Why does everything have to have a warning label on it?

Question

I'm eating a hard candy with a choking warning on it. Seriously how did we ever manage to make it this far as a species? I was born in the 70's technecially I should not have made it out of childhood cause my Mom gave me baby asprin when I had a cold.

Answer 1

Lawsuits,lawsuits,lawsuits,and the fact that everyone thinks we're stupid in this country,which most of them are sadly.

Answer 2

many people will use any excuses to sue the companies, so they have to put warning labels on everything so they will not be sued

Answer 3

Frivolous lawsuits.

When you can get sued for anything and everything, no matter how ridiculous, that is the end result...

Answer 4

Being sued is the top reason. There's actually an annual contest for the best warning label. They pick out the most ridiculous label that people submit all over the world.

Answer 5

It's a symptom of living in a litigious society.  Shakespeare was right about lawyers.

Answer 6

Because some people are astonishingly STUPID.  They do stupid things that get them hurt or killed and then a law suit is filed and stupid judges and stupid jurists grant them ridiculous financial rewards for their stupid behavior and then greed encourages others to be stupid so they can get a piece of the pie too.   For example when it states on a can of gasoline "do not take internally".  That is only for stupid morons, its not for children because they can't read.  Anyone that would drink gasoline has to be as dumb as a worm.  Its called the dumbing down of America.  There was a time when parents and schools taught  kids how to think for themselves so they could make wise decisions on their own. I was taught how to safely cross a street by age five.  I walked to school crossing many streets safely and traffic didn't have to stop for us either.  Most of my classmates also did the same and not one of us was killed by crossing a street all through grade school.  Today we stop traffic for thirteen year olds to cross.   A parent who hasn't taught their kid how to safely cross a street by age 13 should be arrested for child abuse.

Many of today's parents teach their kids if something goes wrong it must be someone elses fault and we should sue.  The schools now teach kids what to think instead of how to think for themselves.

Answer 7

Everyone's afraid of being sued.

I survived a formula-only babyhood, sleeping on my tummy, baby aspirin, cars without seatbelts (forget carseats!), and learning to ride a bike without a helmet.  It's a miracle I'm alive, I guess.