AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet

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  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppettomemes@lemmy.worldfin
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    Compulsion is the line. Compulsion and destruction. If you ignore your responsibilities to play chess, and you spend all your money on chess sets and tournaments, that’s an addiction. If you love chess and play at every opportunity, but don’t let it get in the way of your responsibilities, and don’t spend your gas money on chess, then that’s a hobby. A lot of Candy Crush and other P2W mobile game players spend more money than they can afford, and they play compulsively, because the game is literally designed to be addictive. There’s a lot of addiction psychology that went into the design of these games, using the same principles that casinos use for slot machines.

















  • Actually I just checked. The pizza slice is $2. I was thinking of the hotdog and soda combo, which is $1.50. Costco prices have always been consistent for me regardless of location. Even across two different states. Here’s the full menu that I found online, although they don’t usually have all of these options. I’m still bummed out that they stopped offering onions for the hotdogs.

    Hot Dog & Drink: $1.50
    Roast Beef Sandwich: $9.99
    Pizza (Slice): $1.99, Whole: $9.95
    Soda: $0.69
    Churro: $1.49
    Ice Cream Sundae: $2.49
    Ice Cream Cup: $1.99
    Cold Brew Mocha Freeze: $2.99
    Mango Smoothie: $2.99
    Rotisserie Chicken Caesar Salad: $6.99
    Chicken Bake: $3.99
    

    A few years ago I read that Costco loses twenty million dollars per year on their rotisserie chickens. They sell them at a loss, and put them in the back of the store, hoping you’ll buy some other shit while you’re there.