Stainless steel. Because the common understanding of stainless is not what the stainless in stainless steel means.
Organic foods. Obviously this varies by location, but there are no universally standardized and enforced definitions of what it means to be organic that it comes close to being meaningless. You’d be surprised at what “organic” growers can get away with.
Genuine leather. It’s so misleading it’s pretty easy to argue that it’s essentially a lie.
20% off. When it’s the same cost as it was last month, you just upped the price, then put it on sale, so that in the end it evens out.
“Organic” especially pisses me off when applied to honey. There’s no such thing as organic honey. Bees have a range of three miles or more, and they will forage on whatever they like.
Part of the problem with stainless steel is that it’s not a singular material. It’s an entire galaxy of alloys with a huge range of properties, and some are more corrosion resistant than others. It is certainly possible to concoct some alloy that is for all intents and purposes absolutely rustproof but it’s unlikely to have the other mechanical properties you need for whatever it is you’re doing.
If you’re looking at any object (probably a knife, or maybe a sink or faucet fixture) that simply declares itself “stainless steel” but the manufacturer refuses to admit which alloy even if you press them in a vise, that does indeed usually mean you’re looking at some junk. Low chromium and low nickel stainless alloys are the least corrosion resistant but all other things being equal are also typically the easiest to cut, machine, stamp, or otherwise work into shape.
Organic agricultural methods are internationally regulated and legally enforced by transnational organizations such as the European Union and also by individual nations, based in large part on the standards set by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM),[20] an international umbrella organization for organic farming organizations established in 1972, with regional branches such as IFOAM Organics Europe[21] and IFOAM Asia.[22]
It’s actually a technical term disguised as common language.
Most people think genuine means “as real as you can get”. Which is true in everyday language.
But when it comes to leather, “Genuine” is a quality grade that means “The lowest quality of leather that technically includes actual animal hide.” Usually it’s bits and pieces glued together.
I am pretty sure that “bits and pieces glued together” is the grade directly below it known as “bonded leather”. I think “genuine leather” is the first grade that is real leather. It just isn’t actually very good leather.
Stainless steel. Because the common understanding of stainless is not what the stainless in stainless steel means.
Organic foods. Obviously this varies by location, but there are no universally standardized and enforced definitions of what it means to be organic that it comes close to being meaningless. You’d be surprised at what “organic” growers can get away with.
Genuine leather. It’s so misleading it’s pretty easy to argue that it’s essentially a lie.
20% off. When it’s the same cost as it was last month, you just upped the price, then put it on sale, so that in the end it evens out.
Genuine leather is not a lie.
It’s leather that’s so low quality, the only positive thing you can say about it is that it’s actually leather.
“genuine leather” is often reconstituted leather, that is leather scraps ground up and bound together with a binder, like MDF.
That is bonded leather I think.
Genuine leather is leather in the same way that an egg taped to a box of Betty Crocker cake mix doused in a cup of oil is a cake.
We live in an age where something actually being what it is is a surprise.
Or referring to the extremely small decorative patch that might as well not even be there
I’ve seen recycling labels that indicate the only part that’s recyclable is the recycling label itself.
“Organic” especially pisses me off when applied to honey. There’s no such thing as organic honey. Bees have a range of three miles or more, and they will forage on whatever they like.
Part of the problem with stainless steel is that it’s not a singular material. It’s an entire galaxy of alloys with a huge range of properties, and some are more corrosion resistant than others. It is certainly possible to concoct some alloy that is for all intents and purposes absolutely rustproof but it’s unlikely to have the other mechanical properties you need for whatever it is you’re doing.
If you’re looking at any object (probably a knife, or maybe a sink or faucet fixture) that simply declares itself “stainless steel” but the manufacturer refuses to admit which alloy even if you press them in a vise, that does indeed usually mean you’re looking at some junk. Low chromium and low nickel stainless alloys are the least corrosion resistant but all other things being equal are also typically the easiest to cut, machine, stamp, or otherwise work into shape.
Organic foods is just an excuse to charge you more so long as they make you feel better to know that it is organic.
Certainly not all organic foods, but yes, it’s often enough that I don’t fault you if that’s how you feel.
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Is this not as opposed to fake leather (plastic)? They could just say that it is leather or real leather, but that does not sound as fancy.
It’s actually a technical term disguised as common language.
Most people think genuine means “as real as you can get”. Which is true in everyday language.
But when it comes to leather, “Genuine” is a quality grade that means “The lowest quality of leather that technically includes actual animal hide.” Usually it’s bits and pieces glued together.
Consider it the hot dog of leather.
I am pretty sure that “bits and pieces glued together” is the grade directly below it known as “bonded leather”. I think “genuine leather” is the first grade that is real leather. It just isn’t actually very good leather.
I wasn’t very confident about the bits and pieces, so I looked it up, and calling it hot dog leather is accurate.
“Military grade leather.”
“Genuine leather” is the designation for the lowest grade leather product.