• skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
    17·
    6 hours ago

    Inflation isn’t something that just started happening last Thursday.

    • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
      16·
      5 hours ago

      I didn’t imply it was. The fact we’re in the middle of it doesn’t make the idea bad.

      They can decide to stop doing the work of normalizing prices increases on behalf of their suppliers any time they choose.

      • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        32 minutes ago

        I didn’t imply it was. The fact we’re in the middle of it doesn’t make the idea bad.

        “The middle” suggests you think there’s a start and possibly an end. Otherwise the price of a burger would be 5c plus a 20,000% inflation surcharge.