I ordered a dog crate to use as a brooder (and as a quarantine home if a chicken gets sick in the future). The box it arrived in says "Not Suitable for Children. For Pets Only." ...yikes

7 months ago

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@half_elf_monk "Risk averse," maybe? · 7 months ago

@drmollytov - hunh, good to know. I'd never heard the term used that way... I thought I'd made it up in previous conversations. My semantic range for the term was different... is there a better term to describe a pervasive fear of lawsuits? · 7 months ago

@half_elf_monk Almost certainly the first one. (a) Warnings cost money to add, so companies don't add them unless they have to. And (b) statistically, the US (where I bought this thing and had it shipped) is not "overly litigious" at all, if you compare preventable injury rates to actual lawsuits filed. "Overly litigious" is a term companies like to use to argue they should be immune from all liability no matter how negligent they are. · 7 months ago

ick. you gotta wonder if there were real examples that made them have to put the notice there, or if it's the result of an overly-litigious society/culture that made someone in corporate afraid. · 7 months ago