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"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 6.35 oz bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

And in case you haven’t noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon."

From https://us.tonyschocolonely.com/pages/faqs

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It doesn't make any sense to do this as a metaphor. Chocolate is typically divided into evenly sized chunks for measurement purposes, regardless of the evil practices of the chocolate industry.

The metaphor is asinine the explanation is confusing and it's lost on almost everybody who buys this.

I have had this brand of chocolate before and it is quite good however.

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 182 points 1 week ago (15 children)

I love it, but I feel obligated to say

"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry!

No, it makes sense. I understand, but it makes a lot more sense

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 108 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It doesn’t make sense for cars to have 4 equal sized wheels when there is so much inequality in the auto industry.

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Staggered setup vehicles are the true champions of justice, urging us all to get a grip on inequality within the industry.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

My center differential disagrees

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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 115 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I do like these bars but breaking it into pieces without a mess is difficult. I've had to resort to putting the entire thing in my mouth and waiting for it to melt down my throat.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

It is a mess, which is why I thought it’s intentional to make it difficult to apportion your dose of chocolate, in effect making you eat more. And all this stuff about inequality sounds like the worst BS possible.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I guess we'll just have to deal with slavery then

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[–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 100 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (37 children)

Too bad about all the lead in them. They're not as bad as some brands, though.

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[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 67 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Maybe they should spend less money on a fancy mold for their chocolate and more on better sourced cocoa beans with less lead in them: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/

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[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 60 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Quite succesful in the Netherlands.

In 2003, after discovering that the majority of chocolate produced at the time had links to human exploitation, Dutch television producer and journalist Teun van de Keuken began producing programs about the horrors of the commercial cocoa industry on his show Keuringsdienst van Waarde. Furthermore, he submitted a request to be prosecuted for knowingly purchasing an illegally manufactured product, which prosecutors declined to do.

After three years of unsuccessful attempts to change the industry through investigative efforts, Van de Keuken decided to start producing chocolate bars himself. The brand was called "Tony's Chocolonely" with "Tony" (= Teun) and "Chocolonely" in reference to Teun van de Keuken feeling as if he was the only person in the industry who was interested in eradicating slavery. Van de Keuken sold 20,000 bars in two days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%27s_Chocolonely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teun_van_de_Keuken

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