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Baseballs do present a challenge to this theory, but I'm convinced we just haven't found the right seasoning.

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[–] chemical_cutthroat 106 points 8 months ago (3 children)

By the logic of this graph the Earth is slightly more tasty than the moon, yet the moon is made of cheese. Explain that, XKCD.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 8 months ago

The earth contains bacon.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

the earth contains sparse pockets of cheese, such as France. An entire celestial object of cheese would be overwhelming

[–] assassinatedbyCIA 15 points 8 months ago

It has heterogeneity which is good according to prof ragusea

[–] toxicbubble 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

earth has over 10,000+ species of edible plants, and 300,000+ that we can't eat

[–] frickineh 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Can't eat, or can eat one time?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

still, won't be tasty

[–] [email protected] 66 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Hyperbolic" this, "logarithmic" that, I'm here to propose a radical new theory: all spheres are tasty, your mouth just isn't big enough to have the right tastebuds for the larger ones

[–] Rakonat 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Devourer of worlds for the uninitiated

[–] [email protected] 51 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As a fan of log-scale axes, Randall really ought to at least suspect that the vertical axis is also logarithmic. If so, the average 800m sphere is very much not tasty.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How do we know the moon isn't tasty? Isn't it made of cheese?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

If so, it's a very sharp cheese. Do not eat, you'll cut your tongue.

[–] hperrin 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

One can only predict that rabbit poop is delicious.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My dog seems to agree with this sentiment.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Rabbits seem to enthusiastically agree as well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have many rabbits near me. I also have many rabbit poops. I have never observed rabbits eating poop in the wild. Are your rabbits special?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Rabbits have two kinds of poop: the hard little Cocoa Pebble looking ones and the soft glossy cluster-of-grapes looking ones. The former have been fully digested, the latter are designed to be eaten again to extract more nutrients.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have to assume your are serious. that's disgusting. TIL. btw, are there any other animals you know of that do similar? do they always eat their shits or just when fresh food is scarce? I love that you used the word “designed”. what a glorious Lord that designed an animal and declared “you shall be gifted the ability to eat the same thing twice; second time not as nice”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

It's always, it's a solution to the high-fiber low-nutrient herbivorous diet they have. Larger herbivores tend to have longer digestive tracts, rabbits use cecotropes. Designed was just shorthand for it being a regular function of their body and not some fluke of desperation.

[–] weeeeum 27 points 8 months ago

Ice bergs. They are kinda round (less so with larger ones) and they are freshwater so entirely edible. According to the graph the object would taste "ok" which is a perfectly adequate description of drinking water.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I bet you could find 800-meter comet made out of ice. I would argue that the water tastes "ok".

[–] PunnyName 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do not lick the space ice!

[–] CptEnder 16 points 8 months ago

That is almost certainly the first thing I'd do to space ice

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (2 children)

There's got to be an 800m wide jawbreaker

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

By this logic, beachballs are okay-tasting.

I argue that the real equation would be some form of y= 1/x

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Based on volume, a baseball would still be in between a grape and a melon, so y=1/x doesn't work either.

I'd go for a density based equation rather than volume.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Astute point. Single-point blackholes must be delicous

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

You'll never want to taste anything else, that's for sure

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Assuming taste is also logarithmic, it actually is y=1/x

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

Yes, that's your mom

[–] AnAustralianPhotographer 13 points 8 months ago

So, James and the giant peach?

[–] Apeman42 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck is with the scale here? How can you even fit meatballs in there if grapes and melons are that close?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

I knew the Vegas Sphere was hiding something

[–] xantoxis 12 points 8 months ago

Where does the demon core belong on this

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Man....uhhh....you should get that checked out......

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, I can't. I eat too many apples

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[–] Candelestine 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Peppercorns?

Whole and spherical, not particularly tasty. Changing their shape via grinding, however, unlocks fought-wars-over-the-stuff levels of tastiness.

Please explain.

[–] 100_percent_a_bot 12 points 8 months ago

They just have too much taste condensed into a tiny sphere, like mass in a white dwarf star. Grinding them down actually extends their surface area and if you were to toss the ground pepper in the air you'd create a haze of taste that may or may not cause a burning sensation in your eyes and respiratory system

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

You have me considering the flavor of Alderaan

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In their base form they're an outlier. Ground up you unlock the full potential of the smallest spheres on the graph.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

You gotta grind them into smaller, tastier spheres

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[–] Hunex 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Your mom!

^sorry, ^you ^know ^I ^had ^to

[–] machinin 2 points 8 months ago

Hmm, rabbit turds...

[–] Ironfacebuster 1 points 7 months ago

We don't know if the earth isn't actually tasty, maybe the sum of all the tasty parts outweighs the taste of molten rock and dirt

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