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by fragmede 1062 days ago
It works for uniform cake. The failure mode is when the cake is non-uniform, and the children want different things. In this scenario the top of the cake has two pieces of fruit, a slice of kiwi and a slice of strawberry. It's a soft cake, so the fruit can't be split or cut. Child A cuts the cake into two slices, each with one piece of fruit. Which slice does Child B choose? If you're lucky, A likes strawberry and B likes kiwi, and B chooses what they want. If you're not, A likes strawberry and B is an asshole that doesn't care about fruit, so B chooses the strawberry piece knowing that A likes strawberry, and picks that piece just to ruin A's day. That's over the top, mean and spiteful you say? Have you met children!?
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Don't make a cut you aren't happy with either side of.