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submitted 2 months ago by MayoPete@hexbear.net to c/main@hexbear.net

Trading stocks only radicalized me more. Lunch at a fast food spot is now over $15. Meanwhile it's possible to make a "trade" that nets more profit than a Popeyes employee earns in a day of work.

This can't last... or can it?

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[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

I went to a McDonald's the other day for the first time in forever and the meal prices were more than twice what I remember them being. A large milkshake was like 5 dollars! For fucking McDonalds! cool-zone

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago

"Actually if you game the meal deal system by downloading the app you can save money on the listed price so that's a you problem." smuglord

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

I HATE BURGER CLOWN CALVINISM

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again: if I get a time machine I'm leaving Baby Hitler alone and I'm shooting John Calvin.

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

remember when a membership was just a plastic barcode on your keychain? And not cpu cycles and a dedicated space in your pocket computer's storage (still won't work without megabytes of wifi, though)

[-] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

Capitalism in 2024 means playing a minigame on your phone so you can afford fast food and groceries

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

CW: FoodCheeseburgers
were 39¢ when I worked at McDonald's.

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

That was a Tuesday or thursday special when I was in high school. chomsky-yes-honey

[-] roux@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

I survived on McDoubles in college 8 years ago and they were like $1.09. now they are around $3.25

[-] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

2 for $4 if you order in the app (aka sell more of your data for a discount)

[-] roux@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

That's pretty good but I can't eat McDonald's anymore anyway since im-vegan and even their fries are made with bone tallow. Also I try to keep my data harvesting to a minimum after getting rid of Facebook, Twitter, etc.

[-] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

To be honest, it's not even worth it or nourishing food at all. But I don't know what I would do for food if I was on my college budget these days

[-] roux@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Protein bars are super portable. I wish meal bars from those meal replacement shake companies like Soylent and Huel didn't suck and weren't so expensive. Otherwise, I lived like 2 blocks aware from school so something like steams rice and veggies and a cheap protein wouldn't have been too far out of the question.

[-] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

A shake? Milk and ice cream? It costs five dollars? You don't put bourbon in it or anything?

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

And that's if the machine is working!

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Every time i get a raise they make lunch cost more to keep me from feeling like I make enough to eat out a lot so I'm sorry everyone i got a pretty big bump a bit ago

[-] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

I used to get a CW: meat

spoilerMcchicken and cheeseburger
For a buck each. And this wasn't that long ago, extremely filling lunch. Occasionally I'd get a small fry or Apple pie for a treat (also $1 each).

[-] Hohsia@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

And wait until you see what housing looks like

Worst part is they haven’t even given us suicide booths because the future is hell. Let me do it first you cowards

[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

its genuinely unfathomable how raising a whole fucking chicken and paying a guy to cook it can cost only like 15 dollars

the horror of capitalism lies entirely somewhere else but on that fucking receipt

[-] MayoPete@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Economies of scale are truly something.

I bet the total cost of that meal is something like $2-3 after factoring in the chicken itself, feed, time to raise it, shipping. Etc.

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