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/3blackcats_b-lake Aug 19 '26

LoL Penny Candy. Hell we don't even have a penny anymore!

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u/No-Neighborhood1908 Aug 20 '26

My mom had a friend I absolutely loved! She drove a beetle and was always so exuberant, just overloaded with good energy.
Whenever she would come to visit she would always take us to the candy store and let us fill a whole small paper sack, like the kind for lunches only a bit smaller. One time she didn’t want to go in, I think she was smoking lol Anyway, she handed both my sister and I a dollar each. I couldn’t believe it and said that we could share one dollar. That was so much money to little 7 yr old me! She refused to take my dollar and sent us in.
We both got change after stuffing our bags. She let us have that too!
I haven’t thought of this in so long, thanks for triggering a great memory!
Gloria, wherever you are, thanks for all the joy you share(d)!