• JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    Most of the rest of the world expects that if you have 10 money, and see something that is advertised as costing 10 money, you can buy it.

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      4 hours ago

      Right and here in America we don’t piss on the streets as a matter of culture and toss trash out the window. Like a lot of the world. So, it’s bit like “the rest of the world” isnt a good metric.

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      I learned this at a kid in the US. This fast food place had cookies labeled "99¢!” so said “mom can I have a dollar for a cookie?” and she gave me one, as a treat. I hope to the register and the girl says “ok it’s actually $1.06”.

      I don’t think I got the cookie that day. I don’t remember it, but if I did it was soured by capitalism.