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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 13 hours ago

Coming up with desserts that can be described as "colossal" is a proud American tradition.

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Coming up with desserts that can be described as "colossal" is a proud American tradition.

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 13 hours ago
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  • Tronn4@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Thats past the cup size. It’s just a cake

  • renamon_silver@lemmy.wtf
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    Three days’ calories for the price of one cupcake?!

  • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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    100% that kid won’t even finish the layer of oreos (?) on the top. What a fucking disgusting use of what I’m going to apprehensively title ‘food’.

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      I don’t think it’s meant to be eaten by a single person lol

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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        At that many calories, it better be intended for multiple dozens of people

  • hperrin@lemmy.ca
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    At that point, isn’t it just a cake wrapped in paper? I don’t think anyone would look at a salad bowl and think, “that is a cup.”

    • Trex202@lemmy.world
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      No, they’d say “that’s a colossal cup.”

  • TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml
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    4-pounds

    6,000 calories

    • TehBamski@lemmy.world
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      You looking to pump those numbers up to levels?

  • 5in1k@lemmy.zip
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    Looks like a hard duke rolled in sand.

  • SurfinBird@lemmy.ca
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    13 hours ago

    So… a cake?

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      This is a “at what point does a knife become a sword” type of thing isn’t it?

      • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It’s already a modification to the word to describe something smaller (a cake baked in a cup), so going back the other way seems like a redundancy.

        Like a giant pygmy hippo.

        With your knife/sword example, maybe the best analogy is describing the shortest longsword.

        • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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          I have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.

        • BakerBagel@midwest.social
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          7 hours ago

          IPad mini all over again.

        • Droechai@lemm.ee
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          8 hours ago

          The smallest messer before it becomes a regular knife

          • spizzat2@lemmy.zip
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            Confused German noises …

            • Droechai@lemm.ee
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              Messer in English refers to the sword with knife handle

              https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messer_(sword)

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                Sorry, I was just being silly. I am aware of the English meaning. I even linked to the same page you did. I guess I failed to communicate my snark properly.

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      Now I want more examples of a group sized thing adapted to be personal sized then reinterpreted to be group sized again.

      I’m coming up blank, but I guess a similar concept would be post-it note easel pads.

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        https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/giant-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart/

      • BroBot9000@lemmy.world
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        What? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?

        • Beacon@fedia.io
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          I think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals

          • BroBot9000@lemmy.world
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            10 hours ago

            How rude! Now I’m not going to let you have a dip in my family sized kiddy pool.

            • Beacon@fedia.io
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              Aw man!

      • Beacon@fedia.io
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        I got one! Party bicycles!

        wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person)

        https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/

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        Any pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.

      • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world
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        At what point is a van so big that it’s a bus?

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          at what point is a bus so small it becomes a mini-van?

    • Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works
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      I mean, if it was cooked in a cup mold then it is a cup cake no matter the size

      • mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz
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        got it, cake with paper on it

        • Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works
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          basically, yeah

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
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      Yeah something like a Panettone Abomination.

      (I love real Panettone though)

    • Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemmy.zip
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      An unfrosted Double Dutch, at that.

      That is an offense in itself. You’re making it that large, toss on the fudge or Dutch chocolate icing with it.

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      Enjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.

      • NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz
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        You can’t have coffee AND Bovril.

    • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com
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      In a dress

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    Why did they choose the dried bird poop topping tho?

    • BakerBagel@midwest.social
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      It’s Oreo frosting

      • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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        Yes, that’s the commercial name.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    Zomg, someone cupped the (normal) cake!

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    Give it 5 years. Becomes American “child size” cupcake.

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    Servings per container: 1

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    Capitalists now: “Here is your 26 megajoule cupcake!”

    Capitalists a year later: “Here is your insulin subscription, only $299/month!”

  • Zenith@lemm.ee
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    Finally a panettone replacement

  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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    A second cupcake has hit the supermarkets

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    Awesome.

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