I just returned from the grocery store.
I wanted some cookies to celebrate and it's been a while since I've had oreos, so I decided to take that. First surprise: they sell that shit in small packages now. Forget the huge box with four filled rows of cookies, you are getting some "top-opening" shitty plastic box with two, not even full rows of "cookies."
The price for that junk? $6.29. That's right: six fucking bucks. Plus taxes (15% because fuck you) means it will be $7.25. For some shitty, pre-made, generic cookies. Even to this day, there is a place where I can get a salad+sandwich for that price, taxes included. If I want a bit more, I can hop on some bargain app and get a full large pizza for that price (day old, but still).
I CLEARLY remember when that little packet of cookies came out in 2015. They cost $0.99 on sale. That's right, $1.15 after taxes. Sure, those cookies were not on sale today, but how much are they realistically on sale? 4.99$? $3.99 maybe?
So, what is my point? Well, I read in the news today that inflation in Canada was... 2.3% today. In fact, those people swear to God that inflation since 2015 was only 29% (https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/related/inflation-calculator/). That's right: these fuckers say that in the last ten years, prices only went up 29%.
Honestly, I've watched prices go up 29% this year alone. This is despite the price of many commodities (olive oil, coffee beans, etc) plummeting on the market. Did prices go down at the grocery store? No, in fact they went up some more.
I am sick and tired of being lied to in my face. "hurr durr inflation is only 2.3%" yeah 2.3% a month maybe. A fucking 1.54L of orange juice (because we buy orange jugs in 1.54L pack for some reason now) is $7.49. Back in the day, 2L was 2.99$ and maybe less on sale.
Prices of oranges has been plummetting too (down 30% - https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/orange-juice) so why the fuck are the prices so high?
Why the fuck are you trying to tell me prices are only up 2.3% this year? I'm not even talking about houses, gas (floor price is $6 a fallon now for some reason), etc.
Somehow, we are told that inflation is only 2.3%.
I'm so fucking tired of being lied too all the time. Who do they expect will believe this shit? Why are they lying to my face like that and asking me to appreciate it? I can SEE, I can literally SEE that it's not the case. What the fuck, is this one of those 2+2=5 in 1984? I should deny what I see?
Fuck I'm sick of this shithole country
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late
With long arrears to make good,
When the English began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy-willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the English began to hate.
Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show,
When the English began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught by the State.
No man spoke it aloud,
When the English began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred,
It will not swiftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the English began to hate.
