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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I only know of one that does that: Tony's Chocolonely.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

and they've got a pretty good justification for it too

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago (10 children)

It represents the inequality in the chocolate industry.

Source: https://uk.tonyschocolonely.com/pages/faqs

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why are your bars unequally divided?

It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 180g bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

And in case you haven’t noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon.

That's awesome!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut)

lol

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

That makes them even more awesome in my book. Thanks for that link.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

They seem pretty cool!

Unfortunately I can't eat them, since the one thing they can't seem to certify on is gluten... May be pretty good gifts though.

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

can they do that and make it so i can brake pieces of, without shattering the whole thing. I wont eat those big ass pieces and i dont want to break my hand trying to divide them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If I have to get a knife out to eat my chocolate bar it's already become more hassle than it's worth.

They could have rectangles and squares of uneven sizes that still have normal break lines, they choose not to. Heck they could even have triangles that break neatly if they really wanted to by putting a diagonal line down some squares or rectangles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I mean if you’re eating it in pieces instead of the whole thing you already need to put the thing away….

Buy smaller bars then. The situation has remedies…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tony's only comes in 180g bars where I live, there is no smaller size. If you're going to say I should buy a different one then, well I thought I made clear I already do because of their stupid design, but if I wanted to support them because of other good reasons, they only have the one stupid option either way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They have other sizes and you can order online, or, use a bloody knife…

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

Nah. You can be pro reform without being silly and impractical. This may be the reason they do it, but it doesn't justify the impracticality of it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Maybe? It doesn't really seem that big a deal to me, I still like getting their bars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the different sizes are neat. You get to choose how much you want to eat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A grid configuration also allows you this choice in a reproducible fashion.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah but it's less fun

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

Slavery!

That’s why it’s the color that it is

Edit: my bad, I guess it’s shaped like the coast of Africa

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

sooo... Slavery!

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

fucking love chocolonely. the random bar shapes give my mouth good feels

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just bought some more Tony's today!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

[Internet High-Five] Yah, tony's is great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cadbury's Marvellous Creations range has been doing it for about 10 years, but I've only seen them in Australia and SE Asia (assumigly sold in UK, too).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Cadbury Bubbly does it too, though sadly I haven't seen any of it on shelves (apart from the mint variant, eww) for a few years.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Is Lemmy now that popular that people start posting disguised ads?

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

Name checks out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I don't think there are that many ads, even if there were you could easily get rid of them by buying my cool Lemmy adblock that uses AI to recognize clever product placement and cover it up with a picture of dirt!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

really? we can't allude to anything now? oh no someone referenced a movie, they must be working for the studio!

I'd really appreciate it if we kept Lemmy without the miserable grumpy cat that is r/hailcorporate just running around accusing people of shilling for literally mentioning anything in any context whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe comes from the recent chocolate post and OP found it in their folder of 'stolen memes'. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nobody does nothing?

"companys?"

Get this shit outta here

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

Man, I've never understood this nobody meme and it seems nobody is even able to explain it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

We're on the same boat. The meme is very ambiguous, but it roughly means that something happens seemingly without a reason, i.e. the author doesn't understand why something is the way it is

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Is this a loss meme?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Nobody: "We need a 'nobody:' in there!"

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

Im pretty sure some people said that

If not, are all the memes with "nobody: " in them werent made by anybody and that is the signature?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I was being hyperbolic. The original usage is completely incorrect, because if nobody said nothing, then everybody said something.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Haven't seen that before but, I am okay with this.

Make it a Nautilus spiral or fractals and I could theoretically have endless chocolate.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I genuinely can't fucking stand this. It never breaks away cleanly and it just makes it annoying to share because the pieces are all different sizes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

You just need a basement full of Oompa Loompas, then you don't need predetermined breaking points on your chocolate and could enjoy it entirely.

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