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 “Daaaad, we’re out of cereal!”

Yea we’ll we’re gonna stay out of it for a while. 🤣

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 Cereal is insane these days, i saw the fancy brands are up to like $10 a box 🫨 
 I went to get Cinnamon Toast Crunch the other day and it was $8 a box for family size. Same box would’ve been like $5 a year ago 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ They had a “Minis” version that was BOGO that I got instead. I couldn’t believe it though.  
 Easy bruh, the gov says cpi is 8%… not a penny more. And they’re never wrong. 
 bro $8 for cereal? i've been gone a long time. next you'll be telling me they got rid of the dollar menu 
 What’s a dollar menu? 😅 
 Never thought I’d see the day where “2 for $20” would apply to boxes of cereal instead of entrees at a restaurant 
 It’s still there…at some places. But there’s not much on it. 
 Dollar menu isn’t completely gone but the options aren’t pretty 😅 Took a road trip with my family and a quick stop at McDonald’s was over $30 for just me, my wife, and our 2 small kids. Blew my mind. 
 Same 
 Isn't like the value menu now?  They had to rename because everything is $2 or more. 
 I shocked someone the other day by asserting that $30 was not bad to go roller skating for 4 people for 2 hours. They didn't like my response "What else can you buy for $30? Not much!" 
 If you're willing to use the app, there's usually a 20% off coupon in there. Basket of fries is another good option for families, where it is available. But you're right, not a lot of value in the value menu these days.  
 I spend 25$ on myself at wendys  
 I haven't been back to McDonald's and I miss hamburgers. Still shopping at dollar stores surrounded by cops  
 🤣🤣🤣 
 Just went to Wendy's. 
Two chicken sandwich combos, and one kids meal.
$25 
 You won’t recognized the usa anymore, when you come home. 
 Loool 
 "OK kids, I've done the math and *this* morning you get THIRTY-SEVEN Honey Nut Cheerios--EACH!"

*much rejoicing* 
 When did you visit Australia? 😂

As an expat... The US used to have insanely cheap prices compared to Australia. Now, it sounds like you've caught up.

I've seen some as high as $12-14 here. It's mental. 
 😆🤣 
 Fasting is going to become very popular. 
 Haha maybe I nflation is gonna deflate America’s obesity problem. 😂 
 I suspect it ends in riots & looting rather than 6 pack abs unfortunately.

Fear of not being able to feed yourself can drive some very undesirable behaviours.

It's pretty hard to fast when you're stressed. 
 Unfortunately you are probably right on that 😢 
 Just die and inflation won't be that bad. 
 That's great... Now they (The Capitalist) will make a conflict about what you can eat or not while fasting. 😅😅😅 
 If I cut up my leather shoe, boil it & eat it, does it break my fast? 
 di amerika harga kebutuhan sehari hari pada naik pesat. termasuk menu mcd dst. baca di komen - komennya. 👇 

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 The 2 best inflation metrics:

-The Big Mac Index
-The 2x4 Index 
 stop at Taco Bell because their $1 & $2 items aren't bad and since I'm freaking old, over 40, free drink 
 According to the anthropologist  Dr. Staffan Lindeberg, who studied the Kitavans in Papua New Guinea, sweet potatoes made up about 70-80% of the Kitavans' diet.

Probably cheaper than a McDonalds diet, and the photos of those guys (surprisingly to me) showed they were super healthy

No I'm not a vegan

Just pointing out that there are better cheaper options to get by on

I stopped trying to grow wheat for myself when I realized I could get by on tubers. 

My life got soooo much easier