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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Tbf some of the discounted prices are pretty damn low but my JFC charging $8.50 for bottle water should be a criminal offense

[–] Chef@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can save $2 by adding corn syrup and food coloring though.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

But you lose the plastic bottle in exchange for a flimsier paper cup.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Especially when it's Dasani.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wtf I'm Australian and never had a "bad" bottle of water and never even considered that could be a thing. The hell are they doing to it.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

They add salt to it for "flavor". Yes, I'm serious. It's not like sea water, but it definitely tastes like bad tap water.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's because you put your water in bags

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everything tastes better from a bag. Fact.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can’t get her to climb in there though.

She’s your mom, maybe you can talk to her for me?

I'll see what I can do 🤷

Well it's a Coca Cola brand, so I wouldn't rule out any nefarious corruption of it tbh 🤷

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

Soda is cheaper than water before discounts.. How does that work out

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

I'd like this to be the phrase associated with positive change.

Thanks, Luigi

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

feels like they're just tryna avoid another Luigi

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

for families that don't want to spend a lot of money

Bub, almost nobody wants to spend a lot of money.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago

The Atlanta Falcons made their concessions cheap some years ago. Planet Money did a podcast about it.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/11/07/665277099/episode-874-hot-dog-hail-mary

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Holy shit those pre discount prices are criminal.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

tickets are $70 per person. Yikes