• Steve@communick.news
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    11 hours ago

    Do you make the same argument complaining on the expense of a vacation “experience”, while insisting on buying first class tickets and staying at 4&5 star hotels?

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      11 hours ago

      I get you’re being over the top to make a point, but it seems a bit ridiculous to compare overpriced popcorn to a first class plane ticket and staying at an expensive hotel. We’re talking about experiences that people used to indulge in on a whim, or which were reasonably affordable for average folks. That is not the case with the examples you provided, and those kind of purchases are large even for some people of means.

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        11 hours ago

        The extra popcorn and candy was always overpriced even in the 80s. That’s why I never got any as a kid. Nothing has changed. Ticket prices have even pretty flat for a decade now.

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        11 hours ago

        It is ridiculous. But the logic is the same. Which shows the flaw in the logic.