At the current price of donuts, the phrase “I’ll bet you dollars to donuts…” Means the opposite of what it once did.

Edited to correct the saying.

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 days ago

    my family would wait until the donuts would go on discount in the evening

    sometimes it was the only calories that would get us through the next day

    so donuts and dollars has always had a heavy weight to it

    • ManlickerM2001@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 day ago

      It’s so crazy to me that American poors will always go on some crazy rpg-like quests to get their food instead of just learning how to cook.

      • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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        yeah stupid 12 year old me who figures out how to turn baseball cards into gas and food for my mentally broken mother and my sister and brother

        I mean we might have found a spot for the camping stove but ok sure cooking at parks and camp fire works. but being homeless and a child presented obstacles and discount donuts were the special spot for my dollar when a dollar meant the most to me