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Have you ever felt like you constantly have to pay more for less, like the world is conspiring against you every time you go shopping? As the cost of living is going on an endless upward trajectory, the quality of the products and services we rely on constantly declines. We get you, it’s a feeling that’s all too familiar for many of us and one that’s only getting more worrying with each passing day, to say the least. The frustration is real and palpable, but we’re not alone in our struggles — the internet has become a megaphone for these grievances.
While many have spoken plenty about which products got worse, Reddit has emerged as a particularly vibrant hub for discussions about how things are going to hell in a handbasket. A thread dedicated to this topic has attracted thousands of comments from people sharing their experiences and opinions on everything from everyday essentials to niche products.
We’ll be taking a closer look at the most common complaints from this Reddit thread about things people think have gotten worse and more expensive. From food chains and streaming platforms to video games and clothes, no industry seems immune from the curse of rising prices and decreased quality. But what exactly are people complaining about and why? Join us as we read what people pointed out, and feel free to share your thoughts on the matter!
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#1
"Certain house appliances. My grandma has had the same fridge for 40 years. My parents recently had to replace theirs. It's their third in 20 years."
Lighten Up 2 years ago
I’ve run my washer/dryer almost 24/7 for the last 25 years!! I dread when/if I ever have to replace them
John Lattanzio 2 years ago
Our fridge is older than me, granted I'm still in high school, but supposedly a refrigerator should be replaced every ten years, which is crazy considering how much they are now . Our water heater and furnace have been just barely alive for way too long, honestly I think it should be replaced
Kaye Nicole (Nikki) 2 years ago
My parents have had the same rice cooker for over 30 years- it was a wedding gift! Still makes perfect rice. I’m on my third. I only moved out in like 2016????
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#2
aznuke said: "New homes. Cookie cutter houses, built with cheap contractors who cut corners left and right, situated in neighborhoods with ever higher HOA fees: and the HOAs are getting more expensive too." fanpoppa749 replied: "I agree with this one. I thought buying a newly built home would be great. Turns out everything is cheap. Those nice looking base boards? Particle board. Cabinets? Particle board. Nice front door? it’s plastic and warps when the temperature changes. Everything ‘looks’ nice, but at the core it’s all super cheap material that was installed as fast as possible by the cheapest bidder."
Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
It's really f*****g annoying when people somehow blame tradesmen for wanting to earn a liveable wage. What do you want us to do? Land costs are through the roof as are materials, are we meant to work for peanuts? Everybody is quick to defend, righteously, servers' getting a liveable age, but when it's construction workers all of a sudden we're swindlers
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Contractors need to stop low-balling each other on bids. There will always be someone else ready to do a crummier job for even less money.
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Unpopular opinions 2 years ago
I’m a contractor & pride myself on top quality work, I tell people all the time if you’re looking for cheap & fast I’m not your guy. The cost of labor is not really the problem, the real problem is the cost of materials, you can build a house with cheap materials for around $350k with quality materials you are looking at over $1m. Most people don’t want to pay the difference & blame the contractor.
Michelle Smith 2 years ago
The criticism is not for the construction workers. It is for the developers who are raking in the dough
#3
lorenzini3 said: "Food." Hot_Shot_McGee replied: "Even cooking you'll find that ingredients are going up and up. You gotta be a master gardener and rancher apparently if you want to cook really well on the cheap."
Jyndaru 2 years ago
And it's sad that natural healthy foods are so much more expensive than junk food.
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
Seriously. I need to cut gluten out of my diet but I can’t afford to eat healthy. Luckily I’m not celiac so it’s not detrimental to my health but I’m so tired of being bloated, having migraines and brain fog, and just feeling like s**t all the time just because I can’t afford a healthy diet
Lingerie De Paris 2 years ago
I'm sorry all of you people can't find a decent bargaining clothing, I shop mail order and always click the clearance sections first, I bought men's jean shorts for $4 to close outs and I bought 12 pair that will last me for the next 10 years. yes I agree a lot of things have going up because everyone has been conditioned to only buy on sales. if you don't see 50% off you don't automatically buy things. places like Belk's department store only purchase overseas so they can mark it down later and put it on sale. when I see pairs of pants for men for $70 put on sale for $35 and in reality there were only $20 at Walmart I know the department store is a rip off. just like everything you have to be an informed shopper the large major in the supermarkets are 20 to 40% more than they Discounters like ALDI's or Walmarts or Save-A-Lot.you have a choice in life and you have to be a little smarter than the next Corporation. how many of you call up your insurance agent every year or your cable.or
#4
"INSULIN. It’s a necessity for lot of diabetic people and I know a few who ration insulin to last a long time. Some times if they have extra and aren’t using it then they send it to those who need. When asked at least 50 people respond asking they are in need. It’s a sad reality. Everyone says eat better, but even with eating better sometimes sugar levels don’t get controlled."
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
Im never gonna get over the price gouging of insulin in America. The most obvious scam in the history of all scams and nothing can legally be done to address it? How is this moral, ethical or legal ffs. For the hundreth time in Australia insulin is $6.80 for Months supply, simply because we have enough ethics not to allow our most vulnerable to be ripped off or suffer unnecessary health risk or freaking die because they are poor.
Tamra 2 years ago
It IS a scam. There is no good reason for people to have to go without insulin. Greed and corruption.
Load More Replies... Devin Singh 2 years ago
Asthma and heart medication is the same way. It's absolutely criminal. Like, this isn't some QoL medicine. I'm straight up gonna die without this.
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
I think that played a part in why my brother died when he did. His insurance covered 100% of the cost of all diabetic supplies. He was having a bunch of mini strokes that we’re screwing with his brain so he impulsively quit his job so of course he lost his insurance and had to start rationing his insulin
️️Upvote faery️ 2 years ago
It's sad that this is such an issue for United Statians. Here in Canada, it's free.
Lingerie De Paris 2 years ago
you can blame a capitalist Society, and if insulin is so cheap in Australia why don't you start a company to import it?
Marie Dewitte 2 years ago
That is not how it works. It's only this price for the end user due to governement aid and health insurance. The price at which it is bought is higher but there are systems in place so its cheap for someone with a prescription to buy.
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liz MacClain 2 years ago
Here in Georgia, insulin and diabetic supplies are BACKORDERED!!! need life saving drugs? Yes, I'm screwed
#5
Jarred-Binks said: "The basic American dream." bttrflyr replied: "The new American dream is just be able to work one job and still be able to afford living expenses with enough left over to pay down debt, add a savings and retirement. Like when did it become 'entitled' for us to expect to be paid a livable wage? F*ck the 'American dream.'"
Fantastic Mr Fox 2 years ago
Though salaries have increased looking at the dollar amount, prices have too. For a typical salary real purchasing power has flatlined for more than 30 years. Yet the highest incomes have grown even more. That’s the sad reality.
0zed119 2 years ago
I get that everything goes up, but prices sooo majorly outpacing wages is staggering. The 1950's were not perfect by any means but many families could do well with only 1 working parent. Now even with 2 working parents and only 1 child most can't buy a home or go on those 2 week summer vacations.
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
I got that $15 p/h fast food job and still can’t afford to live on my own. Even if i didn’t have a kids and only needed a one bedroom apt it would take almost 3/4 of my bring home pay a month. Not much left over for bills, food, gas, and fun money
Lane C 2 years ago
I had an argument with a coworker almost 10 years ago about inflation. Je quoted the US government official figure and I told him that inflation was a lot higher than that. He told me it wasn't, but I had already done the math. That was before the hyper-inflation of the last few years. Thankfully, I make twice what I made 10 years ago, but I still can't afford as much as i could then.
CrowLogic 2 years ago
Right, blame women's emancipation rather than the hoarding of wealth at the top of the chain. Damn those silly women for wanting freedom, definitely couldn't be any other problem but them. How dare they be so selfish and want to be considered human😨😱
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"As a somewhat older person born in the late 60's, EVERYTHING. Clothes fall apart and there are no classic styles anymore unless you want to pay out the nose, Christmas ornaments are just junk now, it's heartbreaking when I think about my teens and 20's, my first job and apartment I could rent with cash left over for concerts on the reg. It was awesome and I am now wondering what's left. If I didn't have an aunt and mom who care so much about me I'd probably just give up the ghost. I've had my good years, and now trying to re-enter the employment market and try to "adult" again is disheartening. I could never afford an apartment on my own anymore, and I don't get along well with a lot of people, I value my privacy. It's a college world out there now, and with only a HS education and even with 15 years of admin experience, people pay absolute sh*t and my work ethic has taken a deep dive because if I make things more efficient, they'll get rid of me and hire a part-timer rather than give a raise or anything. Never used to be that way. Then again there were no "human resources" departments back then, it was just a small personnel office. The name alone shows how companies think of their people: just a resource."
Jyndaru 2 years ago (edited)
Concerts. God, I miss going to concerts. Music is one of my favorite things in life, but I haven't been able to afford a ticket in 10+ years. It's so depressing to see a band I love go on tour through my city and not be able to afford tickets.
IronySairo 2 years ago
You can go to a lot of concerts between 30 - 50 dollars. Not completely unaffordable, but still more than I'd like to pay. Not gonna be Lady Gaga or The Eagles level bands, but it's doable.
Load More Replies... Lingerie De Paris 2 years ago
I can't believe how negative some people are, if you have a s***-a*s job go to Community College and get some skills, show you have some initiative and get ahead in life. if you don't like the office jobs become a salesperson and show your worth by making sales. I only had a high school education and yes there was one year I made 1 million dollars because I was a salesperson, and yes most of them I did not make a million dollars but I survived pretty well
IronySairo 2 years ago
I tried sales and nearly killed myself with stress. Not everyone can do it.
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thirdnut4 said: "Life." Osiris32 replied: "Life, don't talk to me about life. Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper. Call that job satisfaction, because I don't. And I have this pain in all the diodes down my left side."
#8
"There used to be this burger joint called “Joe’s cablecar” near me. Great place. I miss it so much. A few months before it closed down, I was there and the owner, Joe, was having a heated conversation with one of his suppliers on the phone. After he hung up, he looked over at me and just said, “price goes up, quality goes down.” It took me a while to realize that that wasn’t an asshole supplier he was dealing with, just a fact of life. People like Joe can’t tolerate that. That’s why the truly great things never last. Only the mediocre things are able to endure long enough to degrade into the universally hated embodiment of entropy that the physical world allows for."
jmdirks 2 years ago
What do you expect from a liberal that no longer allow competition. No one fails because it might hurt they're feelings. We punish excellence in schools because the underachiever in class gets they're feelings hurt for not doing the work they were assigned. And mediocre teachers that fail to recognize a child's possible disability.
#9
Buttproblemzthrow said: "Clothes. Even a sweater from the Gap is like $70 now even though the quality is about 10% better than Old Navy. Goddamn it clothes retailers, settle down or I will go naked. Edit: To the people suggesting thrift stores, I agree! It's thrilling to find something special and cheap. You wash it, you're good to go. Plus retail clothing is so expensive nowadays that I would rather someone else take the hit of driving it off the lot." RedSquirrelFtw replied: "What I hate about this is all the brand names are super expensive, but they are still all made by slaves in poor countries. I would be willing to pay the higher price if it was actually made in Canada or US, but it's not."
Dylan Toeback 2 years ago
Problem is all the thrift stores prices have gone up close to retail prices.
Fennecfoxcat 2 years ago
Depends where you go I guess. My friend found a designer trenchcoat (normally abt 150-200$ Wich is really crazy btw) for about 15$
Load More Replies... PunnyPanda 2 years ago
Totally. And the previously inexpensive "fast fashion" brands like H&M etc are the worst offenders. Same or lower quality as 10 years ago, quadruple the price. Kids clothes as well.
Kirsti-Tina Thompson 2 years ago
Yeah, cause people have been bragging on tik tok how they go to thrift stores, snap up bargains and flip them for a much higher price. So loads of other people have started doing it. Or the thrift stores have seen how much people will pay raised their prices or started selling the good stuff online.
Load More Replies... Fantastic Mr Fox 2 years ago
It’s expensive? Very minor on my budget. My clothes often last for years. Granted I dress very simple with either black or blue jeans and t-shirts, short sleeve shirts, or polo shirts. That’s the style, or lack of.
Stay Off My Lawn 2 years ago
I dress the same way, and I’ve definitely noticed that over the past several years I have to replace my tshirts and jeans more often, and they cost more every time.
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Nancy Davis 2 years ago
The Goodwill store I go to has not raised its prices and I find shirts there they're like brand new
Himory TheDreamer 2 years ago
My issue with clothes goes a bit deeper than price. (Talking about my country here, not US). I'm fat, and whereas my partner who loves thrifting can get pants for 10 bucks and my mom can get new ones for like 70 or 80, mine are often up to 200. And then they don't fit right because my waist is giant and everything else isn't, so I need to look like I borrowed clothes from someone 3 times bigger or else my body won't enter on it. Not to mention the clothes I like are never even available at my size. All this to say, if things are real bad that you can't find clothes you gotta figure how to make your own. I'm only starting but it's something I'm really liking and would recommend for people with similar struggles, also fabric is way cheaper than buying ready to wear clothes.
#10
lunari_moonari said: "Cable television. More commercials, channels upon channels of crap, ridiculous bill." happyends replied: "I remember when you could watch a show on cable without any commercials. That was it's big selling point."
Craftsman 64 2 years ago
Back when you could learn things on The Learning Channel, listen to music on MTV, and discover new things on The Discovery Channel.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Or more often. I was a kid in the 60's and remembered that you had to go to the can really fast or the program would start while you were away. You had (maybe) 5 commercial Breaks in an hour long program. If you can see 7 minutes of programming between breaks you're doing well.
Load More Replies... Jyndaru 2 years ago
My husband and I have never had cable TV; just internet and streaming services. But now even streaming services have gotten more expensive and have very few high-quality shows/movies. Plus there are too many streaming services now. I'll find something I want to watch, only to realize it's exclusive to a service I don't have. If I signed up for all the services that have shows I like, the total cost would be higher than cable TV.
Lonely Tentacle 2 years ago
Do one streaming service per month. This month Netflix, next month prime video, the month after that Hulu, etc. You'll still have access to the same stuff, but intermittently and with a little bit of patience, in the price of just one sub per month. Useful if you binge watch.
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"Almost everything. Planned obsolescence and expediency has taken the place of quality and craftsmanship."
#12
"Clothes, very few companies make clothes to last and fast fashion is rising while the cost of items continue to increase!"
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
That's true. I've had shirts from the 00s that are still good but new clothes just doesn't seem to last as long.
Jyndaru 2 years ago
I have shirts from the 80s that are in better shape with stronger seams than shirts bought within the last few years. It seems like new shirts only get a handful of washes before they start falling apart.
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Back2Bach said: "Ice cream containers that were originally one-half gallon have been "shrinking." They went from 64 oz. to 56 oz and now 48 oz. - but the price hasn't "shrunk" (it's been increasing steadily) and the quality often isn't as good as it used to be when containers were a true half-gallon." pakidara replied: "When I worked at a gas station I noticed the same thing with Pringles. The tubes would shrink in height by about 1/8 of an inch every month or so. Once they got "small enough" they would release a "New BIGGER size!!!" for a month with a higher price tag. They would then remove the bigger-size tag and begin the shrinking process again."
Dylan Toeback 2 years ago
Yes. They’re not only charging more, you’re getting a lot less for your money. We are being robbed and we have to deal with it apparently.
Stephanie Case 2 years ago
My rant is the same on paper towels. Really tired of having to pay more for "double rolls" just to get what used to be the regular size.
#14
"Education. Long ago, the premise of institutional education provided promise. As the Information Age progresses, the quality of institutional education has dramatically reduced but the expenses of education has risen dramatically. With the rise of computers and online education, people are learning elsewhere even though the legitimacy of institutional certification remains large. For that reason, the quality of education received is vastly poor since people will be enrolling regardless of any pressure to improve themselves."
Fantastic Mr Fox 2 years ago
Am I right this is a problem specific for the US? It’s somewhat oversimplified but I feel it’s fair to say in the US it’s the persons with money who go to university. In Europe it’s the persons with the best grades. It’s ironic since the new social order in the US was supposed to get rid of class privileges found in old fashioned England. But think about it. How did the noble class come into being other than by accumulating money over generations and marrying and networking with others belonging to the same upper class, and by fashioning society and laws to their advantage.
Zelda Fitzgerald 2 years ago
Yep. Aristocracy never died, it just transformed.
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Sonja 2 years ago (edited)
Once upon a time, most professions were regulated in guilds. Those guilds had several disadvantages, but they also had certain important advantages: they provided standards of education and quality control for their specific profession. And of course those standards differed greatly between different professions. Somewhere in between people decided somewhat rightfully, that the power of the guilds were unfairly giving disadvantages to certain people, but instead of addressing those problems they mostly just eradicated the guilds, mushing all professions into a general education system, imposing same rules for everything, without regards of the usefulness or practicality. After a long history of development we are here now. With everything propped into a system that allows for no adaptions to different topics or educations at all. One size fits all is a myth. And the current educational system isn't a good institution and needs serious rework.
#15
"Concert tickets (HEAR ME OUT): I’m not saying concerts are getting worse but the entire process for getting tickets, as well as the pricing, have gotten worse. You used to be able to see big bands for like up to 100$, but now every concert is literally hundreds of dollars for a nosebleed seat alone for any band. Now, instead of going to retailers to buy physical tickets, we are buying from sh*tty corporations like StubHub and Ticketmaster who on occasion scam people and f*ck around with ticket pricing as a result of the online move meaning that ticket sellers can now be subtly scummy."
D3v1lD0ll 2 years ago
I remember when my uncle accidentally put a pair of $125 Aerosmith tickets through the washer, ruining them. Folks in my family brought it up as a horror story for at least a decade. This happened about 30 years ago.
Stephanie Case 2 years ago
Ticketmaster svc fees are horrible, but what's worse is they allow resellers on their site. So you'll be in line trying to at least see what is left in best available seats, and all that comes up are MFing resellers putting up floor seats for hundreds of dollars each. It's just BS.
#16
"Everything Nestle takes over."
#17
"Movies. Bigger budgets, less creative concepts/writing. Most blockbusters are just derivative of pre-existing intellectual property."
#18
"Scented candles, Yankee Candle in particular used to be the candle that was considered premium. But while they've never been cheap at least a while ago it was worth the money. But now they're just exorbitant in price, they don't smell like they used to, and they are not worth the money."
Sad Quokka 2 years ago
Yankee candles are paraffin rubbish. The margin they make on those is extortionate. Check out blugrass.co.uk for quality hand made ones
Heather Webb 2 years ago
Try Kringle Candle..smell and look like the yankee candles of old and are a good price
#19
"Arcades!!! Dave n Busters is ridiculously expensive, hyper-commercialized, and they all look the same/lack that mom n pop feel. I don't want to charge a card or play a game that's just an advertisement for a TV show. Let me throw tokens into a vintage pinball machine at a family-owned arcade, haphazardly grab my tickets after I play, count them out and buy some Reese's with my friends. Edit: This makes me sound like an old grouch. I still love arcades, but they just feel.. Different. Maybe it's just me getting older."
Jeremy James 2 years ago
The best is when you find a barcade where the old games have been modified to be free-play. I got to experience levels in games that I was never able to reach as a kid who only had a few quarters in his pocket. (I'm looking at you, classic Simpsons arcade game. You were a real quarter-hog.)
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
I vividly remember when you got the likes of Galaga, CENTIPEDE those awesome games for a quarter. And real rollover pinball machines with bells and the like.
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demonardvark said: "Cable/ Internet providers. Oh yes sorry your trial period was over, your bill went up 200 dollars. Oh no we didn't promise you 200mb/s download speed constantly, we said UP TO. Read the fine print." Jacker9090 replied: "'Up to 50mbps, not our problem if we tear down another hotspot and you internet goes from a barely usable 500kbps to something that timeouts web pages, a nice 50kbps. You'll get that sweet 90's nostalgia. 600 ping is bothering you? Nah that's perfectly acceptable. Oh and also we're doubling your bill, f*ck you. Oh and don't even think about any other provider. They just happen to have the exact same speeds, coverages and prices. No cartel here.'"
Temxas Red 2 years ago
Wait, people actually consider 500kb/s unusable???? I get that on a good day and its not unusable, just mediocre
#21
"As someone shopping for a house, I have to say homes. Not only has the real estate market been ridiculously inflated (especially in NYC, my residence), I'm finding that the actual quality of a lot of these homes are absolute sh*t. Due to the ability to find and source cheap materials and labor, developers are able to make huge profits off high prices and low costs. It's making me really rethink if I want buy a house, or just use all that money to aggressively invest."
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
Find an old neighborhood and buy an old house. They have so much character and charm and are built to last
#22
Akoni_8 said: "Size of bags of chips." Commenter replied: "I mean the bags have gotten bigger, but suddenly they need to sell you more air as well."
#23
NIRPL said: "Gaming. Mainly micro-transactions and subscription based purchases." Commenter replied: "Seriously tho, why are there subscriptions in a game. That makes no sense since you've already paid for the game."
Lonely Tentacle 2 years ago
The whole subscription thing has gotten completely out of hand! Everything is subscription based these days, even things you used to buy and keep! Like, how are people going to afford anything if they have to pay for everything? From software to streaming services, to heated car seats even when you own the car already and the seat-heating mechanism is already installed! This has gone way too far... ☹️
#24
UDAkumano said: "Printers." SueZbell replied: "It's about selling ink."
Jyndaru 2 years ago (edited)
One time I bought a whole new printer because it came with ink and the cost was cheaper than replacing the ink in the printer I already had
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago (edited)
And manufacturers are uploading new "firmware" monthly that reads the chips in cartridges and will reject the aftermarket cartridges you try to use. I got burned with about $200 (US) in aftermarket stock. It took me returning them to the store and complaining to find out that you need to uncheck the little box so they can't "update" your firmware on your network machines automatically.
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"Healthy food options."
GreythatEnby 2 years ago
That is edible, because some of the healthy food options are so bland or blended, they taste the apple sauce without the apple. You can still spice things and have it be healthy, most spices are healthy in moderate portions.
#26
"I’m sure this will get overlooked but KFC. I remember growing up a whole family could eat there and it was great! Now it’s just garbage, super greasy, and will cost you an arm and a leg for a dang bucket of chicken. They have gotten way worse and the price has went up."
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
Yep I hardly ever eat it anymore. Sometimes my mom gets a craving for it so she’ll treat us. Last time it cost $60 to feed 4 of us. We could’ve went to a sit down restaurant for that price
PaganPanda 2 years ago
During the less than a year I worked at one the prices went up at least 4 times!
RiceRiceBaby 929 2 years ago
Husband and I had bought a 12 piece bucket meal not too long ago. You're supposed to get 3 pieces of each cut. Instead of getting 3 chicken titties, we got 1 chicken titty, and a leg and thigh to replace the missing titties. That is in no way equivalent! Unfortunately we didn't notice until the next day. Never again!
#27
"Fast Food. I’m lucky to get a meal under $10 and even more lucky if it’s accurate."
#28
"Going to bars to drink. I don’t see the appeal of spending $11 for a mixed drink with a well liquor to chat with a friend. I’d rather invite my friends over for drinks and for the same price I can give my friends much better booze. Obviously I’m talking pre Covid."
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
I remember back in my bar/club days I could get wasted on $20. More a days that won’t even afford me a decent buzz
#29
ThatFinnishGu said: "Ice cream with fudge in it. Used to get massive slabs of fudge now they just have tiny nuggets." marvlyn replied: "I can pretty much only stand to buy Ben and Jerry's these days. It ruined other 'frozen dairy desserts' for me."
Libstak 2 years ago
Thiz is every filling in every ice cream brand whatsoever these days. I buy fudge, caramel and all other preferred syrups and additives separate now and only buy plain vanilla or chocolate ice cream tubs. Much better end product, can't be bothered digging for the tiny bit of flavoring in mixed tubs anymore. Plus the syrup lasts through several tubs cos you don't always want the same flavors.
Lonely Tentacle 2 years ago
That's a great idea. Custom ice cream flavors! I love it!
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quilp666 said: "All Cadburys products." Commenter replied: "Kraft ruined it."
Cierra Nope 2 years ago
Chocolate has been getting a lot worse. Hershey bars taste like sour milk.
#31
"Photo booths! Oh the old ones were so cool! Four different real photos for 1 dollar. - Now you pay $ 7 for four identical bad laser prints."
Liz Clarke 2 years ago
How long ago was that? I can remember using them for passport photos since I was a child (early 90s) and they've always been like that. You get a strip of the same photo, and while the price ha gone up it was always expensive for the time.
Random Dent 2 years ago
I remember getting different photos in the late 90s. I don't remember them being cheap though
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MsMeself said: "College tuition. When I hear college used to be paid with a summer job, my eyes get watery. I’m a college student." DpvReno replied: "I didn't pay for mine on a summer job but worked nights and lived alone and could take 3 classes a semester + summer classes (and paid 1/3 rent) with the money I made."
#33
"Face razors. They had it perfected with double edge blades in a metal razor. Cheap and incredible shaves. Modern plastic disposable razors are worse on your skin, give a worse shave, and grotesquely expensive. They are nothing more than monopolies controlling the availability and accessibility. When you go to the razor section at the store you can only choose from their garbage. I give double edged metal razors to men and women loves ones as gifts and universally their minds are blown realizing how much better and less expensive they are."
Cats 2 years ago
And don't forget the classic examples of pink tax (thing marked to women are more expensive compared to the exact same thing just not "girly")
Load More Replies... Jeremy James 2 years ago (edited)
I keep a jar of acetone on my bathroom counter to dip my razors into after I shave. The water evaporates off them immediately and they last twice as long. Water left on blades causes oxidation, which makes them dull. The absolute worst place you can keep razors is in the shower. It might be convenient, but you're going to have to replace them way more often if you do that.
Andrew McLoughlin 2 years ago
I usually keep both kinds around. Some kinds of shaving are better and cheaper with a classic safety razor, other kinds are much easier, and safer, with a disposable multi-blade pivoting head kind of thing. Almost impossible to cut yourself with one of those, in those places where it's hard to see what you're doing. Different tools for different jobs.
#34
timetobeatthekids said: "Health Insurance." minneapple79 replied: "Goddamn. Last year we ran out of money in our HSA in July. We were paying for everything out of pocket after that and praying for no major medical expenses. And we have Blue Cross Blue Shield! And it ain't cheap! What the hell are we paying for? This year has been a bit better, ironically(?) because of corona we haven't gone anywhere or done anything, so we actually have money in the HSA. Now we're like, 'uh... what do we do with this money if we still have it in December? New glasses for everybody?'"
#35
DarkSaviour18 said: "Smartphones in general. They made it less modular and more disposable. It's like you're forced to change your phone every two years, even when the only problem is a battery which in the past is removable and can easily be replaced." PauloFernandez replied: "I feel I have this problem less if I avoid the industry giants (Samsung, Apple). Motorola and Nokia used to be big in cell phones but not so much anymore and have made my two favorite smartphones I've ever had."
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
You need to replace it at the most every two years but they’re so expensive now that it takes up to 3 years to pay it off
️️Upvote faery️ 2 years ago
I've had the same ASUS phone for 8 years. It has absolutely no issues! I'll keep this phone until it burns out completely, and then I'll go back to Staples and buy another ASUS because f*ck the "big brands".
#36
"Girl Scout cookies. I remember people whining when I sold them back in the day when they were $2.50 a box. Now they’re what... $5/box?!? And not nearly as tasty as they used to be IMO."
Lighten Up 2 years ago
Been waiting for someone to mention Gorl Scout cookies. I sold them in 1960’s for $2/box! Smaller and fewer in a box now….. it’s a disgrace
R. H. 2 years ago
I remember those days. We use to look forward to GS cookie season. Then about 20 years ago it became too obvious the cookies were being value engineered .
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#37
ahjteam said: "This coming from an avid Apple user: Apple computers. I’d rather take 1cm extra thickness and more ports than using a hub for EVERYTHING." 95percentconfident replied: "For sure. This obsession with slim and light bothers me. If I wanted slim and light I would have bought an air. I need a laptop that I can travel with, is sufficiently powerful to run the programs I need for work, can connect to a projector, external HD, charge, and maybe plug in an SD card all at the same time, and seamlessly interface with our cluster which runs linux. The MacBook pro ending around 2015 was as close to perfect as you can get for an off-the-shelf laptop."
#38
badmangoodguy said: "Big Macs. That burger 'patty' is a stones throw away from being a slice of roast beef." GrizzlyEagleScout replied: "Just order a double quarter and ask them to make it like a Big Mac. It’s more expensive but the quality goes up. I work at McDonalds."
R. H. 2 years ago
McDonalds in Europe are pretty good because they have to compete and couldn't sell the garbage they get away selling in the states.
Load More Replies... Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
OMG I really noticed that the last time I had a Big Mac. I even made the comment about how small it was. It’s just a Mac now
#39
"Reese's peanut butter cups. Their "Big Cup" is basically the size of their original cup for double the price. Also it tastes different. I remember as a kid the original peanut butter cups came in those 4 packs and you could individually peel away the chocolate from the peanut butter. Like, part of the game for me was to try to peel back the chocolate so all I had was an intact peanut butter disc. Can't do that anymore. The chocolate is super thin and has no 'snap' to it. It's just mush."
#40
"Wood. Wood is getting worst because old growth makes the best building lumber, but of course if you cut down all the old trees there are no more old trees to cut down."
Craftsman 64 2 years ago
I get all my wood at no charge from trees that people are taking down. Not all are old growth (30-50 rings per inch) but none are plantation grown (5-10 rings per inch). Get in good with a few tree cutting companies and you can get all the white oak, walnut, cherry, and maple you want. The sawyer charges $85 US and hour but we can mill an average size tree in about 3 hours which includes slabs, quartersawn, and some dimensional lumber.
R. H. 2 years ago
50 rings an inch? In north America? Also, I am fortunate to live near a Amish sawmills and get S3S at a good price. I made my kitchen from 7\8 ash. 6 cats and no scratches and they tried.
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StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
Hempcrete should be more popular. (The one in the image was built in Ireland) Irelands-f...3011e5.jpg 
#41
Pbackrider said: "Anything EA." pumpkinpatch212 replied: "As a Sims player I came here to say this. The base game is so watered down and you have to buy expansions to even make it bearable and similar to previous sims generations."
Jyndaru 2 years ago
At least you can pirate all the Sims expansions. I'd never pay full price, sorry 🤷🏽♀️
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
Please tell me how. My kid just spent a bunch of money on an expansion pack for a game that’s now free
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"Car parts."
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago (edited)
You can still find things (relatively) reasonable price wise but you really need to shop. The stuff you buy on the corner is, by and large, overpriced junk. They know that they have by the short and curlies because you need it now but if you can plan out a repair you can get decent deals online and lots of places include delivery. Of course that is if you aren't ordering a fuel tank.
#43
-LeatherWhip- said: "Netflix." littleallred008 replied: "If you’re the one providing the ten other people with the account."
You Should Do Nothing with the Fence 2 years ago
I find it frustrating that so much of most of the content on all these platforms requires you to rent or buy what you want to see. What am I paying a monthly fee for? My favorite is the offer of renting the movie for the same price as buying it.
Lonely Tentacle 2 years ago
You pay to gain access to more options when you could pay some more! It's stupid...
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"Disney Theme Parks. (Speaking pre Covid world) They were better when you could do an entire park in a day, cost much less, like $40 vs whatever the insane price is now, and they limited who could get in. Universal is the same way, specifically Halloween Horror nights. It was $15 the first time I went, they capped how many tickets they sold and you had time to do every house plus a couple of rides. It was my favorite and we would go every year. Now? It's like $70 for a ticket, you have to buy fast pass for another $30 or $40 just so you have a chance to do every house because the lines can literally be hours long because they don't cap ticket sales and they recycle the same houses but pretend it's a new theme. It's so miserable we stopped going."
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
I have lost any interest in ever going there because of crowds, wait times, and “ influencers” all over the place
Zelda Fitzgerald 2 years ago
Universal sucks. All the rides are the same thing just themed after different movies.
#45
"Wendy's In 1999, I could get a delicious, juicy double cheeseburger combo for $5.15. Now, I can get a dry, squished thing and like 5 french fries for $9."
#46
Bonzos_bathroom said: "College education in the US." Mistes replied: "Honestly this is a great point. My dad paid off his school year with a summer job, I pay off one year with ~5 years of work and gradual repayment with interest. There's the perspective that online learning is just as good, which can be a fair point to make sometimes but with the price of education staying the same even for these online courses, a comparison is to be made - will the teachers be as integrated with their students? What of an intimate classroom setting where you get to view the reactions of your peers and have a fluid conversation? I think it will depend on the class whether it can be done effectively, but I don't think it's worth $50,000 per year. Access to the same facilities, resources, etc... is definitely lacking with online learning. Education has also predominately become a business, and for many institutions this way of business has degraded at the quality of education as dollars are stowed to pay the higher ranked staff. I can't say more money isn't better, but there are diminishing returns."
R. H. 2 years ago
On a related note, I enlisted in '80 and have VA med for life.
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#47
"Coca cola No real sugar, just hfcs, a shrinkflation has hit soda pretty hard. All candy kinda s*cks more and you get less."
#48
"Smarties. Never been right since they got rid of all the artificial colours. Better for you, I'm sure, but chemical blue was the best flavour."
️️Upvote faery️ 2 years ago
I've never noticed a difference in the taste of the colours.... The chocolate in these is awful though, I much prefer M&M's chocolate over Smarties chocolate!
#49
Aero222 said: "I remember the donuts at dunkin donuts to be bigger and cheaper." ALoudMeow replied: "And there was a huge selection of flavors every day!"
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
I used to love their toasted coconut donut...now it's just a dry plain donut covered with u toasted, chewy coconut.
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
Yes! Since they shifted their focus to coffee the quality and selection has gone down. They even discontinued my favorite peanut donut so I don’t do that often anymore
#50
"Pokemon games."
IronySairo 2 years ago
I haven't enjoyed a pokemon game since black and white. I know they're trying to cater to kids, but the games are so easy and there's just so much extra c**p in them that it distracts you from the main game. I came to catch 'em all. Not play barbie dress up.
W0lfiest W0lfAlive 2 years ago
They've got three years to put together a game that looks as good as people expect it to.... So it's all cut corners. If they took their damn time, they could put out a good game, but they know they make it just playable (if that) and people will still pay for it. So why bother?
#51
ushouldcmoiinacrown said: "People outside the UK probably won't care but... the Christmas tins of Quality Street." sonlovesbrolicky replied: "Canadian here, yes we do care. When quality streets go on clearance after Christmas, I stock up so I have some last until the following Christmas (not that they last until then)"
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
I hate how they have changed the chocolates to be the same boring rectangular shape and the fillings have changed too. I have no interest in them now, so boring .
Lonely Tentacle 2 years ago
Yeah, they used to be awesome, and even your less favorite flavors weee still enjoyable. Now there's a couple nice flavors and the rest are just meh...
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nahgem_ said: "Panera Bread." Armyofducks94 replied: "Have not eaten there since they got rid of my favorite sandwich. It’s now overpriced, cheap made hospital food."
FreeDemise 2 years ago
Also, what hospitals are yall going to that actually have decent food? The ones around my area have food that's worse than school food.
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zak 2 years ago
The one near my work is pretty good. I add a bunch of veggies and stuff to my sandwiches and usually change the bread, and it's still really good. Plus they have pickled onions, which not many places have. They are wayyyy overpriced though, so I only go once or twice a month, or if they give me a really good coupon in the app.
#53
"Bar soap. Smaller and less in the middle. That bend don’t impress me!"
#54
"BMW relative to it's competition over the years. If you've been in a BMW from 2012 to 2021, you can really see how antiquidated they've become. Standard steering wheel is just a big hunk of plastic. No touch screens, the software is a mess. Vents look old. Horse power, the thing is anemic compared to cars tens of thousands cheaper. The car has extremely high maintenance cost, and has an insane starting price. 320i is a 180 HP hot piece of sh*t. They depreciate so fast, you could get better performance and build quality out of a Honda/Toyota. The sad thing is, the Kia Stinger is holding it's value better, and you get a 6 cylinder engine with more horse power."
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Does anyone actually WANT a touchscreen in their car? And if-so, why? It seems like the worst possible choice for a HMI.
R. H. 2 years ago
All those manual control's we could manipulate without looking at replaced with touch screen we have to focus attention on.
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BlueKnightBrownHorse said: "My university education, specifically this year. They are raising tuition AND fall semester has no in-person sessions." Benjammn replied: "I don't envy college students during this crisis. I would be pissed, especially if I had a major dependant on university facilities (labs, etc.). I honestly would highly consider a gap year (or two)."
zak 2 years ago
As long as college football/basketball keeps generating so much revenue for the university, that's never going to change.
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"Prague. I went earlier this year, it feels like Disneyland with the amount of tourists and tourist traps, and it isn't really cheap anymore compared with other cities in Europe. I visited Poland (Gdansk and Wroclaw) twice last year and enjoyed those trips a lot more."
Agent Magenta 2 years ago
Lol, like textbook example of elitist first world problems. Everybody else talking about food, shelter, clothing and s**t rising in cost for diminishing quality an this dude's all "I had take my last two BIANNUAL EUROPEAN VACATIONS in Poland, 'cause Prague has gotten so tourist-y" The struggle is real, yo.
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
Maybe that person is not from the USA. For us Europeans, going to Prague is not that expensive. And we do have paid vacations.
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"Authentic Mexican Restaurants. I remember going the first year and having so much meat in the tacos/entrees. Then next thing you know the prices going up and the meat quantity going down. I'm calling you out Mi Casita in NC!"
Zelda Fitzgerald 2 years ago (edited)
I'm lucky to live in the Bay Area, California where there are great taquerias all over, and with so many around the prices are relatively low.
Shang Robin 2 years ago
Bruh the bay area houses are impossible to get if you don't work in tech.
Load More Replies... Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
I’m in texas and believe it or not I have not found a a good authentic Mexican restaurant yet. Nothing can beat the place i used to go to in Mexican in Detroit
#58
"Star Wars."
IronySairo 2 years ago
As someone who didn't watch Star wars until I was an adult I absolutely love Mando. I haven't seen the other ones yet.
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R. H. 2 years ago
Grandpa got the clap in his 60's. Grandma was not amused.
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