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canetoad

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41. There's a whole book

Reply to ck4829 (Reply #23)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 02:56 PM

21 hrs ago

In describing the underhanded ways shrinkflation is being implemented.

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What are you seeing Greg_In_SF Yesterday #1

US markets had a pretty rough week. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #4

All three Greg_In_SF Yesterday #9

And yet I'm living paycheck to paycheck ck4829 Yesterday #14

Year to date Greg_In_SF Yesterday #15

And if your job is pushing people's stuff out of their homes after eviction or foreclosure, you're probably doing well ck4829 Yesterday #16

What does Greg_In_SF Yesterday #17

This is a thread titled "Name something that's going well right now". Things are going well for them, yes? ck4829 Yesterday #20

Yes Greg_In_SF Yesterday #24

Numbers that are big right now ck4829 Yesterday #26

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I'm curious.... Happy Hoosier Yesterday #21

Right? And how about shrinkflation, where we're paying the same or more (because of inflation) but getting less? ck4829 Yesterday #23

There's a whole book canetoad 21 hrs ago #41

Are you saying Greg_In_SF Yesterday #25

So CNBC is giving us true numbers and our eyes and bank accounts are giving us fake numbers? ck4829 Yesterday #30

You Greg_In_SF Yesterday #33

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