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Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:20PM (#23848327)
You don't think they're intentionally using that word for precisely that reason?
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Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo... by TazeTSchnitzel on Thursday July 16, 2020 @12:42PM (#23860753)
But there's no other commonly-used word for it!
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Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo... by AnthonyMouse on Friday July 17, 2020 @03:25PM (#23874428)
"Sugar free" (oops, not true)

"No calories" (not true again)

There are a hundred ways to say that something won't cause you to gain weight. They chose the one that sounds like it means that even though it doesn't, because it also has a different meaning which is technically true.

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