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Mar 19, 2026 8:12 PM
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keyblader1985
Hubris
eronth
ok, but you've chosen a smaller ratio of syrup well volume to waffle size.
specicom
Has the dude actually found the solution himself or has he used an algorithm?
elvisdumbledore
hmm...
https://imgur.com/p3dhSkd
Yasashii93
Gawd, I hate this. I hate this so much. Waffle syrup efficiency be damned, I hate this.
BlueCubeheaD
thatwoodguy
They always ask can we do this calm but they should ask themselves should we do this? In a world where science went too far.
gifworthy
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
More squares are not the answer, DEEPER squares are, a square 1 millimeter deeper increases the surface area more than a extra square does.
stronomer
This is a misunderstanding: this is the smallest waffle that can hold 17 equal sizes syrup squares. They _could_ make the waffle bigger, but they didn't have to and they didn't. So if this is good or bad depends on whether you are a syrup person or a waffle person.
Renza0
just adjust the size of the squares or the size of the waffle...
BobJohnsonOwait
If the amount of syrup you’re getting is the issue, just cut out the middleman and drink the syrup directly from the bottle.
LockedAndKnotted
HardyandRamanujan
If you made the walls a fractal pattern they would have infinite surface area to hold the golden nectar
thatwoodguy
There's a few ways this wouldn't work. First of all the walls are Not Mere Lions but they have actual thickness so you would soon run out. But I think there is an Optimum fractal dimension for this to occur in
HardyandRamanujan
Volume is fixed, but surface area could still be infinite I think. Could be wrong
HardyandRamanujan
But yes, the walls must have a finite thickness so yes I get you
Exyr
But that waffle is bigger than 4sq units so that doesnt really count.
BatmanAndCradleRobin
so is the example square on the left? Its that the waffle is not LESS than 5 thats the problem.
elvisdumbledore
it's more of a silly math joke than it is meant to actually improve waffles. :P
theworldcouldbeflat
I would say the waffle itself is more a reflection of.. information on society.
LuveBunny
Indeed, methinks you could get 25 'pockets' in that size waffle
DaveSamsonite
My waffle maker actually does this! Isn't math and common sense amazing!!
DaveSamsonite
My waffle maker has 25 syrup wells per 1/4 whole waffles. It's weird that when you make things smaller they take up less space, innit.
That pattern allowed a candy manufacture to get 17 slightly smaller square candies from each mold that they could misrepresent as being the original size.
Like those tiny Sunchips you get on a 1/2 oz bag on Delta.
Hexarcy00
So is the black and white drawing
MissivesFromTheTower
Hear me out. Remove the inner walls.
InfocalypseRising
Just slurping syrup out of a wafflebowl like soup
ParaspriteHugger
Just
flashums
This sounds like a pancake with extra steps.
MissivesFromTheTower
Pancake with walls, there are barbarians outside!
flashums
Sir Ruhp, light the bacons! Breakfast calls for more marmalade.
NeverEnoughFoxes
The bread bowl we need.
qwerm
Now I want to see a waffle breakfast bowl...
NeverEnoughFoxes
Oh man...waffle bowl, scrambled eggs, sausage on top, bacon as a border on the plate around the bowl. Mmmmmm.
mafiacarstarter
The easier and more rational way is to have the sides of the waffle be a whole multiple of the size of the syrup squares.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_packing
Hexarcy00
Division is pretty easy these days. Whole multiple isn't necessary, just multiple
StillNotYouTube
jfc I can't believe people wasted their time on this.
cuddleskunk
The math/research wasn't actually done with syrup in mind. Optimized density for squares within a given area does have practical applications.
HCBailly
WarlockSniper
elvisdumbledore
i've heard tell that some tile masons are very religious and believe only god is capable of perfection. therefore they intentionally leave something done wrong to guarantee it. kinda dumb if you ask me.
GratuaCuun
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Mml6eTI0cTcyYjQyeGdoazhwM3ExOWJzOXExam5sZTdya2FmcXVqYiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/FYCxLHCIGaioo/200w.webp
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
nah, some just want to go for lunch
thatwoodguy
Probably some overworked and underpaid Apprentice did this on his way out the door
KilroyLichking
now... and hear me out... cubular waffle
totaleclipseofdescartes
No waffle shape wiser than the time cube https://www.timecube.net/
KilroyLichking
wha, i say, wha, i say wha... i say what in the Kentucky fried hell did i just read
HashMaster9k
I don't know if I found someone’s art project or the product of a descent into madness.
shyriath
What you are seeing, Mr. Kilroy, is a jewel of the early internet... or at least a copy of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Cube
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
I primer for developing schizophrenic psychosis
Babomonkey
Or you just have an inferior waffle maker
Racealistic
25!? What's next 30!?! What a time to be alive
DisguisedLizardThing
Are you proposing a RECTANGULAR waffle?!
uncleslam7
A betting man might say 36
hotaru251
we the people need a new name for the thign as it is great for more than waffles. they make some very good crispy outside smashed taters (not mashed. smashed)
IrateWolfe
I have a recipe to make cookies in them, and they're so damn good
Babomonkey
The one time I tried using a waffle maker to make something other than a waffle it still came out tasting like a waffle which was not at all the result I wanted so I've never tried it again.
hotaru251
imagine a potato..soft fluffy texture and the entire outer surface area is crisp w/ many indents that hold butter, cheese, whatever.
KnifeKnut
Why squares? why not triangles? Or Hexagons?
I WILL (jokingly) stab anyone who says ___tagons!
HelpfulInternetStranger
squares're'gones?
SnozzBerries6969
Wafflagons?
KnifeKnut
Acceptable
ALinguisticHermit
Side info you didn't ask for: some of the vintage waffle irons in the US had playing card patterns (diamonds, clubs, hearts, spades), there is a current variation with 'murican stars, and the swedish irons have hearts :) Hong Kong waffles have some spherical variation now which is pretty fun. For sure I'm missing other shapes.
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
How about a dick shaped waffle with syrup veins?
straha242
Bestagons! (puts on breastplate)
KnifeKnut
STABS YOU IN THE ASS /jk
straha242
Lucky I've got buns of steel! :D
KnifeKnut
Metaphoric steel is no match for real steel.