We saw shrinkflation with our apartments when they went from a central dumpster to expecting everyone in an 8-unit complex to line up cans on the road
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#102Ronald Reagan used to have the misery index
I feel like Reagan used to _cause_ the misery index.
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#104Should be able to sort by highest to lowest. Name and shame'em!
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#105Ronald Reagan used to have the misery index
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
A lot of people resent how sneaky shrinkflation feels. Manufacturers would gladly boast about increasing the size of their product if they did so, but do everything they can to hide when they've shrunk it. Manipulative tricks like oddly shaped packaging or plastic fillers to take up the space that was previously product are examples of why people hate shrinkflation. If something goes up in price but the quantity and…
They wouldn’t feel tricked, but then they’d be pissed off at the rising prices, which affects their ability to enjoy the product. If someone sells you a bag of chips but they’ve already eaten two of the chips, your enjoyment of the bag will still be the same as if you had the whole bag. If they reveal that fact to you though, then your experience will be soured. This is for the consumer’s own benefit.
People just like to feel outraged, apparently.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
But a lot of us enjoy eating unhealthy foods. And as long as we don't have diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc then it's not a problem.
I think it's just a wild theory at this stage, but some doctors are saying that eating unhealthy food leads to diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure
If one is sedentary and obese, yes.
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#108In EU prices for food stuff have to also list price per KG.
This is also common in the US. Example below. Top row is blurry but bottom row shows “per ounce” price on the bottom right. Tiny print and I imagine barely anyone actually shops that way. I’m guessing there must be some US requirement for this otherwise I’m not sure why it’s commonplace. https://supersafeway.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Screen-S...
Ancidotal, but myself and many of my friends shop this way. I've found that sometimes the larger bottle isn't cheaper per unit
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#109I would like to be able to sort by change delta. Cool site!
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#110I don't really understand the recent focus on this. Shrinkflation has always been a thing, and it seems like it shouldn't be strongly correlated with actual inflation, since the critical equation is something like how much material should a given product contain to provide enough value to consumers, or in other words it's equally advantageous to optimize the value of your product in times of low or high inflation and thus optimize margins.
Maybe we just care more about it when we see prices raising in general? IDK.