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It seems wrong that Fruit by the Foot is only sold by weight or by number of rolls.

https://explainxkcd.com/3060/

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

But how many layers does it take to get to Adolf Hitler?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

Alt text is on point with this one (like they aren’t always)

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Logically, we now have to add the Wikipedia Omniroll to the list, which will make preparing one very complicated.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The world ended in 2025 when the recursive Wikipedia Omniroll consumed all available matter

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Oh, so that's how you make the infinite fractal omniroll. You just need infinite materials, infinite space and infinite time. Shouldn't be a problem, right?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you for this. I'm Californian born and raised, but this introduced me to the apparently prodigious Irish cultural touchstone that is the Jumbo Breakfast Roll.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Two eggs, two sausage, two rashers, two bacon, two pudding, one black, one white. All stacked like a tower on top of each other and rolled up good and tight. If you're having some tea, the milk's over there, you'll find sugar in the bowl. Said she do you want some sauce on that, says aye I do in my roll.

Welp, I'm hungry now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That thing is going to weigh as much as a cadaver

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

Interesting you should mention that... Mummy jerky

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The list is missing uramaki, which is clearly distinct from maki, so the list is incomplete. Although, it does include "Seattle Roll" which, if it's supposed to represent uramaki, is an odd choice given that it's just one kind of uramaki.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

'You were so preoccupied on whether you could, that you never thought to wonder if you should.'

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

on the other hand, some of the options look like they would pair up really well – gỏi cuốn plus kati roll – arctic roll plus black sesame roll – croquette plus breakfast roll