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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 ...
Cracking Narrow-minded Stage
  05/12/25
It's ridiculous and I no longer even enjoy it at all, really...
Spruce hell
  05/12/25
Yep. It’s not enjoyable when they are robbing you blin...
Cracking Narrow-minded Stage
  05/12/25
is $15 a lot of money to you?
Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping
  05/12/25
It’s a lot for a quarter pounder meal you fucking reta...
Blue hall associate
  05/13/25
sorry you’re a poor
Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping
  05/13/25
wasting $ on dumb prole shit is what actual poor people do. ...
Blue hall associate
  05/13/25
rich people don’t bitch about $15
Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping
  05/13/25
The quality of most “takeout” is fucking laughab...
Silver station
  05/12/25
I blame the delivery apps for that. They know they can get a...
Cracking Narrow-minded Stage
  05/12/25
wtf is cold steam?
cowardly wonderful dog poop
  05/12/25
the wait staff don't even try to be friendly anymore ime, no...
Bateful Site Masturbator
  05/12/25
Haha yeah. The level of contempt from the losers of striveri...
Cracking Narrow-minded Stage
  05/12/25
we're turning into Europe with worse phenotypes. Ruin lies a...
Bateful Site Masturbator
  05/12/25
Ahead?
Arousing scarlet queen of the night address
  05/12/25
I haven't noticed a difference. This may just be because you...
glassy parlor
  05/12/25
https://www.chilis.com/menu#3-for-me HTH
Arousing scarlet queen of the night address
  05/12/25
we turned it into almost a necessity, huge chunks of the pub...
Stirring lemon lodge
  05/12/25
If people don’t cook wouldn’t there be more rest...
Cracking Narrow-minded Stage
  05/12/25
there are more, way more, like a thousand percent increase s...
Stirring lemon lodge
  05/12/25
Then why aren’t they cheaper. This idea that demand ha...
Cracking Narrow-minded Stage
  05/12/25
it has, ubereats and doordash are entire segments of the eco...
Stirring lemon lodge
  05/12/25
cooking is for families. hardly makes sense for singles and ...
Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping
  05/12/25
that's bullshit.
Bateful Site Masturbator
  05/12/25
price your time properly and I assure you it’s not
Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping
  05/12/25
This assumes that restaurants are convenient and they are no...
flesh internet-worthy people who are hurt parlour
  05/12/25
it isn't about time, you have plenty of free time in the eve...
Stirring lemon lodge
  05/12/25
“it isn’t about the one thing you will never get...
Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping
  05/12/25
sitting on your ass waiting for cold slop to be delivered is...
Stirring lemon lodge
  05/12/25
that's why you shove some slop down your throat during your ...
electric ebony headpube dilemma
  05/13/25
You are an actual retard
Blue hall associate
  05/12/25
What better thing do you have to do with your time
Comical rebellious friendly grandma
  05/12/25
lol
Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping
  05/12/25
Seriously, who cares
Comical rebellious friendly grandma
  05/12/25
high grocery prices are making eating out more reasonable th...
Cerise flatulent halford business firm
  05/12/25
i feel like this is why 'food trucks' run by guatemalans in ...
Aphrodisiac Theater Stage
  05/12/25
In SoCal a burrito off one of those trucks is $15. They are ...
Cracking Narrow-minded Stage
  05/12/25
...
Spruce hell
  05/12/25
mostly because of whiny, cheap shitlib jews like you
disrespectful irradiated church
  05/12/25
Eating out is too much of a hassle. My four kids make it a c...
flesh internet-worthy people who are hurt parlour
  05/12/25
serious alcoholics stop enjoying bars or even drinking altog...
Cerise flatulent halford business firm
  05/12/25
Are you implying that I am a food addict and I have lost my ...
flesh internet-worthy people who are hurt parlour
  05/12/25
one can take a single look at you and see you have plenty of...
Comical rebellious friendly grandma
  05/12/25
real estate.
Gaped Ruddy Faggot Firefighter
  05/12/25
Jews
painfully honest black woman psychic
  05/12/25
...
bistre tanning salon becky
  05/12/25
QE. COL will continue to skyrocket i seriously have no...
bistre tanning salon becky
  05/12/25
much of it is likely because you have don't put enough thoug...
confused unholy space kitty
  05/12/25
yeah thats what it is if only we clipped coupons more aggres...
bistre tanning salon becky
  05/12/25
no not that. if you just pick good restaurants the eating ou...
confused unholy space kitty
  05/12/25
okay but none of that touches on the fact that shit is a lot...
bistre tanning salon becky
  05/12/25
agree that it costs $25 for a sandwich these days. which pis...
confused unholy space kitty
  05/12/25
ai programming robocops who would literally kill us
Gaped Ruddy Faggot Firefighter
  05/12/25
Labor costs are to blame for much of this. They be rising. ...
razzmatazz twisted pocket flask
  05/12/25
We need to immediately ban these Jewish middlemen delivery c...
Cracking Narrow-minded Stage
  05/12/25
You’re retarded. I’ve been to Italy, Greece, and...
know-it-all thriller mediation
  05/12/25
Where are you eating in Italy that is very expensive? You ca...
Razzle infuriating kitchen
  05/13/25
He is actually correct. Those aperol+snack in milan are duri...
puce exciting stage elastic band
  05/13/25
lol stupid flame
Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping
  05/13/25
Are you joking, this is the dumbest post ITT. Europe is laug...
Chestnut Bull Headed Multi-billionaire
  05/13/25
That's why people go to allinclusives in turkey, dubai, etc ...
puce exciting stage elastic band
  05/13/25
inflationpwned kike slop plus expected tip for parasite serv...
Titillating Pisswyrm National Security Agency
  05/13/25
you have to go out in an exurb or rural area Go out in do...
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Date: May 12th, 2025 7:05 PM
Author: Cracking Narrow-minded Stage

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: Spruce hell

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: Cracking Narrow-minded Stage

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: Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping

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: Blue hall associate

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: Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping

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: Blue hall associate

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: Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping

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: Silver station

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: Cracking Narrow-minded Stage

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: cowardly wonderful dog poop

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: Bateful Site Masturbator

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: Cracking Narrow-minded Stage

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: Bateful Site Masturbator

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: Arousing scarlet queen of the night address

Ahead?

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



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Date: May 12th, 2025 8:02 PM
Author: glassy parlor

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: Arousing scarlet queen of the night address

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: Stirring lemon lodge

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: Cracking Narrow-minded Stage

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: Stirring lemon lodge

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: Cracking Narrow-minded Stage

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: Stirring lemon lodge

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: Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping

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: Bateful Site Masturbator

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: Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping

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: flesh internet-worthy people who are hurt parlour

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: Stirring lemon lodge

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: Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping

“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: Stirring lemon lodge

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: electric ebony headpube dilemma

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: Blue hall associate

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: Comical rebellious friendly grandma

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: Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping

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: Comical rebellious friendly grandma

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: Cerise flatulent halford business firm

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: Aphrodisiac Theater Stage

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: Cracking Narrow-minded Stage

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: Spruce hell



(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: disrespectful irradiated church

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: flesh internet-worthy people who are hurt parlour

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: Cerise flatulent halford business firm

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: flesh internet-worthy people who are hurt parlour

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: Comical rebellious friendly grandma

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: Gaped Ruddy Faggot Firefighter

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: painfully honest black woman psychic

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: bistre tanning salon becky



(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: bistre tanning salon becky

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: confused unholy space kitty

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: bistre tanning salon becky

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: confused unholy space kitty

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: bistre tanning salon becky

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: confused unholy space kitty

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: Gaped Ruddy Faggot Firefighter

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: razzmatazz twisted pocket flask

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: Cracking Narrow-minded Stage

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: know-it-all thriller mediation

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: Razzle infuriating kitchen

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: puce exciting stage elastic band

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: Hyperventilating school cafeteria gaping

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: Chestnut Bull Headed Multi-billionaire

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: puce exciting stage elastic band

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: Titillating Pisswyrm National Security Agency

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: electric ebony headpube dilemma

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)