the pandemic making people realize - oh shit they can just grind all this to a halt with the push of a button
the recent election frauds / riots / etc in the US, global warming / severe weather increasing, capitalism getting more and more ruthless, everything sucks more and costs more…
it feels so weird that it’s 2023 and we still care about dress codes or professionalism, at the same time. because it sort of feels like we’re in the beginning of a movie waiting for the bad thing to happen
I’m a buyer for a large food distributor, so my job is importing food from around the world. There is definitely a lot of worrying conversation at work everyday. So many crop failures and shortages. I think a lot of people are oblivious to these things, they just see the price of tomatoes go up and think we’re being greedy when actually it’s because whole crops have failed.
I mean, it doesn’t help that grocers are facing the pinch from supply, while also simultaneously jacking up prices internationally on all kinds of commodities that aren’t threatened. Prices have risen, but so has profit taking by billionaire assholes.
https://www.vox.com/money/23641875/food-grocery-inflation-prices-billionaires