Real Chad McTruthSep 17, 2025

everyone talks about chip bags being 50% wasted space but no one talks about creamed corn cans being 50% wasted space

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/53464271

everyone talks about chip bags being 50% wasted space but no one talks about creamed corn cans being 50% wasted space - Divisions by zero

once youve strained it a whole can of creamed corn gives you barely a third of a cup why isnt anyone talking about this i think it has to do with government corn subsidies

Show threadOhStopYellingAtMeSep 17, 2025

I hate having to repeat this over & over, but chip bags are NOT 50% wasted space. They’re 50% larger than their contents, and then filled with 50% air for extra padding, so you don’t get a bag of crumbs.

You pay for the weight of the chips in the bag, not the amount of fullness.

Show threadlagoon8622Sep 17, 2025
They are not filled with air, they’re typically filled with nitrogen
Show threadMescalito
78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.
Sep 17, 2025 at 9:10pmWeb
Show threadSkyezOpenSep 17, 2025
They mean 100% nitrogen. If they just filled chip bags with regular air they would be more sensitive to pressure changes.
Show threadlagoon8622Sep 17, 2025

78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.

Great, start a chip company and start filling your bags with air.

You’ll learn quickly that there’s another predominant element in air besides nitrogen (surely it won’t matter though, it’s only 20.8%).

Show threadfunkless_eckSep 18, 2025
even more so when you open the bag
Show thread4amSep 18, 2025
It’s got less oxygen and moisture in it so that bacteria doesn’t have the energy to breed and spoil the contents.