Spyke

Mathematician: Pi is 3.141592653589793238...
Engineer: Pi is 4
Toilet Paper Marketer: Pi is 10

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TheSladreply
sh.itjust.works

Look at the price by weight instead. The "math" advertised on the packaging is probably bullshit anyways.

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i mean at least with regular toilet paper i get what they mean, "16 double rolls = 32 rolls wow!" even tho it's bullshit

but here??? are those paper towels unthirdle rolls?

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i always squeeze the rolls, and go with whatever feels the most dense. usually scott.

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lemm.ee

High school math never prepared me for toilet paper math.

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lemmy.world

The rolls now have more sheets per roll, so six rolls gets you the same number of sheets as eight normal sized rolls.

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bisbyreply
lemmy.world

6 of this product with 200 sheets each (1200 total) = 8 competitor products with only 150 sheets each (1200 total).

They are missing a ×200 and ×150 in their equation. They are trying to remind you that this isnt shrinkflation! ... So they can normalize 6 rolls per pack and shrinkflate later

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For sure. I’m a die hard unit price shopper, except for paper towels. That select-a-size really makes you think. How often do I use two or more smaller sheets at once…UGH just get these.

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lemmy.blahaj.zone

ah, okay that makes sense i guess

it's still such a weird thing lol, like at least usually they'd explicitely say "as much sheets as 8 rolls!" somewhere

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CameronDevreply
programming.dev

What does the asterisk text say? Is it some kind of poorly designed "Buy 6, get 8" thing?

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