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JJ Celery

Seven fish fingers in the box. Seven!! Outrageous.

PRIME NUMBERS DON'T BELONG IN FOOD PACKAGING

This is a hill I'm willing to die on.

(In case if you're curious the correct number of food items per package is 12 and multiples thereof.)

Presumably with intention to entertain you, fine federati, @spookius bought me _more_ fish fingers.

Same shop. Same brand. Same product.

Ten (10) fish fingers!

I'm not certain if this is better; the wild inconsistency is absolutely killing me 😩

@jjcelery [CSS framework developers] You see, people have heard us! We are ready to guide them to the light

@kevinteljeur I have whiskey tumblers with CSS printed on them. If I knew where to get help for this sort of stuff, I'd get some myself!

@jjcelery I'm so glad someone else is as weird about this as I am. I don't believe in capital punishment... But indivisible food proportions is one exception.

@jjcelery

How do you feel about irrationals?

@Jyoti thankfully all my food is real, so only real numbers apply. In some cases even natural.

@jjcelery

You're lucky - every packet of Rich Tea I get is rife with non-integers.

😢

@Jyoti ah but non-integers are still real, and therefore can be poured into the hand and shovelled greedily into the mouth opening spewing crumbs all over

@jjcelery

Where did you get this video of me??

😛

@jjcelery

Your observation is a prime example... of something.

But I do know why 12 is your packaging Nirvana: 12 is a number that, while still small, is more divisible than any preceding or closely following it, thus shareable amongst many more combinations of guests. Just one guest? "Six for you, six for me!" Three guests? "Three for each of thee, three for me!" And so on. 🙂

@VulcanTourist bold of you to assume I ever have guests

@jjcelery

It's not a basement, it's a party bunker! Cat's out of the bag now.

@VulcanTourist show me your lava lamp and I'll believe you

@jjcelery

Must I be holding a placard next to it? I'm not photogenic, especially nude.

@VulcanTourist ah... this is not the lava lamp I was thinking of

@jjcelery

You weren't referring to the one on the shelf in the shower? My bad.

@VulcanTourist you said party bunker, and I blame not enough coffee for falling into that trap

@jjcelery

*shhh* Mustn't LOL! Cats and wife are sleeping. Too many puncture wounds already!

@jjcelery Seven might have been the lucky number depending on the country in which they were packed. Think of the odd fish finger as a bonus -- the cook's sample or the cat's treat.

In US we'll usually see an even number except for baked goods which may come with a "baker's dozen." That's likely a leftover cultural feature from England.

@femme_mal they're packed by weight and pretty sure that this particular seven is just my misfortune and the universe hating me.

@jjcelery Or the universe said, "Here's a bonus one!" and I am the unfortunate one who can't be there to eat the freebie. LOL

@femme_mal I keep telling @spookius we need ourselves a cat.

For the spare fish fingers of course.