Well, they do say "could cost" and you can certainly spend that much on all of those things. But you don't have to.
Kids theses days: Burgers do cost $16!!
Me: Stop door dashing you dumb fuck.
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I tell them that all the time. It's fucking ignorant.
How can I pay more for a meal that I could pick up for less and get it even slower than if I just got my lazy ass up.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Then there's the commercials where the family is driving home from 'whatever' and are passing the generic fast food burger place and the kids are all "Can we eat there?!" and mom's like "No, we're eating at home. So they get home and door dash food from that restaurant. That's a door dash commercial I see on Twitch A LOT. So Door Dash is suggesting you don't even stop as you drive buy. Keep going, and have them bring it to you cold and way over priced.
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That commercial pisses me off too.
"Your fat, lazy ass can't get up to make dinner, but at least you're so stupid that you're willing to overpay for food instead of stopping on the way home."
"Your fat, lazy ass can't get up to make dinner, but at least you're so stupid that you're willing to overpay for food instead of stopping on the way home."
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Hold C suite execs criminally responsible and this ends.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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I blocked that account a while ago as they post a lot of disinformation (lies) + ragebait.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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I genuinely don't blame you, but that's essentially every account on every social media platform.
And to be fair to them on this specific post, it's not a lie. Sites all over the internet prove this goes on every Black Friday, and hell, almost every sale.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Which all by itself says a lot about the protections our government offers its citizens from predatory practices.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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eyeroll
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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I don't want to get into a whole thing, but it's half the reality.
Both parties are responsible for negative things happening to consumers, and both have thrown lip service out there while actually doing nothing whenever they have the opportunity.
Yeah, I know about the CFPB and all the other things Trump has done in both terms (mostly aimed at financial institutions), but ultimately, this isn't just a Trump issue, and it's not just Black Friday deals. You really think all the illegal immigration costs, counting them to help determine house seats, etc. doesn't negatively affect consumers? How about Obamacare? How about the Community Reinvestment Act? How about blocking pipe lines? Blocking the building of new housing? The list goes on forever.
Sure, there's lots of handouts and promises of more during election cycles, but that's not helping anyone other than the politicians.
Our politicians are inept at best, more accurately, bought and paid for. Nobody is holding corporations accountable, and even when they pretend to, it's like fining a normal citizen a $1 for making $10,000 illegally.
And dumb consumers aren't helping matters either. I saw people on X today bitching about Panera and how expensive it's gotten versus smaller portions and whatnot. The best response, that too few people said and liked, was "Stop eating there." Meanwhile, the people people complaining are probably Door Dashing it...
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If you hear people talking about the "AI bubble", this is it.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Two economists are walking through the woods and see a pile of animal shit.
The first economist says to the other “I’ll pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit.” The second economist takes the $100 and eats the pile of shit.
They continue walking until they come across a second pile of shit. The second economist turns to the first and says “I’ll pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit.” The first economist takes the $100 and eats a pile of shit.
Walking a little more, the first economist looks at the second and says, "You know, I gave you $100 to eat shit, then you gave me back the same $100 to eat shit. I can't help but feel like we both just ate shit for nothing."
"That's not true", responded the second economist. "We increased the GDP by $200!"
It's not me, it's someone else.
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Ha!
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell