Pretty sure it was revealed this boob went to a restaurant supply store and not a grocery store anyway...
Broke: "Toilet paper is toilet paper."
Woke: "But does it have an advertising campaign with an iconic mascot which will trick me into paying a higher price for the same product? No? Then I don't want it. I DEMAND TO HAVE MY TASTES ALTERED BY PROPAGANDA! GIVE ME PRIVATE BRANDS OR GIVE ME DEATH!"
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I feel like not having 35 similar but not the same items would also make it easier to not accidentally walk out with something that is pre-spiced (and contains about 3 days worth of sodium per serving). Feel like half the packaged shit in supermarkets is made too salty or too sweet, and never in a good way.
As opposed to in America where we have the freedom to choose between one option of paper towels or the paper towels made in the exact same factory but have a different cartoon animal on the package
I will allow millions to die or languish because Brawny is the quicker picker upper and I refuse to accept anything else
insidious too how this gets more effective the harder you squeeze people so they have to rush through shopping to make sure they can go sell more labor and can't afford search costs
Having worked in food manufacturing, I will guarantee you that most generic brands are made in the same factories as the name brand merch.
And as someone who has worked in grocery stores before, I can assure you that some generic brands actually surpass even decent name brands.
I like how in the US, you can go to the super market and find a wall of canned tomatoes with the only difference on the product is the picture on the label but somehow it means their prices must be different.
Seriously though: who the fuck needs 20 different brands of black beans?!? Decision fatigue exhausts me enough as it is thanks to the advent of streaming content. Most of my wardrobe is grey and navy at this point just to try and alleviate this shit.
I'm legit exhausted by constantly having to sift through a million possibilities for every goddamn thing too. The Tyranny of Choice is real.
Yeah and it wastes time and it's an irritating sensory overload
also when Big Business reads this article, they decide to remove all the options you actually needed, while keeping all the options that are effectively cosmetic.
Your evil twin is the guy with a handful of white t-shirts but 500 colors of basketball shorts
Who gives a shit? it's a bloody meme that no one can really tell the difference between generic brand and name brand.
And why is it never "muh choices" when we're talking about transportation? It's like they can't handle the idea of someone preferring to take the bus or walk instead of drive.
You're always free to walk and if you get run over its your own fault.
You can take the bus. We got one that comes every 45 minutes a half mile down the street (good for one of your precious "walks"), 6 days a week.
I too suffer from existential dread when there aren't 50 almost identical brands of toothpaste available.
This pic is a few years old but it's stupid enough to be evergreen
my supermarket's shelves are regularly out of stock for several goods.
