Dude spends $18.75 on a cookie, blames the President for the price: ‘Before you became President, it was $3.75’

Living in New York City, I’m no stranger to absurd prices being thrust into my line of sight every time I go to the grocery store. The grocery store near my office recently started selling rotisserie chicken. Instead of selling it for $5 a bird, as any self-respecting grocery store would, they’re selling it for …
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“Next we’ll have food rentals”: Stingy restaurant charges bizarre fees for taking food to go

Going out to eat is an expensive venture these days. In my city, you can hardly get away from a dinner with a friend for under $50, and I’m just talking about your portion. Eating at restaurants is one of life’s greatest joys, though. I’m sometimes convinced that it’s the reason I was put on …
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A Tumbling Avalanche of 24 Therapy Memes

It’s that time of the week again; you’re looking forward to your crying session as you walk into your therapist’s office. The furniture is always a deep, earthy color, there are tons of grown-up-looking books, and the office smells like your grandma’s house. In other words, it’s all very neutral, in a sense. Your therapist …
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Twitter Users Eat Up a Warner Brothers Studio Cafe Menu From 1941

One of the first things I learned about in film studies, after Eadweard Muybridge’s The Horse in Motion, and the works of the Lumiere brothers, was the Hollywood Studio System. While it was technically the creation of Jewish immigrants, which sounds progressive, it was, in fact, a very toxic empire and way of conducting business. …
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Frustrating Thread Reveals That Boomers Are Still Disgracefully Out of Touch

We’re sad to report that the boomers still don’t understand that things have changed in the past fifty years. It’s as if nothing has happened outside of their lived experiences. «I made $10 an hour in 1970 and bought my own house by the time I was 30! If I did it, so can you.» …
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People Discuss How Much (Or How Little) $1 Can Buy In Their Countries

If you ask anyone in the United States, they’ll tell you that the dollar just isn’t what it used to be. I used to be able to buy two big chocolate bars for that amount. Hell, I’d buy a pack of cigarettes for $4 when I was way too young to be smoking. That same …
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Twitter Users Marvel at Warner Brothers Studio Cafe Menu From 1941

One of the first things I learned about in film studies, after Eadweard Muybridge’s The Horse in Motion, and the works of the Lumiere brothers, was the Hollywood Studio System. While it was technically the creation of Jewish immigrants, which sounds progressive, it was, in fact, a very toxic empire and way of conducting business. …
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People Discuss How Much (And How Little) $1 Can Buy In Their Countries

If you ask anyone in the United States, they’ll tell you that the dollar just isn’t what it used to be. I used to be able to buy two big chocolate bars for that amount. Hell, I’d buy a pack of cigarettes for $4 when I was way too young to be smoking. That same …
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