I found 3 very basic items we’ve all had to buy or have to buy frequently that are really starting to piss me off with their prices. These products are pushing the damn envelope a little too far. One always has and is now paying for it.
GUM
What in the hell happened to gum? Didn’t it used to be, like, half a buck for a pack of gum? Now it’s at a $1.25-50 and I’m shitting in my pants. Gum, my friends, should not be this expensive. There should be a law enabling people free gum since there are too many citizens of the world walking around with disgusting breath. I feel we owe this people gum and they shouldn’t have to spend that kind of money on one pack. Dude, it’s friggin’ gum! Let us at least chew some gum without feeling it’s hitting our pockets.
LIGHTERS
Another thing that used to be super cheap. I’m talking three for a dollar cheap. Nowadays, a crappy lighter runs you a buck and the good ones are almost $2 unless you get them in bulk. I don’t smoke cigarettes but a lighter is a handy tool if you know what I mean. Many things can be done with one lighter but it’s a human necessity, not an item that should be priced beyond rationality. Sure, it ain’t much dough but for something that was 30 or 40 cents just a few years ago and has tripled in price, we’re getting screwed. Hard. Save money and buy a cool zippo. It will last you longer. Even a lifetime.
INK CARTRIDGES FOR PRINTERS
You’ve got to be out of your fucking mind with this one, guys! HP, Epson, all the printer ink monopolizers are some of the scummiest, greediest bastards on the planet. When an ink cartridge costs an average of $30 for my printer, we’ve got a problem. Dammit, we’ve got blasphemy! A printer is a printer: It prints paper with ink so we can read it! Are you that lame and money hungry that you would rather us just buy the printer without the ink? I mean, what the fuck is the point of a printer if it doesn’t have ink and why did I just buy the printer? Why do we not get 5-6 ink cartridges included in our purchase of your printers? Would it be because you want us to buy your $30 cartridges every single time we run out of ink? Yes! Yes, I think that’s what it is.
