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Neopets has an infinite omelette for hungry pets

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In order to keep an absolutely massive player base from letting their virtual pets starve to death, the creators of this site added a deeply bizarre safety net. Hidden in a prehistoric-themed section of the site sits a colossal, seemingly infinite omelette baking in the sun. Millions of users dutifully log in every single day to essentially slice off a piece of free ground-egg to feed their digital dragons.

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