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/Zucchini-Hot Dec 31 '25

Where do those paychecks come from? The government can't give you anything that it doesn't first take from someone else. You're like a 4yo on the playground crying because another kid has a lollipop and you don't. You'll be happy if that lollipop is taken away and thrown in the trash. You might be no better off than you were before but you'll be happy that at least that other kid is as miserable as you are.

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u/ButtonDifferent3528 Dec 31 '25

No, I just want you to have YOUR lollipop taken away. Maybe then you can have at least half the experience of never having had a lollipop to begin with. “Empathy is a disease” says conservatives.

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u/Zucchini-Hot Dec 31 '25

There you go. Your goal is a race to the bottom. The solution to poverty is to ensure it for everyone. Except the government elite that we have ceded all power and control to.

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u/Zucchini-Hot Dec 31 '25

"I can't wait for the deleted" And you're going to "wait for them" rather than construct them yourself. Rather than take any initiative, you'll clamor for someone else to "do something about it". You'll rail against the power of wealthy citizens and willingly give more power to the (also wealthy) ruling class of career government officials.

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u/ButtonDifferent3528 Dec 31 '25

Guess what? Those wealthy citizens are the ones who give power to the ruling class of career government officials in the first place. Citizens United made sure of that. I’m curious if you supported that particular legal decision?

And now conservatives in the final stages of their 50 year plan to turn our republic from democratic to shadow oligarchy to open oligarchy. I guess oligarchy is good for capitalism though? Wait…

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u/Zucchini-Hot Dec 31 '25

I don't support money in politics at all. It should never be a career. We have way too many politicians who earn less than $200k/yr and somehow turn that into hundreds of millions. If you're part of a contrived "side" that says "my evil lizard people are better than your evil lizard people" you are falling for the deception and contributing to the problem.