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How is eating out such a ripoff in this country? Is it salvageable?

It’s just stupid money. In most foreign countries you ...
light wonderful theatre roommate
  05/12/25
It's ridiculous and I no longer even enjoy it at all, really...
Erotic maroon station
  05/12/25
Yep. It’s not enjoyable when they are robbing you blin...
light wonderful theatre roommate
  05/12/25
is $15 a lot of money to you?
poppy demanding abode
  05/12/25
It’s a lot for a quarter pounder meal you fucking reta...
Bistre supple rehab
  05/13/25
sorry you’re a poor
poppy demanding abode
  05/13/25
wasting $ on dumb prole shit is what actual poor people do. ...
Bistre supple rehab
  05/13/25
rich people don’t bitch about $15
poppy demanding abode
  05/13/25
The quality of most “takeout” is fucking laughab...
racy party of the first part
  05/12/25
I blame the delivery apps for that. They know they can get a...
light wonderful theatre roommate
  05/12/25
wtf is cold steam?
Cracking step-uncle's house double fault
  05/12/25
the wait staff don't even try to be friendly anymore ime, no...
passionate base
  05/12/25
Haha yeah. The level of contempt from the losers of striveri...
light wonderful theatre roommate
  05/12/25
we're turning into Europe with worse phenotypes. Ruin lies a...
passionate base
  05/12/25
Ahead?
dashing buck-toothed tank stain
  05/12/25
...
Paralegal Mohammad
  09/30/25
I haven't noticed a difference. This may just be because you...
sinister concupiscible casino turdskin
  05/12/25
https://www.chilis.com/menu#3-for-me HTH
dashing buck-toothed tank stain
  05/12/25
we turned it into almost a necessity, huge chunks of the pub...
Ungodly love of her life public bath
  05/12/25
If people don’t cook wouldn’t there be more rest...
light wonderful theatre roommate
  05/12/25
there are more, way more, like a thousand percent increase s...
Ungodly love of her life public bath
  05/12/25
Then why aren’t they cheaper. This idea that demand ha...
light wonderful theatre roommate
  05/12/25
it has, ubereats and doordash are entire segments of the eco...
Ungodly love of her life public bath
  05/12/25
cooking is for families. hardly makes sense for singles and ...
poppy demanding abode
  05/12/25
that's bullshit.
passionate base
  05/12/25
price your time properly and I assure you it’s not
poppy demanding abode
  05/12/25
This assumes that restaurants are convenient and they are no...
Medicated diverse parlour toaster
  05/12/25
it isn't about time, you have plenty of free time in the eve...
Ungodly love of her life public bath
  05/12/25
“it isn’t about the one thing you will never get...
poppy demanding abode
  05/12/25
sitting on your ass waiting for cold slop to be delivered is...
Ungodly love of her life public bath
  05/12/25
that's why you shove some slop down your throat during your ...
Big-titted whorehouse
  05/13/25
You are an actual retard
Bistre supple rehab
  05/12/25
What better thing do you have to do with your time
Know-it-all box office wagecucks
  05/12/25
lol
poppy demanding abode
  05/12/25
Seriously, who cares
Know-it-all box office wagecucks
  05/12/25
high grocery prices are making eating out more reasonable th...
excitant nighttime wrinkle
  05/12/25
i feel like this is why 'food trucks' run by guatemalans in ...
Up-to-no-good menage mediation
  05/12/25
In SoCal a burrito off one of those trucks is $15. They are ...
light wonderful theatre roommate
  05/12/25
...
Erotic maroon station
  05/12/25
mostly because of whiny, cheap shitlib jews like you
startled meetinghouse
  05/12/25
Eating out is too much of a hassle. My four kids make it a c...
Medicated diverse parlour toaster
  05/12/25
serious alcoholics stop enjoying bars or even drinking altog...
excitant nighttime wrinkle
  05/12/25
Are you implying that I am a food addict and I have lost my ...
Medicated diverse parlour toaster
  05/12/25
one can take a single look at you and see you have plenty of...
Know-it-all box office wagecucks
  05/12/25
real estate.
slimy nubile hairy legs corner
  05/12/25
Jews
crusty gas station police squad
  05/12/25
...
abnormal ticket booth jap
  05/12/25
QE. COL will continue to skyrocket i seriously have no...
abnormal ticket booth jap
  05/12/25
much of it is likely because you have don't put enough thoug...
Pearl Pontificating School
  05/12/25
yeah thats what it is if only we clipped coupons more aggres...
abnormal ticket booth jap
  05/12/25
no not that. if you just pick good restaurants the eating ou...
Pearl Pontificating School
  05/12/25
okay but none of that touches on the fact that shit is a lot...
abnormal ticket booth jap
  05/12/25
agree that it costs $25 for a sandwich these days. which pis...
Pearl Pontificating School
  05/12/25
ai programming robocops who would literally kill us
slimy nubile hairy legs corner
  05/12/25
Labor costs are to blame for much of this. They be rising. ...
Metal exhilarant trailer park old irish cottage
  05/12/25
We need to immediately ban these Jewish middlemen delivery c...
light wonderful theatre roommate
  05/12/25
You’re retarded. I’ve been to Italy, Greece, and...
High-end violet nibblets
  05/12/25
Where are you eating in Italy that is very expensive? You ca...
Crawly Odious Sex Offender Parlor
  05/13/25
He is actually correct. Those aperol+snack in milan are duri...
aqua thriller haunted graveyard coffee pot
  05/13/25
lol stupid flame
poppy demanding abode
  05/13/25
Are you joking, this is the dumbest post ITT. Europe is laug...
180 Carnelian Psychic
  05/13/25
That's why people go to allinclusives in turkey, dubai, etc ...
aqua thriller haunted graveyard coffee pot
  05/13/25
inflationpwned kike slop plus expected tip for parasite serv...
exciting cumskin shrine
  05/13/25
you have to go out in an exurb or rural area Go out in do...
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  05/13/25


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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:05 PM
Author: light wonderful theatre roommate

It’s just stupid money. In most foreign countries you can eat much better for a fraction of the cost. Here even fast food is pushing $15/meal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925152)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:06 PM
Author: Erotic maroon station

It's ridiculous and I no longer even enjoy it at all, really.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925154)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:08 PM
Author: light wonderful theatre roommate

Yep. It’s not enjoyable when they are robbing you blind.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925161)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:07 PM
Author: poppy demanding abode

is $15 a lot of money to you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925156)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 8:27 AM
Author: Bistre supple rehab

It’s a lot for a quarter pounder meal you fucking retard. How much money you have is irrelevant.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48926343)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 11:51 AM
Author: poppy demanding abode

sorry you’re a poor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48926820)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: Bistre supple rehab

wasting $ on dumb prole shit is what actual poor people do. sorry you're a poor.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48926826)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 12:43 PM
Author: poppy demanding abode

rich people don’t bitch about $15

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48927099)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:09 PM
Author: racy party of the first part

The quality of most “takeout” is fucking laughable in 2025. Amazing nosedive in the last 10 and even 5 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925164)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:14 PM
Author: light wonderful theatre roommate

I blame the delivery apps for that. They know they can get away with shit if people are willing to pay premiums for cold steamy food.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925178)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: Cracking step-uncle's house double fault

wtf is cold steam?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925570)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:10 PM
Author: passionate base

the wait staff don't even try to be friendly anymore ime, not that I blame them. but kinda weird to go out to eat and the service is like "this fuckin' guy 🙄"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925166)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:13 PM
Author: light wonderful theatre roommate

Haha yeah. The level of contempt from the losers of striverism towards those they perceive to have maed it in 2025 is through the roof. Nowhere is this misplaced bitterness more evident than in the service industry. It’s like they fucking hate you for them having to work lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925176)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: passionate base

we're turning into Europe with worse phenotypes. Ruin lies ahead.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925179)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:16 PM
Author: dashing buck-toothed tank stain

Ahead?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925182)



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Date: September 30th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#49315542)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:02 PM
Author: sinister concupiscible casino turdskin

I haven't noticed a difference. This may just be because you moved to Scumfuck rural CT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925297)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:11 PM
Author: dashing buck-toothed tank stain

https://www.chilis.com/menu#3-for-me

HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925169)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:12 PM
Author: Ungodly love of her life public bath

we turned it into almost a necessity, huge chunks of the public simply can't or won't cook so they will spend whatever is asked of them, America is an evil place

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925172)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: light wonderful theatre roommate

If people don’t cook wouldn’t there be more restaurants to address the demand? I feel like there is something more nefarious going on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925210)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: Ungodly love of her life public bath

there are more, way more, like a thousand percent increase since the 90's

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925229)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:39 PM
Author: light wonderful theatre roommate

Then why aren’t they cheaper. This idea that demand has exploded to the degree you are suggesting just doesn’t seem believable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925251)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:51 PM
Author: Ungodly love of her life public bath

it has, ubereats and doordash are entire segments of the economy that just didn't exist AT ALL a few years ago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925278)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:37 PM
Author: poppy demanding abode

cooking is for families. hardly makes sense for singles and even busy couples

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925244)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:38 PM
Author: passionate base

that's bullshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925250)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:43 PM
Author: poppy demanding abode

price your time properly and I assure you it’s not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925257)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:47 PM
Author: Medicated diverse parlour toaster

This assumes that restaurants are convenient and they are not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925265)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:53 PM
Author: Ungodly love of her life public bath

it isn't about time, you have plenty of free time in the evening to cook a meal, but in terms of portions and food waste cooking for one requires either enormous discipline or a tolerance for eating the same thing all week, just up it to two portions and the math flips immediately

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925283)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:14 PM
Author: poppy demanding abode

“it isn’t about the one thing you will never get back”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925329)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:15 PM
Author: Ungodly love of her life public bath

sitting on your ass waiting for cold slop to be delivered is not a better use of life than cooking good food

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925332)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 12:46 PM
Author: Big-titted whorehouse

that's why you shove some slop down your throat during your commute home

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48927116)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:15 PM
Author: Bistre supple rehab

You are an actual retard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925335)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:22 PM
Author: Know-it-all box office wagecucks

What better thing do you have to do with your time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925355)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:43 PM
Author: poppy demanding abode

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925414)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:13 PM
Author: Know-it-all box office wagecucks

Seriously, who cares

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925174)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:35 PM
Author: excitant nighttime wrinkle

high grocery prices are making eating out more reasonable these days, especially at non-chain places. $15 sandwich w/ a side at a diner or deli v. $12/pound turkey etc. etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925234)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:37 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good menage mediation

i feel like this is why 'food trucks' run by guatemalans in places like gas station parking lots have become more popular over time. they just quickly serve you your slop without complaint or attitude.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925245)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: light wonderful theatre roommate

In SoCal a burrito off one of those trucks is $15. They are not any cheaper than brick and mortar around here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925253)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:49 PM
Author: Erotic maroon station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925268)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: startled meetinghouse

mostly because of whiny, cheap shitlib jews like you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925254)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: Medicated diverse parlour toaster

Eating out is too much of a hassle. My four kids make it a challenge so I just don’t do it.

One of the most tedious things about work actually is the expectation of eating all the time, too. Like they’ll have a breakfast (I don’t eat breakfast), and then they’ll have a lunch (and I usually don’t eat at that time either), and then they’ll have a dinner that goes to 1030 or 1100 and the expectation will be that you drink booze (and I don’t drink).

But restaurants themselves are all flame. I don’t know the last time I had a good meal anywhere or actually enjoyed myself at a restaurant.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925264)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:02 PM
Author: excitant nighttime wrinkle

serious alcoholics stop enjoying bars or even drinking altogether before long too, to be fair.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925294)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:04 PM
Author: Medicated diverse parlour toaster

Are you implying that I am a food addict and I have lost my ability to get pleasure from the object of my addiction?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925299)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:16 PM
Author: Know-it-all box office wagecucks

one can take a single look at you and see you have plenty of time to eat lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925337)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: slimy nubile hairy legs corner

real estate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925298)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:16 PM
Author: crusty gas station police squad

Jews

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925338)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:17 PM
Author: abnormal ticket booth jap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925341)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:17 PM
Author: abnormal ticket booth jap

QE.

COL will continue to skyrocket

i seriously have no idea why there aren't pitchforks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925339)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:27 PM
Author: Pearl Pontificating School

much of it is likely because you have don't put enough thought into your restaurant choices. you also seem to order food from the apps, thereby ensuring you will incur a 40% markup in fees

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925371)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:31 PM
Author: abnormal ticket booth jap

yeah thats what it is if only we clipped coupons more aggressively you can eat out at 1999 prices

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925388)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:42 PM
Author: Pearl Pontificating School

no not that. if you just pick good restaurants the eating out experience is worth it. they can be counter serve places even. if you're in a major metro there's going to be high quality food at all levels. you just have to know where to look. also, we cook at home. a lot. we're fairly good at it. so eating out is the exception, not the rule

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925412)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:44 PM
Author: abnormal ticket booth jap

okay but none of that touches on the fact that shit is a lot more expensive than it was. this trend will not reverse without mass economic hardship or an AI miracle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925421)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:51 PM
Author: Pearl Pontificating School

agree that it costs $25 for a sandwich these days. which pisses me off. describe the AI miracle that would bring prices down

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925458)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:16 PM
Author: slimy nubile hairy legs corner

ai programming robocops who would literally kill us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925523)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:00 PM
Author: Metal exhilarant trailer park old irish cottage

Labor costs are to blame for much of this. They be rising. Energy too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925495)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:27 PM
Author: light wonderful theatre roommate

We need to immediately ban these Jewish middlemen delivery companies that put immense upward pressure on prices. If dorks are willing to pay $30 for a shittier version of the same sandwich delivered why should they not charge $22 in the restaurant?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925553)



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Date: May 12th, 2025 9:35 PM
Author: High-end violet nibblets

You’re retarded. I’ve been to Italy, Greece, and France in the past year which were all historically cheaper than the US (esp. NYC) for food if you compare similar experiences. The food in Greece has become way more expensive with a weakening dollar and the Ukraine war waging on. Italy and France remain very expensive unless you are eating takeaway food.

I’m sure food is still cheap in shit-hole-istan, but I’m a white American and would not want to ever visit there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48925564)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 2:45 AM
Author: Crawly Odious Sex Offender Parlor

Where are you eating in Italy that is very expensive? You can get an aperol spritz for 4 euros (or 3) and it comes with half a sandwich.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48926097)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 12:43 PM
Author: aqua thriller haunted graveyard coffee pot

He is actually correct. Those aperol+snack in milan are during set times i.e. 12-4 when people are looking to eat something else.. actul dinner isn't that much cheaper. More notably Spain and Italy are actually cheaper for restaurants than east Europe now..

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48927102)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 4:45 AM
Author: poppy demanding abode

lol stupid flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48926152)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: 180 Carnelian Psychic

Are you joking, this is the dumbest post ITT. Europe is laughably cheap and higher quality.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48926958)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 12:14 PM
Author: aqua thriller haunted graveyard coffee pot

That's why people go to allinclusives in turkey, dubai, etc you could literally eat $200/person equivalent(if you ate at restaurnts). Then take free sun umbrellas and unlimited booze..

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48926942)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 12:15 PM
Author: exciting cumskin shrine

inflationpwned kike slop plus expected tip for parasite serverscum

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48926948)



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Date: May 13th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Big-titted whorehouse

you have to go out in an exurb or rural area

Go out in downtown Minneapolis and you're paying obscene prices plus "health and wellness charges" so the gay servers can fuck each other in the ass more.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724207&forum_id=2,#48927103)