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Why the hell do we call it “coconut water” like it’s some holy, saint-blessed hydration straight from God’s urethra? It’s juice. It comes out of a fucking fruit. If it squirted out of an orange we wouldn’t sit there pretending it’s “orange water.” But no, slap “water” on the label. It’s not magical glacier piss. It’s coconut juice. Stop jerking off the branding like it’s some enlightened nectar for smug wellness cultists.

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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 0 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

We don’t label anything else that can kill dogs. Just don’t give human food to your dog

Might maybe be a good idea to start. (And cats as well, as the other most common housepet.)

And as for 'just don't give it to them' ... well, sometimes dogs get into things they're not supposed to. It might be good to have things that are dangerous to dogs labeled so that you quickly and easily know which foods need to be extra protected to make extra-sure your dog can't get into them.

(Then again, I expect a lot of corporate resistance to this. Because stupid people will see the 'this may be dangerous to dogs' label and think, "Wow, if it's bad for dogs, it must be bad for me as well!" and they won't buy it. Or they won't buy it because they don't want anything dangerous to their precious pooch to even be in the house at all. So forcing companies to have that label will probably result in reduced sales for those companies. Which means reduced profits, which means they'll fight hard against any requirement to label their products this way.)