Shoutout to the weirdest question I ever had to look up

I was trying to figure out if you could mail a coconut with just stamps... it seemed simple. I spent about 45 minutes digging through USPS forums and obscure postal service documents from the 90s. Turns out there's a whole weight and shape rule about 'non-machinable' items that makes it a huge pain. Has anyone else gotten stuck on a totally random question like that?

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willow_martin12d ago

The coconut thing is a perfect example of how modern life is full of hidden rulebooks. I once spent twenty minutes reading the legal definition of a sandwich because a cafe had a weird pricing chart. Another time I fell down a rabbit hole about the exact wattage allowed for a bathroom heater in my city's building code. These tiny, pointless rules are everywhere once you start looking.

leep8912d ago

Right? It's like once you notice one you start seeing them in every single part of daily life.