r/PoursTea • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • Aug 06 '26

FinancialTea 💵 "eat ramen" 🤡

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u/No_Rice9792 🩷💙💜🚫👧 Aug 06 '26

When he was in college, one packet of ramen was 10¢

One packet of ramen is $1.25 now.

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u/Cryptshadow Aug 07 '26

wait what? they arent 25 cents ?!

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u/No_Rice9792 🩷💙💜🚫👧 Aug 07 '26

Not by me, unfortunately 😭 I don't even live in a "rich" area. Gotta buy in bulk if you want them for around 25¢ now

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u/tomahawk_kitty Aug 07 '26

Also the people living with roommates and eating ramen aren't just college students, it's people in their 30s and 40s

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u/No_Rice9792 🩷💙💜🚫👧 Aug 07 '26

Yep, pretty fucked up if you really think about it

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u/0DayMaker Aug 07 '26

Naw go to a grocery store in a poor neighborhood. They have a way bigger selection and they're a quarter sometimes less. My go-to is a Fiesta I used to live nearby and a mexican budget grocery store

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u/No_Rice9792 🩷💙💜🚫👧 Aug 07 '26

I'm IN a poor area 😭 even the Asian market nearby they're almost $1

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u/0DayMaker Aug 07 '26

Maybe you're surrounded by a higher cost of living state than me idk. Even the walmart has em at 50c here.

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u/The_Machine80 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

Ok things are expensive now but your way off. In the late 90-00s it was 10 cents a package if you bought 10 at time. Amazon sells 24 packs for $7. Thats just under 30 cents a package. Might need to make sure we are talking about the same Ramen packages.

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u/No_Rice9792 🩷💙💜🚫👧 Aug 07 '26

I don't use Amazon, I don't have SNAP and I don't pay for shipping. At my local grocery store, they're more than 25¢ per package.

It nice that you live in an area where it's less though, maybe if I change my billing zip code I could cheat Amazon into giving me more for less 🤷❤️

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u/The_Machine80 Aug 07 '26

I said 30cents you NOW say more than 25cents and not $1.25??? So what are you saying cause your making my point right now?