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[–] 44 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

“First they took the Baja sauce away and I did nothing”

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I was very upset when they got rid of Verde sauce. But then they replaced it with a better one that has avocado in it so I stopped caring. Just wish they didn't charge 25¢ each for it...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    You can buy the Verde sauce in grocery stores.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    The $20 dollar bill is the new $5 dollar bill.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 weeks ago

    1982

    Grand Master Flash - The Message

    "...You'll admire all the number-book takers
    Thugs, pimps and pushers and the big money-makers
    Driving big cars, spending twenties and tens
    And you wanna grow up to be just like them

    Don't push us cause we're close to the edge...

    Yo back in 1982, rappers bragged about driving big cars and spending 10 dollar bills.

    $10

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  • [–] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I've been keeping track of my own "Taco Bell Index" since tacos were 59¢.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 weeks ago

    “You can take my freedom, but you will never take MY GORDITAAAA!!!”

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  • [–] 70 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

    Back in my day a beefy five layer was 89 cents. I could walk into a tacobell with 2 dollars and walk out full with some change

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  • [–] 44 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    My family has sworn off Subway after 3 footlongs and chips cost us FORTY-FIVE FUCKING DOLLARS recently. I can make sandwiches at home, assholes.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    While they pay their employees absolutely nothing. Where the hell is the money going, because it's certainly not going into quality ingredients.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago

    Now the average Taco Bell outing is $10-12 for me. And that's if I only order the value menu stuff. It's considerably cheaper than any other fast food option, but still too expensive.

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  • [+] -9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    But you'd be hungry again in an hour after it went right through you.

    I don't think that part has changed.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Tacobell makes zero sense. Like a Gordita Crunch is $6 by itself, but I can get a box with one, including a taco, burrito, and a side, with a drink for $7.

    The Gordita should be like $3-$4 at most. It used to be a double decker taco was like $1.99 and a normal taco was like $1.69, so why buy a taco.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    get a box with one, including a taco, burrito, and a side, with a drink for $7.

    I do NOT understand the boxes, but I appreciate them.

    My local store even offers cheesy/sour cream potatoes as the side.

    I can buy in bulk and make it a bit cheaper. But I'd have to make a week's worth, and I still can't quite nail their pita bread.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago

    Better than nothing, but just barely. The general election is past the point at which you can choose the progressive candidate. If you're able to choose between a progressive and a fascist in the general, congrats, you're in an area where progressives have been able to get enough support.

    If your choice is between an establishment centrist and a fascist, yeah, please vote for the non-fascist, but your support to get a progessive on the ballot might've been fucking nice to have, yeah?

    VOTE BLUE as the only option against fascism, but if you're only voting in the general election, you are supporting fascism. Vote in the primary. Give your support outside of voting - canvassing, protesting, even standing up for progressivism online - whatever you can do.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    in the 2000's kebab was 2,50€. Now it's 8,50€ and cheap disgusting meat.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    France doesn't have a large population of the country jerking off their gun and ammo collection every night praying for a chance to use it.

    The same population that was out shooting people during BLM protests are the same ones opposing action now.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

    By all means vote, but if you don't want Taco Bell charging that much then stop buying at that price. You are also voting with your wallet. I don't understand people complaining about how the prices of things are unacceptable while they demonstratively do accept them.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    That idea only works if there are cheaper options available or going without is possible. If there's no place to get cheaper food you still have to eat. In my experience food is expensive everywhere.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Fast food should be the first thing you drop, it's honestly sad that these companies aren't dying out as their prices match actual restaurant price, for way worse quality (sometimes)

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    Yeah I mean once they match actual restaurant pricing I stopped going to them in favor of getting much better quality restaurant food instead when choosing to eat out. It’s the easy answer if your going to be spending that kind of cash either way.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    People who don't have a lot of money tend also not to have time to cook delicious meals for themselves.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    Fast food isn't cheap, I could go out and get 1 meal for 15 - 20$, or i could buy a bunch of lunch meats, rice, beans, and noodles and live off that for a week to 2.

    Can be delicious, probably better than MickieD's, but damn do you u get a lot of it for your dollar.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)
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  • [–] -3 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

    Because the prices of those don’t go up? By your logic, people shouldn’t buy anything that costs more than it used to.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Do you purposefully misinterpret one comment and then do the same when someone answers your question?

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  • [–] -4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

    What is there to misinterpret?

    if you don't want Taco Bell charging that much then stop buying at that price. You are also voting with your wallet. I don't understand people complaining about how the prices of things are unacceptable while they demonstratively do accept them

    The comment I am responding to states that inflation is caused by consumers’ choice to keep buying. Thus, if one doesn’t want food to be expensive, one should not buy food, problem solved. What am I misunderstanding? Can you explain how can I make food cheaper by not buying it?

    Second question. What happens after I voted with my wallet and now taco bell is cheaper again? Can I buy it then? Or will that make it expensive again?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    So Taco Bell has a monopoly on food, yeah?

    Are we 3 levels deep of you doing this on purpose now, or are you serious?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    I’m serious that I find the comment extremely stupid. Like Taco Bell is the cheapest fucking trash that can be called fast food, and we’re pretending it’s people’s fault that it’s getting unaffordable? Is Taco Bell the new avocado toast?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    My grocery bill for good, fresh food, nothing processed, is $80/week. Just over 10 bucks a day. That's for everything I eat in one week, except tap water.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    Good for you. Still, food prices, including groceries, increased by unusually large amounts multiple times in the past 5 years. I don’t think the only problem with food affordability is the lifestyle of people who are not you. You are kind of suggesting that only restaurants are expensive, and groceries aren’t, which is simply not true.

    In 2020, food prices increased 3.4 percent, including prices for food at home (3.5-percent increase) and food away from home (3.4-percent increase).

    In 2022, food prices increased by 9.9 percent, faster than in any year since 1979. Food-at-home prices increased by 11.4 percent. Food-away-from-home prices increased by 7.7 percent.

    In 2023, food-at-home prices increased by 5.0 percent. Food-away-from-home prices increased by 7.1 percent.

    Food-at-home prices increased by 1.2 percent in 2024 and 2.3 percent in 2025, lower than their historical average pace of growth (2.6 percent per year). Food-away-from-home prices rose by 4.1 percent in 2024 and 3.8 percent in 2025, still faster than their historical average (3.5 percent per year).

    In 2026, prices for all food are forecast to increase 2.9 percent, with a forecast interval of 2.5 to 3.2 percent. Food-away-from-home prices are forecast to increase 3.5 percent, with a forecast interval of 3.3 to 3.8 percent. Food-at-home prices are forecast to increase 2.4 percent, with a forecast interval of 1.8 to 3.0 percent.

    https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-price-outlook/summary-findings

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago

    I’m blown away at how fast food companies are still operating with these prices. At that price point I can get an awesome meal with better quality.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Average Treatlerite.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    I would not be able to contain my rage if somebody said this in front of me

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    We need voting snacks. Australia has a voting hotdog as well as pastries with goofy puns (it's also a holiday, but that's not the point I'm making rn).

    If we want people to vote then we need to spike their blood sugar Every Time and make a goddamned tradition out of the thing. Give me a voting hot dog, a voting knish, a voting donut. I'd look forward to it every two years.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)
  • [+] -10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Libs:

    Genocide ❌ Fascism ❌ Imperialism❌ The-not-really-mexicanfood mexican food is expensive - RAWR THATS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE! Now stand ASIDE while I do the most useless thing ever!

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    Tankies:

    Genocide (holodomor, uyghur, etc.) ❌ Stalinism ❌ Imperialism (tibet, ukraine, etc.) ❌ Meme - RAWR THATS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE! Now stand ASIDE while I do the most useless thing ever!

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  • [+] -14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Voting for what? If you keep voting D/R it will just be the same song and dance as the last 60 years.

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