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Don't forget to multiply the result by 13/12
by NextHendrix 4y ago
Don't forget to multiply the result by 13/12
- _Microft 4y agoIs this a joke or an advice which could use some more explanation?
- vecter 4y agoIt’s a joke. A “baker’s dozen” is 13, not the standard 12.
- cochne 4y agoIt’s a reference to a bakers dozen - make 13 so you can taste one and be left with 12.
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- mlnhd 4y agoA “baker’s dozen” is 13. Presumably so that the baker gets one to himself.
- AlecSchueler 4y agoIt's because in older days without modern packaging you could expect one egg to break on the way home.
- temporalparts 4y agoThis was a response to an old law where bakers were accused of "cheating" customers by overpricing undersized loaves or intentionally creating giant air pockets in their bread to minimize the amount of converted flour the customer would be getting. one such source: https://www.britannica.com/story/why-is-a-bakers-dozen-13 https://www.britannica.com/story/why-is-a-bakers-dozen-13
- travisjungroth 4y agoThat article doesn’t have any sources and I’m hesitant to take it as a primary source. A blog isn’t an encyclopedia, even with the same name. Also doesn’t pass some cursory thinking. If the law is about loaves being too light or small, how does giving out an extra loaf to people who buy 12 help? Who is even buying 12 loaves of bread when restaurants are rare and refrigeration non-existent? Armies, but then they’re buying even way more. I don’t know why this needs a backstory. A dozen is a common number for objects because it’s highly composite. Then buy X get 1 free promotions are one of the simplest ways to give discounts. No one has to be the first to do it. It could spread and people could come up with it on their own.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago> If the law is about loaves being too light or small, how does giving out an extra loaf to people who buy 12 help? If the baker gives you 13 and calls it 12, that makes it harder for a greedy baker narrative to stick. It doesn't have to be logical, it's about managing impressions. > Who is even buying 12 loaves of bread when restaurants are rare and refrigeration non-existent? The average family used to be the size of a small army. 12 loafs of bread could be eaten in 1 or 2 days if you've got 12 hungry kids and bread is a major component of their diet.
- travisjungroth 4y agoIt doesn’t add up that it would just be about managing impressions or controlling a narrative. The fact that there was a law regulating the price of loaves of bread is well recorded. Anyone selling loaves too small but also selling baker’s dozen would be in violation. I regret trying to say buying a dozen would be uncommon. It’s more that even if they sell a dozen, of course there’d frequently be orders smaller than that.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoBakers were under constant suspicion of cheating customers and the regulations. Adulterated flour was a big concern too, not just loafs too small or airy. To manage their reputations, I think bakers would rationally take any edge they can get.
- based2 4y agohttps://www.expressio.fr/expressions/treize-a-la-douzaine https://www.expressio.fr/expressions/treize-a-la-douzaine
- chrisshroba 4y agoBold move explaining the joke in French
- selimthegrim 4y agoThis sounds like Shi’ite inheritance math.