• HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Anyone else hate it when products fluff themselves up with dramatically grandiose blurb? FORMED BY THE PRIMAL SEA shut the fuck up

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      7 months ago

      Part of my job is to write that kind of copy. If you take it seriously, you’ll drive yourself nuts.

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        7 months ago

        You should start every one with “originally formed inside of an actual star” or something similar.

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          7 months ago

          Wrenched from the platonic forms through seething quantum foam as the Demiurge’s machinations reach fruition, our custom-made mounting clamps won’t fail you like your precious god.