@Gwydion_Wolf@CMArchibald My company works directly with many of the largest fast food chains and it was mostly all greedflation. Sure there were some increases in cost, but they were not just offsetting them
The craziest thing about this chart is that the price hike all goes back to when food producers realized they could use COVID to artificially inflate prices and people would just keep paying it because they have to eat and then nobody ever stopped them or held them accountable.
When I moved to Florida I realized there are millions of people who have been stewing in rage for years over the lockdowns.
It really made me understand that the core animating force in US society is selfishness. The whole freedom thing is a thin veil for a sense of entitlement.
Girl: He’s drinking. Again
Orchid: ugh. laaameee. One sec babes.
Girl: ?
Orchid: just called in a bomb threat to every gas station and liquor store in a 20 mile radius. Now who’s ready for pesto salmon?
Last night I took my daughter for a walk so she could say goodnight to the neighborhood stray cats, and that one thirty minute period of my life was more meaningful and valuable than every minute of Kevin O'Leary's life put together
my man will just riff in any scenario. People will be like “why is Trump so funny” and it’s literally just because he lacks the ability to feel any real human emotions
speaking from personal experience it only takes going to do manual labor with your dad like 3 times before you realize white collar work of any sort is an infinitely blessed option to have in your back pocket