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Tony's Chocolonely bars are shaped unevenly to represent farmer inequality and the coastline of Africa (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 6.35 oz bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

And in case you haven’t noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon."

From https://us.tonyschocolonely.com/pages/faqs

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't know, man. Sounds like the guy at least TRIED to do something more than most people. Granted, it doesn't compare to a life spent delivering clever piss-take commentary to Lemmy, but not everyone can be so blessed.

Also, speaking of asinine, measurement purposes? If they were selling unsweetened cocao bars for baking, you would have had a point.

I'd say most people get frustrated and think WTF did they make this chocolate bar a pain in my ass? Then maybe they notice the story on the inside of the wrapper and read it?