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Mr. Ected

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17. I live in deep red Georgia, and I do the same thing

Reply to GusBob (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 01:13 PM

Nov 2025

I normally say, after getting rung up for $100+ for things I know cost a lot less just a few months ago, "good thing prices aren't going up". A sympathetic cashier will roll their eyes when I say it; a MAGA cashier usually looks back at me dully, as if my words didn't register in their closed-off little mind.

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that's the thing Skittles Nov 2025 #25

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Delivery costs jonstl08 Nov 2025 #23

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Gawd... SheltieLover Nov 2025 #29

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come to think of it... Trueblue Texan Nov 2025 #35

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Had to have online grocery delivery KT2000 Nov 2025 #32