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.
Ahhh, and here I thought the dumb name was just to make people feel better about eating an entire cake in one sitting. But you have an even better point
That is what they always say when they launch such food items, yet it definitely is going to be in a lot of cases. There is a reason the US has an obesity epidemic.
55 Comments
SurfinBird@lemmy.ca · 93 pts · 1y
So… a cake?
MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml · 52 pts · 1y
This is a "at what point does a knife become a sword" type of thing isn't it?
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 1y
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 · 4 pts · 1y
I have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.
Droechai@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
The smallest messer before it becomes a regular knife
spizzat2@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
Confused German noises ...
Droechai@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Messer in English refers to the sword with knife handle
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messer_(sword)
spizzat2@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
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.
Droechai@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
No worries, I misread stuff all the time so it doesn't have to be on you :)
BakerBagel@midwest.social · 1 pts · 1y
IPad mini all over again.
Fermion@feddit.nl · 15 pts · 1y
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.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
What? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?
Beacon@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
I think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals
BroBot9000@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
How rude! Now I’m not going to let you have a dip in my family sized kiddy pool.
Beacon@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Aw man!
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
Any pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.
Beacon@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
I got one! Party bicycles!
wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person)
https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/giant-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart/
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
At what point is a van so big that it's a bus?
huppakee@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y
at what point is a bus so small it becomes a mini-van?
Mothra@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
Yeah something like a Panettone Abomination.
(I love real Panettone though)
Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
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.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Enjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.
NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
You can't have coffee AND Bovril.
Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
I mean, if it was cooked in a cup mold then it is a cup cake no matter the size
mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y
got it, cake with paper on it
Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
basically, yeah
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y
In a dress
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 34 pts · 1y
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 · 8 pts · 1y
No, they'd say "that's a colossal cup."
Tronn4@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 1y
Thats past the cup size. It's just a cake
morphballganon@mtgzone.com · 2 pts · 1y
It in a cup tho
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 1y
At this point thats just a cake. But, if you call it a colossal cupcake you can then charge 10 times the amount.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Ahhh, and here I thought the dumb name was just to make people feel better about eating an entire cake in one sitting. But you have an even better point
TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y
TehBamski@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
You looking to pump those numbers up to
levels?
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y
Capitalists now: "Here is your 26 megajoule cupcake!"
Capitalists a year later: "Here is your insulin subscription, only $299/month!"
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
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'.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
I don't think it's meant to be eaten by a single person lol
breecher@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
That is what they always say when they launch such food items, yet it definitely is going to be in a lot of cases. There is a reason the US has an obesity epidemic.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
At that many calories, it better be intended for multiple dozens of people
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y
A second cupcake has hit the supermarkets
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
Why did they choose the dried bird poop topping tho?
BakerBagel@midwest.social · 3 pts · 1y
It's Oreo frosting
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Yes, that's the commercial name.
renamon_silver@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 1y
Three days' calories for the price of one cupcake?!
kambusha@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Servings per container: 1
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Zomg, someone cupped the (normal) cake!
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Give it 5 years. Becomes American "child size" cupcake.
theedqueen@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Anomalocaris@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
but, cake is meant to be shared,
who cares if a cake has 10000 calories.
that's like saying supermarket has millions of calories in their shelves so they are unhealthy
Zenith@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Finally a panettone replacement
5in1k@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
Looks like a hard duke rolled in sand.
susi7802@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Hazmatastic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Was there any damage to the supermarkets? It's a pretty big cupcake, i guess, just doesn't seem like that bag a deal?
notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Oh myyy God an awesome culinary experience, bro, is another.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 1y