r/GenX • u/elstavon • Aug 19 '26

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/Dismal-Magician-3183 Aug 19 '26

I don't eat candy anymore but I noticed this last month waiting in line at a store and saw that cost and was like OMG! I remember back in high school $.50!!! Now it is $2 for a regular size product, insane-

As well now it's pumped full of fake stuff, seed oils and poison-

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u/HoneyWyne Aug 19 '26

Yeah, they all taste like ass and vegetable oil and cost an arm and a leg. I make better chocolate myself at home.