Comment on The labeling on OTC pain relievers, etc. This is why I just pop 3 and hope for the best.
dingus@lemmy.world 12 hours agoIdk…I struggle with this too like the OP said. Yes, the directions are there. But notice how that paragraph was hidden within walls and walls of text.
If they put it at the top or at the very least bolded it or made it in a different color or literally anything, it would be way better for everyone and even more idiot proof.
eneff@discuss.tchncs.de 11 hours ago
Are we talking about the same picture?
The text is already clearly structured into sections that each have a bold frame visually indicating them along with bold headings for each section.
It took me like a few seconds to skim to the relevant part of the outline clearly labeled “Directions” and I am neither a native speaker nor have I ever seen a label like this before.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Maybe you’re wired different. I skimmed the whole thing twice, specifically looking for the directions section, knowing how it should look. I missed it the first time…I thought the joke was that there weren’t any directions, or they were hidden on a page 2.
Maybe my ADHD mind?
I definitely get what OP is saying tho. Having an unknown and changing number of warnings, before the directions, in the same typeface as the directions, could make it more dangerous.
Ideally there would be a color-coded label system for different types/severities of warnings, and the direction clearly printed above/near the top. Having all the warnings first didn’t make me read them, just the bolded parts, looking for the directions. Directions are the most looked-for thing, they should be in an obvious place.
This is like the drug companies following supermarket logic, putting the milk in the back corner of the store hoping you impulse a bunch of stuff on the way. But instead of desired results, they are making people skip over the warnings entirely and just get raw milk from their neighbor, because there’s no warnings on that.