What's got your knickers in a twist today?

TheMercenary · 05-19-2009, 11:33 AM

We have been noticing a disturbing trend as of late. It has been slowly happening for quite some time but now seems quite accelerated as the economy tanked. Nearly every consumer good is being reduced in volume or quantity for the same or a higher price. You name it. A bag of chips (crisps for you in the UK), a liquid soap (dial liquid soap is now very liquid and less thick), many bottles now have complete covers over the container so you can't see the actual contents. There are many more examples but it just seems like I see them more than ever before. Oh, and it pisses me off. Not that I should be surprised but still...

glatt · 05-19-2009, 11:34 AM

I wonder if they actually believe we don't notice.

Shawnee123 · 05-19-2009, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

We have been noticing a disturbing trend as of late. It has been slowly happening for quite some time but now seems quite accelerated as the economy tanked. Nearly every consumer good is being reduced in volume or quantity for the same or a higher price. You name it. A bag of chips (crisps for you in the UK), a liquid soap (dial liquid soap is now very liquid and less thick), many bottles now have complete covers over the container so you can't see the actual contents. There are many more examples but it just seems like I see them more than ever before. Oh, and it pisses me off. Not that I should be surprised but still...

Don't get me started on Totino's pizzas...the best cheap ass frozen pizza on earth! When I was in HS, they were as big as a record album. Now they're like a 45.

And I'm telling my age with my references. Sorry kids.

SteveDallas · 05-19-2009, 12:31 PM

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Pre-slivered for our convenience! Unacceptable! I've gone to the old standard Ivory bar, which is as square and meaty as ever.

It's fucking soap people and we know two-thirds of your costs are in advertising.

Yeah, I've noticed that, but I've stuck with the standard yellow Dial. Ivory just... doesn't feel right. Besides.... Ivory? Seriously, you think Proctor & Gamble gives a fuck about you? If it's not the size of the soap, they'll let you have it some other way. If you really want to teach them a lesson, drop out altogether and make your own.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

a record album.
. . . .
a 45.

OOoh! OOoh! Tell us more about the olden days, Auntie Shaw!!

Shawnee123 · 05-19-2009, 12:34 PM

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OOoh! OOoh! Tell us more about the olden days, Auntie Shaw!!

*leans back in rocking chair* Well, sonny, at one time I had two turntables and a microphone...

05-19-2009, 11:33 AM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	We have been noticing a disturbing trend as of late. It has been slowly happening for quite some time but now seems quite accelerated as the economy tanked. Nearly every consumer good is being reduced in volume or quantity for the same or a higher price. You name it. A bag of chips (crisps for you in the UK), a liquid soap (dial liquid soap is now very liquid and less thick), many bottles now have complete covers over the container so you can't see the actual contents. There are many more examples but it just seems like I see them more than ever before. Oh, and it pisses me off. Not that I should be surprised but still... __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

05-19-2009, 11:34 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I wonder if they actually believe we don't notice.

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