this box of frozen pretzel-bagel-things says "remove bagels from plastic *prior* to baking" which just
i would think that was obvious
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@sharkNserg What on *earth* is a milsurp canteen?
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@sharkNserg ...oh, military surplus
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@sharkNserg i read that as .... i don't even know what, it just sounded really weird
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@Felthry it does sound kinda weird if you don't know, huh
Every warning label exists for a reason...
@JulieSqveakaroo sometimes the reason is good, other times the reason is bad. sometimes the reason is bad for reasons other than that it shouldn't be necessary though (see the story behind "contents may be hot" warnings)
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@Felthry in fairness, there *are* some frozen food products that have directions to cook them in their packaging
@starseeker yeah but putting what is clearly LDPE in the oven is a recipe for disaster
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@starseeker i'm not sure i even want to know what happens to LDPE when you get it to 400 fahrenheit
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@Felthry @starseeker melting, maybe some scorching, but it probably won't catch fire.
still enough to ruin food though.
@LexYeen @starseeker I was wondering more about pyrolysis.
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@Felthry @starseeker also plausible!
@Felthry one thing I heard about seemingly obvious warning labels is "you have to understand the warnings are there because somebody somewhere made the mistake it was warning against"
I first heard that when I was looking at a plastic milsurp canteen that said "Do Not Heat Over Open Flame" on it and questioning it, and someone with me said "well, someone tried, so they had to put the warning"