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If a commercial requires a disclaimer, usually for legal reasons, the people creating the ad will put it at the bottom of the screen in tiny, low-contrast text using a hard-to-read [[Useful Notes/Fonts|font]], and then leave it up for only a split second. |
If a commercial requires a disclaimer, usually for legal reasons, the people creating the ad will put it at the bottom of the screen in tiny, low-contrast text using a hard-to-read [[Useful Notes/Fonts|font]], and then [[Unreadably Fast Text|leave it up for only a split second]]. |
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In theory this is so that the viewers won't be distracted from their desire to buy the product by any nagging doubts the content of the disclaimer might raise. |
In theory this is so that the viewers won't be distracted from their desire to buy the product by any nagging doubts the content of the disclaimer might raise. |
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For the radio equivalent, where disclaimers are read inhumanly fast, see [[Rattling Off Legal]]. |
For the radio equivalent, where disclaimers are read inhumanly fast, see [[Rattling Off Legal]]. |
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See also [[Read the Fine Print]]. |
See also [[Read the Fine Print]], [[Unreadably Fast Text]]. |
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