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alt-text: Woman ordering food (photo): “I would like to buy a hamburger for the same price that it was 2 hours ago.”

Cashier (sketched): “Sir, this is a Wendy's”

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[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 46 points 8 months ago (4 children)

If you still frequent an establishment that does this, you're the problem

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you know what sucks about there being SOOOOOO many people? It's that there's always a certain percentage that are morons and they still go for shit like this, ruining it for everyone else.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's an interesting spin on the tragedy of the commons. There's no public or shared resources here, but the few are still ruining it for the many.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The tragedy of the commons is all capitalist nonsense from the 60s anyway. People are quite good at balancing resources within their communities, and sharing spaces and resources makes everyone’s experiences better. It’s only with the “profit at others expense” capitalist mindset that the cooperative model falls apart.

https://aeon.co/essays/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-is-a-false-and-dangerous-myth

The few will always ruin it for the many where capitalism is involved. It’s inevitable.

But it’s not the few you think it is. It’s not normal people just trying to get by, it’s the people who set it up this way in the first place. They know not everyone will stop. It’s squarely on them.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

That appears to be an opinion piece based on anecdotal evidence, which, while the original claim is not based on science either, does not provide adequate evidence to dismiss it as "capitalist nonsense".

It is merely another claim in the opposite direction. They are equally valid takes, but one does not refute the other.

[–] STOMPYI@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago
[–] Mango@lemmy.world -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm looking at you Apple fanboys!

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Apple doesn’t do surge pricing on anything, the fuck are you on about?

[–] Mango@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you frequent than establishment with all the bullshit it pulls, you're the problem.

The fuck kinda cherry picking stupid you gotta be to miss that?

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

it feels like you didn’t even respond to my comment