Submitted 1 day ago by POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
This is assuming it’s sealed and has a proper stamp. Post cards are more expensive than cheese. And who doesn’t like cheese right?
Kraft singles have a rather low melting point. I feel like, regardless of whether they take it or not, one warm day while it’s in the back of a mail truck somewhere would cause it to liquefy and escape the weird cheese condom.
At the very minimum, this type of mail would incur the $0.46 non-machinable surcharge because it’s smaller than one of the minimum USPS dimensions for postcards, namely that one size has to be 5 inches (127 mm exact). You may also have issues with it being too floppy for basic handling by the postal carrier, especially if it was previously left in a warm mailbox.
But perhaps a more practical issue may arise first: will stamps even adhere to the wrapping of a Kraft Cheese single? If you cannot affix postage, that’s the most immediate impediment.
You can use any piece of cardstock. I used to cut rectangles out of cereal boxes and use those.
I think it does have to be cardstock or similar weight, though; cheese might not meet the requirements.
I remember seeing that people can write the address on a potato and the USPS will deliver it if it has the right amount of stamps, so I suppose its possible. Definitely not “illegal” but the chances it gets thrown in the trash are high.
Its funny because thats technically against their rules but they do ship em.
It’s legal. Which probably means that ICE will show up at your door, break in without a warrant, and deport you to a central American prison because you tried.
Unknown. My aunt once mailed me a coconut (in its husk). Just gotta get the postage right…
are you being cheese op? if your postcard isn’t rejected, will arrive at 10 different destinations
Good read, thanks
AFAIK you can literally mail anything (except these things) as long as you pay the right postage and address it.
It might not arrive safely though.
protist@mander.xyz 1 day ago
This would be prohibited by the USPS:
spittingimage@lemmy.world 1 day ago
American cheese doesn’t look like it’ll ever deteriorate.
waz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
When I was younger, we moved around a lot, and as side effect of that, we paid for a storage unit to hold less frequently used stuff. Around the time I started high school, we managed to buy a house, and moved everything from the storage unit into our home. In it there was a picnic basket that I had never seen before. I remember looking inside and finding a horrible smelling bag of “bread” which was actually a black liquid with lumps in it. There was also some individually wrapped cheese slices which visually speaking were indistinguishable from any I could buy in the store today.
stu42j@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Does Kraft “cheese” really count as food though?
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I’m going to die on this hill: Cheeses like this are real food. Typically real cheese is one of if not the first ingredient. They are made from cheese, milk, and an emulsifying agent. It’s literally cheese sauce with a higher melting point. You can make it yourself it’s really easy, you can use non standard cheeses for it like provolone or Gouda, and the only real difference would be in preservatives
protist@mander.xyz 1 day ago
It’s certainly perishable, doesn’t have to be food
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day ago
The regulation you cited does not strictly prohibit the mailing of “perishable items”.
protist@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Try including the rest of the sentence in your quote
TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yet people received their Pink sauce…
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Interesting. So the potato thing is technically against their rules, but they just do it anyways I guess?
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 day ago
was going to say perishable was the first thing that came to my mind.