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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 130 points 10 months ago

Anakin and Padmé meme: So we're going to fine them that amount, or force them to refund it to their customers, right?

Right?

[-] borth@sh.itjust.works 70 points 10 months ago

Consequences!!?? No, we're just telling you about this shit we found.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

To be pedantic, in the meme format (as in the original movie), Padmé asks the same question twice. The second question is not just "Right?" https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/for-the-better-right

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 61 points 10 months ago

I have altered the meme. Pray I don't alter it more.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Oh goodness, you're very good at getting my goat.

"Pray I don't alter it any further." https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-am-altering-the-deal

[-] Snailpope@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

Luke to Darth Vader "Anakin I am your son!"

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Yes, that was part of the joke.

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Memes are fair game in this wretched hive of scum and evilitude.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 10 months ago

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of memes suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

I'm not usually a stickler for adhering closely to meme "rules" but this one drives me batty. I never have the courage to correct folks though, so have your lemmy gold!

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm honored! I'll never have mutton chops like Kilmister's, and I'll gladly accept this honorary form of them instead.

[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Why is Lemmy gold an undead pirate. Not that I have a problem with it

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Bruh that's Lemmy Killmister from Motorhead.

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

The question stands.

[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ah, I'm not familiar. I couldn't name a single member of most bands that I like, and while I've surely heard them before, I couldn't name a single one of their songs.

[-] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 10 months ago

Why though, what did they do wrong? They're allowed to set their prices how they like as long as they're not coluding with competitors.

(I'm not saying it doesn't suck, obviously, but they are just doing a capitalism)

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

When you say "wrong," what do you mean? Are you arguing that their actions are morally just, or merely not too illegal?

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Capitalism violently forces people to serve capital for food, shelter, and other basic human needs.

This situation is slightly worse than usual.

[-] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 10 months ago

I'm questioning whether they did anything illegal. It's quite obvious (to me, at least) that what they did is morally wrong

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

"Wrong" is certainly the wrong word, then.

Price gouging does run counter to some states' consumer protection laws.

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Were this capitalism, the competition would simply win by offering lower prices, but Kroger was allowed to grow to monopolistic proportions so that they've either bought up any and all serious competition already, muscled rivals out of business or settled on quasi-gerrymandered spheres of influence with their equally monopolistic competitors, so that nobody undercuts them when they abuse their status to not offer the best deals, but instead price-gouge the people stuck in their sphere of influence.

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Price gouging is immoral and illegal in many states. Especially for needed things like food.

Saying this is fine is cheering for the poor to starve.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 10 months ago

First, I'd argue this was doing business in bad faith - they took advantage of a crisis to jack up profit on staple foods. That's extremely unethical

Second, they effectively did collude. McKinley is a consultant hired by Kroger (which owns many different regional chains) as well as their largest competitors and suppliers. They coordinated the price gouging - it doesn't matter if an algorithm does it or a third party does it, it's still collusion. Adding a degree of separation doesn't change the nature of the act

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