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From $1 Burgers to Inflation: Our Love-Hate Relationship with Fast Food Prices
Takeaways:
- We discussed how the staggering rise in fast food prices leaves us feeling nostalgic for the good old days of cheap burgers and fries.
- The conversation took a deep dive into why we react so strongly to changes in money's value, feeling like we're losing a part of our past.
- We explored the idea that rather than questioning economic changes, many of us just reminisce about better financial times.
- There’s a sense of societal weariness that comes from feeling broke, which we humorously likened to the experience of looking at an old McDonald's menu.
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Companies mentioned in this episode:
- McDonald's
Transcript
This is the Daily Note.
Speaker B:I'm James A.
Speaker B:Brown.
Speaker A:Someone posted.
Speaker B: A McDonald's menu from: Speaker A:And it's frustrated the hell.
Speaker B:Out of me ever since.
Speaker B:On average.
Speaker A:The prices were 92% higher.
Speaker B:And as annoying.
Speaker A:As that is, what really bugged me was how I and a lot of other people reacted to it.
Speaker A:We were looking at this menu like it was some ancient artifact, and I think I know why.
Speaker A:I think we've just accepted that our money's value disappears, and instead of asking why, we're nostalgic, you know, for what was including cheaper hamburgers.
Speaker A:And I think this says a lot about where we are as a society today, wary.
Speaker B:And broke.
Speaker A:So what do you think?
Speaker B:Let me know on jamesabrown.net on that note.
Speaker B:I'm James A.
Speaker B:Brown, and.
Speaker A:As always, be well.
