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Mushrooms swapped for tampons among bizarre UK supermarket substitutions (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is entertaining but I'm not convinced it was written by a human.

[–] SquiffSquiff 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article is from the guardian ( a reputable UK newspaper) reporting on an article by 'Which?' a UK consumer magazine with some very specific standards. The Which? Press release has citations.

[–] lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Ok but it doesn't read like something a human would write.

Maybe it was a substitution? 🙃

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It reads very normally for a minor interest story in the UK.