• Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.net
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    22 days ago

    This was kind of my first thought. I eat out more when I’m stressed because of the comfort of eating out and the lack of energy to cook for myself, even if it puts me in a worse economic situation. Sometimes you have to cope just to keep alive. Maybe we can coin the term “copeanomics” to describe increased sales of “luxury” items in times of increased societal instability.

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      22 days ago

      Maybe we can coin the term “copeanomics”

      There probably is already an industry term for it, because it’s basically the fast food indutry’s entire business model.

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      21 days ago

      I have coworkers who purchase takeout food and/or coffee every single day despite their having literally no money (one coworker actually ran out of money one day and refused like five offers from me to buy him lunch) so I’ve been wondering about this. I make my own lunch and coffee and save immense amounts of money from doing so, but this may also be a form of privilege.