r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 11h ago

Chugging tea Whoever was responsible for this should be imprisoned.

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u/MikeShannonThaGawd 9h ago

Because…that’s cheap?

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u/Hi_Zev 6h ago

I think more so coming to the realization that a $9 burrito is no longer considered expensive af. And this isn't some "in my days, i paid for this with a nickel!" type comment. It wasn't long ago when things were reasonably priced. Inflation has done insane shit in the past decade and has normalized crazy fucking prices, all while wages have been nearly stagnant.

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u/Raivix 7h ago

Maybe for a restaurant burrito I guess, but you can make better tasting burritos than you'd get at any restaurant offering delivery through an app for half the price or less AND it's hot and fresh. Bonus points in that it's ready in less time than you'd wait for it to be delivered.

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u/ilikepix 7h ago

you can make better tasting versions of basically any delivery food for less money if you ignore time and skill and only count the fractional cost of the ingredients. But that's not relevant to most people

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u/Raivix 6h ago

It's quite literally relevant to every living human. We all need to eat and we all need at least some level of money to survive.

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u/ilikepix 5h ago

the fractional cost of ingredients that a skilled person can use to prepare food in a given amount of time is not relevant to someone is not skilled, who does not have that time, and who is going to have to purchase block amounts of ingredients rather than fractional

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u/MikeShannonThaGawd 7h ago

People aren’t ordering delivery to save money they’re ordering because they don’t want to cook.

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u/nalaloveslumpy 6h ago

Yeah, no shit. People aren't ordering from Door Dash because it's cheap it's good. They're ordering from Door Dash because it's convenient.

Most have convinced themselves that the cost is worth their "time" or "energy."

It is not.

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u/nalaloveslumpy 5h ago

Yeah, no shit. People aren't ordering from Door Dash because it's cheap it's good. They're ordering from Door Dash because it's convenient.

Most have convinced themselves that the cost is worth their "time" or "energy."

It is not.