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Lindvaettr t1_iqwrf5n wrote

Reply to comment by RushTfe in [OC] Prices for common food products, August 2010 vs 2022. by robert_ritz

Adjusted for inflation, bananas are way cheaper than they were. People with banana based diets are going to be lording their wealth over us any day now.

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more_paprika t1_iqx5e4y wrote

As someone who eats 6 bananas a day and gets endlessly teased about it, now I have a come back. Thank you.

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pookiedookie232 t1_iqx7rfg wrote

That's only 4 bananas per day when adjusted for inflation

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userwhatsit t1_iqymld7 wrote

Bananas are artificially price locked up and down the supply chain. When I worked at a grocery store, we knew that we couldn’t increase banana prices until someone else did.

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