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minus-squareTheJesusaurus@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·5 days agoI never understood people who got bent out of shape about giving a 14 year old 9 cents worth of candy one day a year.
minus-square🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 days agoi don’t care if a middle aged man shows up, life is better if we invest in joy
minus-squareblackberry28@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoAre those 9 cents worth of candy in the room for us? No for real, hasn’t candy, like anything else, become expensive?
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoYes, I was using a form of language known as “hyperbole” where you deliberately exaggerate to make a point. However. A quick google shows me I can buy a box of 100 mini chocolate bars for $13 at Walmart, or roughly 13¢ per bar.
minus-squarePolisheocket@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoIt’s an old school Boomer mindset. My parents used to get drunk and mess with the older looking kids. Kinda messed up now that I look back at it
I never understood people who got bent out of shape about giving a 14 year old 9 cents worth of candy one day a year.
i don’t care if a middle aged man shows up, life is better if we invest in joy
Are those 9 cents worth of candy in the room for us?
No for real, hasn’t candy, like anything else, become expensive?
Yes, I was using a form of language known as “hyperbole” where you deliberately exaggerate to make a point.
However. A quick google shows me I can buy a box of 100 mini chocolate bars for $13 at Walmart, or roughly 13¢ per bar.
It’s an old school Boomer mindset. My parents used to get drunk and mess with the older looking kids. Kinda messed up now that I look back at it