Funny @sh.itjust.works Stamets @lemmy.world 23h ago

Genius idea

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I'm not single, and I've never in my life finished an entire pack of grocery store grapes. And they are NOT fucking cheap. I haven't bought them in fuckin' years...

Edit: Oh... Wow. I now remember watching a weird movie about Jack the Ripper and thinking "how is he luring these girls with grapes?!" I guess we're back to the 1800's now...
- I think that movie is 'From Hell'
  
  That was a super fucked up movie.
- I've got two kids, the grapes dissappear within the week.
  
  Because they are basically candy. The sugar content of grapes is similar to candy.
Basically you want what came before supermarkets
- I miss those, when I was small we had a local store that did that for all meat products. You just said X amount of bacon. Instead of buying a million separately packaged packs that barely last 1 family breakfast. Or well, going out of my way to hit up lidl, because they're like the only ones selling bigger packs.
  
  Now don't get me wrong, butcher counters still exist, but they're rare and many are expensive hipster shit.
- Regular markets
- Regular markets
- You could really order just like 3 stalks of celery? They didn't force you to buy the whole bunch?
  
  Many markets used a barter system, some even used Silent bartering so it was pretty easy to purchase only what you wanted
Half a loaf of bread. And a carton of ramens.
- You can put bread in the freezer and it will keep extremely well. Absolutely avoid putting it in the fridge though.
  
  You can then let it defrost naturally, or, if you slice it before freezing it, take out a couple of slices and put them in the toaster, after a couple of minutes is done, warm, and slightly toasted.
  
  I defrost wrapped in a tea towel on the bench. If you defrost it in open air, I find it goes a little stale.
- They do sell half loaves.
A half loaf of bread, please.
- While this is a thing (I'm from the US), the one I found COSTS MORE THAN A WHOLE LOAF. Can't win 😔
- That is a thing already.
  
  You can ask for this in every supermarket or bakery in Austria.
  
  I haven't seen it in my area. I very rarely eat bread, but now and then I just want a couple slices.
Do they sell love at this grocery store?
- Only self loathing.
  
  A half of self loafing.
  
  Nice. That's a staple in this household.
I’ve had this idea before. I named the fictional business “Spoiled Bachelor”
For grapes, since they're sold by the pound you can just take some of the grapes from the bag and place them into another bag of the same veriety if it's too many
A colmado on every street, please.

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