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[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 39 points 4 months ago

shit. im over a decade older than that group and my wife and I have had to cut out all outside food for over a year.

[-] holdthecheese@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

I think folks in our age group have cut more aggressively. More responsibilities

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

less "more responsibilities" and more once-in-a-generation/century crises.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 12 points 4 months ago

Also $11 for a burrito? Yeah, miss me with that bullshit. I'm thankful for chipotle keeping me full while I was in college but shit is literally double the price it was then.

[-] pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

My household and I weren’t able to eat at a restaurant since before COVID hit, even fast food had jacked their prices up too high. That’s only just now starting to change because we’ve left the US.

[-] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Just out of curiosity, what country did you move to and how does it compare with your lifestyle and cost of living in the USA?

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 4 months ago

fast food was cheap to me until a bit after covid although the dollar menus were getting pretty weak.

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