• ta00000 [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    I go to the grocery store and tomatoes will be randomly $7? And next week it’s something else. It’s like a rolling brownout for the economy.

    • Meh [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      I heard a great point recently about how the Soviet Union was just willing to accept shortages and not try to obfuscate them. The current model of distribution will not permit shortages to be obvious, so the failures of the supply chain will just take the form of things randomly being obscenely expensive

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        7 months ago

        The way we stock our grocery stores with the expectation that a third of the food will just go to waste is unbelievably unsustainable, but it’s a hell of a marketing gimmick. Feasts and cornucopias and all of that used to be special because they were rare - but in America we show you that image over and over until it becomes your expectation, and not surprisingly Americans wind up consuming way more than other cultures do as a result.

      • SuperZutsuki [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        People need to stop expecting every fruit and vegetable to be available fresh year round. I shouldn’t be able to get fresh berries in the middle of winter.

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          Fresh fish too is such a killer. I’m sorry, but do not buy seafood if you live in the Midwestern United States, especially anything live or fresh. Frozen is slightly better, but even then think of what goes in to making that happen.

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            All of the seafood in the Midwest has been frozen and thawed back out at the grocery store. Fresh fish in the Midwest and even near the coast is a lie. 85% of all us fish consumed is imported, and it was frozen before it ever got into US territory. Many fishing boats freeze them on ship, even. The only way you can chance upon “fresh” fish is if it’s in season and near the coast you’re buying in.

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      7 months ago

      What the fuck is the deal with butter too btw? That shit used to be a dollar per pound. Now it’s 6-8 dollars on any given week AND cows are starting to catch the fucking bird flu.