return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agoShrinkflation has affected one-third of grocery items, analysis finds. Here are the worst offenders.www.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down16cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkShrinkflation has affected one-third of grocery items, analysis finds. Here are the worst offenders.www.cbsnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareJo Miranlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down9·2 months ago“…affected…” Get the fuck outta here with that bullshit. adjective 1 a **: **having or showing an attitude or mode of behavior that is not natural or genuinely felt **: **given to or marked by affectation b **: **assumed artificially or falsely **: **pretended Neither definition applies. The items are not being affected. Shrinkflation is an outright deceitful practice, not an affectation.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoSettle down, Francis. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affect#h1
“…affected…”
Get the fuck outta here with that bullshit.
adjective
1
a
**: **having or showing an attitude or mode of behavior that is not natural or genuinely felt **: **given to or marked by affectation
b
**: **assumed artificially or falsely **: **pretended
Neither definition applies. The items are not being affected. Shrinkflation is an outright deceitful practice, not an affectation.
Settle down, Francis.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affect#h1