I didn’t want to cause my roommate or their cats destress or have their things destroyed by a raccoon

I am a raccoon biologist and one of the few people in the state allowed to take in captive bred raccoons that had been possessed illegally. The raccoon in the photos is Moonshine, but she is currently at the animal sanctuary where I work as I had been quarantining multiple new intakes from an abuse case. I still have two males (Rum Tum Tugger and Electra) left in my home enclosure as we are getting them neutered and then hopefully sending them to an AZA accredited zoo.

I wanna make things very clear that underneath all the whimsy, I am a trained professional.

A raccoon named Rum Tum Tugger is just . . . you UNDERSTAND the character of Rum Tum Tugger.

I am very relived that you were not just going outside and finding a racoon. However I did giggle at the mental image of someone going outside, finding a racoon, kidnaping the poor thing, bringing it inside, letting it explore your living room for a few hours while you clean (without it escaping or attacking) and then releasing the confused beast back outside into the wilderness.

Or that you had a local racoon that you’re friendly with, in the way that people are friendly with local squirrels. Or that I am with the local squirrels, feral pigeons, and a singular crow. Granted I would never bring any of them inside my house, other than one of the pigeons if they were hurt and I managed to catch them and thought they’d be a candidate to be a pet (last summer there was one with a leg injury that I tried for months to tame enough to get it to let me catch it, and I was fully prepared to take it in myself or find it a home, alas a hawk got it before I could).

...And I’m possibly getting a migraine. Ugh.

Guess who ended up in the ER because of the migraine and dehydration from vomiting?

Guess who also threw up so hard in front of nurses that my hip dislocated and proceeded to look at me like something from the Exorcist as I just casualy popped it back in between bouts of vomiting that also subluxated my neck and collar bone.

Guess who now has a prescription for compazine at home because finally a doctor is more concerned with the effects of my migraine and not the potential side effects of the drug.

Turns out scaring the living daylights out of staff with your bendy body is worth something.

Nobody need me. I’m staying in bed for the rest of the week.

Also, if anyone asks me if I’ve tried the hot foot bath trick affer reading this, I’m stealing your kneecaps.

Hot… foot… bath? Wtaf?

Tiktok ‘migraine hack’ you’re supposed to put your feet in hot water and it ‘draws the migraine out.’

There is actually some vague science behind how it works due to how some people’s blood pressure responds so their lower extremities being placed in hot water but it's been overhyped.

Actually, if you have POTS like me it's not recommend becauseit can cause blood pooling in your feet and then you get POTS symptoms which can worsen your headache, so, the more you know 🌈✨