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produnis @discuss.tchncs.de

1y ago

it is full

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Engineer: The glass is too big.
- Engineer: that glass has a 2x safety factor
- Twice as big as it needs to be.
- Mechanic: The glass isn't broken.

I don't understand the line through optimist.
- It's because it's a screenshot taken on a broken phone.
  
  Amazing.
- That's for the observant. Your glass is one dimensional.
  
  All those glasses are two-dimensional.
  I'm high.

The glass is full: half of it is air.
- Which is precisely why you don't have a bunch of destroyed old tasting chips too.
  https://www.pneumatech.com/en-na/blog/nitrogen-the-secret-to-crispy-chips
  https://www.today.com/food/why-there-so-much-air-bags-potato-chips-t133509
  
  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.
  
  Then why has Pringle's added more air to their cans?
  
  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.

Or is it?

There's a practical reason chips bags are mostly air tho.
- Yes. Helps to keep your arteries slightly larger.
  
  Helps you fart more.
  
  It's so you don't get a bag full of crumbs.
- Yes but it's far more than necessary to protect the chips. Bag sizes are inflated for the psychology not the practicality
  
  False. Bag sizes are relative to the amount of nitrogen needed to keep the chips from crushing.

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.

It's so you can enjoy more of the water in complete cubes rather than broken up into little shavings.
- I hate it when my water breaks...
  
  It's usually for a good reason though

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

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?

Qualitäts michmich!

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