• Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Quit buying from giant corporations.

    I can go to my local family owned Banh Mi joint and get a sandwich made with real meat and fresh bread for $6. For $12, I could add a boba tea and a side of fried dumplings.

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      24 days ago

      And if you don’t have any local places nearby you can either break yourself financially by moving somewhere else or just go fuck yourself. I never realized how much shit was jacked up in the small country town I lived in until I moved somewhere with a ton of competition. Suddenly the prices were way better, it was surreal. Food was cheaper and tastes better. Hell my Internet was twice as fast for half the price!

      My apartment, however, is twice the price for a third of the space.

      It still took me a decade before I could move without fucking myself.

      This comment was written in the early wee hours of the AM and I’m not entirely sure what I’m rambling about.

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      25 days ago

      A lot of smaller places only have like two options for going out to eat and one is a subway attached to a gas station

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          24 days ago

          Food deserts are real, and they show how onerous overregulation is.

          All of the identical “I live in a food desert” comments here should be opportunities for entrepreneurship, but the costs of legally operating a food business are too damned high.

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                24 days ago

                Agreed! The Person you Responded to is NONSENSE. It’s ABSURD that the ONE Company that owns everything you need to get Started would make it Expensive for you to Start!

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      25 days ago

      Cool, I don’t have one of those. I have subway, mcdonalds, burger king, and a bunch of local restaurants that charge just as much for food because they can.

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      25 days ago

      Milk tea where I am is 6 usd by itself (not incl tax)

      Please bring me back to the 3 dollar milk tea timeline

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      25 days ago

      Only works when you have local joints. That being said, I’m from Jersey, and I think we kinda pride ourselves on all things bread: pizza, bagels, and sandwiches. So when I hear motherfuckers getting Dunkin Donuts in the morning, Subway for lunch, and Dominos for dinner, it disturbs me.

      Now, is there a time for Dominos? Absolutely. Is there a time for Subway? I guess you can be drunk on the afternoon, sure.

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        22 days ago

        Not sure if this is a local thing or not, but Dominoes has been consistently giving me a free medium pizza coupon after every pizza I’ve got from them for the last 12 months or so. So that’s like 3 or 4 times they’ve done that

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        25 days ago

        From jersey too and it blows my mind how anyone around here will choose to go to jersey Mike’s or subway over their local deli

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          24 days ago

          We don’t have a local deli here in small town mid America unless you count the deli counter at the supermarket.

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            24 days ago

            Honestly, I think grocery store subs are really the best bang for your buck. Makes sense, they want to get you in the door and buy groceries there.

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            22 days ago

            I’ll actually use ShopRite in a pinch. I just know they’re slicing up fresh ingredients there. Anywhere that opens up a container and pulls out meat is a no go for me. But we are spoiled here in the greatest goddamn state on the world, our taxes getting us fresh meats and soft breads with flaky crusts, and a peach iced tea.

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      24 days ago

      Well, good for you. The town I live in has a Sonic, a McDonald’s, a Mazzio’s pizza, two local Tex Mex restaurants, and… a Subway.