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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Jan 5

Whats ur favorite thing that wiggles

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 8

ok so like do they end it now that someone won

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

The absolutely 0 likes this got… i see why ppl complain abt the activity here

Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

Turns out I'm much better at procrastinating than doing my code homework due tomorrow so here's what I found looking into it:

Bounty mainly sells four sizes: single, double, triple, and MEGA (4x), while having a "plus" size variation of the first 3. When "plus", .5x is added to the multiplier(…)

Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

TL;DR paper towel math isn't consistent and most likely based on a bs paper towel that is barely sold, at least for bounty.

Also fyi other companies don't make it any easier 😭 and toilet paper is even worse...

Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

Lastly, at the start of all this I found this chart and expected to find it useful. Literally only 1 of the non-integer multipliers showed up this whole time, and triple and MEGA aren't even included. All of this is just made to be confusing.

I should've just done my code homework.

Bounty's "roll size comparison", with regular=1x, large=1.25x, big=1.33x, giant=1.5x, mega=1.67x, super=1.83x, double=2x, an huge=2.5x.

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

However, bounty doesn't want to outright lie about what the "single" roll is, so they technically have a single unit that has probably never seen more than 10 sales; general speculation found right again. What's interesting is that bounty's single-unit size differs between product lines though.(…)

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

Triple based on 1.87sq m
Double goes from 1.85 to 2.275sq m
6=8 goes from 2.25 to 2.55sq m (2.55 ex in next post)
Notably, all of these type's single unit are less than or equal to their essentials counterpart's single unit.

So to reexplain the obvious, paper towel math isn't standardized.(…)

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

I've figured that these two barely touched listings are the lower end basis for the rest of the paper towel math. For essentials:

Triple based on 2.23sq m (13.4m sq / 6)
Double based on 2.55sq m (61.2m sq / 24)
Different listings of 6=8 go from 2.55 to 2.925sq m

But the normal type(…)

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

That's when I stumbled across another listing on the defunct site: an undescribed essentials ("select-a-size" describes the perforations). This one has the product description of 2.2sq m, and again no other (reliable) relisting of this exact one except it saying no sellers on their current site.
(…)

A listing from the same bounty site, this time for "Essentials White Select-A-Size"; 2.2m^2

The same essentials paper towel on a different site, but without any description of size and the buy button is replaced with "NO SELLERS FOUND"

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

This is especially weird because bounty specifies the single plus to be 3m sq. Why would they make a distinction like this for the main line, but not the essential? 1.5x of the single's 1.8m sq is 2.7 after all, and so this would make sense to say it is single plus.(…)

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

None of the reviews seem to be people who had actually owned this ellusive single sized normal bounty roll. But you know what else is weird? THE UNSPECIFIED ESSENTIAL. IS. NOT. SINGLE. SIZED.

The regular single is listed to be 1.8 square meters, but the unlabeled essential is 2.8(…)

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

But for their usual type of paper towels, I could not find a single sized roll in any retail store.

The only place that possibly sold it is this defunct bounty website listing, where no product is even shown on the main page and shipping is 9.99 bucks per roll.(…)

A site with Bounty branding saying to check back soon

Listing of a single roll with only 3 reviews on the site from before; 1.8m^2

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

So for example, triple plus would be ≈3.5x (it fluctuates product to product). These are based on the single size, but here's where things get strange.

I could easily find a non-doubled size for the "essential" lineup of paper towels, which are cheaper, feel different, and is the type I use (…)

1 paper towel roll with Bounty essentials branding on it; 2.8m^2

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 5

Turns out I'm much better at procrastinating than doing my code homework due tomorrow so here's what I found looking into it:

Bounty mainly sells four sizes: single, double, triple, and MEGA (4x), while having a "plus" size variation of the first 3. When "plus", .5x is added to the multiplier(…)

A set of five paper towels increasing in width, captioned "regular, double, triple, triple plus, and MEGA" respectively. "GO BIGGER" is captioned above the paper towels.

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 4

no trasnparent pngs either..? i want to cry

Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 4

3D text of the word "stark"... with a lot of contrast

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 4

we love you eddie. if you quit consider going out with a bang

Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 3

Bored in class

Graphic of a keyboard with focus on the trackpad. The text “trackpad” is above it

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 3

Gonna sit in the middle ground and just let whatever i think at 4 am fly (what im doing right now)

Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 3

Tryna keep 1 foot in the door of academia and the other in really stupid funny shit makes me censor both sides

I dont wanna be too serious and talk abt some existential thought i had in ethics but i also cant just post “why bitches 😭😭😭😭😭😭 oppong .. but realty thought ? 🤔 🧐 ”

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 2

Tenor doesnt count i wanna UPLOAD gifs not deal w/ a limited tenor selection 😭

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 2

Idk just tell shep that she got a virus when downloading the gif or somthn

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 2

are u joking are there no gifs on here im weeping

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Ari @whitches.bsky.social · Dec 2

gfx for an art trade w/ a friend :DDD

#robloxArt #robloxGFX #roblox

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