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		wtvanhest on Sept 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets hard... Just to add to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restau... One of the most misunderstood cases in american history and the misunderstanding means that many states created laws to limit exposure which IMO is extremely bad for the average american.

mitchty on Sept 6, 2017 [–]

Yep, its really sad how people think of the hot coffee lawsuit.

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