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[–] ThePJN@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 months ago (12 children)

I don’t know what’s sadder the giant Safeway sandwiches going from $9.99 to $13.99 or my mortgage about to go up like 200 goddamn dollars…

[–] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My mortgage has gone up like $300 in the last 14 years due to taxes & insurance... but if I were still a renter it'd have gone up by $1000 (or more?) so I'm not complaining.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You should complain. We’re all getting ripped off.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I mean, my house value quadrupled during that time, so it's kinda fair that I'm paying more property taxes. As for the insurance... I gotta admit I haven't paid much attention.

[–] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Unless you are selling the house (which still means you have to buy another one…) it’s paying for unrealized gains which the rich fucks making the rules tell us is so unfair whaaaa whaaaa whaaa (insert child crying noises here)

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Tash@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, your escrow can go up that much if your property tax, school tax, or in some cases insurance had a sudden jump in value or changes in what can be claimed. It varies by area and loan, but isn't unheard of.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

interesting, based on Zillow info my house doubled in price in the last 5 years, but my escrow only went up $20 in that time, mostly insurance, don't tell my county tho 😂

[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago

Yep mines about to go up $200 because my insurance is over $1,000 more this year.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My car insurance has doubled in less than 8 years. But don't worry, it has less coverage too! Oh, but I'll get a teeny tiny discount if I let them install a lowjack!

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 0 points 3 months ago

I can get 2 for that around here.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Is that a delivery service’s marked up price? Their site has them for much less.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Could be down to their location. I mocked my gps to a place i guessed would be expensive (Long Beach CA) and got this

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 0 points 3 months ago

Nanaimo BC, Canada.. price is in CAD. That converts to $3.32 USD

I must say I am shocked that our prices are on par with or lower than anywhere in the US. I mean the conversion rate on the California price is insane in CAD:

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

This is the TB closest to me in the Los Angeles area.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

I can get that as part of the build your own craving box for $6.

Crunchwrap, this, potatoes, and a drink for $6.

[–] numlok@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (11 children)

Assuming this was around 1994, and adjusting for inflation, it should still be under $2.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 0 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Pic 2 also looks like uber eats, not instore

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That's only taking into account monetary devaluation, not inflation of goods and services

[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What?

Monetary devaluation is an economic policy Inflation is literally the "general increase in the prices of goods and services"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devaluation

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Inflation is market derived and does not include devaluation of the currency, source is your own link on deflation.

In a global economy goods and services are sourced internationally and are subject to various exchange rates. Rarely anything is ever 100% domestic

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Even if every ingredient doubled in cost (same as domestic inflation) and profit is a 1/6 of the burrito, we wouldn’t even be at $4. This is corporate greed.

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[–] randombullet@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago

You mean greed

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Monetary devaluation is the only thing that gives any thin-veiled justificstion for price increases. Anything not covered by the inflation calculator is greed.

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[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The beefy 5 layer burrito was introduced in 2009/10

[–] numlok@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

So, Ryan Gosling was 29 years old in the top picture. Damn is he a great actor.

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[–] astanix@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

4.19 at my local tb, too damn expensive.

[–] gzerod200@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Off topic but how does the guy at the top look 12 and 24 at the same time?

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 0 points 3 months ago

It's two separate pictures, silly.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 0 points 3 months ago

Well, he's a big star now so that layer of his warm macho cheese is expensive.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What happened to the 7 layer ?

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

They removed it from the menu in the last couple of years

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[–] terry_jerry@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That price held untill atleast 2012, that's a solid 5 dollars of increase in just over 10 years. I could totally be talking out my ass

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

Beefy5 layer burrito has that effect.

Hopefully most of the price increase is tax related as a luxury food item and the money goes towards diabetes and obesity research. Right?

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Had to AI this one.

The Beefy 5-Layer Burrito at Taco Bell was introduced as part of the company's "Why Pay More?" value menu in 2010, priced at 89 cents. Over time, like many fast-food items, the price of the Beefy 5-Layer Burrito increased due to inflation, rising food costs, and other economic factors.

The exact timing of each price change can vary by location and market, but in general, the price increased gradually over the years. By the mid-2010s, the price had risen to over a dollar, and by the late 2010s and early 2020s, the price could be found in the range of $1.50 to $2.00 or more, depending on the region and promotions.

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lmao, yeah... I doubt that was from 2010 😂

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well… it was released in 2010 so I don’t know what you want me to tell you lol

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[–] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes, trust AI, that's what Ryan Gosling looked like 14 years ago.

[–] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

It has to be the early 90's, he was born in 1980 and looked like this in 1998.

Young Hercules

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[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

You do realize those are several images stitched together.. right?

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[–] macgyver@federation.red 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Everyone shitting on you but your AI is right. It was about 9 months or so it lasted. I know because I took a course at the exact time and survived off those when I was broke as fuck. It doubled then like a year or two later had doubled again and that held until around Covid

[–] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Everyone's shitting on him because people loathe lazy copy/paste paragraphs from chatGPT in their online discourse. Me included.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Weird, 2012 was about when Brian Niccol took over as Chief Marketing Officer and then later became CEO of Taco Bell. Afterwards he moved to Chipotle and raised prices and lowered quality there too. Now he's in the news for becoming the new Starbucks CEO where he will be commuting via private jet 600 miles 3 days a week.

So you'll be happy to know that your extra money on tacos, burritos, and coffee goes to good use like paying this asshole millions of dollars to fly around on a private jet enshittifying everything he touches

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[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

At least it doesn't look like it shrunk too.

[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

It 100% shrunk. That image is misleading

[–] turbulentMagma@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago
  • Photos are for illustration purposes only
[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Man, I know US food is ...something else, but still, what the hell is this thing?

Apparently, the 5 layers are:

  • Beef
  • Cheese
  • Beans
  • Nacho Cheese Sauce
  • Sour Cream

A.k.a. 5 times protein for no fucking reason. That's going to taste like garbage, unless you make it entirely too greasy, too.

I guess, it being called "beefy", that's its whole gimmick, but that still doesn't explain why it exists in the first place. When you could be eating something with a multitude of flavors, which doesn't sit in your stomach like a brick either, why do you choose just a lump of meat?

[–] danciestlobster@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

That might SOUND like 5x protein, but I am fairly confident there is a pretty minimal amount of protein at all. The beef and cheese sauce are almost entirely fat, cheese is low amount and high moisture, sour cream never had protein to begin with.

[–] Unbecredible@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

...kinda but also wtf are you talking about? It's Taco Bell, of course it's going to be greasy as fuck and delicious.

Not delicious in the way of fresher more authentic Mexican food. Delicious in the way of Taco Bell.

.89-cents-at-midnight-delicious

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

Lol chill, it's already billed as trash food, nobody sold it as caviar. If someone wants to eat like a raccoon, for the most part, it's their God given right. No need to high horse it.

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