The human mind will go to great lengths to develop the easiest, laziest method to doing pretty much anything. Now, it has turned its attention to the messy problem of ketchup. And boy is the end result weird: an unnatural, sticky-looking "slice" of solidified ketchup meant to layer on sandwiches and burgers.

This could be the worst thing since sliced bread.

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According to the Slice of Sauce Kickstarter page, this "all-natural, no mess, flavor-packed" strip of ketchup has a posse: the fundraising campaign is already more than $3,000 over its $15,000 goal.

But according to my eyeballs, it's a hard pass. Does it more resemble rotten beef jerky, a bad prank pulled on a slice of tomato, or as many people on Twitter have pointed out, the worst Fruit Roll-Up you've ever seen? Difficult to tell.

Look, we'd all be saved this disgusting entry into condiment lore if we ditched ketchup altogether and accepted mayonnaise as the best burger topper. Oh god, now they'll start selling mayo by the slice, too.

Sarah Rense Sarah Rense is the Associate Lifestyle Editor at Esquire, where she covers tech, food, drink, home, and more.

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