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View submission: xkcd 1343: Manuals
Spray painting is actually something you might want to practice a lot and read a detailed description about, if you want to be precise and clean. But your point is valid.
Comment by piggybankcowboy at 17/03/2014 at 17:18 UTC
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Then again, there's also the whole CYA (Cover Your Ass) mindset that makes instructions like that because companies want to protect themselves from lawsuits like "well, you didn't tell me to *not* throw this pressurized can of gas into a fire." Common sense in short supply, so to speak.