• Liz@midwest.social
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    7 months ago

    Really we just need to standardize sizes for consumer goods. For example: drinks can come in 250, 500, 750, 1000, and 2000 mL sizes. Sold soap must be sold in units of 100, 500, or 1000 grams. And so on…

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      7 months ago

      But then you get shrinkflation in the product itself. Less emulsifiers in the soap, drinks with corn syrup replacing sugar, and powders like cinnamon cut with lead powder.

      Not saying it couldn’t be done, just that businesses are really incentivised to find the loopholes and exploit them.