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Seriously, what's up with big sites literally dying as we speak? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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First all the bs with Twitter and Elon, then Reddit having an exodus to Lemmy (not complaining lol), then Twitch. Are we like, in an alternate self healing dimension or something?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Going out especially is insane. I'm not terribly far off from Hartford, CT, and no matter where we go, if my wife and I go out just for two drinks total, one for each of us, we're not walking out of there without spending less than $25 or even $30. That's just fucking wild to me. If we want to have dinner--two mains, one shared app, one drink each--we're looking at at least $100 to $120, and that's just to any random place, not a high-end eatery or anything. And every single place will hand you a little Square thing or whatever with tip suggestions that start at 18% and go up to 25%.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

100% feel you. Fortunately my wife LOVES to cook (no sarcasm, it's literally her favorite hobby, I am one lucky bastard), Craft beer/liquor has never been more accessible, and I am pretty decent at cold brewing my own coffee! For now, most the unnecessary spending can be avoided completely and I'm not sad about it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I just bought myself two pastries, thinking that's cheaper than getting lunch. Each one was $7.

$7.00 Hot Bites
$7.75 Canadian Bacon Cheese

Purchase Subtotal $14.75
Sales Tax (10%) $1.48
Tip $2.43
Total $18.66

Welcome to Seattle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's been so long since I lived in Seattle that those prices look high for past security at SEA. Yikes.