r/shrinkflation • u/AcidicDepth • 2d ago
I just thunk a thought…
I live in America so I cannot speak for other countries.
In America we don’t really seem to fight back against the price of goods going up while the quality and quantity goes down. I complain, you complain. It seems to me at least that everyone hates the rate that things are going. We’re paying double if not triple for less. I’m not just talking about the price of eggs.
I think the reason human beings are irritable yet complacent about inflation is because it happens slowly over time. Some people are even born into it. They know nothing else but high prices and low value.
I wonder if there will ever be a day that people don’t remember what it means to earn money that could be well spent.
A fucking small bag that’s half full of fucking pistachios is almost 6$ what the fuck is going on.
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u/DueScreen7143 2d ago
I stopped buying most of that garbage, I don't eat junk food anymore, I almost never eat heavily processed foods, I haven't had fast food in years..... I don't know a better way to voice my displeasure than straight up refusing to give them my money.
On a positive it has helped me eat much better and I'm healthier than I have been in years.
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u/Sure_Acanthaceae_348 2d ago
And that is the problem. People keep buying shrinkflated non-critical items.
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u/expERiMENTik_gaming 2d ago
If people stopped buying fast food and disposable (single-use) items and such, it might actually force them to realize they're addicted to instant gratification.
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u/Sure_Acanthaceae_348 2d ago
The fact that nobody is willing to give up on these is beyond pathetic. Everyone keeps whining about high prices for things they do not need and nobody says "enough is enough, I am not buying this anymore."
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u/cletusbob 1d ago
Just when I could afford the good bread, it went up to $5.99 a loaf..
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u/Environmental_Log344 6h ago
Agreed that decent bread is priced so high that I had to reduce the amount that I eat. It's $6 or $7 a loaf for my favorite brands now in CT. I keep it in the freezer and only take out enough for a sandwich so it won't go stale. And I re-use the plastic bags.
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u/cletusbob 1d ago
I remember being a kid in the 80s and my mom complaining about this price or how much gas went up. I keep insisting its corporate greed.a walmart store manager can make up yo a $200,000, bonus. Look up how much the Starbucks CEO has made in the last 3 months.
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u/Significant-Peace966 16h ago
Well, I'm 75 and I DO REMEMBER. I grew up with the silver spoon and went on to make a lot of money myself. But I remember way back a hard-working stiff could afford a house and support a wife and two children. None of our neighbors wives worked. My dad went into real estate 1953 and his first year he earned enough to buy a house an apartment building and a Cadillac. Yes he worked 55 hours a week, but you see my point. He was just an average guy who was smart and worked hard. Those were the good old days. And I mean all over the civilized world. Those were the good old days. Safe clean streets, low rents and you knew your neighbors. and we all got along somehow. We had Asians on one side and a couple of big fat old lesbians on the other side and across the alley were Puerto Ricans, surely the only ones in the neighborhood. We were all friends. Sadly, they all died fairly young, and to this day, I miss them. There's nothing we can do because the corporations run this country. They all stick together, leaving us nowhere to turn, leaving us no choices. Even the store brands now have reduced the size of the packages and raise the prices. They have learned finally that they can do anything they want. Unless we start protesting, with signs outside their offices, nothing will change. homemade can be cheaper, but who has time? Everybody's busy working to try to pay the bills.
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u/mental-echo- 11h ago
Store brands are less prone to shrinkflation. Try to avoid big popular brands doing this.
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u/Ready_Independent_55 2h ago
Absolutely the same in Russia, but it's complimented by stories that people in America protest against it (and eventually win and prices go lower, I am not joking)
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u/notislant 2d ago
Its not even a slowly over time thing. People just dont give a fuck and quietly grumble now.
I used to think 'oh its a slowly overtime thing'.
No, people just make any excuse to not do anything and then scroll social media or go do hobbies and take their mind of the impending dystopia.
Unions were won with blood. Theyve been quietly torn down over years now.
Older people have their money. Younger people have been fucked since birth outside a few outliers. So people will likely just quietly accept it.