@realDonaldTrump I'm curious how the spaghettiOs chili turned out? I wouldn't've thought it would be too bad?

@evan you messed up

@evan I think you meant "Assume the chili is in the interval (0,1), square it for less chili, if it is in (1,infinity) take the square root, if it is in (-infinity,0) take the negative of the square of the of the chile, else (equals 0 or 1) subtract 1 from it."

@evan Please clarify "Th"

@realDonaldTrump typo. Was meant to say the

@evan What does "the" mean in the context though

@realDonaldTrump The chili

@realDonaldTrump suggested edit: add a teaspoon of powdered thorium (chemical symbol Th)

@TheAllMemeingEye i did it

@traders

I used an AI-generated chili recipe and it was bad. Resolves NO.

I added a different temperature by adding an ice cube and it watered down the chili and it was bad. Resolves NO.

@realDonaldTrump Also, I don't use yeast so i can't sub with sourdough and i am not tipping everyone 69 mana.

throw it in what?

the trashcan? your mouth? Trump's face?

(are they synonymous? /s)

@TheAllMemeingEye Haha, nobody knows

For example, if an answer was "Invert the chili's mass-to-volume ratio", it would resolve NO, because then I wouldn't have anymore chili, and I like chili.

What does inverting the mass-to-volume ratio actually mean though, and why would it mean there's no more chilli? Mass-to-volume ratio sounds like a roundabout definition of density, but how can that be inversed?

• Negative density? (either mass or volume somehow negative, but not both, though unclear what either actually means)

• Reciprocal density? (final physical amount therefore depends on size of measurement units used)

• Something else?

@TheAllMemeingEye I'll leave this to o3 to explain:

Great questions. Let’s unpack this properly, because you’re right to smell nonsense, and it’s fun to follow the nonsense all the way down.

Step 1: 

Mass-to-volume ratio = Density

You’re absolutely right:

\text{Density} = \frac{\text{Mass}}{\text{Volume}} = \frac{m}{V}

So “inverting the mass-to-volume ratio” technically means taking the reciprocal of density:

\frac{V}{m}

Which is… a real quantity. It’s just the specific volume—used in thermodynamics to describe how much volume a unit mass occupies.

Step 2: 

So What Does Inverting It Do to the Chili?

Physically? Nothing—unless you’re proposing to change the chili’s density to match its reciprocal. But then we’re in squishy territory.

So there are three ways you could interpret “inverting the mass-to-volume ratio”:

1. Reciprocal Density (Specific Volume)

• This just reframes how we describe the chili.

• Instead of “this chili is 1.2g/cm³,” we say, “this chili occupies 0.833cm³/g.”

• No change in the chili, just how you talk about it. This is boring and not “improvement” in any culinary or metaphysical sense.

2. Forcing Chili to Match the Reciprocal Value

• Now it gets weird:

  Say chili starts at 1.2 g/cm³. Inverting means forcing it to become 0.833 g/cm³—less dense, puffier chili.

• You’d have to:

  • Add volume (whipped air?)

  • Remove mass (somehow? beam out the meat?)

• But that’s just fluffier chili. “Improvement” is debatable but plausible.

3. Interpreting the Inversion Literally and Abstractly

This is where absurdity can thrive:

• You literally invert the ratio such that the chili behaves as if its volume is mass and mass is volume.

  • So, 1 liter of chili now weighs 1 kilogram of space.

  • Or 1 kilogram of chili occupies 1 square meter of weight.

• This creates a category error: the units no longer fit physical reality.

• Eating this chili results in:

  • Forks floating through it without resistance.

  • Chili displacing itself.

  • Thermal energy flowing into the refrigerator.

You haven’t made food. You’ve made a topological prank.

Step 3: Why Would That Mean “There’s No Chili”?

If you take “mass-to-volume ratio” and try to reverse it without clarifying what you’re holding constant—mass, volume, or structure—you run into paradoxes:

• If mass stays the same but volume expands to match reciprocal density → infinitely large chili cloud

• If volume stays the same but mass decreases → zero-mass chili = invisible thought experiment chili

• If both flip → you’ve produced a phantom ratio with no real units

Result: You no longer have chili. You have a mathematical idea that once referred to chili.

Step 4: What About Negative Density?

That’s a deeper rabbit hole:

• Negative mass violates Newton’s second law unless the universe agrees to act backwards.

• Negative volume isn’t defined except in coordinate systems, where it just means “pointing the other way.”

• Either way, you’re not cooking anymore. You’re negotiating with spacetime.

Final Summary

“Inverting the mass-to-volume ratio” sounds like you’re just flipping density—but it becomes physically incoherent if you try to enforce it on real matter. You’re asking chili to:

• Expand into anti-chili

• Violate conservation laws

• Exist in unit-inverted space

Which is a long way of saying: yeah, it makes no sense. But it makes no sense in a precise way, and that’s what makes it fun.

Want a follow-up market where chili is subjected to a Lorentz transformation?

What is your current ingredient list and recipe? Chilli can mean multiple different dishes lol

I got so excited that I started adding something sensible without reading the description, and had to edit it to something weird!

My friends love my chili.

Ingredients:

• 4 15-oz cans of beans (Cannellini, Great Northern, Red, Dark Red Kidney)

• 2 15-oz cans of diced tomatoes

• 8 oz of Baby Bella mushrooms

• 1 medium onion

• 1-1.5 lbs beef

Seasoning:

• Chili powder

• Garlic powder

• Onion powder

• Cumin

(I always eyeball the seasoning. I really need to do a series of experiments at some point to dial in the exact amounts.)
You really want to cover the whole top of the pot in chili powder, then add half that much of the other three. If you work with these four spices long enough, you'll get a feel for it.

Spiciness is a mostly orthogonal dimension. I use red pepper flakes, or whatever hot sauce gives me joy in that moment and has complimentary flavors.

Steps:

• Rinse your beans in a strainer

• Add those and the tomatoes to the pot, and start warming that up

• Fry up your beef, onion, and mushrooms

• Add those into the pot

• Add 3 cans-worth of water and a little salt

• Add all the seasoning

• Simmer until you feel like it's gotten to know itself

• When you serve it, dump some shredded yellow cheese on top. Cheddar is an especially good pick.

Notes:

• Salt your beef. Obviously.

• When you chop up the beef, leave larger chunks that take up most of a bite. It's very satisfying to chomp on a big piece of beef.

• A little olive oil is fine for cooking up the onion and mushrooms. If your body is hardy to fats, cook them right in the beef fat.

• Rinsing your beans reduces farts.

More notes:

• Don't get beans or tomatoes that are pre-flavored. It's a tempting shortcut that will muddle your outcome. (My one exception to this is that a can of Rotel can add a touch of flavor magic under the right circumstances.)

• Light Red Kidney beans are overrated.

• You can turn this whole thing into a white bean chicken chili by including only white beans, slightly decreasing the amount of chili powder, and increasing the amount of cumin. You'll want to blanch the chicken and then shred it with a pair of forks.

Follow-up:

I finally started measuring seasonings.

You want 1 tablespoon of chili powder, and 1 teaspoon each of garlic powder, onion powder, and cumin. (Maybe 2/3 teaspoon onion powder, actually. I'll keep tweaking it over the next few months and we'll see where it lands.)

Another pro tip:

If you ever overseason, you can mostly fix it by adding more water and salt. 😂

Are you gonna… actually make the chili though?

@bens For the ones where it is possible. I wouldn't make chili and ship it to CECOT to "Deport the Chili", etc. But i would if it was like "double salt" but that is not what i am looking for for this market.

@realDonaldTrump I did 2x salt and every tester preferred the existing amount of salt.

How can you improve my chili?

DEATH TO IMPROVE MY BREAD.