Thursday, August 19, 2010

Americans generally assume all advertisement is deceptive

See Engadget today: Sharpie Liquid Pencil, the aftermath: it's 'permanent,' not permanent.

As for the pencil itself, while "liquid graphite" sounds cool, it is essentially just an erasable pen. Those were all the rage in the third grade at my school, but soon fell out of favor because they are poor substitutes for either real pencils or real pens. From the abysmal Amazon.com Reviews, these are no different.

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