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doing the “avocado toast” thing unironically
I steal rice crispies from Starbucks so that might be me.
Stealing from Starbucks is how I got into jazz back in the day lmao
there were so many free CDs at starbucks. wild.
Poor people don’t deserve nice things. Disabled people don’t either, just walk to your grocery store where you’ll see only 3 people wearing masks.
Fuck even walking, since now you have to drive to these places a lot of the time.
Do some self crit.
That’s not a very nice thing to say.
don’t be a classist dickhead idly musing that the poor have it too good and people will be nicer to you
I’ll be whatever I want thank you very much. Also, everything I said was a fact, not an opinion. Facts don’t care about your feelings or whatever the conservatives say.
drown yourself in your own shit you fucking worm
That’s very forward thinking of you. Why are you so angry?
because i hate you like you hate the poor
now die
My poster in Christ, you are the conservative. Nobody is fooled by you hiding your opinions behind “statements of fact.”
You are mistaken. I am certainly no conservative. I’m able to think for myself, I don’t need a political party to do it for me.
The fact: I know people personally that make more than enough money to live comfortably but they can’t pay their bills. Why? They spend their money on things they don’t need. This is not an opinion, I know these people. They are very good friends of mine, they are just terrible with money management.
I’m not sure how this correlates to being classist or how it relates to poor and disabled people. I never even mentioned them.
With that being said. Do you think this behavior is acceptable? Do you believe that we shouldn’t judge people on what they do with their own money, or do you believe that people should have some personal responsibility. I’m genuinely curious on what your thoughts are.
I’m able to think for myself, I don’t need a political party to do it for me.
Ah yes, the Conservative Party, of which there is only one. And you cannot be conservative without being loyal to a single party!
If someone can’t afford their bills because they buy Starbucks and get food delivered then they don’t have enough money to live comfortably. Do I think this behavior is acceptable? No, buying Starbucks is bad. If they’re shoplifting then I support it.
Go back to Reddit.
This is you:
“I’m not a conservative, but literally everything I have said in this thread is a well-known conservative talking point! I don’t need a political party to think for me, but for some reason I can’t think of anything to say except what a far right-wing American political party is famous for dribbling out to their propagandized reactionary followers.”What a weird coincidence.
Your original post said:
they always seem to have
and now this post says:
everything I said was a fact, not an opinion
so no, by your own words it is just your judgy little impression of how other people are conducting their lives, not objective facts. People like you love to notice others giving themselves treats you think they don’t deserve without ever noticing the measures they take to persevere through their struggles.
shitlib
What does that even mean?
you are a liberal piece of shit
That’s funny, I was called a conservative earlier. People really need to make up their minds.
The fact that you think liberalism isn’t a conservative ideology just goes to show how sheltered and ignorant you are. You may be surprised to learn this, but there is a whole big wide world out there beyond your little bubble.
How about you mind your fuckin business?
Considering the fact that at least in my hometown there is a Starbucks on every corner and absolutely no public transportation whatsoever (and cars are still stupid expensive unless you find a deal on Craigslist or facebook marketplace) I can empathize with the DoorDashing part. But fuck Starbucks
Historically, food insecurity has been the revolutionary straw that breaks regimes’ backs, even in the most repressive regimes. Wall Street is playing with fire here. We all know about the “peace, land, and bread” slogan, and you can be damn sure that it was the “bread” part that most caught the attention of the peasants.
No peace, no land and soon no bread
That’s the thing about Rome’s bread and circuses - they worked for like a thousand years.
As Lenin put it, every society is three meals away from chaos.
It’s groceries sweetheart, how much could it cost a week, $350?
Isn’t most of this due to Biden’s War in Ukraine? I remember the impact on food prices being discussed when it started but 2 years later and I guess people forgot Ukraine produced an assload of food
not for the US, the US produces big grain surpluses. maybe in the roundabout way of US prioritizing exports to places that used to pay Ukraine & get US grain at a markup—but i feel like thats what US subsidies are supposed to disincentivise
maybe in the roundabout way of US prioritizing exports to places that used to pay Ukraine & get US grain at a markup
I mean it’s a global system of trade and there being Less Grain means all of it is More Expensive
And i’m pretty sure Russia is the biggest fertilizer producer in the world and they put embargos on that
I mean it’s a global system of trade
the US is extremely manipulative in the food markets, so i’d hesitate to use such a simple arithmetic.
yeah but manipulating the market so that food is cheap for the average person? that would require foresight and self preservation
nothing so naive—but US firms rely on US produce for their profits, so the gouging could be happening further up the chain where absence/presence of Ukrainian grain is less of a factor is all i’m speculating.
started going to a certain discount eurogrocery store in the city and basically cut my bills in half. and i work at a grocery store (not that one)
shoutout to the “so over this shit” twink that haphazardly throws my food into a cart. i get it, i really do
It’s not a true eurogrocery store if the twink throws it into the cart for you. True eurogrocery stores expect you to operate at the speed of their cashiers to pack your shit away
it’s a separate cart that you swap yours for and you have to take it to a station to bag it yourself. i think it’s just for efficiency
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I have an incredible deal on rent in NYC and shop very conservatively for food. Why do I have to pay almost 30K a year, not counting any other living expenses, to just eat the bare minimum food and sleep in the bare minimum accommodations? If you gave this info to somebody living in the Soviet Union they wouldn’t even believe you because it sounds like such unbelievable bullshit that it surely would have to be propaganda.
Coupons aren’t even as effective!
I snip and cut away, use their stupid apps
And somehow only manage to save like 3 dollars!!!
Don’t stone me but we have a decent amount of disposable income and the prices have sort of made me move away from coupons and circulars anyway. If chicken breast is 6.99 / lb. and fucking wild Alaskan king salmon is 9.99 / lb. I might as well just get salmon. When we hit Weimar inflation the extra money in my account isn’t going to help me and I’ll be grateful for the Omega-3s when I need to brawl in the streets for bread.
Pretty sure it is some STEMlord’s job to ensure the coupons and couponing apps are designed with precise calculation in order to not benefit the consumer in the long run but only appear that way.
For me the issue is that coupons are often for brand name items and the coupon rarely makes it more cost effective than buying store brand.
There are coupons for store brand items too- Which I use as well
Though store brand items tend to already have a reduce prices anyways.
Why pay 6.79 for a box of 8 pack quaker oats instant oatmeal when the store brand has instant oatmeal with the same number of packs for ~4.50
I would just get the steel cut oats in the tub. They’re better for you than the instant shit and on a per serving basis are usually cheaper.
My grocery stores used COVID-19 as an excuse to permanently remove their bulk bins. The closest store to me that still has them is a 90 minute ride on public transit, with two very timing-precise bus transfers. And I still need to walk about a mile on top of it.
I think you misunderstood me, I’m talking about the like tubular tubs of generic oatmeal that’s in the oatmeal aisle at the store. It’s pretty much the same as in every store I’ve ever been in America. It’s not a special bulk bin item that I’m aware of.
Oh, they don’t sell those here anymore, either. Or at least, they’ve transitioned exclusively to only stocking premium brands that are gluten free organic carbon neutral oats that the farmer read poetry to, for twice the price.
This is an example of what I’m talking about https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-100-Whole-Grain-Old-Fashioned-Oats-42-oz/10314925
Additionally, many times the store brand is manufactured by the name brand anyway.
No shit! Between food and rent I can barely make it.
My favorite thing about this dystopian nightmare we all exist in is that during the height of the pandemic, food costs basically tripled over night FOR NO GOD DAMN REASON.
the thing that everyone absolutely must have to live on a daily basis is a huge concern for those people now that the price of it is increasing rapidly?
news at 11
no it’s not. Inflation is down actuallyThank goodness the rate at which calories get more expensive has gone down. Surely a reduction in how fast things get expensive means that we can now afford them despite their prices not getting lower.
Don’t worry, the global extreme poverty line is still stuck at a realistic-grounded-in-reality $1-2/day according to very serious people doing economic “science”, so if you’re above that you’re good actually.
you could maybe afford food again in 5 years when high prices get offset by wage growth. Thank me later
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It does seem like every time I go to the grocery store these days I’m dropping $60-70 on not very fancy things
I swear to god asparagus didn’t feel like an “oof…” purchase like 5 years ago.
asparagus has always been a luxury item. you must be the ELITE!
I’ve had to downgrade to the store brand hayfever tablets that leave an incredibly bad taste in my mouth.
I did a double take at the store this week when I realized bell peppers were three goddamn dollars each. Not even organic or at an upscale grocery store or anything, just regular old peppers that I’m pretty sure I was buying for less than half that less than two years ago
Literally every other day Im spending 40-50 dollars at the grocery store on bullshit. I mean like 18 of that is beer but
Honest question, not trying to belittle your situation, but would buying in bulk less often help that?
I know there are a lot of factors to this tho, personally I never really had the space to store bulk food until recently. Nowadays tho, I feel this helps a little bit depending on the item.
