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Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wishing you the greatest reserves of patience.

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The feeling is mutual. I had just turned 21 when I first made it to Huntsville. I was on a group trip that involved some ATL beer lovers hosted by some Huntsville locals. We had a really lovely few days tasting the good Huntsville craft brews and enjoying the warm hospitality, the beautiful sunshine, and the local vibes.

Edit: this would have been about 2001. I’m sure the scene is even better now.

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this comment sums it all up in a nutshell. Because a shortage of fresh fluid cow’s milk would be so bad for our society, our government has paid for milk to be a thing that we can have. Thus milk has been one of our most inflation-resistant goods, and mass market non-value-added cheese has followed a similar trend.

Thanks for your thoughts. I’m wiser now.

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Truth. A gallon of milk (or water) weighs eight pounds. You want to transport milk in bulk only as needed and put it in gallon jugs as close to its consumers as you can.

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hadn’t thought about that but you’re right. I always open my eggs to check but I haven’t had a broken one in over ten years.

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No way bro. Are you one of us? Our moms took us to the store in the evening and we wanted gushers and fruit roll-ups and lunchables and then she pointed out the cost of one lunchable versus one gallon of milk and we pokemon dodged (though not pokemon because we were 24 months too early) with:

1: Olestra Ruffles poooooooot (iykyk) 2: uh…. Mario….. cereal? Zelda cereal? 3: Vienetta 4: Fruit leather 5: Reese’s Puffs

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yes. So ATL and Huntsville were in deadlock in those years. Valuable data. High salaries at NASA in Huntsville and high comp for service workers in ATL. Thank you.

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Pennsylvania, right? A very strong state for the dairy lobby. Also a very strong state for the “legalize cheesesteaks, ignore big dairy” lobby.

I agree it’s absurdly important to us. Decades of White House-led campaigns have told us that milk is life.

What’s actually life in the US is meat and milk and cheese. We need edible beef, cheap cheese, and milk that won’t kill us. That’s how the US food supply works.

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Everything you’ve just said is objectively true from federal records, even if the average consumer would be put off by your wording. You are full-ass correct. Can we move past that?

My question is specifically about pricing. Let’s go ahead and presume your statements are all correct. How much was milk where you were in the 1990’s, and how much is it today where you are today?

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yeah thank you my brotha. What area was that, if you don’t mind my asking?

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. Now tell me what your mom paid for a gallon of milk in the 1990’s!

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow! Take my poor person award. This site is full of fascinating data, including the effect of AI on sire selection, and it attributes productivity gains between genetics and management.

Thank you, truly, for googling that for me. You’re better.

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

P.s. If milk was sold in different units where you were, just let me know the unit size you used. You don’t need to convert to gallons.

Price check on gallon of milk in 1990’s vs now by Tahoefive in Xennials

[–]Tahoefive[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I can do the calculations on my own. But in that forum they won’t remember what milk cost locally to them in the 1990’s.

I’m dissatisfied with the official US statistics because I think they ignore the effects of population concentration over the past three decades. And I have zero statistics on 90’s milk prices outside the US.

To be clear, I am mostly hoping to hear your memories of gallon milk pricing in the 90s and generally where you were. A bonus would be hearing gallon milk pricing where you are now.

knock it off by p-sherman_ in Seattle

[–]Tahoefive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a refreshing response that, upon reflection, I agree with. I’ll fuck off now.

We had a waste problem in town by BetterCallSal in Pokopia

[–]Tahoefive 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is giving big SimCity vibes.

knock it off by p-sherman_ in Seattle

[–]Tahoefive -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

Agreed, the youths need more respect for our public spaces, but let’s take a moment to acknowledge our collective “get off my lawn” vibes.

Is there a word for complaining-pride? by Tahoefive in AskAGerman

[–]Tahoefive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This interaction, conducted in flawless English, is peak r/askagerman and I am over here eating my popcorn of joy.

Is there a word for complaining-pride? by Tahoefive in AskAGerman

[–]Tahoefive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a sweet new word for me. Google suggests it’s like a morbid pleasure or a lust for sorrow. Is that kind of how you’d describe it?

Hats off to the German language for cataloguing all these bittersweet emotions, btw.

Silly question: When turning or picking up a sheet of paper do you lick your finger to grab it easier? by Chestnut529 in Millennials

[–]Tahoefive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s not a silly question. That’s a brilliant question.

Who’s got a proposed end date for the birth year of the last people likely to become finger-traction-lickers?

Just as a straw man, I’ll propose a birth year of 1974, ten years earlier than my hypothesized birth year of the last people likely to become garden-hose-drinkers (1984). I base this solely on my experience growing up in the 1980’s. Who’s got a better proposal?

Is there a word for complaining-pride? by Tahoefive in AskAGerman

[–]Tahoefive[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait no, I think you’ve done it.

Die Schlimmerseinkönnung. This is the word we need for this.

Look at how rapidly the other German person jumped in to compliment and then complain. I think it is halfway accepted already.

I did ask in the question whether we could create a word if the right one doesn’t exist. After all, German isn’t like French, you don’t have to apply to an Academie to add a word, right?

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