• Gork@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Unlimited shrimp is a misnomer as matter is finite. Even if all matter were converted to shrimp, it still wouldn’t be truly unlimited.

    Yay for needless pedantry.

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      11 months ago

      The infinitely dense Red Lobster will always allow you to visit, but its event horizon won’t let you leave

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      11 months ago

      I disagree with your conjecture.

      Indeed, matter is finite. However, you are making the assumption that eating shrimp destroys the matter. In fact, eating the shrimp simply returns the matter to the ecosystem, where it will eventually contribute to more shrimp.

      Unless you can prove the eventual heat death of the universe, which Red Lobster™ is prepared to fight in court.

      Signed, Red Lobster Legal Division

      P.S.: If you even think about trying to make Cheddar Bay Biscuits™ using one of those online recipes, we will pursue legal action. We make Nintendo look like Linus Torvalds.

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      11 months ago

      If we are being pedantic, the article mentions it promotion as all you can eat rather then unlimited, except in the title and one place in the article. So the big question is what was it marketted as and is it just the author using the terms as synonyms?

      There is a big difference between these if you are being pedantic and not really fair to blame the restaurant for the article authors choose of words.

      But being realistic I would think it is fair to say unlimited and all you can eat are basically synonyms when it comes to restaurant promotions. And fair limitations should apply - like the restaurant running out of stock (assuming they a reasonable amount to begin with).

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      11 months ago

      They will just have to start converting energy to matter, otherwise it’s false advertising and I’ll sue!