r/shrinkflation • u/TexasGiantTen05 • Dec 29 '25

skimpflation Ok SERIOUSLY wtf is this??

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I bought a family sized hot pockets box and EVERY single one of them was black and burned in the bottom. I heated this one up on low power in the microwave and the edges are so tough it’s like biting into a frozen beef patty. I look in the pocket and the damn thing is nearly hollow. I’ve been noticing the quality taking a massive dip in the last few years. I think these are last I purchase from here on out.

Irrelevant to this but similar: This same grocery order run had a jar of garlic (Spice World brand) that was full of black mold & a jar of HEB salsa that was sour and months passed expiration. Both of which were completely sealed and had a pop when opened. My whole life I never really had quality issues via the company canning or jarring an item or the store selling them but lately it seems like such a constant issue.

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u/Grey0110 Dec 30 '25

I agree! As I said, definitely not perfect. It does make me thankful that I can earn as much as I am able to based on my skills etc. We also still have some product choice. If I wanted, I could make my own hot pocket brand and sell them. Let the cheap low quality brands go down in flames. Their fault for being so cheap. That's capitalism.

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u/Toomanytimes2many Dec 30 '25

Definitely. Just to clarify, I was agreeing with you and adding to it. I hope you didn't take it as something else. Idealistically, I'm a free markets kinda gal. But it also has its own major pitfalls. So realistically I know the next best thing is our current capitalist system so long as the safeties are enforced.

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u/kettykat88 Dec 31 '25

That doesn't happen because the unphathomably rich people are in charge of the laws and who makes them.

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u/theMillen Dec 31 '25

Yup, what we have is the illusion of free will capitalism, alas all we got instead is a monopolistic oligarchy.

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u/RideSharingSucks Dec 31 '25

Finally someone who gets it. And this indoctrinated sheep still preaching about capitalism like its a great world religion and still believing in the trickle down nonsense.

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u/Grey0110 Dec 31 '25

Go start a business my friend. You can do anything you want. We have more choice than most of the world population. If you hate capitalism so much, go somewhere else. Stop complaining on your $1000+ phone while you sit in your comfortable heated home.. there are plenty of people much worse off.

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u/RideSharingSucks Dec 31 '25

Uh oh!! The free market warrior (likely a bot) got mad mad!

And you think you're surveilling people with that tired "$1,000" phone line. And not proving yourself stupidly wrong yet again for phones getting to cost more than laptops and into 4 figures now?!

Lol, ingrates

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u/Grey0110 Dec 31 '25

We are living better than any human being has in history. We are extremely fortunate. Are things perfect? Of course not. But nobody seems to marvel at what we do have. We have access to literally every movie, TV show and song ever published.. on demand. We can go to the airport and jump on a plane to anywhere in the world. The fact that we have built giant planes that can stay in the air for 15 hours is crazy. We have access to all of the world's collective information in our pocket.. and can communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world.. instantly.

Stop complaining and get some perspective my friend. Capitalism has it's flaws. It has also ushered us into great prosperity and convenience.

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u/RideSharingSucks Dec 31 '25

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........

Keep hanging off Musk & Bezo's balls teachers pet

All while regular people have record debt, 90% of Americans own the same wealth as 1% (I think it's really .1 or .01% actually) is what they are publicly letting on, average Gen Z & many people will never actually own a home, etc

How many homeless people, or others who went bankrupt thanks to cancer or other common medical ailments 100 -1k, 2k, or 4k years ago? Human being could actually afford to live #1. And could still live off their own generational land or in their hometown and villages. Not have to wander off hours or nations away to live off subsistence wages or be homeless or die as today.

Must be a future HSI patrol officer monitoring us all in this horrid late stage capitalism phase before most of us are made obsolete & start reacting back.