• schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business
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    2 months ago

    Went to a “dollar store” recently and as it turns out, not a single damn thing in there was actually $1.

    $1.50? $2? $5? $10? Absolutely.

    So just more corporate greed under the guise of inflation aimed at people who are “financially constrained”.

    (Also the rich go great with a nice red wine.)

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      2 months ago

      Also, those inexpensive (non-food) items are lower quality and will wear out/break faster. Poverty charges interest…

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          Terry Pratchett truly told it how it is. I’m so happy I got to read him in high school when nobody else in the mainstream was writing nuanced takes on gender expression.

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            I really am sad I didn’t get that experience. My teenage self would’ve loved discworld. And had I been able to read the shepherds crown when I was 18 (idk if it was out yet then) I think it would’ve broken me in the way I needed

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        2 months ago

        Even the food items are sold in crazy tiny portions that in general, but not always, are a rip off compared to most other stores.

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          2 months ago

          It’s amazing what you can get away with when you operate a store in a food desert!

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        Oh that includes the food. I once bought “American cheese” from a dollar store that wouldn’t melt. Never bought food from a dollar store again.

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      2 months ago

      Remember that these used to be called a “5 and dime”. The concept is the same but the pricing changes over time. Eventually we’ll stop thinking of them as a dollar store.