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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 113 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Tagger@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 month ago
[-] chtk@feddit.nl 66 points 1 month ago

It represents the inequality in the chocolate industry.

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

[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

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!

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 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

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 19 points 1 month ago

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

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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.

[-] Hemi03@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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…

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 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.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Slavery!

That’s why it’s the color that it is

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

[-] ddplf@szmer.info 4 points 1 month ago

sooo... Slavery!

[-] match@pawb.social 11 points 1 month ago

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

[-] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Just bought some more Tony's today!

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] SuperApples@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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).

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 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.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 1 month ago

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

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 9 points 1 month ago

Name checks out

[-] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 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!

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

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

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 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.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

Nobody does nothing?

"companys?"

Get this shit outta here

[-] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

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

[-] cone_zombie@lemmy.ml 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

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 month ago

Is this a loss meme?

[-] anubis119@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago
[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 14 points 1 month ago
[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

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?

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago
[-] offspec@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 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

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 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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