Yeah, I've still got that shit stuck in my head a decade later, but now when I yearn for a sandwich I look at a menu featuring $13 options pre-tax. Suck me off with that Subway. Fuck you and your pedo sandwiches.

  • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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    7 months ago

    Yeah, I've still got that shit stuck in my head a decade later

    It's been almost two decades chomsky-yes-honey

  • HeavenAndEarth [she/her]
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    7 months ago

    When the $5 dollar footlong was no longer $5, I lost my faith in the American project

    • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]
      hexagon
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      7 months ago

      thought about posting this in c/badposting, but then immediately recognized humility can be a mistake and blew out the back on that traphouse

  • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    quietly changing the name of the 'six dollar burger' after a brief period of being literal

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    7 months ago

    imagining a world where they kept the price $5 but kept making it shorter

    • Blep [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      Theyve already passed $6 inch, and idk whod buy a $5 4 inch

  • roux [he/him, they/them]
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    7 months ago

    We used to have a restaurant called "Sevens" because everything was $7. After a while they upped the prices and changed the name to the owner's name instead.

    I always wished they would have just updated their name to reflect inflation. So like 2 years after they opened they should have changed the name to "Eights" for example.

    The had bangin' mozzarella sticks too. They were just whole ass string cheese sticks with deep fried tempera batter. Probably one of the most American foods I've had.

  • chungusamonugs [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    It wasn't even a foot long too. Average sandwich sizes even in the day were closer to 11 inches.

    • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      I usually add an inch to my measurements, no one can usually tell and I haven't been sued for false advertising yet

  • Dessa [she/her]
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    7 months ago

    It's going to be even more confusing when the Yuan rises and China forces us to use metric

  • comfydecal@infosec.pub
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    7 months ago

    I'd argue that it shows how even international businesses don't understand basic monetary and macro economic concepts. Its existence should be a reminder to you that your fiat currency is losing value every moment you hold it. 2% year over year is the US Fed's target, and what is in the basket has changed many times

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        7 months ago

        [klaxon sounds] "ATTENTION: flavor additives are only for associates who meet their quotas"