without offending some fragile ego.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/06/29/i-can-t-explain-to-you-why-you-should-care-about-other-people/

I’m sure this will trigger you, but it’s worth a read and consideration.

Thank you for correcting me

Excuse me, sir, this is the internet. We don’t do that shit here. ;-)

Although you never know - going on eight years on the last microwave we bought. I don’t remember the exact price, but I think it was less than a hundred - full sized, 1100 watts. For sure less than $200. :)

I use a TV for my monitor - last job I worked I really needed the screen real estate for excel.

I hate hate hate when I shut the computer off or power goes off and when the TV comes back on, it auto-plays some “free” streaming channel, which is ALWAYS fascist propaganda. I rush to turn that shit off just as quickly as I can. Fuck that shit.

Fine, ruin my fun of coming into the thread and quoting from the scene, then. :)

Nah, 's been deactivated.

We mistakenly thought that brand was supposed to be higher quality :(

What you can tell from a single instance of failure: Absolutely nothing.

It requires statistics to figure out if that’s a trend or a single instance.

Shut up, Jenny

Survivorship bias, although there’s a flood of cheaper products in the market, certainly. :)

Are you going to realize the tomatoes are ringing up at $2.51/lbs when the label was $2.40 in?

You’re telling me in this day of grocery prices impacting us that nobody would notice this happening? All it takes is for a very few people noticing it for people to riot.

I would be MORE surprised if there are NOT cases of people claiming this is happening when it’s not.

Also, if there are rumours that it is happening, there will be people who take pics of prices on the shelves and compare that to the checkout price. If they find it happening, they WILL post and people WILL be up in arms about it.

Another person replying mentioned gas. People drive miles out of the way to save a nickel per gallon - average tank is like 10-20 gallons, give or take, meaning they will spend a couple of dollars to “save” 50¢-$1.00 or so. People are not rational about these things, and if they try it, someone will catch it, and when they catch it, all hell will break loose.

or i’ll lead the riots myself.

This is why they won’t. Or if they do, it will not be for long. People will be up in arms. That’s why I’m not worried about it happening.

Shut the fuck up. And I downvoted you. proof ;-)

There’s always those threads you know how they’ll go… space news about Uranus, for example. The predictability irritates some, but I take comfort in seeing all the same jokes trotted out. It gives a sense of community and belonging. :)

I hate bots, but I think I hate even MORE than bots is the new “FAAAAAKE” which is “THIS IS AI”. Like… I’m getting to the point where I care less that something is AI than I do seeing all the “THIS IS AIIIIII” whiny bullshit. Like who cares? Downvote and shut the fuck up. lol

…which I realize is a little contradictory because I also appreciate when people point out spambots so I can report them and downvote them to help keep things clean. heh.

But as I get older, my tolerance for the rampant mob misinformation keeps shrinking. I find it irritating. Get off my fucking lawn! :)

why would any country want people who are inherently more prone to crime in the first place?

Have you not heard of people trying to escape war or death threats? Countries love to gain highly educated immigrants, but many countries also open their doors in cases of need. And more typically, those tend to be poorer folks. That said, at least for the US, undocumented immigrants tend to commit less crime, although poverty is also a big factor in predicting crime. But it’s complicated and rather more nuanced than simple little pat phrases.

Shit trump

Punctuation is important, but it is well known how he shits himself, so I’ll take Shit Trump as a valid name.

You will never get anyone to display a higher price voluntarily, it’ll take legislation.

Well, I’ll tell you why I do.

1. Walmart corporate sucks. Yep. But you know who else sucks? Most other corporations. Walmart is not significantly more evil than the rest.

2. I’m a wheelchair user. I am independent to the point of driving to dialysis, but not grocery shopping. So I use delivery. You know who the only store is that doesn’t charge me extra? Walmart.

3. They’re not the lowest in price - Aldi and Lidl are - but Walmart is still cheaper than the other mainstream grocery brands, and I’m poor

4. Quality is pretty decent all across the board. Not special or amazing, but pretty solid.

5. They really have their shit together. We just moved and I have InHome now, meaning when I place an order, I get either 9a-12p window or 1p-5p window (my choice), and they bring stuff into the apartment - into the kitchen. Also, I cannot tip, meaning no decision or choice on the matter.

I’m not passionate about Walmart. I wish other stores would get their shit together like them, though, because I’d like to throw my business around. I really wish I had better access to Aldi and Lidl, but I can’t pay the inflated instacart/doordash prices for groceries, and I hate instacart grocery shoppers. Nice poeple, but they can never find everything and having to babysit the chat and hope they don’t pull nonsense right before checking out so I don’t have time to catch them… it’s not been good experiences.

Walmart ain’t perfect and it’s annoying when they’re out of something or they make a mistake, but they fix mistakes, and overall, it’s a solid service.

Should anyone else use it? Up to your needs. I’m glad to have it, though.

Technically, a price can change at 9 a.m., change again at 2 p.m., and change again before the dinner rush.

Technically in one sense, maybe. Technically in a practical sense, no. Because the price on the shelf is the agreed price to pay, and if it changes after you put it into your cart, that’s gonna break laws.

People are making hay over something that will not happen.

but let’s say it does. People will absolutely lose their SHIT. And while companies are stupid, they are not THAT stupid. And even let’s say they ARE that stupid: This is the type of the legislatures would love to pass laws about becauase it’s easy to do and extremely popular. Like cops running stings. It’s easy and shows they’re doing something.

So I am absolutely zero worried about this and all this hype is stupid.

Will they changes prices nightly? Sure. Will they change prices multiple times during the day or for individual shoppers? Nope.

And if they were going to pull this shit, they’d already be pulling it online where they can already do that. And yet, not a single fuckin peep about that from any of these people hyping up this thing.

False. Get someone red yelling at someone blue. All the friction you could ask for. ;-)