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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 72 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Engineer: The glass is too big.

[–] Jlafs@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Engineer: that glass has a 2x safety factor

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Twice as big as it needs to be.

Mechanic: The glass isn't broken.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't understand the line through optimist.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's because it's a screenshot taken on a broken phone.

[–] Robaque@feddit.it 12 points 1 year ago
[–] Roderik@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's for the observant. Your glass is one dimensional.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

All those glasses are two-dimensional.

I'm high.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The glass is full: half of it is air.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, horse shit. I've had brands that use way less air in the bag and they weren't destroyed, and I remember a time when companies in general didn't use all the air in the bags and we weren't getting bags of dust back then.

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They have always been sold by weight, so it doesn't really matter too much.

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[–] Quatity_Control@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Then why has Pringle's added more air to their cans?

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Ok, I can't find a source for them actually doing that. I've tried for about an hour. Absolutely no even remotely credible news source has this as an article or even a blog post. Other than that, Pringles cans are specifically designed to prevent all of the crushing, along with the crisps themselves. And, uh, they are sold by weight meaning this holds no real merit even if a source for this could be found.

[–] jcit878@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

they just shrank the whole size a few years back in Australia. even skinny people can't get their hands in now

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[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something to do with efficiency when they transport them via aircraft.

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[–] theonyltruemupf@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Old tasting no. It's not the nitrogen that keeps them fresh, it's the lack of Oxygen. It will of course keep them from crumbling to pieces though and that's enough of a reason.

[–] 3dyoshi@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] Endorkend@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a practical reason chips bags are mostly air tho.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes. Helps to keep your arteries slightly larger.

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Helps you fart more.

[–] Endorkend@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's so you don't get a bag full of crumbs.

[–] Quatity_Control@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (30 children)

No one in the history of civilisation has complained about too many broken chips in a bag.

When people started complaining about the amount of air being included in the bag, "prevents broken chips" was the bs marketing PR line put out. It's just not true.

You know the easiest way to prove it's bs? Pringle's have introduced more air into their cans at the same time. Why? To match the shrinkflation of their competitors. Because adding air to a can of Pringle's can only result in MORE broken chips. Which, again, no one in the fucking world has ever complained about.

[–] _danny@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am absolutely sad when I get a bag of broken chips. And it definitely works you can test it yourself with some ziplock bags. There most likely is some shrinkflation hidden in that air, but the majority of it probably is playing an important part for people like me who love their chips but hate the crumbs.

[–] Quatity_Control@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

There is definitively a point of diminishing returns. Half a bag of air just allows the chips to smash into each other and break. Only enough air to prevent outside forces compressing the chips is fine.

I'm not going to bother to find out when and how often these bags of completely crumbed chips made you sad in your life. They would no doubt be negligible and more related to transport issues than packaging issues.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've complained about broken chips more than a dozen times in my life I'm sure of it

[–] Quatity_Control@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

And how many packets of ships have you opened in your life?

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[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yes but it's far more than necessary to protect the chips. Bag sizes are inflated for the psychology not the practicality

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[–] MudMan@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

I recently saw a local brand of chips with the tagline "less air, more chips", and hey, there it is, capitalism at work. Competition happening.

Then I remembered that PepsiCo owns Frito-Lay and they are a huge conglomerate, so it doesn't matter what it says on the bag. And hey, there it is, capitalism also.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's so you can enjoy more of the water in complete cubes rather than broken up into little shavings.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate it when my water breaks...

[–] RushingSquirrel@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It's usually for a good reason though

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok but why don't all chip bags have zip seals built into the bag?

[–] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Optimist: the glass is half full
Pessimist: the glass is half empty
realist: is this piss?

All water is filtered piss in some quantity, right?

[–] EherVielleicht@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Qualitäts michmich!

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