▲ 671 ▼ ‘Banana Republic’: Social Media Reacts to Trump Firing Statistics Chief After Bleak Jobs Report (www.mediaite.com) submitted 1 year ago by Redditsux@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (2 children) Oddly, bananas seem to be one of the few items relatively untouched by inflation. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] bigfondue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago secretly pro-Soviet Ah that chronic brain worm hasn't gone away... It is super handy to have a general purpose all-evil evidence-free adversary to blame everything on. permalink fedilink source parent [–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) They've gone up quite a bit in my corner of the US. They used to be 30 cents a pound and now they're 53 cents per pound for the same product at the same store in the last few months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Hm, you're right, they're 69 Canada cents/lbs and they used to be half that. I only buy two at a time so like I don't notice. They're still affordable in absolute terms, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh absolutely. I forget which government subsidizes it but they should be a lot more expensive considering the trip and handling required. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] bigfondue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago secretly pro-Soviet Ah that chronic brain worm hasn't gone away... It is super handy to have a general purpose all-evil evidence-free adversary to blame everything on. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago secretly pro-Soviet Ah that chronic brain worm hasn't gone away... It is super handy to have a general purpose all-evil evidence-free adversary to blame everything on. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) They've gone up quite a bit in my corner of the US. They used to be 30 cents a pound and now they're 53 cents per pound for the same product at the same store in the last few months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Hm, you're right, they're 69 Canada cents/lbs and they used to be half that. I only buy two at a time so like I don't notice. They're still affordable in absolute terms, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh absolutely. I forget which government subsidizes it but they should be a lot more expensive considering the trip and handling required. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Hm, you're right, they're 69 Canada cents/lbs and they used to be half that. I only buy two at a time so like I don't notice. They're still affordable in absolute terms, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh absolutely. I forget which government subsidizes it but they should be a lot more expensive considering the trip and handling required. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh absolutely. I forget which government subsidizes it but they should be a lot more expensive considering the trip and handling required. permalink fedilink source parent