return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 21 days agoShrinkflation has affected one-third of grocery items, analysis finds. Here are the worst offenders.www.cbsnews.comvideomessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down18cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1186arrow-down1videoShrinkflation 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 · 21 days agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down11·21 days 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-up11·21 days 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