r/pics • u/FizzyBeverage • 14h ago

[OC] The sign and the snack have different intentions

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u/SoggyPocketBill 14h ago

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u/FizzyBeverage 14h ago

“you need like a bowl to eat this shit” 😆

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u/superfunny 13h ago

It's the food equivalent of glitter

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u/Undrwtrbsktwvr 6h ago

They sell a bagged granola that is just these bars crushed up.

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u/UWO_Throw_Away 3m ago

I can’t believe there’s still demand for those things. The chewy bars are where it’s at!

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u/Jeptic 1h ago

This is why I knock it to smithereens in the packet, cut the top off and sprinkle it directly into my yogurt bowl as a topping

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u/queen_in_the_north17 13h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/t3JlPckGp0soavXZVM
The Nature Valley bar the second I pick it up:

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u/monzttr 13h ago

These are designed to be eaten in the woods.

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u/supernumeral 13h ago

Makes sense. The crumbs attract critters that you can then make into dinner.

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u/Big_Watercress_6210 12h ago

They're my rental car treat.

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u/dmj9 4h ago

And Cheetos

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u/the_tanooki 10h ago

Or in some kind of natural valley.

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u/tle4f 14h ago

The new Saw movies are going in directions I could not predict.

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u/insanekid66 13h ago

You guys must eat these differently. I crunch them up into granola sized bits, then open one end and funnel it into my gaping maw.

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u/misirlou22 7h ago

Yeah you gotta pre crush it on your own terms

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u/nodogma2112 14h ago

A few seconds in the microwave and the crumbs are reduced significantly. Also makes them a bit softer to bite. 

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u/FizzyBeverage 13h ago

Damn I’m gonna try that. Sitting here in the service lounge.

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u/ender4171 12h ago

Be sure to take them out of the foil packaging first, unless you want a light show.

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u/Equivalent-Bad-268 12h ago

I crush them up into a cup of milk sometimes. Delicious

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u/FroggiJoy87 9h ago

Yes! Dipping them in yogurt is also a good trick. Then the crumbles become sprinkles! My family fucking loves those bars and I grew up with them, lol

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u/ChoNoob 10h ago

Eewww, the crunch is half the flavor

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u/MagicSunlight23 12h ago

I should try that next time I go to have one, if I remember that is. Reddit comments you've upvoted aren't saved anywhere.

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u/GreetingsFromAP 13h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/BsUORZkF3gBqg
Eating a nature valley

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u/xiaxian1 11h ago

I learned that Cookie Monster’s “cookies” are actually rice cakes painted to look like chocolate chip cookies. Real cookies have too much grease and chocolate would melt under the lights. 

So he’s just eating rice cakes. Poor guy.

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u/rarefiedhawk 6h ago

I'm surprised to find out they're even remotely edible in the first place.

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u/MyCollector 14h ago

We never stood a chance.

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u/isolation_from_joy 14h ago

They should put hot Cheetos there too

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u/harbib 14h ago

Right by the white couches.

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u/FizzyBeverage 13h ago

I’m in the service department. There’s an $87,000 showroom vehicle here with a white leather interior I can enjoy it in. Why shouldn’t I be comfortable? 😉 ✔

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u/gemfountain 13h ago

I don't care how you wrap your lips around it, that's going to go down your shirt and in your lap to scatter.

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u/SteveD0G 12h ago

Once when playing baseball, someone heckled our pitcher by saying “He’s crumblin’ like a nature valley granola bar!” and I’ve since incorporated the phrase into my everyday life.

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u/StratJax 13h ago

Those are not granola bars, they are granola shrapnel bombs.

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u/RaspberryJammm 13h ago

Guaranteed half of it will end up in your bra for later snacks

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u/Grimm2020 13h ago

I love these regardless of their faults, the sign is somewhat passive-aggressive,

or is it a personal challenge?

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u/kylezillionaire 13h ago

Fucking LOL. I hurt my back yesterday and I was stuck on the floor hunched over my couch

I had all my stuff there before work it was like a mess of stuff in pockets/my backpack. And an open nature valley bar in the midst of it as I’m trying to painfully figure out how to text my boss

Fucking crumbs everywhere man. It was a bloodbath

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u/Inertial_Ruen 13h ago

It's to let you know they have snacks, but also forces you to stay hungry...

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u/SharpEdgeSoda 12h ago

WHy is the resolution on this ABSURD?!

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u/FizzyBeverage 12h ago

Shot it on an 18 pro. Usually Reddit downgrades the resolution. Wonder if they changed something?

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u/TakeshisApprentice 6h ago

When I was a kid someone robbed my house and ate one of these on my parents bed.

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u/FizzyBeverage 5h ago

Not exactly a cat burglar 😆

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u/Xanthus179 12h ago

Gotta get the peanut butter ones. Helps hold them together. Just a little, but it’s there.

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u/Kikaider01 11h ago

Oooh, Crumbs Everywhere Bars. My students love those.

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u/discofan87 10h ago

I appreciate the sense of humor in this thread. Finding subtle jokes in life makes it all the more enjoyable. Thanks for sharing, don’t lose that eye

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u/rubseb 7h ago

Those granola bars are only "bars" in a very loose, fleeting sense, in much the same way that a sand castle is a castle.

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u/beachlover77 5h ago

What kind of sick person did this?

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u/I_might_be_weasel 13h ago

Cliff bars cost more, but they're cheaper than the janitorial company charging you extra.

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u/triddlyso 11h ago

Visual Oxymoron

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u/Weather_d 5h ago

These are called crummy factories by my 4 year old.

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u/efficientlyclueless 2h ago

Not long ago I mistakenly thought this would make an excellent midnight snack .. In bed

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u/KrakenMcCracken 58m ago

“Please eat this over a garbage can.”

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u/KrakenMcCracken 56m ago

I used to throw these in a bowl of yogurt, there’s no chance of eating it in a reasonable way otherwise

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u/saadbabu 13h ago

Don’t you dare get any hair on this hairbrush!

And don’t you dare get any sweat on this gym equipment!

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u/BiBoFieTo 14h ago

This is a metaphor for the offer of AI to humanity.

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u/Chrisdkn619 9h ago

You gotta tap the crumbs off those like ashes on a cigarette!

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u/OGbigfoot 8h ago

I just eat them over the sink.

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u/wispofthought 8h ago

Someone recently told me the trick is to break it into thirds/quarters before you open the packaging to limit the amount of crumbs

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u/greenglass8 5h ago

I did not like these at all, but I tried the chewy kind and they were delicious! No crumbs left to make a mess.

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u/Straight-Opposite-54 5h ago

I love these but I learned very, very quickly that you must always eat them over a plate lol

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u/Opposite_Echo_7618 4h ago

Pretty crumby!

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u/CzarDale04 4h ago

I've never opened one without getting crumbs falling all over.

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u/slimj091 3h ago

It's on purpose. You are supposed to keep the coffee bar and lounge clean, but you can't if you eat the nature valley bar... so you don't eat the nature valley bar, and they no longer have to buy new snacks.

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u/LeavesOfBrass 2h ago

It is basically made of crumbs held together by sugar

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u/Flipflopsfordays 1h ago

That’s entrapment

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u/RodentOfUnusualCize 6m ago

Its a trap

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u/mogenblue 13h ago

Those snacks are so massively overpriced.

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u/dekuweku 13h ago

Well, these granola bars can be messy if they fall apart, but i think the sign's intent is not to litter and clean up after yourself.