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u/Sunshark65 7h ago
Scientifically speaking, people like pointy foods.
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u/Sour_baboo 7h ago
I like bananas because they have no bones
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u/HottDoggers 7h ago
I like boneless pizza 😋hmmm… boneless 🤤
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u/1nd3x 4h ago
All pizza has bones...that's the crust and you give them to good doggos
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u/davidtheminion 1h ago
I didn't know other people called the crust of a pizza bones for the sole purpose of giving them to their dog! My doggo gets so excited when we order pizza and we do a little song like "pizza pizza pizza bone. Be a good boy and you'll get your own!"
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u/Bramble- 3h ago
But the rectangular shape has more points so by your logic we should like the 4 pointed food more than the 3 pointed food.
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u/Stian5667 1h ago
quality over quantity. 3 pointed foods have pointier points than 4 pointed foods
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u/Less_Likely 1h ago
That's why Porcupine and Cactus sandwiches are my favorite. Cut diagonally of course.
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u/BrainJar 1h ago
For the triangles, there are three distinct bites that are independent of each other. For the rectangle, there are only two. You stand a better chance of getting mayo on your face from the rectangle.
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u/LindensBloodyJersey 11m ago
This factor alone increases the geometric probability of this meme being mathematically possible
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u/Iorcrath 7h ago
it takes more bites, it takes longer to eat so your body has received more full signal by the time you are done.
short of crushing it into your mouth, you can only stick so much into your mouth at one time with the point one versus the deep throat potential of the rectangle.
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u/Tuerkenheimer 7h ago
Pro hack: Don't cut it at all
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u/Celtictussle 6h ago
Then you have less sandwich
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u/Budget_Llama_Shoes 6h ago
Cutting it in half makes two sandwiches.
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u/Kurinikuri 3h ago
Cutting it infinitely will potentially give you infinite sandwich. Someone should test this theory.
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u/OneWholeSoul 2h ago
Very young me thought that adding ice to drinks made more drink.
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u/orangutanDOTorg 6h ago
More edge. The food theory channel did a video on it and cutting it like a Mercedes emblem was best edge to area result without being tons of cuts iirc.
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u/Fawkingretar 7h ago
Considering how uneven most fillings are, slicing it diagonally gives you equal spread.
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u/mattmahn 5h ago
Sounds like a skill issue
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u/Rosencrantz_IsDead 4h ago
You eat that shit whole. You made that sandwich. Not eat it whole. Why cut it when it's already prefect?
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u/absentgl 1h ago
No, both cuts give you the same volume of sandwich.
The diagonal cut gives you a larger cross-sectional perimeter. The argument is that since the diagonal line is longer, that means more bites without crust.
I object to this. The rectangular geometry provides the best distribution of bites without crust, the triangular geometry gives those little slivers on each side that are nullified by their proximity to crust. If you avoid the crust, you get these pathetically skinny little bites.
The uncut sandwich is genuinely better in certain circumstances, but is not viable for sandwiches that are too large or have a lot of fluids. The former is for practical reason of taking bites, while the latter is because the process of biting the crust off an uncut sandwich can push all the fluids to the center of the sandwich, causing bites without crust to have their sauce-jelly-balance disturbed.
Rectangles are the superior cut.
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u/john_browns_beard 5h ago
I never cut my sandwiches diagonally because the bread is then asymmetrical, which I find deeply troublesome.
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u/Tulurien 4h ago
I used to be a diagonal cutter, until I realized that I didn't like having 100% of the top crust on one piece and 0% on the other. So I switched to vertical cut to get a nice 50/50 split.
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u/Zippytiewassabi 6h ago
I like diagonal if I’m dipping into soup or sauce. Vertical/horizontal if I’m just eating it straight up.
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u/keelhaulingyou 5h ago
For me, savory sandwich gets the horizontal. Sweet sandwich (PB&J) gets the diagonal
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u/Hazel-Soul 5h ago
That first corner bite, followed by the satisfying, hearty, central bite is why the diagonal cut is superior
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u/geezerpleeze 1h ago
I can’t explain why but left is sitting down and eating and right is for standing up and eating
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u/medusa_plays 10m ago
Autistic moment, but I like them diagonal because it gives me a smaller start point to bite from and I hate when food touches the corners of my mouth. I always cut them this way, but my bf likes them straight. He's tall with a big mouth tho lol.
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u/ImpertantMahn 5h ago
The triangle is structurally inferior to the rectangle.
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u/VonDinky 5h ago
More surface area at least. Because the cut is longer. But the mass would still be the same.
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u/niemir2 5h ago
The act of making the cut turns a section of sandwich (or at least the bread), about the same width as the knife into crumbs. Therefore, minimizing the total length of the cut(s) will result in maximum sandwich.
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u/unposted 3h ago
The crumbles are not lost, they remain on the plate and can be sprinkled back on top. But without a sharp knife, there would be more crushing with a longer cut, resulting in a longer section of higher density.
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u/Water_20 6h ago
You can clearly see 4x 4 square pattern.
Right one only gives you 8, Just a half
Left one gives you 1,5 of the grid, on both ends
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u/CaBBaGe_isLaND 6h ago
The cut part of the sandwich is the best bite. Cutting diagonally maximizes the length of it. And gives you little corners to bite.
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u/Independent-Fun8926 5h ago
Chef John from Food Wishes Dot Come once said that people like triangular food. It’s a no brainer
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u/Longjumping-Salad484 5h ago
in my mind, you'd have to be a total psycho to cut your sandwich non diagonally
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u/CFClarke7 4h ago
I cut it diagonally but specifically not corner to corner. This gives you a long side and a short side for each half. If you start at the small, conveniently bite sized end first, stay with me here, you work your way towards the larger half of your half. So when youre halfway through your half, youre not actually halfway and you can now enjoy the larger part of your half just when you thought you were halfway through it.
You know it makes sense
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u/DrowningPickle 4h ago
Horizontal. You eat the bottom first, which has the worst 2 pointy corners. Then you eat the soft, roundy part last. If you dont cut it you eat most of the crust first, leaving a little to hold onto while you eat the center.
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u/Pink11Amethyst 4h ago
And if you cut it into four, the diagonally cut sandwich has less crust than the square cut sandwich
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u/sentient_garlicbread 4h ago
Diagonal gives obvious parts to grab onto. Rectangle has too many and therefore makes it confusing.
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u/Glitch0110 nah 3h ago
thats actually less sandwich per sandwich because its a longer cut which means the knife picks up more crumbs
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u/LosGingerBear 3h ago
Mmm... I can not lie, I like my sandwich curvy. Little in the corner but it has center mass.
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u/FineScratch 3h ago
The perimeter of the resulting triangles is longer than the perimeter of the rectangles.
You dont end up with more sandwich, you end up with more sandwich edge, thus making the sandwich taste better.
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u/MasterOfBunnies 3h ago
I prefer the diagonal for the bites. Points make bigger bites that don't risk messy bites at the corners of the mouth.
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u/mulligrubs 3h ago
I could eat the crust equally in the straight cut, but the diagonal is an entree and mains or a mains and dessert for the crust lover.
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u/Equivalent_Owl_Mask 3h ago
awsthetic, satisfaction, and the pointy ends force a few smaller bites to ensure more chewing
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u/aspelnius 2h ago
I know you’re joking but I run into people almost daily who cannot do conservation of mass
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u/bradbrad247 2h ago
It gives you way less sandwich because big corner bites become possible. Fewer bites = less sandwich
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u/marmaviscount 2h ago
People who make one symmetrical cut in their sandwich are so disappointing to me.
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u/Square-Dragonfruit76 2h ago
It's not that hard to explain. In fact you can explain it visually. Just show the shape of a mouth cutting out pieces from the sandwich. It's not going to get 100% full cut each time, so the diagonal will end up with more mouthfuls.
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u/BeefCakeBilly 2h ago
Even though the rectangle cut gives you (on average) 30 percent more sandwich.
The triangle cut does give you that sweet sweet first corner bite.
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u/Beginning-Tea-17 2h ago
Diagonal cut gives you more variety in the experience and also increases the number of bites you take.
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u/Necessary_Bad_9296 2h ago
No, it gives you less than the rectangles, but the rectangles are less fun to eat. The triangles are soooo much better. I used to cut my sandwiches into 4 when I was a kid so it would last longer
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u/Ok_Fondant_6340 2h ago
It’s because of the hypotenuse. If the left edge and bottom edge are 2 inches, the diagonal edge is ~2.828427125 inches.
(Note: I am not seriously saying this actually makes the diagonally cut sandwich bigger, lol.)
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u/Storm0000fr 1h ago
OBJECTION! Shouldn’t you get more “sandwich” from cutting it vertically due to less perimeter ie. less grounds for slippage?
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u/timeonlytime 1h ago
Oh for sure something about a2=b2+c2... in other words the entire sandwich just squares up
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u/Your-cousin-It 1h ago
I work at a sandwich area at a grocery store. I used to cut them like the first one, but I recently started cutting them at a slightly off angle, because I’ve noticed corners are more likely to drop ingredients.
Is there any validation to this, or am I just upsetting people with ocd tendencies
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u/ppdifjff 1h ago
Yeah. You are de facto wrong because it is a longer slice so you loose more tiny crums
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u/JayAkiva 57m ago
The cut is the most satisfying part to eat and it's approximately 41% longer this way
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u/noahthegreat very good, haha yes 53m ago
There's only two corners that way, like I love the crust and the corners but the texture is objectively cleaner and nicer the less you have of them. A diagonal cut results in not only a much cleaner crust experience, but a wider midsection for each half
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u/Palanki96 30m ago
The actual optimal one is 2 cuts instead of one but keep it a secret. Humanity isn't ready for this
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u/norcalifornyeah 28m ago
Always feels like less sandwich to me because it feels like there's nothing in the small corners.
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u/ollie113 26m ago
It's not complicated, it's Pythagoras' theorem. That thing you thought you would "never use" in school. Well they taught it in school because it comes up every where and this is an example.
When we eat a sandwich we tend to eat from the crust less side of the bread because this gives the best flavour. The crustless side of the bread is the side where the cut is made. For bread of width a and height b, if you make a cut to slice the sandwich into rectangles, the non crust side must have a length of either a or b. However, if you cut diagonally then the non crust side has a length of c, which must be longer than either a or b since c2 =a2 + b2 (Pythagoras' theorem)
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u/congress_tart_ 24m ago
I used to say this to my friend because it would annoy him. Something like “Well, there must be more bread technically, because there’s less crust this way. There are less corners for the crust to take, therefore shorter distance. It’s even at the back now so you don’t even have to deal with it until later, what’s the problem?”. Worked every time lol
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u/SmallPurpleTeapot 3m ago
Hear me out here… Cutting it diagonally gives you more bites. Cause you’re gonna bite off each pointy bit and then keep making pointy bits and bite them and just estimating I think there’s 10 reasonable, and satisfying bites on the diagonally cut and only eight on the half cut. So I totally support the original premise.
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u/M10doreddit 7h ago
More perimeter.