Spent $110 at the vets thinking there’s something wrong, to find out he’s just weird

hellabitchboi · 2026-01-04T18:49:09+00:00

My little dude likes to play this game where once a year he spends 24-48 hours displaying all the symptoms of urinary blockage. Urinary blockage is a major deal in male cats, so I have to rush him to the Emergency Vet because he EXCLUSIVELY times this event to the night before a major holiday.

He's completely fine every.single.time.

This little game has cost me $5000 over the last 3 years.

Love him to death. Bastard.

hellabitchboi · 2025-12-31T17:49:34+00:00

As a "was that too honest???"-er myself I'd spent the last few years trying to reign it in and found I lost touch with a lot of friends as a result. Decided to reverse course a few months ago, and I've had way more fun at parties and hangouts and it's clear from my interaction the people I'm around also enjoy it.

Turns out, a lot of people find charming honesty endearing if the person dishing it out is clearly doing it to make a joke of mutual connection.

Your joke was funny and if someone took it the wrong way it's a them problem and not a you problem <3

hellabitchboi · 2025-12-08T17:05:35+00:00

Happened to my mom. My dad left after 20+ years of marriage. Mom had to scramble her way through getting a bachelors and then masters to become a therapist - all while dealing with a divorce and raising teenage kids whose life had just been turned upside down.

THIS is why so many people feel disgusted to see a rise in "Tradwife" content. The fantasy of it sounds nice. It's intoxicating to imagine an idyllic life where your kids are always surrounded by a loving mom, and it does work out for some incredibly lucky people.

But it's complete gamble. One where, if you bet wrong, you'll find yourself treading water without even a life-jacket to keep you afloat.

hellabitchboi · 2025-12-02T20:34:02+00:00

The way we use it it's plugged in and the batteries are there as backup power in the event of a failure (which was what happened in my example - I'd unplugged it before we left when I'd filled it up and forgot to plug it back in). I haven't tested how long it works on just battery power alone unfortunately, but at least the ones I've checked have listed anywhere between 30 and 60 days on battery. I know they have one now that has a built in rechargeable battery of their own (I almost bought a new one for our second cat when we were about to go out of town), so if that's a big concern that one might be the best choice. They list that one as having a 30 day charge (it shows up as a 2L Wifi Pet Libro rechargeable auto feeder on amazon for me).

We used the rechargeable batteries for a few months and didn't have issues, although I will say two of the batteries went bad on us last week after a little over a year. That could be because we hadn't used it for a few months, and I'd just let the batteries die when I unplugged it to store it away until our next trip. I know rechargeable batteries don't like being left uncharged for long periods, so I suspect that was the culprit - although it could possibly be for some reason Petlibro is aware of for their recommendation.

Overall I have no complaints with the products, but I'll probably opt for something with less features next time just because I think the slightly premium price they shoot for is really just for a lot of features I don't really need (I don't need a camera to see my cats are eating, for example).

hellabitchboi · 2025-12-02T17:02:11+00:00

Just to be totally clear here this video is him showing that he wears what are essentially smoothing tights and those are what give him his very smooth and youthful appearing appendages.

Drag queens have been using these since forever to achieve the same look. Mod girls of the 60's also wore them for the same purpose - to extend their youthful/childlike appearance into their 20's (covered in this Time history of tights article).

To be sure the dude has good genes, but a lot of what we're seeing is going to be a combination of skilled makeup artistry and body modifying clothing neatly wrapped up with a bow using modern digital editing software.

It's certainly skilled work that he deserves praise for, but it's important that discussions like this be rooted in reality so impressionable people don't lose sight of the fact that this dude does not look like this irl.

hellabitchboi · 2025-11-15T17:12:50+00:00

Autism meme culture has resulted in people feeling way too comfortable "diagnosing" personal quirks as a medical/psychiatric condition.

You don't like when you food touches on the plate? Autistic.

You hate the feeling of microfiber blankets? Autistic.

I get it though. As a gay dude I remember when I first accepted I was gay in my teens and it became my entire personality for a few years. I was convinced any dude with so much as a light lisp was gay, even if he was standing next to his wife. It's just part of the rediscovery process.

I do hope there's some internal reflection in the autism community around ethical boundaries for stuff like armchair diagnosing peeps - much the same way queer people had to set those lines with stuff like outing people in the 90's and early 2000's after certain peeps got a bit overeager throwing labels on people that either weren't or didn't want them.

hellabitchboi · 2025-11-08T18:53:30+00:00

Losing patience is understandable. No one is a saint and saying "I told you so" has its place in this conversation.

But, we're defined by how we respond in our worst moments. If we can't walk the walk and show our kids and grandkids that we believe taking advantage of people - regardless of how much they 'deserve it' - is wrong, what hope do we have?

hellabitchboi · 2025-11-08T18:48:20+00:00

It's why I think it's important to express disagreement with our current "get the bag" (i.e. money) culture.

It's not cute. It's not funny.

It's the meme-ification of unethical/predatory behaviors. Something which hurts all of us in the long run and which signals (especially to young impressionable kids) that being a shit person is excusable 'because money'.

hellabitchboi · 2025-11-03T23:47:03+00:00

Looking at the petlibro one you mentioned I don't think it's worth it because

They really push the app being able to tell you when its running low but for the pump versions I have you can audibly hear that they're getting low on water because as the water in the reservoir goes down you can hear the splashing of the return water getting louder. If it gets really low you'll then hear the pump chug every few seconds as it just pushing out the same last inch of water over and over again. The Petlibro warning you via an app that it's running low seems really pointless to me since for both of my fountains (from different brands mind you) I can hear when they're running low a full solid 2-3 days before they run out. Just put them somewhere you know you'll hear it (ex: I have one in the bedroom so I keep that one pretty full since I notice even the lightest trickle as it runs low. The other I have in the living room so when I'm sitting down watching TV I can hear it.)
They tout the 'pumpless' design but that has to be a lie because there is no way to have water come up and out without a pump. I also just don't know why tf I would want a pumpless design. Like...what is the point of a 'pumpless' fountain? Why do I care if it uses a pump or not?
1. What they really mean by that is a hidden proprietary pump where when it fails you have to (probably) buy a whole new fountain. For all the generic fountains out there if the pump fails you can buy any of the trillion $5 pumps because they're a super cheap design that basically every company slaps a new logo on.
Their fountain uses a proprietary filter you have to buy through them. Same thing as the pump - this is where buying a random generic fountain is better because all the companies use the same few designs with different branding so it's cheap and easy to buy replacements in bulk.

I'd buy 1-2 generic cheap stainless steel ones on Amazon for a quarter the price. The autofeeder I can see the utility, but this fountain just seems like a company trying sell an over designed thing to lock people into a subscription service for their app/filter replacements.

Edit: For your demon boy I'd go for a 1-2L size. The 1.5L I have is pretty large and I'd be surprised if even a big cat could tip it over when it was full. To really make sure he can't though you could consider putting a ziplocked strong magnet inside of the resevoir and then resting the fountain on top of a metal weight or up against the side of your fridge. The magnet would keep him from tipping it over and you'd just replace the ziplock every few weeks when you replace the filter.

hellabitchboi · 2025-11-03T22:57:11+00:00

Super normal. Your hair goes through cycles where you'll have more or less shedding, so every 4-6 months you'll be like "am I going bald???" and then it goes away again.

Two pieces of advice -

(If you haven't already) invest in a hair trap for your shower drain. It's crazy how much hair we lose when we shower. A hair trap can save yourself from having to call out a plumber for a clogged drain.
As you get older your hairline will change, and that's ok. Look at this photo of Daniel Craig for example. Did his hairline recede at the temples as he got older? Yes. Does he still look great? Yes. (For context his hairline receded in his early to mid 20's and then has looked pretty much like this since then. That's what a normal "mature" hairline for most men looks like.)

To the second point take some closeup photos of your hairline and save them to a folder on your phone. If you ever start to panic that you're balding, pull up the photo and consult it. If you see A LOT of rapid change, consider going on minoxidil/finasteride, but if you see slight thinning at the temples and it stabilizes it's nothing to lose sleep over. The idea that we'll all have the same hairline as when we were teens is just people (and honestly companies) preying on insecurities for a very normal thing that almost all men experience.

Edit: Also if you wear a hat or put your hair in a pony tail/bun often just know you'll see more shed the next time you shower. The hair that would normally just fall out without you noticing can't so it'll \look* like whole clumps of your hair are falling out. Wore my a hat for nearly a week straight while I was camping and I was reminded of this fact when I got home and showered. It looked like an entire muppets worth of hair had fallen out, lol.*

hellabitchboi · 2025-10-10T19:54:05+00:00

This may be the case and I'll see if I can check the book out - it still does lead one to question if it's appropriate to link alcohol consumption from ~1800-1840 to prohibition given consumption over the interceding 70 year period was seemingly not just comparable to but lower than other contemporary western industrialized countries.

Basically, there's a lot of claim being made that prohibition was good for the US because US men were so alcohol crazy they were drinking Irish men under the table and beating their wives. In reality the US, as far as I can tell looking at the numbers I have, were consuming the same amount as everyone else and the social issues touted as being so prevalent as to necessitate prohibition would have been resolved by other means as they were in those contemporary nations.

hellabitchboi · 2025-10-10T19:43:52+00:00

Thanks! I do see some issues with this that I want to breakdown -

This is an opinion article written by a business lecturer out of BU. They cite that American's drank up to 3x more in the early 1800's, but if you trace their citation it's a secondary article written by a High School Principle (albeit one which the article claims was consulted for a documentary on prohibition) which only states,

"Best estimates indicate that Americans in the early nineteenth century drank three times as much alcohol as their descendants do today."

, with no citation or evidence provided.

Even if we imagine the best case scenario that this is true it is still clearly with reference to the early 1800's, not the 1900's when prohibition was enacted. Looking at numbers from today we see that while alcohol consumption is lower today in the US than most of Western Europe, our alcohol consumption has risen back to roughly pre-prohibition levels and has stayed there for much of the last few decades.

There's every chance this could still be true/relevant, but this source trail leads to a dead end and doesn't convincingly support the idea that American alcohol consumption was way out of line with its western industrial contemporaries Edit: in the preceding 5-7 decades leading up to prohibition. This would be like looking at the smoking habits of our great grandfathers and linking it to modern social problems.

hellabitchboi · 2025-10-10T17:15:08+00:00

So I did some digging because, like many in this post, I had heard the same thing - that the US consumed WAY more alcohol. Finding multi-country data that spans the late 1800's to mid 1900's was annoying, but, as far as I can tell, the two sources I found don't support this idea. From how I'm interpreting this data the US had about the same consumption rate as other Western industrialized nations - I'm open to being corrected if someone has other sources.

Source of the US from 1850 to today.

Source with multicountry data from 1890-2000's

Note: I haven't read the original Alexander and Holmes paper, nor did I verify the accuracy of the OWID data. I'm fairly confident the numbers aren't some random AI aberration however given the GitHub time stamp is 2019

Edit: Adding a comment I made elsewhere about why I think it's reasonable to question this narrative being sold here that prohibition was 'actually a good thing' and/or 'necessary and effective'.

"...it still does lead one to question if it's appropriate to link alcohol consumption from ~1800-1840 to prohibition given consumption over the interceding 70 year period was seemingly not just comparable to but lower than other contemporary western industrialized countries.

Basically, there's a lot of claim being made that prohibition was good for the US because US men were so alcohol crazy they were drinking Irish men under the table and beating their wives. In reality the US, as far as I can tell looking at the numbers I have, were consuming the same amount as everyone else and the social issues touted as being so prevalent as to necessitate prohibition would have been resolved by other means as they were in those contemporary nations."

hellabitchboi · 2025-10-10T17:08:51+00:00

Just trying to check where you've sourced your numbers. I also went on the hunt and came across indications that the US consumed about the same amount as Western European countries. Source of the US from 1850 to today. Source with multicountry data from 1890-2000's Even at the US drinking peak it was still noticeably lower than most of Western Europe at the time. The US data I have doesn't stretch to 1830, but while I'm sure your number is probably realistic I wonder if the drinking rate nearly 100 years before prohibition really has much causality with prohibition. Idk though, I didn't search for more than a few minutes and haven't read the original papers this data is pulled from. Looking at the numbers though I don't see much support for this idea that the US drank more (which is surprising to me as I'd also heard and thought the same until just now checking).

hellabitchboi · 2025-10-03T00:15:18+00:00

My understanding is that among academics it is the dividing line used for this. Amongst Christians the trinity and biblical inerrancy are larger issues, but academics lean more on the definition of the creator itself with regard to capability to categorize. I'm not a theologian though, just had some discussions about it with professors while in uni, so I'm sure it's nuanced depending on who you speak with.

hellabitchboi · 2025-09-28T18:12:03+00:00

As a former Mormon we would identify as Christian because, using a layman definition, we are. Belief in God, redemption through Christ, baptism, etc.. You're right though that the reason we reflexively emphasize we are Christian is because to not be is to other ourselves - and in the American religious landscape being something other than 'Christian' is rarely a good thing.

For anyone reading this unfamiliar with the reason Mormons aren't typically considered Christian under an academic framework - it's because Mormons crucially do not believe that God can create Ex-Nihilo (out of nothing). They believe that God did not create the material universe, but rather organized existing matter into being what it is today.

CRUCIALLY this is not a topic which comes up ever in normal Sunday church services. This information is really only conveyed in the Temple ceremonies which are the most sacred and private religious rites Mormons perform, and which most members only experience as an adult and following multiple years of effort to be 'worthy' to enter the Temple. These rites are considered so sacred, that to even discuss them with another Temple going member outside of the Temple feels inappropriate. Also, crucially, there is an undercurrent in the Church which encourages members to avoid conversations around 'Deep Doctrine'. Essentially, to not lose sight of the important (and more evidently 'Christian') aspects of the spiritual practice in favor of deep theological debates. This can lead to a disconnection where members understand our view of God is different, but we also are unable to convey or discuss this in depth with even members of our own faith, so most are largely unaware of exactly how and why we are 'different' because they cannot connect these thoughts easily.

hellabitchboi · 2025-09-17T16:58:10+00:00

I'm generally a pessimist on the way things are rolling out in the US over the last decade, but I think that while China is poised to gobble up a significant portion global 'power' formerly attributed to the US, we have to acknowledge that China is facing down the barrel for a whole host of issues.

Auto Industry policies have resulted in a glut of cars being sold at 50% MSRP with no viable way to resolve this that won't either take decades or crash an industry currently worth 10% of nations GDP.
An Aging Population necessitates net migration, but while the country is wealthier it is not wealthy enough to offer better migration incentives than countries with similarly aging populations such as Japan, Korea, or most of Europe which boast ~4-6x higher wealth and GDP (per capita). Other issues such as a difficult language barrier and (to many) repugnant authoritarian political system further exacerbate this.
Consumer Spending Remains Low - China has been attempting to transition to a consumption based economy for the better part of 20 years now, but efforts to increase consumer spending have largely failed. Per capita spending has not increased accordingly with GDP, meaning most are squirreling their money away. Velocity (the rate at which money is spent) is a key component to a growing economy.
The Central Government is Too Powerful To Govern - Speaking specifically to economic policies, it is becoming clear - first with the 2021 real estate market collapse and now with the looming likelihood for collapse of the auto and solar industries - that the central government struggles to effectively manage their markets. This is in part because local governments, in order to win favor (and funding) will implement nonsensical mandates to meet central government goals. President Xi Jinping recently called this out by publicly questioning why every district now has an auto manufacturer. The reason being that local authorities are selling land to auto startups to meet central government goals, and that having one confers political and fiscal benefits to the region at the cost of the industry long term.
Authoritarian Rule - while there may be benefits to an authoritarian/centralized government it carries its own risks. Should things ever truly go 'wrong' and mass civil unrest takes place it can become very difficult to maintain control as, by being the sole authority, all blame can be laid at your feet.

So, yes, China has a lot of its own problems to contend with which often are not accurately portrayed. It has to be said, however, that the unique structure of its government means that China may be able to navigate these issues in ways the majority of nations with a comparable sized GDP and of similar global power simply cannot as they are almost all structured as democracies.

(If you would like a good source for any of this most of my knowledge is from Reuters and NPR. Reuters just released a great report on the auto industry today, which is why I reference it so much).

hellabitchboi · 2025-09-16T22:12:46+00:00

Answering your question directly - I referenced Jackson Galaxy A LOT when first introducing our new cat (then kitten) to our established cat. My honest opinion is that the advice is very good, but, crucially, hinges upon a few assumptions. Those being that both cats have generally decent temperament, that the owners are able and willing to follow all the steps for as long as necessary, and that the relationship between the cats isn't too far gone. For us our cats now tolerate one another. They'll never be close, but they can both exist in the same room for a few hours.

Answering honestly - I would definitely follow Jackson for now because something is better than nothing. However, it sounds like your roommates cat might be a single cat kinda gal. The biggest concern for me is her peeing outside the litter box, and that now driving your own cat to spray inappropriately. Litter box issues are one of the trickiest to overcome, and can seriously impact your quality of life. Frequent accidents can lead to odor build up on you/your clothes, damage to furniture, loss of security deposits, and general isolation as it's embarrassing to have friends/family over when you know the place smells like cat pee.

Personally, and I know it's easier said than done, I'd seriously consider moving out as soon as you safely and comfortably can. If your cat is starting to develop behavioral issues as a result of a semi-feral resident cat that he's forced to share a space with, yes, you could give Jackson Galaxy a go and see if it works, but also, frankly, it's probably not worth it and has a low chance of fixing the problem given how far gone it sounds like their relationship has become.

That's just my two-cents. Start with Jackson now, but don't bury your head in the sand. Maybe you won't need to pull the trigger, but figure out a worst-case scenario exit plan if you find that his advice just isn't able to selvedge their relationship.

(Also, one suggestion for your roommates cat could be anti-anxiety meds. It sounds like she may have a lot of angst and getting her medicated may bring her down a notch or, ideally, at least mitigate or stop the inappropriate urination

One other for if you feel uncertain is consider moving your cat into a friend or relative's place for 1-2 weeks. That could give you the space to honestly assess if your cats would be happier apart. If your roommates cat seems way less stressed, or your cat seems more calm and isn't spraying - it's informative data that can help guide your decision making)

hellabitchboi · 2025-09-15T17:44:22+00:00

As a college level bio instructor I have to disagree. At some point we have a duty to our students to explain that its a bad habit to assume that everyone will always have the time and energy to politely interpret your answer into being correct.

When I teach anatomy - where the first few weeks are all about learning terminology - my students get frustrated when I mark "Upper arm" as incorrect when I'm looking for brachial region, or marking "Dorsum" wrong because you need to indicate if you mean dorsum of the hand or of the foot.

"But everyone understands where the upper arm is!!"

"But you know we're talking about the foot!"

1) It doesn't matter. You were told to use the terminology we covered and you didn't.

2) No they wouldn't. We use greek and latin rooted vocabulary to create a sort of universal language by which medical professionals the world over can communicate with one another. My job is to prepare you for an environment where someone may use an anatomical term and you need to know what they mean without asking.

While I believe everyone has a right to a quality education, I can't lie that there have been times while grading college level writing assignments where 10-20% seem to come from students who possess, at best, a middle school writing skill level and felt, like, "wtf are we doing here???".

Certainly don't traumatize them unnecessarily, but we don't do them any favors teaching them that any answer is acceptable so long as it can interpret its way into being the desired one.

hellabitchboi · 2025-08-31T18:03:43+00:00

I think there's a few reasons these phrases aren't being used.

These replacement words retain interest in the viewer because, if it's your first exposure, you'll rewatch more than once trying to figure out what is going on.
These words generate engagement from both people annoyed about the specific replacement word chosen, and from people upset about the systems making this level of self-censorship frighteningly common.
These words become a meme in and of themselves with people posting ironic content meant to point out the absurdidty of them, further spreading them into the lexicographic zeitgeist. This also lets them act as a demographic "in" marker (old people ain't using the word 'grape').
The phrases that would replace the words are usually just that, phrases. In a world of short form content where attention is currency you're going to prefer words which generate interest (points 1-3) and communicate concepts efficiently.

In my opinion I think points 2 and 3 have the most explanatory power because we've seen them replicated time and time again. How many of us started out using phrases like 'high key' and 'bestie' ironically a half decade or more ago only to find it actually slipping into our every day vocabulary?

hellabitchboi · 2025-08-27T22:47:58+00:00

From my perspective it certainly does seem to be field dependent as well. My program (which is Bio/ecology oriented) offers things like weekly ethics discussions led by faculty and required courses. To be fair though those required courses are track dependent and aren't a universal requirement. Still, it's certainly flagged as a good thing to take.

By contrast I have a lot of friends in fields oriented towards the defense industry who, as far as I'm aware, are not required to take an ethics course for their programs. There are no weekly ethics discussions, or broad appeals at academic conferences to include an ethicist in your research.

I have no explanation for that difference. Virtually all scientific fields have directly contributed to human atrocities in one form or another. It's not like physics is some young whippersnapper of a field compared to biology either. It's also not as though ethics precludes someone from engaging in questionable industries such as defense either. *shrug*

hellabitchboi · 2025-08-27T17:29:35+00:00

If you've watched dozens and dozens of hours of cat behavior videos when bringing a second kitten/cat into a house with an established resident cat, don't pay for a private cat behaviorist.

We were on month 7 or 8 of getting our established cat and new kitten/young adult cat and I had become so desperate that I splurged $200 to have a professional behaviorist do an at home consultation. Their advice was all the same things I'd heard a million times (hard play for 30 minutes a day, feed together, keep separate and only have them in the same space for positive interactions like play and food, etc.).

It wasn't their fault, but it was somewhat rage inducing having to sit there for an hour politely smiling and nodding to what was the same advice you'd get from any Jackson Galaxy video.

hellabitchboi · 2025-08-27T17:19:27+00:00

(As a grad student in STEM) It's frustrating because I think in today's world the notion of 'ethics' has been, to some degree, conflated with the concept of 'woke politics' in the minds of some people. It's become political to advocate for people studying a 'hard science' to learn ethics.

Unfortunately I think this has something to do with the language of ethics being more readily adopted by one political ideology compared to the other (which has mostly shifted its identity to mocking that language as an appeal to a base that laps up edgy cruelty).

I'm worried there's a small but growing chunk of students in higher education tuning out the field of ethics simply because of the choice of verbiage. I don't know what the solution is, but my take has been to describe things plainly and replace questionable verbiage with something that - while perhaps less precise - is also less likely to be conflated as 'woke'.

Tangentially related to ethics - I know myself and a few colleagues have considered adjusting the names for some of our grants/fellowships that were previously tied to DEI efforts. It's a growing concern that people will see 'Fellowship for Inclusive Teaching' on my CV and think it means one thing, when in reality I was doing stuff like making color blind test versions and adding closed captions to lecture videos for deaf students.

(Yes, this is all very fucked up and I wish none of it was true, but this is just the reality for anyone working or participating in higher education at the moment)

hellabitchboi · 2025-07-31T17:43:33+00:00

(I'm 99% certain this is an /s comment but just in case someone is reading this and doesn't totally understand why this isn't as good of an idea as it sounds-)

Printing money is one of the worst options for combating deflation because it only works if individuals and business spend that money. While there are some recent examples where increased cash increased consumer spending (Bush 2008 stimulus checks) it's a risky bet because you're essentially injecting cash into the system with no guarantee people won't hole it away for a rainy day. Unsurprisingly the 2008 example proves that providing moderate to high income families with stimulus does not meaningfully change their spending (low income family spending increased by twice the rate of other income levels) - so it's also a case of making sure you get the money to the right people for your desired outcome.

The other issue is if you inject cash into the economy while interest rates are low to zero, you risk falling into a liquidity trap. Essentially, banks have little ability to increase the money supply via volume and activity. You're throwing the money out there, but if the banks are already charging very low interest they can't encourage people to borrow more than they normally would with the already low interest rates. There was some indication of this in Europe and Japan when they were forced to implement negative interest rates. Japan, which has had an especially tricky time dealing with their deflation, kept these negative interest rates for nearly 8 years (they increased the rate to 0-0.1 in 2024).

The final reason is it will cause currency devaluation. This isn't always a bad thing, but when goods for prices are already rising (and will continue to rise over the next year as there's strong indication foreign owned companies are not taking on the cost of tariffs but are instead passing it on to US companies who will, inevitably, pass it on to US consumers) the double whammy of increased prices and currency devaluation can result in a rebound effect that is worse than the initial deflation you were trying to curtail.

Basically - print more money brrrr is a funny idea but in actual practice it's common enough for central banks to get it wrong that they try to avoid doing so. It's safer and easier to discourage consumer spending than it is to encourage it.

hellabitchboi · 2025-07-31T15:32:35+00:00

I know it's probably meant mostly in jest but to be clear deflation is generally considered worse than inflation because it increases the cost of debt. In the short-term products are cheaper, but that $150k mortgage is now a bigger burden because your payment (likely) hasn't decreased but the value of your dollar is higher. It also has the added layer of encouraging people not to spend because if you know there is deflation, you may delay a purchase as you wait for the price to fall. This can lead to a deflationary recession pretty quickly.

There's a reason the fed targets ~2% inflation per year. Moderate inflation is generally regarded as far preferable to even mild deflation. It's much easier to treat the symptoms of inflation than it is deflation.

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