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Why is everything in consumer / American life so fucking shitty now - and companies literally just say 'oh bc profit margins' and we're now expected to swallow that and sympathize? (lemmy.world)

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like I went to taco bell and they didn't even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don't get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.

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[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I don't eat at Taco Bell when I'm in the mood for tacos from a street truck. It's like two entirely different types of food.

There is Mexican food, there's Tex Mex, then there is Taco Bell. They're not really all comparable 1:1:1. I love me an al pastor taco from a truck, but some days I'm not in the mood for a real taco but rather the ersatz tacos they have at Taco Bell.

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

See my stoned Canadian ass doesnt have any taco trucks nearby, but the bell is always there

(but I gotta agree its far from authentic, its like a good smoked burger vs bigmac)

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

That's a shame. I live in an area where I have access to authentic food of so many different ethnicities, and it is wonderful.

I can't imagine how boring life would be without multiculturalism.

[-] Ersatz86@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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