• Voytrekk@lemmy.world
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    Name brand cereal has gotten so expensive. I swapped to store brands and haven’t noticed a huge difference. Probably better to stop eating cereal in general.

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      I was just at the store today, and overheard some kids asking when cereal got so expensive.

      It illustrated just how rapidly they increased the prices.

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    No fucking way did this dude just say the 21st century verion of “Let them eat cake”

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    I’m a Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA) fan, and unfortunately the team is owned by Dan Gilbert who also owns Rocket Mortgage. During every game, they run this Rocket Mortgage commercial that shows this schlub of a man bringing home three bags of groceries while the voiceover says how it used to be six bags of groceries for the same price. Then his house starts talking to him, reminding him that he has equity in the house and thus can take out a second mortgage and use the money to pay for … groceries. Just a horrifying, dystopic nightmare with catchy music and an animated smiley house.

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    I guess we have to reinvent the guillotine, version 2024. History will talk about let them eat cornflakes. It’s so ridiculous because cornflakes here is more expensive than a loaf of bread.

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    Fuck that. Oatmeal is way cheaper and more nutritious. If we’re going that way I’m not giving Kelloggs money.

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    You guys remember when a box of cereal cost $3?

    Those were good times. You know…2021 or so.

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      2000ish you could put 10ish bucks in your car to nearly fill it, buy a meal from fast food for 5 more, and rent a movie with the change.

      20 bucks.

      Now? 30-40 for 10 gallons. 10-15 for the same fast food meal. (Which got smaller btw) 2-5 still for the movie at Redbox (I think?)

      40 - 60 bucks or 100-200% inflation over ~20 years. Neat.

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      I have an addiction to chai lattes. The cheapest place (which also, thankfully, has the best chai lattes) still costs over $5.

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    What a piece of shit CEO. I wish they people would feel unsafe saying this type of stuff to struggling people.

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      That’s where we come in. We can start with harsh words, but there’s a damn good reason so many are making allegories to the French Revolution. Times like this are to put the wealthy on notice, that they too may fear finding themselves staring up from the bottom of baskets to a crowd cheering the waterfalls of blood coming from their neck stumps.

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    Remember, cereal was first proposed as a cure for masturbation, so rub one out for freedom.

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        See the problem with lone gun activists is they get heavily punished. If the Jan 6th insurrection was performed by one dude he’d have been locked in prison for life.

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          concerted efforts of decentralized groups across multiple regions working in unison or cascade. theres a reason they are trying to buy and police the internet more and more. it allows for coordination on an unprecedented scale.

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      Revealed that he has no idea about their market demographics. Cash-strapped homes don’t buy kellog’s cornflakes.

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    Sorry, but how does he think someone who is cash strapped is buying the name brand, and not the dollar tree version? Wow this dude is so out of touch

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    1kg Kellogg’s cornflakes = €4.79

    1.5kg Aldi porridge oats = €1.19

    If I’m eating a cereal product for dinner I’ll go with the more filling and versatile oats

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      Careful where the oats come from. Remember there was an article about oats in canada being grown with chemicals that were shown to decrease fertility. The U.S banned the product but not crops purchased elsewhere using the product.