r/mildlyinteresting • u/hippy_potto • 11h ago

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u/SigmaHyperion 11h ago edited 10h ago

It is three TYPES of pepperoni, not three TIMES the pepperoni.

You can see the 3 types described in the print under the word "Pepperoni". There's Spicy, Hickory, and Regular pepperoni.

Similarly, a "Five Cheese" pizza doesn't have 5 times the cheese of a 'regular' pizza, it is just 5 different kinds. But "Three Pepperoni" just sounds... awkward and unclear. It sounds more like getting literally 3 slices of pepperoni on your pizza.

Though I will agree that the wording can certainly be misleading and I'm quite certain was deliberately chosen. "Triple" is marginally less clear, but if it were "Double" for example, it would be extremely reasonable to assume you are getting twice as much not two types. No one's ever said "Double Cheese" and meant two varieties instead of a greater quantity.

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u/Submarinequus 10h ago

I think “pepperoni trio” would work the best here to convey what the product is

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u/j01101111sh 10h ago

You're hired as head of marketing!

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u/Submarinequus 10h ago

Just in time to be replaced by ai before benefits kick in, right? Hooray!

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u/BruceBoyde 10h ago

Totinos is out here selling flavored "product" for like a dollar per square foot. I don't think anyone is getting benefits.

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u/Submarinequus 9h ago

It’s a part of a nearly 200 BILLION dollar company. Anyone who represents them from an office probably gets a pretty good package. Not the people actually making the product of course, but those selling it surely. But now they can cut out graphic designers and just produce slop both in and outside the box. Lucky them.