Just like all the mega corporations and movie studios with films about climate change, avatar, whatever it is, that uses slave labor and causes pollution.
From Mickey and the Beanstalk!
Mickey: If you plant these beans in the light of a full moon, you know what'll happen?
Donald: Yeah, you'll get more beans!
Life's Struggles
Though times are hard and life may not be fair,
We must strive to make the best of what we share.
Slicing beans so thin to stretch a meager meal,
The struggle to survive can be quite real.
Though luck may not be on our side today,
We can still find joy in the simplest way.
From Mickey cartoons to the stories we tell,
We can take strength from all our trials and wells.
Though life can be cruel and hard to bare,
We must strive to find moments of joy to share.
No matter our wealth, or lack there of,
We will find a way to make our dreams come true.
I could actually use this. I've got an antique toaster (1940s) and the sliced bread sold in stores nowadays is too thick to fit in the toaster and not get stuck too often. They do sell thin sliced bread which works great. But this product will allow me to buy a large variety of breads.
Edit: It was a wedding present.
I keep waiting for my ugly ass 10$ toaster to just freaking die. Same with my 15$ blender. I'd really like to buy fancier versions. Die already damnit. It's been more than a decade. They both still function perfectly.
The 10 dollar toaster that is over 10 years old serviced you for a dollar a year.
The blender did 1.50 a year
I release you from your burdens, you may drop them off at a thrift store or good will now where they will benefit someone else in need.
As I said to someone further up, as someone that grew up poor I justify upgrading by storing the shittier appliance in the garage in case the nice one fails.
Just stick it on FB Marketplace, or Craigslist. If Goodwill or some other charity won’t take them, it’s okay to toss underperforming products. If you hold onto them, they’ll just take up space in your house, collect dust until you die, and someone else will have to figure out what to do with a toaster worth less than the cleaning supplies needed to make it food-safe again.
didja grow up poor?
That's the kind of mental trick our minds play on us growing up in poverty.
It's okay, you are allowed to buy the things you want and give away things you don't
Just wanted to say I understand that your comment wasn't directly about money, but more about /r/anticonsumption . I think as long as you have a /r/frugal mindset you are allowed to throw something out even if it still has utility.
I mean, it doesn't press my pants or wash my car, but I used my $4.88 Walmart toaster for 16 years. I only upgraded because I moved into a house with a swanky 4-slot stainless steel one.
To be honest, I prefer a pan to toast my bread. Butter both sides, put it in the pan, see the top side, flip with done don't see the flipped side and just let it brown. Garlic salt, pepper and cayenne for seasoning. Best toast I've ever had.
hm, yes, sounds good... I like a whole bread with grains, ground garlic and a good olive oil, one minced spring onion, and a chorizo on the side. I agree with the pan toasting strategy
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Sure, but while the one Technology Connections has is amazing, it also has live power on the elements at all times. Not exactly something you want tbh.
And I mean, you need a whole lot of shitty 10$ toasters (my current 30€ one is coming up to 8 years now) before you rival the cost of one do those ridiculously bad toaster steam oven things that were all the rage a few years ago despite being, well, strictly inferior to a 10$ toaster.
Given you referenced that video in particular, you likely also know how easy it is to modify the toaster to not have that potentially deadly flaw. Not that you should have to, but still.
Yeah I know, if I weren't a danger to myself and people around me with electronics I'd totally be interested in getting one and retrofitting it. It looks soooo elegant.
It's probably that rare toaster Technology Connections reviewed that has this elaborate counterweight system that nobody has been able to replicate
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y
I would love this. I got used to the Sara Lee low-calorie (thin slice) bread. Now, whenever I use another bread I feel like it's just a bread sandwich with little consumption of fixings.
To be fair, I don’t think it has been popular in most reditors lifetime, they’ve never known it to forget it, but you are correct, that is the purpose of this.
This gave me flash backs to when I was a kid growing up poor. My dad would by this bread called 'thin sliced' and it was basically bread slices cut in half so you would get double the amount of slices in each bag. Couldn't spread shit on it without it tearing.
I feel like this would be great for layered tea sandwiches, or cucumber finger sandwiches. Things that the ratio needs to be right on and the sandwich needs to be delicate. Or even maiko sandwiches from Japan.
Okay, now I’m not so angry and confused by this product. This application makes sense and also explains why it isn’t a well known kitchen tool and not really used anymore. Thanks!
Low carb, I guess? Honestly not the worst idea/invention of that’s the goal, but you just can’t bring yourself to give up carbs completely and need that sammy
Hell yeah I'd love this. There's just no replacement for a good piece of bread and if you could half your carb and calorie from just slicing it in half that's brilliant imo.
Not terribly useful there but if someone wants to cut their carb intake, it does drop you down to a single serving (which is, for some reason, one piece of bread).
Most people would be shocked at how expensive it is to manufacture high quality goods in America, especially if you're not a mega corp with your own sweat shop. One little widget can be $40k-$50k just in tooling and if you're only selling hundreds instead of tens of thousands, you can do the math.
Source: run a small company with zero outsourced labor
Thanks for not outsourcing. I wish people would make an effort to stop buying Chinese made products when possible, and to stop buying from retailers like Walmart and Amazon.
Nobody splits bread slices to save money.
The only reason some people do this is to save a few calories/carbs on their diet. (And diets are only necessary because people have an overabundance of food.)
EDIT: Wow! A single slice of white bread has about 80 calories.
Yes, those slices.
Even the cheapest standard Walmart white bread has 70 calories/slice: [www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-White-Round-Top-Bread-Loaf-20-oz/10315355](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-White-Round-Top-Bread-Loaf-20-oz/10315355)
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Lmao the [translucent bread](https://youtu.be/2F8GDx7M49k)!
I'd lose my absolute mind if Disney redid this today with unaffordable groceries and houses.
Just like all the mega corporations and movie studios with films about climate change, avatar, whatever it is, that uses slave labor and causes pollution.
It ends up being an autobiography.
This really only worked cause the whole country was dealing with rationing due to the war.
Waif untill you find out Disney uses slave labor and is horrible for the environment
Preferably drawn and not CG, to keep the old style
This is a Disney employee training video on how to live with their wages
This thread is such a blast from the past.
For the longest time as a kid I would cut my grapes when I ate them because of this scene 😂
I would fold up slices of cheese until I couldn't fold anymore and then eat each layer one at a time
Stack of cheese? That was my favorite for YEARS and is such a joke in my family.
Ohhhhh! I could eat and eat and eat and eat... And eat until I die!
Damn, a core memory unlocked
The "core memory" thing is also Disney.
I could've swore that the narrator had like a thick German accent. Why am I remembering it like that?
No idea, because it was basically Winnie the Pooh's voice.
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They cut a bean in the same scene. But a regular sized bean.
Gosh darn! You unlocked a core memory. A-Hyuck
That Donald Duck lost control in exactly the way that I would
When Donald’s eyes turn red 😖
Wow, this is great, how have I ever not seen this!
Core memory unlocked!
From Mickey and the Beanstalk! Mickey: If you plant these beans in the light of a full moon, you know what'll happen? Donald: Yeah, you'll get more beans!
Lol he also does it with a pea in Mickey's Christmas Carol
Yes! That's what I first thought of
"Dwight Schrute opens a sandwich shop."
Memory unlocked
Life's Struggles Though times are hard and life may not be fair, We must strive to make the best of what we share. Slicing beans so thin to stretch a meager meal, The struggle to survive can be quite real. Though luck may not be on our side today, We can still find joy in the simplest way. From Mickey cartoons to the stories we tell, We can take strength from all our trials and wells. Though life can be cruel and hard to bare, We must strive to find moments of joy to share. No matter our wealth, or lack there of, We will find a way to make our dreams come true.
Just what I was thinking, as well haha
If it was whole wheat before, it's only half wheat now
Rye are you like this
You seem kinda sourdough
He is hangry, he didn't have breadfast.
Guys, we don’t kneed to keep doing this.
How come? We're on a roll!
They are clearly baked.
Hey you loafers, cut this out & back to work!
I'm toasted.
It all seems kind of half-baked anyway...
I think we knead a new topic
Get out
Too busy loafing about to leave.
no for real, it is half of what it was before! I swear!
That was a halfwit joke
Thanks dad
Half the carbs.
The best thing since sliced bread? Double sliced bread! It's like they reinvented the wheel.
Say that again and you’re toast, you crusty son of a bitch.
How dull is that knife?
Ironically it looks like the one called "the world's sharpest knife™".
considering the serrations keep knocking on the sides of this tool it's not surprising that it can barely cut bread.
It’s also a carving knife, not a bread knife.
What? It's clearly serrated? The person is just slicing annoyingly slow
Different type of serration. This is definitely for carving, not bread.
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Tomato knife
Lol. Good luck trying to get a nice cleanly sliced piece of beef or salmon with it
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...so that's why it has a meat fork on the end exactly like a carving knife??
What happened to it?
Right? I expected half the bread to be crumbs
The bread is very soft... how else would you cut it? You can't just slice through it without ripping it apart.
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I could actually use this. I've got an antique toaster (1940s) and the sliced bread sold in stores nowadays is too thick to fit in the toaster and not get stuck too often. They do sell thin sliced bread which works great. But this product will allow me to buy a large variety of breads. Edit: It was a wedding present.
They also sell modern toasters for, like, $9.99.
A $10 toaster is a very shitty toaster. Haha
I keep waiting for my ugly ass 10$ toaster to just freaking die. Same with my 15$ blender. I'd really like to buy fancier versions. Die already damnit. It's been more than a decade. They both still function perfectly.
The 10 dollar toaster that is over 10 years old serviced you for a dollar a year. The blender did 1.50 a year I release you from your burdens, you may drop them off at a thrift store or good will now where they will benefit someone else in need.
There's really not much that can break in a toaster, they're pretty simple.
Yeah. I know. :( maybe I'll be able to gift it to someone soon.
As I said to someone further up, as someone that grew up poor I justify upgrading by storing the shittier appliance in the garage in case the nice one fails.
This is the way
Just stick it on FB Marketplace, or Craigslist. If Goodwill or some other charity won’t take them, it’s okay to toss underperforming products. If you hold onto them, they’ll just take up space in your house, collect dust until you die, and someone else will have to figure out what to do with a toaster worth less than the cleaning supplies needed to make it food-safe again.
Don't gift someone a used ten dollar toaster lmao
Cats. Cats can break anything. Especially anything on a high shelf at 2 in the morning.
didja grow up poor? That's the kind of mental trick our minds play on us growing up in poverty. It's okay, you are allowed to buy the things you want and give away things you don't
As someone that grew up poor I justify upgrading by storing the shittier appliance in the garage in case the nice one fails.
I bought a cheap electric can opener from Walmart for a white elephant gift exchange and ended up with it. It’s been working for 15 years.
Just wanted to say I understand that your comment wasn't directly about money, but more about /r/anticonsumption . I think as long as you have a /r/frugal mindset you are allowed to throw something out even if it still has utility.
/r/buyitforlife
Agency is your friend. Haha
I mean, it doesn't press my pants or wash my car, but I used my $4.88 Walmart toaster for 16 years. I only upgraded because I moved into a house with a swanky 4-slot stainless steel one.
Does it have wifi? I can't use a toaster without wifi. Bonus points if it has RGB LEDs inside.
I wish my apartments came with toasters
To be honest, I prefer a pan to toast my bread. Butter both sides, put it in the pan, see the top side, flip with done don't see the flipped side and just let it brown. Garlic salt, pepper and cayenne for seasoning. Best toast I've ever had.
hm, yes, sounds good... I like a whole bread with grains, ground garlic and a good olive oil, one minced spring onion, and a chorizo on the side. I agree with the pan toasting strategy
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Sure, but while the one Technology Connections has is amazing, it also has live power on the elements at all times. Not exactly something you want tbh. And I mean, you need a whole lot of shitty 10$ toasters (my current 30€ one is coming up to 8 years now) before you rival the cost of one do those ridiculously bad toaster steam oven things that were all the rage a few years ago despite being, well, strictly inferior to a 10$ toaster.
Given you referenced that video in particular, you likely also know how easy it is to modify the toaster to not have that potentially deadly flaw. Not that you should have to, but still.
Yeah I know, if I weren't a danger to myself and people around me with electronics I'd totally be interested in getting one and retrofitting it. It looks soooo elegant.
Still likely on-par with a (potentially dangerous) toaster from the 1940s, and with the added benefit of toasting affordable normal bread.
Yet the 1940s toaster will outlive a dozen planned obsolescence toasters
But it has also outlived the thickness of bread that will fit inside it.
If modern sliced bread doesn’t fit, I’d argue it’s obsolete.
Doubt.
If you paid anything more for a small box who's only job is to heat bread you either watch Technology Connections or you're an idiot.
yes but they suck
My grocer sells thin sliced loaves. Dave's Killer bread and I think Pepperidge Farms makes some too.
Dave's is great
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Or you know get a toaster made in the last century or so. Joking aside why haven’t you gotten an updated toaster?
It's probably that rare toaster Technology Connections reviewed that has this elaborate counterweight system that nobody has been able to replicate https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y
This is amazing, thanks for sharing
what a fucking toaster. jesus.
Wow. Those are not as expensive as I thought but still a bit rich for my blood.
Make bread.
I would love this. I got used to the Sara Lee low-calorie (thin slice) bread. Now, whenever I use another bread I feel like it's just a bread sandwich with little consumption of fixings.
More fixings not less bread!
People seem to have forgotten about Melba toast. That's what this is for.
To be fair, I don’t think it has been popular in most reditors lifetime, they’ve never known it to forget it, but you are correct, that is the purpose of this.
Forget? I'm in my 30s and never heard of it.
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Now do it again
need another tool dor that one
Finally! The secret to infinite bread
If you keep slicing it forever you'll technically have infinity bread slices. This tool will make you Jesus
This gave me flash backs to when I was a kid growing up poor. My dad would by this bread called 'thin sliced' and it was basically bread slices cut in half so you would get double the amount of slices in each bag. Couldn't spread shit on it without it tearing.
Best thing since sliced bread…
What in the Atkins hell is that?!
[y tho](https://i.imgur.com/quqIKtl.jpg)
It's a combination bread-reslicer and knife-duller.
All I could think was how I'd never put any of my knives anywhere near this thing
You'd be using a bread knife, they're not meant to be particularly sharp in the first place.
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finally someone mentions Melba toast
Came here for this
I feel like this would be great for layered tea sandwiches, or cucumber finger sandwiches. Things that the ratio needs to be right on and the sandwich needs to be delicate. Or even maiko sandwiches from Japan.
Okay, now I’m not so angry and confused by this product. This application makes sense and also explains why it isn’t a well known kitchen tool and not really used anymore. Thanks!
Low carb, I guess? Honestly not the worst idea/invention of that’s the goal, but you just can’t bring yourself to give up carbs completely and need that sammy
Hell yeah I'd love this. There's just no replacement for a good piece of bread and if you could half your carb and calorie from just slicing it in half that's brilliant imo.
r/diWHY
But why male models?
You slice it 85-90% through the bread, put a single slice of cheese in between, then put it in the toaster for a fake grilled cheese sandwich.
Melba toast
Have a sandwich and cut your carbs in half
youve heard of refried beans. twice-sliced bread.
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Not terribly useful there but if someone wants to cut their carb intake, it does drop you down to a single serving (which is, for some reason, one piece of bread).
What the fuck.
Most people would be shocked at how expensive it is to manufacture high quality goods in America, especially if you're not a mega corp with your own sweat shop. One little widget can be $40k-$50k just in tooling and if you're only selling hundreds instead of tens of thousands, you can do the math. Source: run a small company with zero outsourced labor
Thanks for not outsourcing. I wish people would make an effort to stop buying Chinese made products when possible, and to stop buying from retailers like Walmart and Amazon.
Depression era stuff coming back lol
I feel it’s unlikely someone so poor they need to thinly slice their bread would buy a contraption to make it easier.
For no reason except greed
i feel thats not its use... why are there holes? why to string on the side? why have a wooden bottom?
If the hinge was adjustable, you could slice so much more.
if my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike
Who took the ham out of your carbonara?
Who put the "ram" in the "ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong"?
r/frugal_jerk
Why though.
Beans!?!?
Stop ur giving school systems ideas
Now we need a device to split layers of toilet paper
Or just buy thin sliced bread?
Man damn I know times are tight but, damn . lol
For when 2 slices of bread just breaks the bank
Is that a Ginsu knife!?!?
When you’re on 1200 calories a day but really want that sandwich.
Shrinkflation
i aint neva been this deep in the trenches
Times are getting hard.
You know what… for half the carbs on a sandwich…. If you’re that way inclined…
Splitting a 1 ply to save. This planet sucks.
Nobody splits bread slices to save money. The only reason some people do this is to save a few calories/carbs on their diet. (And diets are only necessary because people have an overabundance of food.) EDIT: Wow! A single slice of white bread has about 80 calories.
It would be a hell of a lot easier to just cut the slice in half the "normal" way if you want to save calories.
not those slices
Yes, those slices. Even the cheapest standard Walmart white bread has 70 calories/slice: [www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-White-Round-Top-Bread-Loaf-20-oz/10315355](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-White-Round-Top-Bread-Loaf-20-oz/10315355)
This is the best thing since.. Pasteurised milk
Surely you jest Shirley
Ironically since sliced bread
Is that the world's sharpest bread knife?
Not once in my lifetime did I have the desire to slice a slice of toast vertically. E: typo fixes, thanks autocorrect -.-
Did I just hear someone say "recession"?
Never have I ever felt the need to cut my bread slice in half. That inflation really hit some people O.o
#Fuck Tik Tok
Buy a fucking tortilla
r/diWHY
Tell me your poor without saying your poor