this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2025
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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Joke's on them, I ate them all and now my tummy hurts

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[โ€“] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't go on just weight alone, that doesn't tell you much of anything. You need weight and price.

For me personally, it's a hell of a lot easier to see how far your money is actually going when you keep track of the price per oz vs just watching the total price since they change price and size pretty regularly.

[โ€“] Gork@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They'll just make the tray heavier ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They can, but it wouldn't matter. The weight on the packaging is the weight of the product in the package, not the package itself.

[โ€“] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Is packaging material actually cheaper by weight than candy?

[โ€“] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That would be fraud. There are legal requirements for this.

[โ€“] tehmics@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

C'mon man, you're almost there. Make one more connection

[โ€“] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The type of packaging is not regulated by shape or size. I am not making the claim packaging shouldn't be regulated, just that comparing weight and price ratios will help you not be tricked by this.

[โ€“] tehmics@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

will help you not be tricked

Oh, so that's the problem. You don't understand the point of the conversation

[โ€“] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess I have, I thought this post was criticizing the deceptive packaging.

[โ€“] tehmics@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, and criticizing is not the same as 'getting tricked by'

[โ€“] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago

Then how did they open the package?