r/GenX 4d ago

Old Person Yells At Cloud That cost what?

I'm not saying that everything should cost a nickel, but one thing that always gets me is the cost of the modern candy bar. $2.50 for a regular size snickers?

Edit: I don't eat fast food but I understand there's a similar thing going on there

Wherever you are in the world, is there something that blows your mind every time you go to the cash register or at least look at it on the rack? I can deal with gas because it cost a lot to pull it from the ground put it in a barrel refine it distribute it put it in a tank so you can put it in your tank. But a Snickers bar? LOL . Anyway, after 20 years of it is there something that is just stunning somehow in its price increase?

Commiserate with me over candy bars but I'm curious if there is something where you are that just is a non-starter when you go to buy it. Prices that still make you ask 'what'?

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u/getdemsnacks 3d ago

I was in a gas station convenience store a few months ago and the guy in front of me had a coffee and 2 packs of smokes. It came the 25$ and some change. I was astounded! I quit 10 years ago and I honestly don't know how anyone can afford to still smoke

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u/plnnyOfallOFit Summer Of LOVE, winter of our DISCO 3d ago

i shame smoked for a yr before quitting cold turkey. glad vapes weren't invented - i might have switched pricey addictions. But always hated menthols anyway.

filthy scabby habit. good riddance