Funny meme but also inflation is bad
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Well inflation IS bad, and at least here is outstripping pay increases for most people.
But those burrito private taxis are probably one of the few things going up in price more slowly than, you know things you actually need.
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I'm a middle aged man. I've paid my mortgage. I've got savings. My pension is doing alright. I've got my shit together.
I still eat beans on toast more often than I get a takeaway. You don't need to send half your dinner money to the silicon valley cunts that are fucking everything up. Support your local food places by going in, that way they get all the money.
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Back in the 90s and aughts you could get pizza or Chinese delivered. Usually only at the cost of throwing a few singles for the driver. While it was probably exploitative of the drivers, it did not take 30% of the value of the meal and send it to a rich moron in Silicon Valley. It was not seen as super luxurious to get pizza delivered on a Friday night.
2019: you could buy a house if you never went to Starbucks!
2025: no one cares how much money you save working from home, get back to work, get back to the kitchen, deal with the tarrifs!
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Burritos should ride on the bus.
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I mean, both. Frivolous personal spending is bad. Inflation is bad. These two things are both bad, but not in scale. It's possible to say "Uber Eats is a waste of money", "Uber is a greedy corporation extracting money without value", "Corporate taxation has affected prices in a way that's negative to the consumer", and "Inflation and trade instability have made it harder to have the lifestyle we expect".
None of those are contradictory. Some can be changed on a personal level. Some need greater influence involved.
Op buys avocado toast
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Boomer meme
I notice that learning to cook is never an option
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Says the guy who wonders if Smurfs fuck and talks to strange men in metal bunny costumes.
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I don't get why people would waste money on delivery services. Would it kill someone to cook their own food, or collect food from a takeaway themselves? That's especially true for fast food where the fees & delivery charges could cost almost as much as the food itself.
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The costs of Doordash/Uber Eats gets socialized pretty heavily. Where I live, most restaurants just upped their prices 20-30% across the board to account for the DSP fees. Most of the time I'm ordering from Doordash, it's genuinely cheaper than actually eating in the restaurant
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