(I have no idea if accurate.)
I’ve always seen literal maps showing what’s what. Sounds like maybe none of the Gumps could read. But even so, wouldn’t you learn to tell the shapes apart? It shouldn’t keep surprising you over and over.
… So you’re upset that I said card instead of map? Really? Whatever. Round here it’s a little card.
I was mostly stuck on how that joke is older than most people on this site
I wouldn’t be so sure about that. I’m pretty sure that Lemmy skews older to such a degree that most users are my side of 35 and the movie is “only” 30 years old 😁
Momma told him that so he wouldn’t feel bad being unable to read it.
All the cards I’ve seen always had pictures and text of what’s what.
I’ve bought plenty of local chocolate shop boxes that didn’t have a map.
Yes. Nice chocolate didnt have a map because they were custom made and had people experimenting on site. It’s very rare to do it that way now because most chocolate is factory made and require ingredients breakdowns.
Well, I thought it was cute.
Back in the day there wasn’t maps when you got chocolate. Food allergies were not much of a concern back then and nutrition information wasn’t required.
More to the point, the boxes weren’t all the same. Sure, they only had ~10-20 different pieces, but they would be placed seemingly at random. You may (or may not) have had a card to identify them, but that wasn’t tied to location.
It also doesn’t cover the quantities. Does this box have 5 cherry cordials or just 1? What about honeycomb? Opera cream? Peanut butter?
You still see this from some of the smaller chocolatiers.
Even if you can read, it’s mostly just cheap praline.
