A Boring Dystopia

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This was in upliftingnews but imo, they've been overcharging for years and now they're framing this as a feel good story (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 days ago by ByteOnBikes to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Breve@pawb.social 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Except this feels less of a "we're lowering prices out of the goodness of our hearts because they were too high all along" vibe and more of a "the working class has been nearly suffocated under the boot of capitalism but we need to keep you alive to extract the remaining pennies" vibe.

[–] ByteOnBikes 4 points 4 days ago

"After charging you $80 dollars for a night out, we have dropped it to $60. Please clap."