Why is everything in consumer / American life so fucking shitty now - and companies literally just say 'oh bc profit margins' and we're now expected to swallow that and sympathize? - eviltoast

like I went to taco bell and they didn’t even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don’t get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.

  • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe
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    Because you won’t do anything to hurt their bottom line, basically.

    Stop eating at Taco Bell and make your own damn tacos at home. Better yet, go buy some from a family-owned taco truck instead.

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      Yeah, I don’t eat at Taco Bell when I’m in the mood for tacos from a street truck. It’s like two entirely different types of food.

      There is Mexican food, there’s Tex Mex, then there is Taco Bell. They’re not really all comparable 1:1:1. I love me an al pastor taco from a truck, but some days I’m not in the mood for a real taco but rather the ersatz tacos they have at Taco Bell.

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        See my stoned Canadian ass doesnt have any taco trucks nearby, but the bell is always there

        (but I gotta agree its far from authentic, its like a good smoked burger vs bigmac)

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          That’s a shame. I live in an area where I have access to authentic food of so many different ethnicities, and it is wonderful.

          I can’t imagine how boring life would be without multiculturalism.

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      Taco trucks are so good right now. They’re not wasting money on unused dining room space so lots of meat!

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      This individualist approach simply does not work in practice as has been demonstrated time and again. The problem is a systemic one created by the mechanics and incentives of the capitalist economy. The solution is to work towards an economic system that doesn’t create perverse incentives inherent in capitalism.