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sampo · 2019-04-01 20:19:46+00:00

The patty in the normal $1 White Castle slider is so thin, that the $2 Impossible Slider feels like an improvement already just because the patty is thicker.

kaerast | karma 183 | avg karma 1.54 · | 2011-03-02 23:23:57+00:00

Or was the first version 33% thicker than it needed to be to give them an easy win in version 2?

Geee | karma 5503 | avg karma 2.3 · | 2019-01-20 11:40:42+00:00

It can be made thicker.

jeza | karma 296 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2011-01-27 00:38:35+00:00

The thin edge of the wedge, perhaps?

aaron_m04 | karma 627 | avg karma 1.7 · | 2020-06-18 20:52:05+00:00

Is a larger slide and RIP increment needed then? Or can these never be made large enough?

serge2k | karma 2046 | avg karma 0.97 · | 2016-10-26 00:06:53+00:00

But it's thinner and lighter.

Jony Ive says thinner and lighter will make it better.

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convolvatron | karma 3079 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2022-01-05 11:40:18

I just looked at this and while there is no sliding, the bottom 3 have been really quite flat

bluedino | karma 19194 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2020-03-20 20:04:14+00:00

And how much thicker is that thing? The edge around that machine is the worst as well.

wrycoder | karma 5940 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2018-03-22 18:19:29+00:00

Dream on, they’ll make it thinner

quadral | karma 14 | avg karma 0.74 · | 2022-11-14 07:05:13

The more thicker, the more it is invisible.

pengaru | karma 10659 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2022-10-05 10:20:58

Commercial-grade Reynolds rolls are both more economical and ~double the thickness.

ebg13 | karma 4739 | avg karma 3.52 · | 2020-03-08 01:23:32+00:00

> easier to put on edge on

The corollary to this is that they lose their edge quickly, which is annoying.

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bernawil | karma 450 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2023-09-08 16:48:29

Well, that's way more friction.

ryannielsen | karma 5624 | avg karma 15.54 · | 2012-10-31 06:33:15+00:00

It doesn't just look thinner. It is thinner. Yes, there is a hump around the base's hinge, but it is still significantly, noticeably thinner – per the article, the machine's volume was reduced by 40%.

hartator | karma 6634 | avg karma 2.18 · | 2016-11-09 20:06:56+00:00

Less friction?

oroup | karma 399 | avg karma 5.62 · | 2020-04-23 19:38:55+00:00

Also it makes scraping much harder.

sarvinc | karma 64 | avg karma 0.71 · | 2013-01-12 06:02:14+00:00

Also, maybe, the thickness?

__alexs | karma 2585 | avg karma 3.13 · | 2023-01-13 09:19:27

I've not tried it but intuitively I'd expect it to slide about as well as other very hard things of the same shape.

joshumax | karma 1817 | avg karma 9.09 · | 2016-10-28 08:32:23+00:00

Any thicker and we'd have to start cutting it into bars and marketing it on a shiny over-designed website.

gnicholas | karma 26310 | avg karma 2.91 · | 2022-03-25 00:54:59

Also, more peeling because of the higher surface area to volume ratio!