Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices

Re:Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices by scrubs on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @02:37AM (#44307201)

The best lies are corporate lies. And those lies are said plainly, calmly, and with a sense not of conviction but rather it it's not a serious claim because it was always a true statement ... just repeating it now.

They are also uttered on TV, in public talks and to a far lesser extent in court. Court is a formal process. Outside it's not. There's a big difference.

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Re:Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices by akudha on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @09:57AM (#44309952)

“Discounts upto 50%” - shopper finds out one product (that nobody wants) out of 1000 has a discount of 50%, everything else has like 5%.

But the statement itself is technically not a lie, they did say “upto”, lol. That is how corporate speak works

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Re:Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices by DougN7 on Friday June 20, 2025 @12:40PM (#44329513)

There is some dish detergent that advertises it cleans dishes up to 100% clean. I guess they figure showing “100%” is all that is needed and the dumb public won’t question it further. It’s still an insulting ad.

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