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minus-squareTheJesusaurus@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·12 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-up18·11 days agoi don’t care if a middle aged man shows up, life is better if we invest in joy
minus-squarePolisheocket@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 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
minus-squareblackberry28@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 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-up8·10 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.
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
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
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.