2y ago

I double checked with a calculator, and it's right.

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I'm betting this is a 15-pack being sold at an 18-pack price while being marketed as a 12-pack with bonus cans.
A 15 pack is 1/15 of a 15 pack per can, and a 12 pack is 1/12 of a 12 pack per can, so…
1/12 * 15/1 = 15/12
15/12 - (12 * 1/12) = 3/12
3/12 * 12/1 = 3 more cans
Yeah, the math checks out.
- But also, one can of a 15 pack is 1/15 of a pack, and one can of a 12 pack is 1/12 of a pack, so…
  (15 * 1/15) - (12 * 1/12) = 0
  Clearly both packs have the same number of packs per pack.
  And the cans in the 15 pack are less percentage of a pack than the cans of a 12 pack, and are therefore worth less, which makes them worthless.
What's even more ridiculous is that this is actually shrinkflation in the guise of a good deal. These are replacing 18 packs, not 12 packs.
- Huh, I've never seen an 18-pack. We have a 12-pack and a 24-pack here.
  
  Where is "here"? In the USA there are 6 packs, 12 packs, 18 packs, and cases (24 packs).
- Not McDonald's, A&W had the 1/3 pounder.
Eh, I could see them being like "25% more sounds ridiculous. It's 3 cans."
- If anything, I would think they'd want to say 25% more to make it seem like a lot.
And someone had to put an arrow, furthering the sentiment
- This ^
It reminds me of the gansters in that Mr Show sketch lol
"24 is the highest number! I mean, where are you gonna go from there???"
Wait!
15 = 12 + 3
But also
15 = 18 - 3
Mind….blown!
- numbers are reversible like that
  18 = 81
  it's the same but in Arabic. you're welcome
"...Humans, I mean."
"It's in your nature to be dumb."
"Yeah. Major drag, huh?"
It's the diabetes more than the math.
Ever seen or read 1984? 12+3 = whatever they want
Where does the odd number can go in a rectangular box?
- 3x5?
- A box one can wide and one can long is going to blow your mind!
- 4 x 3 = 12
  5 x 3 = 15
  Where do you think? ¯(ツ)/¯
My absolute favorite was a Suave shampoo commercial that said, "It's less expensive than more expensive brands."
Am I missing something? I don't understand the point that is trying to be conveyed (if there is one).
- The idiocy of having to point out that 15 is 12 + 3, because 'mericans r dum.
  
  Brains might autofill “1. …k” as “12 pack” even when it’s “15 pack” - the extra callout helping to draw attention to the reason for the higher price (additional cans).

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