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minus-squareFolstar@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days ago I envy the privelage one must have to be experiencing to ask questions like “why do people shop where its cheapest!?”. I guess that even at my poorest, which wasn’t all that long ago and was rock bottom, I understood the difference between price and cost.
minus-squareipkpjersi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·22 hours agoSounds like your rock bottom wasn’t that rock bottom, then.
minus-squareDanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·22 hours agoIf you got to choose to spend 20-30% more on food because of your principles and feelings about the store then you have no idea what rock bottom is. You’ve never even seen the rock dude.
I guess that even at my poorest, which wasn’t all that long ago and was rock bottom, I understood the difference between price and cost.
Sounds like your rock bottom wasn’t that rock bottom, then.
If you got to choose to spend 20-30% more on food because of your principles and feelings about the store then you have no idea what rock bottom is.
You’ve never even seen the rock dude.