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€“] 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?