"Jim Spanfeller" (awesomeaustinv)
05/29/2020 at 00:13 • Filed to: Rant
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"Jim Spanfeller" (awesomeaustinv)
05/29/2020 at 00:13 • Filed to: Rant | 2
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Why do ketchup and mustard come in different types of packets!? It makes no sense! They’re usually even made by the same brand! Would it not be cheaper to use one type of packet for both condiments? And why is the mustard packet design so much worse than the one for ketchup? Ketchup packets are nice and easy to open, whereas mustard packets are vindictive little pieces of trash that you cannot easily open without bringing teeth into the equation. There is no elegant way to open a mustard packet. Why must things be this way? It’s absurd! It makes no sense to have two packet designs, especially when the ketchup packet is clearly vastly superior in every way! Why do we put up with this? Why do the packet makers do this to us? Why, if I had a nickel for every time I went without mustard simply because I didn’t want to deal with the mustard packet’s crap, I’d be able to go into business making my own darn packets! I say it’s time we had a condiment packet revolution! Let’s start lobbying the packet companies to change their stupid ways! We shall not put up with this any longer! ... Say, who actually makes these packets anyway?
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> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 00:42 |
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What you really want are Chic Fila A's Heinz ketchup dipping packets. Or those little paper cups and a dispensary that is always either empty or too full.
GLiddy
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 00:49 |
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There’s a reason for everything. Ketchup (Catsup) comes in a foil packet likely because it is not as stable as mustard, which can be sealed in a cheaper plastic packet. Corporations manufacture things in such bulk, that fractions of a cent in savings equate to significant savings. Even if packaging mustard in plastic instead of foil saves them $200,000 per quarter or year or whatever, they will do it. Also, we don’t know if mustard and ketchup is made even remotely in the same factory or using similar processes. One is made from fruits, suga r and vinegar and the other from seeds and vinegar.
Saying this, I don’t know all this for a fact. It’s just a swag.
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
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05/29/2020 at 00:50 |
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If I get condiments at a place with dispensers I usually grab a soft drink lid and fill that - a lot easier to dip in than one of those tiny paper cups even when they’re unfolded . Just put a napkin underneath to stop the leaks from the opening for the straw.
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Jim Spanfeller
> GLiddy
05/29/2020 at 00:54 |
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That would make sense... But still no excuse for shoddy packet design! The things should not be that difficult to open, dagna bit!
Chariotoflove
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 00:55 |
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Counterpoint: I find the serrated edges of the mustard packets adequately do the same job as the ketchup packet “tear here” corner, with the added benefit that I do not have to look for the correct corner to open whist on the go. I can simply reach in the bag by feel, tear from whatever end, and su ck the mustard out of it without taking my eyes from the road. .
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Jim Spanfeller
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
05/29/2020 at 00:55 |
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Woah... a genuinely useful life hack. Nice!
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Jim Spanfeller
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05/29/2020 at 00:57 |
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That’s definitely the best way to get mustard... Seriously, if it’s in the packets, it’s just not worth the trouble. Screw mustard packets.
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Jim Spanfeller
> Chariotoflove
05/29/2020 at 01:00 |
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Well, for all I know, there may be different brands that do packets differently, but the mustard packets used by nearly all restaurants in my area seem to be designed not to ope-
WAIT, YOU JUST SUCK MUSTARD STRAI GHT OUT OF THE PACKET!?
AestheticsInMotion
> Chariotoflove
05/29/2020 at 01:04 |
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Sometimes I wish I could un-read a sentance.
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> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
05/29/2020 at 01:09 |
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That is so ingenious I might just rip it off you for my own person use. True genius isn't appreciated in its own time, so it may a bit before this catches on.
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> AestheticsInMotion
05/29/2020 at 01:10 |
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So metimes, I wish I could unspell a sentence ;)
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Chariotoflove
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 01:45 |
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Yum! :D
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AestheticsInMotion
> Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
05/29/2020 at 01:46 |
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Words and spelling on a Chariotoflove post?! You fool... Next thing you know it’ll be puns and dad jokes...
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Chariotoflove
> AestheticsInMotion
05/29/2020 at 01:52 |
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Ask and you shall receive. Hopefully these cut the mustard. If not, I’ll ketchup to you later with more.
Why did the mustard blush? Because he saw the ranch dressing.
Why was the teacher covered in mustard? She was a sub.
How did the hotdog ask the ketchup out? He mustard up the courage.
RPM esq.
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 01:55 |
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If you don’t want to support the condiment packet racket, just b ring your takeout home or to your workplace and squirt it with your personal bottle of your preferred condiment(s). Or drive around with hot sauce in your glove box.
oldmxer
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 02:20 |
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maybe a different packaging firm got the bid on those
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 03:08 |
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the real question is why haven’t you all got these packets yet?
Jayvincent
> Chariotoflove
05/29/2020 at 04:12 |
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Deserves more stars!
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Jayvincent
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 04:17 |
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and don’t even get started on the mayo packets or the horsey sauce!
I can’t open those things with a scalpel or a chainsaw. Now the Chinese food guys seem to get where you are coming from, with “duck” sauce and soy sauce in the same sized packages, even if they are too small to cover a single serving
BigBlock440
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
05/29/2020 at 07:12 |
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Some places have these
Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 07:57 |
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I find relish packets to be the worst... far worse than ketchup or mustard
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 08:53 |
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They are made of entirely different material.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 09:12 |
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Don’t mind me, I’m just making sure this gif is in the replies.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 09:14 |
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Also, by total coincidence, here’s a gif of a machine making sauce packets:
And then there’s this:
My bird IS the word
> Jim Spanfeller
05/29/2020 at 09:34 |
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Because mustard is trash, and you should suffer for eating it.
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Jim Spanfeller
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/29/2020 at 09:45 |
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:0
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Jim Spanfeller
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/29/2020 at 09:47 |
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That’s horrifying... yet somehow oddly satisfying. I want to try that...
Tapas
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/29/2020 at 10:13 |
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But what if you only want either ketchup or mustard?
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Tapas
05/29/2020 at 10:27 |
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I assume you fold in half and then move the fingers to squeeze only on one side, but I’m just an amateur Japanese Sauce Packet Analyst with little intent of going pro.
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> AestheticsInMotion
05/29/2020 at 11:18 |
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But I like puns and dad jokes. . .
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Chariotoflove
> Jayvincent
05/29/2020 at 13:00 |
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Finally, someone who understands literature!