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So, from time to time, I must unleash my exasperation with a product. Well, not really. Maybe it’s with the people who provide the reason for it’s existence.

Most people in the country like Oreo cookies. They’re simple. Easy. Great to dunk in a glass of milk. Twist them apart and chow down on the filling.

Over the past few years, Nabisco has been putting out a bunch of new varieties of Oreo. I don’t mind this in general. I can honestly say that I never really got into mint, peanut butter, or white fudge or any of the other odd things they’ve done with the filling over the years. To me, there are Oreos and Double Stuff Oreos. Extra filling is good, sue me. But hey, to each their own I guess. No skin off my back.

Anyhow, I was going along today, and came across a little review of their newest product. Oreo Dunkers. Basically, they change the shape of the cookie to resemble a Vienna Finger, if you’re familiar with them. And oblong shape, more narrow than a traditional Oreo. The idea being that this shape is easier to dunk.

Now, my question is simple. Who had a problem working out the process involved in dunking an Oreo before? I mean, there had to be a target audience. I want to know how these people managed to survive. Seriously. Glass, milk, cookie, dunk, munch. If this process isn’t one of the easier things you do in your day, maybe you need to reexamine the world you live in. Do we really need to reshape the cookie to make it easier?

Apparently the answer is yes. Still, it’s kind of disturbing that there was a call for this product. In all my Oreo dunking, I can’t say I’ve ever once thought “this is really inconveniently shaped for dunking. They should fix this!”

But that’s just me I guess