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1. LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 01:03:52 JST LS
   back in the day, this was seen as outrageously expensive
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 01:06:09 JST LS

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     • kaia
     @kaia by now one of these limes is already $1000
   • kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 01:06:10 JST kaia

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     @lain were we naive and sheltered back then
   • Terry Hendrix II 🏹 (thendrix@social.hendrixgames.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 01:13:04 JST Terry Hendrix II 🏹

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     Premade tortillas vs masa wouldn’t even be an option either. All these people have no idea as oil goes from $80 to $150 it isn’t a linear relationship to inflation either.

     Veggies used to be so cheap in the US at the Asian shops I liked you could buy what seemed like unlimited food for $5. :shrugz:

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   • Aven (aven@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 03:50:33 JST Aven

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     • Terry Hendrix II 🏹
     • Aven
     @thendrix @lain also tbh one of my first thoughts was
     "you bought the small rice bag and the small dried beans bag?? Buy the biggest size, it stays for years and is 4x as cost-efficient"
     
     Seriously, it's like 8x as much for 2x the price.
     
     Rice and beans are fucking great. Add a little cheese and/or taco seasoning, and it's still probably cheaper than instant ramen.
   • Aven (aven@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 03:50:33 JST Aven

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     • Terry Hendrix II 🏹
     • Aven
     @lain @thendrix
     
     t. someone who literally just came back from starting beans in the pressure cooker.
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   • Aven (aven@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 03:50:34 JST Aven

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     • Terry Hendrix II 🏹
     @thendrix @lain
     How do we pay for our bourgeois luxuries and feel-good policies and programs?
     Tax the poor.
     
     Inflation is (among other things) a very regressive tax on the poor.
     
     If progressives realized this, you'd think they'd care about inflation.
     But there's this notion that inflation is caused by all the greedy companies colluding to raise their prices, rather than money-printing.