My mystery flavor five for a buck ramen from the dollar store got 10% smaller a month ago. I’m furious. It’s how I keep the lights on while feeding the kids real food.
It’s also technically vegan ramen? Or at least, I can’t identify any animal products in the chemical soup on the label. Oh well, I’ll keep eating that slop.
I mean taco bell has always been cheap af if that’s breaking the bank there’s larger issues at stake than personal choice stuff implied by that Dril post
Ngl the slop getting more expensive was a significant factor that got me to stop eating fast food. At least when it was cheap I could tell myself there was a benefit to the garbage I was eating, but even the “deals” stopped being worth it.
you think even a semi-conscious government would recognize treats are the only glue holding the tattered remains of american “culture” and cohesion together and would have put a stop to this particular type of gouging (even if just the food sector) using the various tools available
but nope. speedrun this thing lets do it. how about that supreme court case coming up about destroying the concept of unions being legal entities
People act as if “bread and circuses” was this scam the Roman Empire ran to keep the people as complacent sheeps or whatever, without realizing that being fed and being entertained are basically the only two things people care about, and that anyone who provides that is going to avoid collapse
The Roman Empire didn’t fall because it tried to keep everyone placated with bread and circuses, it fell because it could no longer provide that stability to its people
Yeah anytime someone mentions bread and circuses it’s always with the smug aura of “couldn’t be me, I’m too smart to be fooled like that” like bitch we’re in the YouTube comment section what the hell do you think the circus is?
My favorite moment in politics lately was when a reporter asked the press secretary
“Have you considered any actions other than “conversations””
It was about Palestine but it applies to pretty much everything and boy howdy did that question piss off the press secretary. I’m pretty sure the official transcript included sputtering
One of the few things that brings me joy lately is knowing that Genocide Joe himself will likely die of old age without ever facing justice (aside from losing the election) but these little twerps like the press secretaries whose hands are just as covered in innocent blood will live long enough that we can get some payback, someday
That’s only true if you buy the items individually which seems to be very common with how many people i overhear the order of in the drive thru.
But I know for a fact that you can get a cheesy gordita crunch, beefy 5 layer, cheesy fiesta potatoes, and a medium (+$0.10 to make it a large) drink for $7 (in the taco bell app, it’s the ‘build your own cravings box’). Welcome to what I like to dub the “pizza place monetization scheme”, where prices are inflated to shit and back unless you know or research the magic code and/or corporate advertises the magic code.
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