The legal term for it is price gouging. Anti-price gouging laws only apply when a state of emergency is declared.

Services that promote convenience also tend to encourage more impulse purchases. Fast and efficient transactions distract shoppers from thinking about their purchases. We’ve seen this in buying habits with cash versus credit cards.

The tweet crops out part of the picture from the article.

It seems to draw inspiration from Wario’s Woods.

Board game stores do not make much money. They only survive by forging strong relationships with with customers. Gamestop would never prioritize that because it is a publicly traded company, and stockholders only care about increased profits.

Normally, I wouldn’t care about the hard G crowd but intentionally misspelling words just to troll is a sign of bad faith arguments.

I wonder if it is the same with their pesto. The value can’t be beat compared to the competition.

You description reminds me of mantou. Mantou are basically Chinese steamed buns without any filling. My sister-in-law is from northern China, and she likes snacking on them even though they are flavorless. I suspect nostalgia plays a part in it because she grew up eating them.

Clowns are too last century. They’ve been trying to modernize the brand for kids with “not serial killer Spongebob”.

You’ve probably never heard of it because it was invented long after your parents emigrated from Korea.

His interpretations of Korean food veered too Japanese for my taste.

It’s in the flavoring packet for the Chapagetti as a dehydrated powder.

The “no artificial preservatives” language is a loophole. They are just going to use natural preservatives like salt and vinegar.

The canisters sold as accessories for vacuum sealers are for stuff that you don’t want to get crushed.

You could always bake them into cookie bars for gifts.

In terms of environmental footprint, insects can be grown and harvested locally, cutting down on energy used for butter substitutes like palm fat.

I completely forgot about the lesbian transformation of the Shiva sisters. It only gets weirder when you see how Snow sits on the vehicle mode.

I can relate to your misgivings. The problem stems from the canon. Since the end of TNG, the deconstruction of Star Trek has been the status quo. It all started with of DS9 turning everything we knew about the series on its head. Since then, writers have been chipping away at the optimism of Star Trek.

Some Indian cooks don’t actually like the smell of eggs. They add turmeric to get rid of the smell.

I suspect this is more of an anti-piracy measure. Manipulating save data is one method to get past security features.