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The last hope (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 68 points 3 months ago

There is still hope, it's Best by, not Use by

[-] dbx12@programming.dev 47 points 3 months ago

So many people interpret "best before" as "poisonous as hell after". Look at it, smell it, taste (a little bit of) it. If it passes all three, still perfect to eat.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago

Until its not

Be mindful of perishables left out of the fridge for a long time. Most of the time it is fine but in some cases it can cause illness.

[-] dbx12@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Well, I store my food as recommended and treat the best before as written above. If stored in suboptimal conditions for extended time, most bets regarding the best before are off anyways.

[-] teft@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago

That is only what the Canadians release to the outside world. They have a strategic maple syrup reserve.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

strategic maple syrup reserve

I love that this is a real thing 😄

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 9 points 3 months ago

Goddamned Canadian maple syrup cartel.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Actually, I think they identify more as a Maple Mafia..

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago
[-] Boneless2246@lemm.ee 27 points 3 months ago

But is it October 2, or February 10?!?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 months ago
[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

All is possible with the power of maple

[-] dch82@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

TBF tho it doesn’t really matter because either way it won’t go out of date in 14000 years

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

It's February 15th, 2010 at 14:41.

[-] mrspaz@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

I wrote a program to figure out what day of the week this landed on (assuming it is in fact October 2nd, 151441).

It's a Saturday.

Real downer on the start of the weekend.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 26 points 3 months ago
[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Yep, my immediate thought was, how the hell would you know it works?

[-] Bgugi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Bro probably to account for leap Thursday's. We have one every ~28k years to keep in alignment with the true solar week.

[-] dch82@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Took me longer than it should have to realise this was a joke.

[-] odium@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

That program better be using an existing date library, because otherwise it's most definitely wrong.

[-] asyncrosaurus@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

public string GetDayOfWeek(DateTime date) => "saturday";

I also calculated it, his result checks out.

[-] al4s@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Don't be ridiculous, that would never pass QA.

But this one will. Joy for years to come:

public string GetDayOfWeek(DateTime date) {
    return ((date - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1)).Milliseconds / 86400000) % 7 switch {
        0 => "Thursday",
        1 => "Friday",
        2 => "Saturday",
        3 => "Sunday",
        4 => "Monday"
    };
}
[-] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago
[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

I never knew of the existence of this story. Truly astounding.

[-] greencactus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Wilddddd. That was just crazy.

[-] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Glad you enjoyed it! Personally, I never expected such a thing from a sports reporting site.

[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 10 points 3 months ago

Best by ≠ Expiration date

It's the truth, and I'm tired pretending it's not.

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 5 points 3 months ago

It's just not in its best condition.
Another 720000 years before expiry.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

what an optimistic date for our demise.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

1441 is most likely the time stamp sorry guys...

(Not sure if Canada follows US or internal date format)

[-] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Canadian here. We're not sure either.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Slashes mean whatever american abomination

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Cry

You cut me deep, real deep.

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