John Ossoway

@ottomancer.bsky.social

Defending the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. Designer, illustrator, writer, developer. Lover of Design, Type, Music, RPGs, Lego, scifi. Biodegradable. My work: https://www.ragingtrifle.com/

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I've been stuck in meetings in the city centre all day. Aircon to the max so when I left work it felt like when you walk out of your hotel on holiday, but I'm in Manchester and a bloke was outside on the street shouting "PISS!" at everyone, so less fun. 😅

A 1991 bar weighed 62.5g; today's is 40g. But the real jump is price: that bar cost about 25p in 1992, roughly 70p in today's money, while the current one runs £1.20 at Tesco. By weight, Mars Bars now cost nearly three times what they did.

1991 Mars Bar highlights shrinkflation and inflation alike

Victoria Gordon, operator of a cleaning service, found a 35-year-old Mars Bar while plowing through a hoarder's house in Scunthorpe, England. Shocked by its enormity, she posed it with a…

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