link courtesy of a friend: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101005/ap_on_bi_ge/us_noisy_sunchips_bag
QuoteNEW YORK – Frito-Lay hopes to quiet complaints about its noisy SunChips bags by switching out the biodegradable bags for the old packaging on most flavors.
The company is switching back to original packaging, which is made of a type of plastic, for five of the six varieties of the chips. It will keep the biodegradable bags for its sixth variety, its original plain flavor. That's its second best-selling, after Harvest Cheddar.
So, normally I'm pretty lax about the whole recycling-composting-SAVE-TEH-PLANET jazz, but this is just silly.
I got a bag of those, and they really are ungodly loud. REALLY REALLY LOUD.
I liked it, but everybody around me though it was obnoxious.
Noise pollution? Really?
There is so much fucking noise in cities it amazes me how calm everyone looks. And this is a big deal to them?
In portland, we have the MAX. Which, at every point in it's journey, sounds like a noisily ailing bird. And at each of the many stops it makes, loud bells blare out for longer than necessary.
And trains go through the city, making sure to honk irregularly so it's hard to ignore.
And did I mention the literally constant road work?
And noisy chip bags are an issue now.
Given how pretty much every packet of crips (chips) over here comes in plastic bags, I'd actually prefer a company who sold them in biodegradeable ones, especially if they were of comparable price. And I wouldn't give a shit how noisy they are because I don't go around listening to crisp bags all day and besides, that's what iPods were invented for, to block out annoying 21st century inconvieniences with POWER METAL.
They really are startlingly loud bags, but it's a silly reason to stop using biodegradable plastic.
Not as loud as most of the idiots who eat the chips. Can we switch them out for quieter packaging too?
i really want to hear one of the excessively loud bags now....
why don't they just make them out of waxed paper, or something? surely there are more viable options besides dura-plastic and eardrum shattering ecowrapper...
So you put the chips/crisps in a bowl?
Additional benefit is that the bag lasts longer and you don't eat as much as well, yet I found I get as much enjoyment out of two bowls (about half of a regular 200g* bag) as I'd get from eating the entire bag.
(as a kid I got just one, much smaller bowl, and I was damn happy with it, always :) )
(*200g=7oz)
They really aren't any louder than those crinkle toys you give to babies or cats. Of all the crap to complain about.
There are those people that nothing will make them happy. It's unfortunate that they are apparently loud enough to affect changes such as these.
I actually liked the new bags, they were slightly louder than the normal bags, but in all honesty I never noticed that much of a difference. I just liked that the bags were biodegradable and the chips a bit more healthy than your average boiled in oil chip.....
It was a nice combo while it lasted.....
Sunchips are gross.
that is all i have to contribute :lol:
Quote from: ☂ Kim Jong Fred ☂ on October 06, 2010, 04:32:46 PM
Sunchips are gross.
that is all i have to contribute :lol:
Well, that's true too. :lol: Taste like cardboard.
Quote from: Cainad on October 06, 2010, 04:34:54 PM
Quote from: ☂ Kim Jong Fred ☂ on October 06, 2010, 04:32:46 PM
Sunchips are gross.
that is all i have to contribute :lol:
Well, that's true too. :lol: Taste like cardboard.
Have y'all tried the garden salsa ones? Those are actually good. I agree on the rest of the flavors, but the kids will eat the hell out of them soooo...
You know what I eat instead of chips? Croutons in Italian dressing.
Well, I just had some Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips with my Turkey and Swiss Sandwhich. I enjoyed them. And I enjoyed them LOUDLY!
:lulz:
http://www.good.is/post/deafening-compostable-sunchips-bag-gets-pulled/
QuoteIn this amusing Vimeo video, a citizen scientist uses a decibel meter to test exactly how loud the bag is (95 decibels) and concludes it's louder than a jet cockpit and might cause hearing damage. There's even a Facebook group called "Sorry, But I Can't Hear You Over This Sun Chips Bag" with 44,000 members.
The people who have a problem with how loud their biodegradable chip bags are are the same people who don't want to see unsightly crowds of homeless people being fed.
Remember; madness is normal. Convenience is crucial. Think only of yourself. Stay in line. Keep your lawn tidy, and for the love of God and country, don't do anything "weird".
well we'd better get on the ball buying up all the remaining Sun Chips in the unacceptably loud bags to feed to a crowd of homeless people in one giant flashmob...
:lol:
Quote from: Kiaransalee on October 06, 2010, 04:47:24 PM
Quote from: Cainad on October 06, 2010, 04:34:54 PM
Quote from: ☂ Kim Jong Fred ☂ on October 06, 2010, 04:32:46 PM
Sunchips are gross.
that is all i have to contribute :lol:
Well, that's true too. :lol: Taste like cardboard.
Have y'all tried the garden salsa ones? Those are actually good. I agree on the rest of the flavors, but the kids will eat the hell out of them soooo...
Heathens.
Flavored chips is from teh debbil! :argh!:
I eats mine plain!
Quote from: Hover Cat on October 07, 2010, 01:33:18 AM
Quote from: Kiaransalee on October 06, 2010, 04:47:24 PM
Quote from: Cainad on October 06, 2010, 04:34:54 PM
Quote from: ☂ Kim Jong Fred ☂ on October 06, 2010, 04:32:46 PM
Sunchips are gross.
that is all i have to contribute :lol:
Well, that's true too. :lol: Taste like cardboard.
Have y'all tried the garden salsa ones? Those are actually good. I agree on the rest of the flavors, but the kids will eat the hell out of them soooo...
Heathens.
My children?
Why thanks, they will appreciate that, though the oldest would argue he is more of an atheist.
Oh, not your kids - you, and Fred, and Cainad. ;) Sun chips are wonderful.