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[–] [email protected] 134 points 1 year ago (21 children)

I discovered yesterday that they no longer sell 16 ounce containers of ricotta cheese. They're all now 15oz or 30oz. So if you have a recipe that needs four cups of cheese you have to either adjust the rest of the recipe down or deal with having a 1/4 cup less cheese than you really need.

Fuck capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is literally "buying gems" in free to play games never amounting to the cost of a typical item, slightly under or over.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Someone gave me a Hello Fresh gift code. It doesn't fully cover the large meal plan so I have the choise of paying 5 bucks extra or taking the smaller deal and leaving money in the table

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Ask them to refund the rest

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

You're not leaving money on the table if you take the smaller deal. If you buy the large meal plan, you were successfully manipulated into buying something you wouldn't have considered otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could buy 240 containers of ricotta cheese and 60 cups of cheese that way you'll have the exact amount you need.

This is the Hebrew National 7 hot dog to 8 hot dog bun pack solution.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a lot of lasagna...

[–] Death_Equity 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, that's a prospective hustle that pays for your habit.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're doing the same thing with sauces and broths. Assholes.

[–] humorlessrepost 10 points 1 year ago

I’m an old and remember when smoked sausages were a pound. Then 14oz. Now 12oz.

[–] Decoy321 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can always just have more or less cheese in the recipe. Or use the leftover cheese for something else later.

I'm not defending capitalism here, just defending cheese.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

less cheese leftover cheese

I see those words but I don‘t understand any of them

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is why we need an ISO Toilet Paper Standard.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are several:

  • DIN EN ISO 12 625-4: 2005 (Dry tear resistance and perforation resistance)
  • DIN EN ISO 12 625-5:2005 (wet tear resistance)
  • DIN EN ISO 12 625 -9:2005 (Puncture resistance)
  • DIN EN ISO 12 625-3:2005 (Paper thickness in use)
  • EN ISO 12 625-8:2004 (Water retention capacity)

Yet there seems to be no standard for the size or number of sheets in a roll.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] asbestos 25 points 1 year ago

Nah, ISO fucks and I fuck with ISO

[–] thedirtyknapkin 10 points 1 year ago

hmm, this is more like realizing your preferred language doesn't have a word for a thing and deciding you want one.

[–] bl4ckblooc 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

1 mega plus = 4.5
1 “roll” =4.55555556
1 double plus = 2.26666667
1 super mega = 6.

Sorry for formatting I’m on mobile

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Double space (at the end of the line) = line break

 

Easy, regardless of the device you are using.

[–] bl4ckblooc 8 points 1 year ago

Hmm, doesn’t seem to be working. Might be specific on the apps maybe

[–] Son_of_dad 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

All these brands talking about how much length of tp there is, but they're cutting the width. So now tp rolls are stumpy and small

[–] DrMango 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just floss your cheeks, bro.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm is the average toilet paper roll empty?

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

If you account for all rolls that ever existed, it's pretty close to empty

[–] Rustmilian 20 points 1 year ago

It's just meaningless marketing.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It usually says price per total area, but this whole thing is why I just buy the recycled ones. If someone's going to cheat me it may as well be for a good cause.

[–] Thteven 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah but then the store uses different measurements on all the price tags so you need a fuckin calculator to actually compare them.

[–] DanglingFury 17 points 1 year ago

I usually just buy half a roll or so at a time from the guy behind the mcdonalds drive through.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Just pick the ply you want and look at the sq.ft. of the roll. Odds are you want the most length per roll.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Paper towel crowd is just as evil.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

We need a new metric standard. Introducing the 💩.

112.6 standard rolls = 1k💩

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why you always have to show your units!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I can show you my unit ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Doesn't the price tag on the shelf usually have a break down per sheet or sqft?

[–] Decoy321 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if it doesn't, all these packages have the total area listed somewhere on the package. If the $/area isn't listed on the price tag, you can still calculate it manually.

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