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[โ€“] arcine@jlai.lu 2 points 21 hours ago (16 children)

To be fair, avocado toast is an actual scam and can be made home for cheap, while rotisserie chicken is legitimately expensive rn no matter how you get it.

But also, it's still a lie. None of us that aren't rich douchebags are "splurging" on food ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 15 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

How is rotisserie chicken expensive? It's a loss leader and one of the cheapest proteins you can find.

[โ€“] arcine@jlai.lu -1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Last time I checked a whole chicken was like 10-15โ‚ฌ or something (and I was at a discount store, so that's a low estimate). That sounds real expensive to me, my meals only cost me around 1โ‚ฌ each usually. And I'm pretty sure you can't stretch a single rotisserie chicken across 10-15 meals ?

To be fair, I have never bought or eaten meat as an adult, so I have no frame of reference for its price.

[โ€“] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Ah, I see. You need to do research here, man. There's a specific situation you're not aware of.

These roast chooks are cheaper than fresh raw ones because they make them from fresh ones that are about to pass their use-by date. So, even though it seems like it makes no sense, it is actually true that a cooked chicken from the deli costs less than one you have to cook yourself.

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