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[–] 42 points 2 hours ago (10 children)

Not to defend a giant corporation but if they do this, they better go after Banquet and all the other frozen food manufacturers that make those fake-ass ribs.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 hour ago (5 children)

    I wonder how many companies that produce boneless chicken wings actually include any wing meat.

    I appreciate that there are those that seek to hold companies to truth in advertising and certain standards, but as an adult in her 50's I've never once thought that a McRib would contain rib meat. It's processed pork that's shaped like ribs. If anything, that's more accurate than chunks of chicken breast sold as boneless wings.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    Someone did sue them once, iirc, which is why they are often called Wyngs or some such nonsense. I'm not sure about other products but for some reason as long as it's one letter off it's fine?

    The irony to me is if you think there are wing meat in that or rib in a McRib, you might not be literate enough to even notice it's spelled wrong.

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  • [–] 2 points 13 minutes ago

    This attitude of taking pleasure in calling people who fall for false advertising stupid or illiterate is why we're in the golden age of scams. Intellectually disabled and illiterate people do exist, yes, and they deserve to be protected by society not mocked. It's not ironic that they wouldn't notice the wrong spelling; it's the whole point of doing it. That's exactly why the regulation is necessary.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    I'm not sure if I've ever seen tenders labeled boneless wings.

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  • [–] 2 points 32 minutes ago*

    Well tenders are breast meat, so I’d certainly hope nobody is mislabeling them as wings. But I guess that’s the point of the entire conversation, because fake boneless wings (or wyngz, or whatever the fuck companies call them to avoid being sued) can contain whatever is cheapest and easiest for the company.

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