Taylor Lorenz pens article decrying "disinformation" about inflation for WaPo.
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pippa showed some 1994 commercials the other day
taco bell had a taco for 99 cents.
pippa is my oshi. There, I said it, it is done.
Anyhow, I was going to post late 90s/early aughts commercials and have a game of spot the difference with regards to modern stuff.
It's genuinely surreal. The thing is I only see TV when I visit family, like on Thanksgiving, so I have no idea what is normal or what has been normalized in the last decade or so.
the only tv i'm exposed to is whatever my grandma has on during the day, and it's largely in the categories of pills, funeral services, and lawyers.
So, because you express surprise, I assume that means the 99 center bean burritos are not a thing anymore? Because they were definitely a thing up until at least 2005 or so. Haven't been to Taco Bell in about that long, though!
there was another commercial for little caesars where you could get two pizzas, a drink, and crazy bread for like 8 bucks
The way it was setup is to utilize the excess farm production that the government ensures as both a political favor and a food security strategy. The idea was feed the people cheaply. In a way, it worked too well.
Bean burritos aren't too much worse now, like $1.30 or so. That is a 30% increase but it's still cheap compared to McDs. I expect to pay about $12 for a good meal and $8 if I'm skimping.