@Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world
What the Hell is this Bull shit ?
2026-04-04 19:02 UTC
Replies (33)
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@Etterra@discuss.online 2026-04-05 03:01
Reminds me of the deodorant I just bought that’s literally only halfway filled.
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@SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 2026-04-04 20:18
The six-packs of bottles sold in grocery stores have been 500mL for years. Probably somebody filled the machine with them. (The label should say, “Not Labelled for Individual Sale” near the barcode, if so.)
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@Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 2026-04-05 06:39
TIL that an American pint (500ml) is smaller than a British pint (568ml).
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@KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 2026-04-06 01:48
That's called "mislabeling"... or 'bait and switch'.
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@HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2026-04-05 12:21
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@moopet@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-06 17:15
I don't know what it is you're trying to show. Is it that this drink is 500ml while all the others are 20 in whatever medieval unit is in use? I'm confused because the bepis says it's 16.9 floz, but if I type that into a converter it's not 500ml, and the other drinks are in oz, not in floz. I don't know if they're different. Is that the problem? One's by weight and one by volume? 500ml is standard for a large can in 90% of the world, fwiw.
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@FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2026-04-06 10:26
Shrinkflation babyyyyyy They did this to one of my favorite brands of ramen recently. The squares are noticeably smaller before you even open the package. I picked it up off the store shelf and something I've held in my hands dozens of times before felt noticeably lighter and tinier. Three would probably make one decent serving lol They're not even from here. They're made in poland I think. The shrinkflation is inescapable...
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@Fontasia@feddit.nl 2026-04-05 07:04
It's easier to make a bottle to sell in most countries rather than make a difference bottle for a single market. Especially when that market has lax consumer rights laws.
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@night_petal@piefed.social 2026-04-05 06:38
Look - we women get stressed sometimes.
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@Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 19:34
Did no one notice I bought 20 oz not 16.9 oz bottle I got ripped off
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@Thorry@feddit.org 2026-04-04 21:56
Yeah but the machine is in ounces, where the can is in Florida ounces. Once you convert it's perfectly fine.
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@rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 19:26
[This bullshit is shrinkflation.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation)
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@Kolanaki@pawb.social 2026-04-04 19:23
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY FUCKING CALORIES?!"
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@solidheron@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-04 22:28
oh I get it they didn't change out the stickers on the button. the vendor still probably an a hole
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@aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 20:00
Ran out of bottles using freedom units, had to use rest-of-the-world units instead. Thanks, Trump.
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@mlg@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 05:04
Its like when you buy a 1tb drive and the real capacity shows up as like 920Gb lol
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@BenM2023@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 19:11
68ml short of a Pint in my book. Dunno where they got the idea that 500ml is 1.05 pints
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@Lemminary@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 20:32
The silver lining is that people (Americans?) will be consuming less soda.
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@itisileclerk@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 22:09
Yeah, what's FL OZ? A parrot walked on the keyboard?
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@Teppa@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 05:12
How could this possibly even happen?  Has to be corporate greed.
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@emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-05 04:40
A diet pepsi by the look of it
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@AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 2026-04-05 02:37
Shrinkflation! Must have taken a cold shower.
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@abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub 2026-04-04 19:21
From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pint): > The imperial pint (≈ 568 [mL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millilitre)) is used in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and other [Commonwealth countries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations). In the United States, two kinds of pint are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 mL) and a less common dry pint (≈ 551 mL).
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@Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2026-04-05 04:57
on the sub that this was posted on, it was done by the vendors buying the bottles at places like costco.
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@darthsundhaft@piefed.social 2026-04-04 19:34
The missing ingredient is air.
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@BranBucket@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 22:25
I believe this is what the c-suite types are referring to as "innovation".
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@altphoto@lemmy.today 2026-04-05 01:17
"We're" gonna be so skinny!
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@wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 22:32
This is the indignant response of someone who paid for a below IQ drink and expected the average IQ size.
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@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 20:42
> I'm happy that the US is adopting metric. I don't know if you're just not from the US, but this dual labeling of groceries has been ongoing for decades. The US formally began transitioning to metric during the 1970s and has had plenty of dual uses ever since; it got cut short due to a mix of public apathy and active public disapproval, and when it was on its last legs, Reagan axed the metrification board early in his first term (not a defense, but it was seriously barely doing anything by that time because of public unwillingness to change). Rulers have inches and centimeters; there are imperial and metric tools; kids *do* learn metric in schools (usually in the context of a science class); etc. You aren't expected to know metric as an average functioning adult, but it's everywhere and useful to know in US society – usually just kind of in the background like here. TL;DR: "Is adopting" said in 2026 in response to soda labels is a steep misunderstanding of metrification in the US.
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@W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-04 19:21
We’re not. [Except in inner cities where it’s thriving](https://theonion.com/metric-system-thriving-in-nations-inner-cities-1819565900/)
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@bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2026-04-04 20:48
We measure sodas bigger than this in Liters. Not other liquids.... just Soda. Milk you buy a gallon of. Soda? 2 Liters. Saying you're gonna buy a gallon of Soda sounds very strange to an American. There's also 1 Liter bottles. It's the one of the most stupid Americanisms.
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@krisevol@lemmy.zip 2026-04-05 22:11
Printed in the nice way of saying borrowed. We borrowed that money, and we haven't paid it back yet
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@Wifi0041@fedinsfw.app 2026-04-04 19:20
Misleading aside, I'm happy that the US is adopting metric.