Submitted 5 days ago by bladerunnerspider@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
At the current price of donuts, the phrase “I’ll bet you donuts to dollars…” Means the opposite of what it once did.
my family would wait until the donuts would go on discount in the evening
sometimes it was the only calories that would get us through the next day
so donuts and dollars has always had a heavy weight to it
It’s so crazy to me that American poors will always go on some crazy rpg-like quests to get their food instead of just learning how to cook.
yeah stupid 12 year old me who figures out how to turn baseball cards into gas and food for my mentally broken mother and my sister and brother
I mean we might have found a spot for the camping stove but ok sure cooking at parks and camp fire works. but being homeless and a child presented obstacles and discount donuts were the special spot for my dollar when a dollar meant the most to me
It’s like one of those timed gacha games.
I always heard it as “dollars to donuts”.
rumba@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Before COVID, it was nothing to run into Duncan and get three or four dozen donuts for the office. They were less than $9 a dozen.
They currently want $25 for a dozen at my local Duncan. We used to have donuts at work all the time. Now it’s like once a year.
I guess they’re making too much money off overpriced coffee to bother with making donuts.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 days ago
I am grateful for all the local bakeries that are still cheap as hell compared to any and all chain places like Dunkin. Makes me wanna go hit up Mr. T’s right now…
AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Well, he does pity the fool that buys from Dunkin soooo……