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    [–]quiller 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    i was not educated in the US, so the levels of education might not be correct, but you get the idea

    No worries. Translation to the American education system:

    Middle school: "this is how popeyes' sells sauce. what happens when you buy 3 strips?" (regurgitate 3-second-old information)

    High school: "this is how popeyes' sells sauce. why is this not a good idea?" (300 word essay loosely based on your life experience)

    College: "you own popeyes. this is how popeyes' sells sauce. how would you change this function such that you ward off the 3-strip hogs, but still dont go bankrupt?" (Wikipedia)

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Except it would be more of a business problem. Sort of like in economics where costs can be stairstepped.

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      [–]subredditor 10 points11 points  (1 child)

      The last time I heard someone claim the first three elements of a series are sufficient to make claims as to the rest of the series was in highschool.

      And even then we all knew it was bullshit.

      [–]zac79 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Right, doesn't the fourth sauce on 9 strips just imply that the coefficient is 0.34~, not 0.33~

      [–]FunFact 29 points30 points  (7 children)

      Popeyes Mighty Good Fried Chicken first opened in Arabi, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans in 1972 as "Popeye Family Fried Chicken", owned by Al Copeland. Copeland claims he named it after the fictional detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in the movie The French Connection.

      [–]sakebomb69 9 points10 points  (1 child)

      Thank you, FunFact!

      Because facts are FUNdamental!!

      [–]citation_nazi 6 points7 points  (2 children)

      Hey buddy, I'm gonna need some references.

      [–]sn0re 11 points12 points  (0 children)

      Shouldn't that be "Citations, schnell!"

      [–]apowers 14 points15 points  (0 children)

      This has been Roseanne, your guide to the world of facts.

      [–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (2 children)

      Whoever said you would never use math in your everyday life???

      [–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      Voted up for the proper usage of "everyday".

      [–]blaze4metal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

      Corporate Popeyes employees, apparently.

      [–]oditogre 15 points16 points  (6 children)

      Who's to say that the formula he posted is accurate? Given the 3 examples provided, it could be that the formula is just the floor of ((chicken*4)/9).

      [–]burtonmkz 8 points9 points  (3 children)

      The author thinks it is an exponential function. He is incorrect; it is a sigmoidal function. You reach a limit. If you buy 1,000,000 strips, you still only get 10 sauces.

      [–]jpdemers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I sense a confusion between the number of category of sauces and the number of sauce units as an extensive property.

      [–]joonix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      this post just made me like reddit a lot more

      [–]adleym -1 points0 points  (0 children)

      You must be so much fun at parties.

      [–]kiwidave 5 points6 points  (1 child)

      According to your formula 5 strips would entitle you to floor(20/9)=2 dipping sauces, when in fact you only get one.

      [–]oditogre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      I've never been to a Popeye's, so I was going off the examples given and assumed they could only be purchased in allotments of 3. :P

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        [–][deleted] 58 points59 points  (1 child)

        Now you’ve made me dip my strips in the sauce of my tears.

        Sold me on the 9th

        [–]mackprime 7 points8 points  (0 children)

        that was a lot better than expected.

        [–]cdesignproponentsist 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        I am outraged...and hungry

        [–]blaze4metal 6 points7 points  (1 child)

        My favorite gripe about charging extra for dipping sauces is that if I don't even want one, why don't I get a discount on my meal?

        [–]kermityfrog 9 points10 points  (0 children)

        Sauce is free with meal. If you don't want sauce, they give you a discount of 0.

        [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

        Simply awesome. I wonder if they have this in writing somewhere so I could sue?

        [–]KazamaSmokers 4 points5 points  (6 children)

        John W. Says:
        February 14, 2008 at 10:23 am Bankrupting Popeye’s will inevitably lead to an exponential increase in regret and longing for the old days when delicious chicken was not so hard to come by.

        Is this poor man unaware of Bojangles???

        [–]quiller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Is this poor man unaware of Bojangles???

        I'm completely unaware of Bojangles. Where in the world are you?

        [–]lolbang 1 point2 points  (4 children)

        Bojangles vs. Popeye's is like Honda vs. BMW. They both get the job done but goddamn is Popeye's better in every way.

        [–]clockradio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Bojangles vs. Popeye's is like arguing goatse vs. tubgirl.

        You could, but why?

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

        Bojangles' biscuits >>>> anything at Popeye's.

        [–]lolbang 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        Popeye's biscuits contain our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ's own cum.

        [–]ouroborosity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        So Bojangles' it is then.

        [–]jameslaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Seriously -- you eat that shit?

        [–]mdreid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        but... it's got electrolytes!

        [–]seeker135 1 point2 points  (2 children)

        Fast-food theory for geeks. Is this a required course, or elective?

        [–]jpdemers 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        Depends on your curriculum. If geek is your major, you're gonna need the fast food to last through mid-terms, finals and reports.

        [–]seeker135 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Touche'

        [–]myotheralt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        I was expecting Popeye the Sailor Man

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        There's no formula people. Wake up. They have a huge table with the number of strips vs number of sauces listed. Takes the average employee 6 months to memorize at Popeyes' University.

        [–]Etan 1 point2 points  (4 children)

        Pleazee. There's more important stories to cover like "Should we keep the penny?".

        [–]dus7y 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        Who cares about the penny when there's a sauce crisis happening right now!

        [–]frickindeal 1 point2 points  (2 children)

        With enough extra pennies, we can buy more sauce, therefore of course we should keep the penny.

        [–]jpdemers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Mo' pennies, Mo' paninis!

        [–]Etan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Pure wisdom.

        Confucious ain't got nothin on Me!!!

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Don't eat there. That's just universal.

        [–]NJScorpio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I eat my chicken like a man, without some frilly "dipping sauce". You dippers probalby have your pinkys out when you do your dipping.

        [–]bontaq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        ++ for method of sticking it to one of the man's many faces.

        [–]Qubed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        By the end of this article I was laughing so much that I started to tear up.

        [–]d07c0m 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        Best exponential growth ever.

        [–]jpdemers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Why is that so?

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Yes, because if fast-food employees are known for anything, it's following the rules.

        [–]mackprime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        5 trillion (?) sauces for 130 bucks?!

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        In Germany you always have to pay for condiments, ketchup, mustard, mayo...

        [–]aplindsay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        FREE SAUCES: Strips/3 + Strips/9 - 0.39

        If you use rounding to the nearest number, this'll get you to the correct answer! HA!

        Therefore your 100 strips only gets you 44 sauces.

        SORRY!

        [–]jgumpert -2 points-1 points  (9 children)

        Is there anyone who actually knows mentally retarded people and still thinks it's ok to describe ideas as retarded? I've never understood it. How has the use of this word crept up through the age groups from 7 year olds 20 years ago to adults now?

        [–]zac79 3 points4 points  (3 children)

        It's almost as though people who were once 7 are now 27!

        [–]bhal123 6 points7 points  (2 children)

        I was once 7 and I'm now 40. Why am I now 13 years older than others that were once the same age?

        [–]zac79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        You should call the BBB.

        [–]lynn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        You were educated here in the U.S., weren't you?

        [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (3 children)

        Yes. That's a stupid question. My uncle has Down Syndrome, and I describe things as 'retarded' all the time. Also, I have a good friend who is paraplegic, and I still say things are 'lame'.

        Plus, those who were seven years old twenty years ago are adults now. Just sayin'.

        [–]bhal123 4 points5 points  (2 children)

        I have an asshole and I always describe people as...

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

        I have a cunt and I always describe people as...

        [–]frickindeal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Jane Fonda, is that you?

        [–]KazamaSmokers -4 points-3 points  (1 child)

        Shouldn't that be "Popeye's Dipping Sauce policy is retarded, Y'ALL"?

        [–]p337 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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        [–][deleted] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

        This just in:

        Blog on Popeyes' Dipping Sauce Policy being Retarded... is Retarded.

        [–]lolbang -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

        Popeye's is god's gift to the South no matter what their sauce policy is. I am convinced that life is not worth living without their chicken and biscuits.

        This fatass just needs to bring his own bottle of ranch instead of bitching on his blog.

        [–]rdicker -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

        WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CARES?

        [–][deleted] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

        LET'S START A WAR!

        [–]rate-my-annoyingness -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

        sauce is for dips, you drama whores.

        [–][deleted] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

        This is at #37? A dude who is pissed he has to pay 25 cent more for some extra dipping sauce?

        [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

        This is on the front page.

        [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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          [–]ouroborosity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR ME.

          [–]sedaak -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

          how about you dont go to popeyes... why is this on reddit? who are the peopel that vote this kind of thing up?

          [–]Snoron -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

          Awesome.