The first time I read it when I was a wee child, I really didn’t get the whole Boots Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory) but boy, is that ever the most succinct description of how modern capitalism works.
Terry Pratchett truly told it how it is. I’m so happy I got to read him in high school when nobody else in the mainstream was writing nuanced takes on gender expression.
I really am sad I didn’t get that experience. My teenage self would’ve loved discworld. And had I been able to read the shepherds crown when I was 18 (idk if it was out yet then) I think it would’ve broken me in the way I needed
Remember that these used to be called a “5 and dime”. The concept is the same but the pricing changes over time. Eventually we’ll stop thinking of them as a dollar store.
The dollar store is more expensive outside ephemeral purchases like party supplies… it’s cheaper to go to mass furnishing retailers, grocery stores or hardware stores and your shit doesn’t break in two weeks.
Most customers looking for extreme budget items are now turning overseas to things like temu because they actually deliver lower prices.
Dollar general isn’t actually a “dollar store”, more like a “discount” store. They sit in-between a dollar store and traditional store. They’ll have more recognizable name brand products VS a dollar store, but the sizing might be smaller or slightly damaged packaging. They’re like a Burlington or TJ Maxx, but with smaller stores and sell groceries.
That being said, our actual dollar stores like Dollar Tree have also gotten more expensive, used to be everything was a dollar. Now many things are a 1.25 going up to 5 for the more…“premium” stuff
If Americans are too poor to shop at the dollar store, I guess we might actually have to eat the rich.
Went to a “dollar store” recently and as it turns out, not a single damn thing in there was actually $1.
$1.50? $2? $5? $10? Absolutely.
So just more corporate greed under the guise of inflation aimed at people who are “financially constrained”.
(Also the rich go great with a nice red wine.)
Also, those inexpensive (non-food) items are lower quality and will wear out/break faster. Poverty charges interest…
Yep.
The first time I read it when I was a wee child, I really didn’t get the whole Boots Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory) but boy, is that ever the most succinct description of how modern capitalism works.
Terry Pratchett truly told it how it is. I’m so happy I got to read him in high school when nobody else in the mainstream was writing nuanced takes on gender expression.
I really am sad I didn’t get that experience. My teenage self would’ve loved discworld. And had I been able to read the shepherds crown when I was 18 (idk if it was out yet then) I think it would’ve broken me in the way I needed
Even the food items are sold in crazy tiny portions that in general, but not always, are a rip off compared to most other stores.
It’s amazing what you can get away with when you operate a store in a food desert!
Oh that includes the food. I once bought “American cheese” from a dollar store that wouldn’t melt. Never bought food from a dollar store again.
I once bought a can of dollar store clams, but as a joke “shitty” Christmas present
That’s horrifying.
How were they?
That’s terrifying…
Remember that these used to be called a “5 and dime”. The concept is the same but the pricing changes over time. Eventually we’ll stop thinking of them as a dollar store.
It’s called a dollar store because you pay with dollars -their PR spokesperson probably
Actually human meat would go better with a full white wine as we taste like pork.
The dollar store is more expensive outside ephemeral purchases like party supplies… it’s cheaper to go to mass furnishing retailers, grocery stores or hardware stores and your shit doesn’t break in two weeks.
Most customers looking for extreme budget items are now turning overseas to things like temu because they actually deliver lower prices.
Dollar stores are exploitive as fuck.
Dollar general isn’t actually a “dollar store”, more like a “discount” store. They sit in-between a dollar store and traditional store. They’ll have more recognizable name brand products VS a dollar store, but the sizing might be smaller or slightly damaged packaging. They’re like a Burlington or TJ Maxx, but with smaller stores and sell groceries.
That being said, our actual dollar stores like Dollar Tree have also gotten more expensive, used to be everything was a dollar. Now many things are a 1.25 going up to 5 for the more…“premium” stuff
Imagine if a Dark Mirror episode had poor people eating rich people to survive…