2025-12-22 19:54 UTC
Replies (26)
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@MintSpies@beige.party 2025-12-22 20:07
@derbadian@mas.to I was going to ask if you'd got time-series data showing how the distribution of chocolate types has changed over the years, but then I realised quite how sad I sound, so I will refrain. Even so, I salute your dedication!
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@PetraPhoenix@beige.party 2025-12-22 20:09
@derbadian@mas.to Well I obsessively count them, but I had never considered a spreadsheet. Until now.
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@yrrsinn@chaos.social 2025-12-22 21:28
@derbadian@mas.to How many tubs per year were sampled?
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@maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza 2025-12-22 21:29
@derbadian@mas.to Do you also track by weight per type or only per piece?
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@GoodCheerPixie@mstdn.social 2025-12-22 21:41
@derbadian@mas.to I only wish I had done this for the last 30 years for all the tubs.
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@b_rain@troet.cafe 2025-12-22 21:48
@derbadian@mas.to In times of shrinkflation, this looks like a solid investment. Also, may i add this classic #meme:
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@smallsees@social.dropbear.xyz 2025-12-22 21:49
@derbadian@mas.to has the reduction been a particular bar or is the mix changed?
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@MatthewNewell@mastodon.social 2025-12-22 22:19
@derbadian@mas.to amazing work. Thanks for doing the stats so that others can build on your efforts. A bit of missed opportunity to do an actual sweetie bar chart
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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2025-12-22 22:26
@derbadian@mas.to Shrinkflation. Billionaires have become addicted to it and the many other forms of #enshittification. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation They still have a lot of gall blaming workers' demands for a living wage, when it's actually their greed that's causing inflation. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/28/shrinkflation-hits-everyday-staples-piling-more-pressure-on-households https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/shrinkflation-dec-2025 https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/oreo-shrinkflation-cookie-packaging-reddit/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15388403/Quality-Street-shrinkflation-Christmas-chocolate.html https://qz.com/product-shrinkage-size-cost-price-inflation-shrinkflation#10-everyday-products-that-are-getting-smaller--but-not-cheaper https://intelligence.coffee/2025/11/dunkins-shrinkflation-gate/ https://news.sky.com/story/shrinkflation-its-not-your-imagination-these-products-are-getting-smaller-13459111 https://www.nerdwallet.com/finance/learn/what-is-shrinkflation https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/shrinkflation-oct-25
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@delcj@mas.to 2025-12-22 22:28
@derbadian@mas.to if i did this, i'd probably group the Milky Way, Mars, and Galaxy columns together :haha:
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@lettosprey@tech.lgbt 2025-12-22 22:34
@derbadian@mas.to I can only think of this tub, but it's generally not something that people buy to count, more something businesses get, we just tend to buy a small "bag" version of it, and the only important bit is that there is pieces of banana-cream filled chocolate in there. Because they took them away once, and then someone started a "bring them back!" petition on Zucerbook, and at least Zuckerbook is good for something since they did bring them back. https://www.kontorgiganten.no/sjokolade-twist-sylinder-1-5kg-p-17
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@heislertecreator2049@mastodon.social 2025-12-22 23:09
@derbadian@mas.to These are votes I could get behind.
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@glutto@mastodon.social 2025-12-22 23:18
@derbadian@mas.to This might be tattoo-worthy.
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@harpaa01@mastodon.social 2025-12-23 00:55
@derbadian@mas.to at first I was confused as to why you have both Milky Way and Mars bars (a Mars bar is functionally equivalent to a Milky Way in the US) and then I learned that what you call Milky Way outside of the US we call a Three Musketeers.
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@vosje62@mastodon.nl 2025-12-23 01:02
@derbadian@mas.to It only leaves us with the question: are all boxes filled the same?
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@JohnnieMac@mastodon.scot 2025-12-23 01:29
@derbadian@mas.to some may chuckle but I find this exercise much more beneficial than some knob at Meta trying to come up with a new way to manipulate our behaviour.
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@Chloeg@mastodon.art 2025-12-23 01:31
@derbadian@mas.to citizen journalism at its best! 🫡
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@jandavis32@mastodon.social 2025-12-23 01:47
@derbadian@mas.to hello handsome man I just followed you darling kindly follow back ok❤️❤️❤️❤️
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@lydiaschoch@mastodon.social 2025-12-23 01:53
@derbadian@mas.to @nellie_m@autisticpri.de I do similar things. 😂 But shrinkflation sucks and I wish it would stop happening.
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@bardmoss@autistics.life 2025-12-23 02:38
@derbadian@mas.to I take it you're not in the US. Over here bounty is a brand of paper towels.
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@tnt@chaos.social 2025-12-23 07:27
@derbadian@mas.to That's by count. Do you have the chart by weight too ?
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@Galamadryade@piaille.fr 2025-12-23 08:39
@derbadian@mas.to as a French living in France, I wonder what a "tub" of Celebrations looks like ? They sell Celebrations in supermarket, no problem I see what the assortment is. They are sold in a plastic bottle. I was taught a tub is similar to a bucket. I would not call a plastic bottle a tub... But maybe it's an idiomatic thing I'm not aware of ?
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@mark@social.markiswrit.ing 2025-12-23 08:49
@derbadian@mas.to Valuable work, thank you. I would add that I think it's always worth explicitly stating "Galaxy Truffle × 0"
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@JeffS@mastodonapp.uk 2025-12-23 09:19
@derbadian@mas.to Brilliant and essential work to establish key Xmas infiomation, but is it the number or the weight of the items that has decreased? Where's the comparison to previious years?
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@kallistomind@troet.cafe 2025-12-23 09:48
@derbadian@mas.to That's too many Milky Way and not enough Maltesers!
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@derbadian@mas.to 2025-12-23 10:27
By "popular" demand, I present... the Chocolate Bar Chart! Also, welcome to all my new followers (I am slightly overwhelmed) and please don't expect this quality of content all year round! 😂 #Christmas #Chocolate #Shrinkflation