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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 108 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Tagger@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 months ago
[-] chtk@feddit.nl 67 points 2 months ago

It represents the inequality in the chocolate industry.

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

[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

lol

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months 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 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah but it's less fun

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 19 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Hemi03 10 points 2 months 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 6 points 2 months ago
[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

So now you're telling me to order a small bar of chocolate online to come God knows when, and pay postage for an already expensive chocolate... If I want a single serve of chocolate I don't want to wait for it to come by delivery days later, these aren't reasonable solutions.

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

Having stuff on hand for cravings is unreasonable…? Seriously?

Than get a different brand of you want to be this bloody entitled lmfao.

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

First, I do get a different brand, that's my point. Second, now you're telling me to buy it in bulk to always have around? I don't want to spend that much on an already expensive chocolate and it'll probably just go fast from my kids anyway. Plus in summer it'll either melt from the heat or be rock hard from being in the fridge, neither is ideal.

Also, usually I'll just buy it as a treat when we're already out. If I'm trying to split a chocolate between 4 people at a shopping centre, I'm not going to be carrying around a knife, I want to be able to just easily break it into 4 sections. Nor am I going to think before we leave "I should grab 4 of those chocolates I bought online in my pocket in case we want some".

I have no problem just getting a different brand to avoid the hassle, all I'm saying is maybe I'd get theirs if it wasn't designed so stupidly. But I'm sure they don't care enough about getting business from 1 random guy to change it, so I'm fine getting others.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months 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.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

It's not representing anything will if people don't know about it. And I think most people who shall out the extra money for a brand like Chocolonely are doing it because they're already aware of what a clusterfuck the chocolate industry is.

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

This doesn't make any sense. People don't know about it, but they already but Chocolonely because they know about it? What?

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

People don't know about the weird chunk sizes representing inequality.

They do know about Chocolonely being marketed as a more ethical product.

[-] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months 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

[-] match@pawb.social 10 points 2 months ago

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

[-] SuperApples@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months 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 4 points 2 months 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 44 points 2 months ago

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

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

Name checks out

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[-] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago

Nobody does nothing?

"companys?"

Get this shit outta here

[-] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 20 points 2 months ago

Is this a loss meme?

[-] anubis119@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago
[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago
[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 9 points 2 months ago
[-] offspec@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago
[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 8 points 2 months 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 2 months 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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