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Wait, you lost me here (I'm math-challenged). Why are the prime numbers meaningful?
Because they are X-1, where X=8 or 12 or 16, which had become the established standard measures of contents. The prime numbers have been made meaningful by the food processing industry. 8, 12 and 16 are simple multiples of standard measures. Nobody ever conversationally says "I've probably done that 7 or 11 times already." Or "There were about 23 or 31 kids on the playground." Or "Most people nowadays live to be about 79 or 87." Prime numbers fly in our face and make us do a double take. Our minds estimate in multiples and easy factors.
Would anybody think it is deceptive if a gas station put up a big sign stating the price for 7 pints of gas?
i have gotten used to figuring out the per pound cost of pretty much everything so it doesnt really bother me. i would prefer they keep things to divisions of a pound (4oz, 8oz, 12oz, 16oz) but nothing is like that anymore so you have to adapt.
Not that I want to pay the same price, but I'd prefer smaller packages, cans, cartons, etc. Half the stuff goes spoiled because I can't eat all of it in time. Plus, I don't want to eat the same thing every day for a week. It's hard to find those small cans, and packages of meat, etc.
Of course, I don't want to be paying the same price as for the bigger packaging, but the trend toward smaller portions/packages doesn't bother me.
The boxes of cereal which once you get them home, you realize how much bigger the old box was. The cans of vegetables and beans are about 1/2 liquid now and it makes it hard it you are using them in a recipe because everything is either watery or out of balance in some way. You just sort of grab the stuff and realize how small it is when you get ready to open it. I have also noticed they have played with the serving sizes and reduced just how many ounces it takes to be a serving thereby maintaining 12 servings but cutting each serving a little bite. You pour this stuff in the bowl and just stand there looking at it like "What?"
The cans of vegetables and beans are about 1/2 liquid now and it makes it hard it you are using them in a recipe because everything is either watery or out of balance in some way.
yeah, im very wary of buying canned products because the weight of the liquid and the can are included, and i have no idea what the weight of the actual product is. there should be some kind of labeling requirement to know what % of that can's weight is the product you are buying.
The smaller packages would not bother me as long as they kept the price the same. I feel like i am getting double cheated when they raise the price and reduce the amount. I have noticed this the most in chips. My favorite chips to eat are Hot Cheetos. Over the years, I have seen the bag change sizes and they only fill the bag up halfway. I also love fuffles but why have a big bag when its less than halfway full? I will never pay $4 for a bag of chips that is halfway full. I just wait until they go on sale for $2.
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