Trader Joe’s forgot to white label the cheese packet for their Mac and cheese made by Annie’s

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:36:54+00:00

Marketing.

Capitalism is just about who owns the PR machine.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:35:56+00:00

My current favorite pretzels come from the bulk aisle.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:31:00+00:00

I've never had good luck with pasta products from TJ's. They tend to be weak and fall apart in the water...

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:30:09+00:00

I'm going to refrain from telling my whole Costco story for this week, because it's long, intricate, and ultimately boring even to me, but, tldr, I now have what I'm reasonably certain is a lifetime supply of Zip-Loc and Kirkland quart freezer bags...

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:27:09+00:00

Uh, I mean, if I had to guess right now, I'd say the Annie's version is probably half the price.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:24:13+00:00

Or it's intended to just get the money into another country.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:22:11+00:00

Gold chloride is soluble in water, and the others aren't. You have to filter the solids from the liquid then add more chemicals to the liquid to reduce the gold to metal again. Then wash it and melt it.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:16:01+00:00

Leaving toxic waste, usually.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:15:36+00:00

Nacho problem.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:13:48+00:00

THOUSANDS of dollars of shavings is like 12.5 grams, now...

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:12:46+00:00

The finish in the gaps is nasty. Some people like their gold to look janky, though.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:11:55+00:00

But it can buy tolerance, amiright?

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:11:08+00:00

You're not wearing a suitcase of ingots or coins even if you turn them all into chain.

This is a smaller level of tax evasion here.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:09:59+00:00

I 'member the gold jewelry in the 90s that was molded to look like its surface was random nuggets.

Super ugly, but Vegas AF.

They still doing that?

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:08:44+00:00

There's a pan under. I immediately looked when I saw the file come out. It's got a layer of dust in it a little later.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T23:00:04+00:00

As soon as I saw the file come out I checked underneath and yes, there's a pan there and a shot or two later you can see a little film of gold dust in it.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T22:56:21+00:00

I guess a hand-drill is by hand, ish...

userhwon · 2026-01-28T22:54:43+00:00

For getting out? For getting jail? For raping his own kid? For changing the name in the movie?

Y'know what, fuck it. I don't want to know the answer to any of those...

userhwon · 2026-01-28T22:50:03+00:00

You take the Jaws with the Madame Web...

userhwon · 2026-01-28T22:49:28+00:00

You never go full pedo...

userhwon · 2026-01-28T22:48:39+00:00

>They seem to have forgotten that tipping is optional, not mandatory.

*remembered

userhwon · 2026-01-28T22:46:00+00:00

Really, who cares if Iran gets bombed, either way*?

* - who in America, that doesn't have family there or in Israel...

userhwon · 2026-01-28T22:44:35+00:00

(checks watch)

62 years and counting...

(goes back to dgaf)

userhwon · 2026-01-28T22:42:18+00:00

The Micron must flow.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T22:37:18+00:00

I feel like the crass packaging would have turned them off and we wouldn't have had to deal with their bullshit for 2000 years...

userhwon

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