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[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 86 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Y'all remember dollar menus at fast food places?

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 70 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I remember a sack of potatoes costing 1.50. I remember rent costing 450. I remember chicken being less than 1 dollar per lb. I can even remember when healthcare and higher education was a reasonable price. But hey! At least the rich are getting richer

[–] plyth@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

remember chicken being less than 1 dollar per lb

The horror that is necessary to make chicken that cheap should have triggered political change long ago.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Which is what got us into the whole climate mess. Pollution being too cheap

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Polluting is essentially the only free thing left.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I was able to get gas for near $1 after the 2008 financial collapse at a Rutter’s somewhere in eastern PA. It was amazing.

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah but the real price you paid was being in Pennsylfuckingvania

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

What the fuck is up with the beer laws there? I had to stop overnight due to car troubles and I had to walk for like 2 miles to find a gas station to get a six pack. I saw a walk in soda cooler at Sheetz.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It really pisses me off how expensive Taco Bell has become when they have always served low quality cheap food.

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

True, but it's still the cheapest fast food place.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Y’all remember when you could get a shave and a haircut for 2 bits?