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[–] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Being only slightly stale isn't an issue at all, especially when it comes to sustenance to stay alive. Setting personal gain aside, have people pay you to travel to Bumfuck, Africa. Make it rain infinite slightly stale baguettes. Solve their hunger, at least for a while, and build a composting facility to create mass amounts of compost out of tons of slightly stale baguettes. Feed their livestock tons of slightly stale baguettes.

Travel to Bumfuck, India. Make it rain infinite slightly stale baguettes. Solve their hunger, at least for a while, and build a composting facility to create mass amounts of compost out of tons of slightly stale baguettes. Feed their livestock tons of slightly stale baguettes.

I'm sure you could reach out to many impoverished countries of the world, say hey you pay for my travel, my food & lodging, and pay me $200K (or whatever they can afford) and I'll make slightly stale baguettes rain down from the fucking sky and they'll gladly take you up on that offer. If they're smart.

World hunger, solved. Deserts covered with multiple feet of fertile, composted bread-soil. And as others have said, French toast & other foods forever. Plus if you work it right, you could get paid to travel the world & enrich the nations with your talent.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Become famous for producing infinite food, get shot by a religious fanatic whose beliefs don't align with the supernatural talents you possess. That or just a corporate hit by Frito-Lays.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 39 points 5 hours ago

Enter a homeless shelter each morning. Do my thing. Walk out a richer man than I was when I walked in.

Not all gain is monetary

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 37 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I assassinate people by summoning baguettes in their lungs.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

We thought they would use this power to end world hunger, but it only took them 7 hours to weaponize it

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Can't be hungry if they are dead!

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Breadbane the Yeastman always rises!

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Start a stuffing and bread pudding restaurant, or a fencing school. En Garde!

[–] aimizo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Trickle them slowly enough onto the GE so they keep their value so I can sustain my membership through bonds.

iykyk

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Ergot farming.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago
[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 hours ago

So basically unlimited bread pudding, French toast, and of course capirotada!

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Definitely on the 'use it to assassinate billionaires and malicious politicians' bandwagon.

One that's done, I'm spending the rest of my life traveling to feed birds at various parks, beaches, etc.

Edit - also slightly stale is perfect for making banh mi. My lunch game is about to to kick up a notch.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 27 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I eat a lot of French toast.

My kids get breakfast on demand.

Feeding the homeless.

And if you park in the bike lane with your window open, you're getting a very crumby backseat.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I was going to go with unlimited French Toast, but as the price of chicken eggs approaches Fabergé eggs, that may not work out.

Switching to garlic bread, croutons, and ~~croque madame~~ dang it!

[–] 211@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

There has to be a pretty good vegan french toast recipe somewhere for inspiration on egg replacement.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You mad genius, that could work!

A quick look shows cheap and plentiful cornstarch and ground flaxseed may do the trick! I'd eat that...

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I use silken tofu, corn starch (bird’s custard powder) and oat milk as the basis for bread pudding. I assume it would also work for French toast.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

The custard powder sounds like a great idea.

I have never used silken tofu. I like the firm stuff, but never knew what to do with the silken.

[–] sighofannoyance@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Open up a breading buisness. Turn the stale bread into breading and sell it at half the price of the competition.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Elroy's House of Croutons

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Ah damn. They stopped the Challenge where you get 1 Million USD if you can prove you have Paranormal Powers.

[–] credo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I would rain down ~~bagels~~ baguettes upon my enemies’ heads! Muhahaha.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Baguettes AND bagels is too OP. Not fair.

[–] credo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Apparently I can’t read well the first 30 minutes of the day.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 7 points 6 hours ago

I'll put some spicy chicken, turkey or other meat with some onions and garlic, hot out of the frying pan, maybe some hot sauce or gravy and some salad on the bread. Wrap with aluminium foil and leave it for a few minutes. Nice soft bread again...

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 25 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

If the ability has some range, become the weirdest assassin ever as I summon baguettes inside folks windpipes, lungs, hearts, and/or skulls.

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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

According to wikipedia, the atmosphere has a mass of about 5.15×10^18 kg and a baguette has a minimum mass of 8×10^-2 kg

I only need to create 6.4×10^19 baguettes

Now i have to figure out how to monetize this

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

If you summon enough baguettes in the right spot in space, you generate enough mass to gravity-slingshot Earth into a new trajectory. Depending on what mood you're in, you could use this to solve global warming, or send us into a collision course with the sun.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 94 points 12 hours ago (14 children)

Burn the baguettes to boil water that spins a turbine that generates electricity.

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[–] 1stQ@feddit.org 9 points 8 hours ago

So.. how thin does it air have to be? Does it only work on a mountain top? Are tastebuds affected by low air pressure?

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 13 points 10 hours ago

I was thinking I could open a restaurant focusing on pain perdu (basically french toast)

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 36 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Croutons! I start up a crouton factory!

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