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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

At this point thats just a cake. But, if you call it a colossal cupcake you can then charge 10 times the amount.

[–] peteypete420 3 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 91 points 3 days ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is a "at what point does a knife become a sword" type of thing isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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 4 points 3 days ago

I have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

IPad mini all over again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (4 children)

The smallest messer before it becomes a regular knife

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals

[–] mindbleach 1 points 1 day ago

Have you ever seen a calzone?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I got one! Party bicycles!

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

https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Yeah something like a Panettone Abomination.

(I love real Panettone though)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] Jiggle_Physics 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean, if it was cooked in a cup mold then it is a cup cake no matter the size

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

got it, cake with paper on it

[–] Jiggle_Physics 2 points 3 days ago

basically, yeah

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

You can't have coffee AND Bovril.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It in a cup tho

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

No, they'd say "that's a colossal cup."

[–] Jax 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

You looking to pump those numbers up to levels?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Capitalists now: "Here is your 26 megajoule cupcake!"

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Three days' calories for the price of one cupcake?!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why did they choose the dried bird poop topping tho?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yes, that's the commercial name.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

A second cupcake has hit the supermarkets

[–] kambusha 5 points 3 days ago

Servings per container: 1

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Looks like a hard duke rolled in sand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Zomg, someone cupped the (normal) cake!

[–] Imgonnatrythis 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Give it 5 years. Becomes American "child size" cupcake.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Was there any damage to the supermarkets? It's a pretty big cupcake, i guess, just doesn't seem like that bag a deal?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Finally a panettone replacement

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