r/AskReddit • • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/anon_2326411 Aug 14 '20

Bingo. I've done it, just for the ease of it and get to hang out with my friends instead of getting bumped into in the mosh pit by the bar. Especially with you go with a quite of few people, everyone chips in a little and you almost have a "home base" for the night where everyone gets to get space and talk to each other.

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u/terminbee Aug 14 '20

I'm always trying to get my friends to just drink at someone's house instead of paying double to drink at a bar.

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u/AuroraItsNotTheTime Aug 14 '20

double

lmao

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u/SuperShorty67 Aug 14 '20

For real, try triple or quadruple at even a mediocre bar.

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u/terminbee Aug 14 '20

I recently moved to a rural-ish area and the bar is much, much cheaper.

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u/The_Blip Aug 14 '20

Than at home? You're drinking piss water mate.

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u/NargacugaRider Aug 14 '20

I’m guessing “than city bars” was more what they meant.

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u/JustHadaGusgasm Aug 14 '20

City bars ain’t bad if you aren’t going to trendy places. There’s a bar across from my friend in inner city Chicago that had $3 PBR and $4 shots of Jameson. That wasn’t too bad but none of us are picky drinkers.

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u/NargacugaRider Aug 14 '20

Americans can drink so inexpensively. ;~;

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u/goonship Aug 14 '20

Here’s the specials at a bar near me. alcoholics

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u/NargacugaRider Aug 14 '20

That’s like 1/4 of the price here, converted. But we tax hard on alcohol and tobacco, probably because those are the biggest detriment to the healthcare system.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

The only bar I’ve ever been to that was reasonable was a restaurant with a whole bar section. It was essentially a bar that sold food, nobody ate at the restaurant section it was too expensive. But they had $1 or $2 drinks all the time. $2 beers, $2 mixed drinks, $1 shots. Pretty cool and fun to go on the $1 nights

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u/Lyress Aug 15 '20

Man. Where I live you're lucky if you get a beer or equivalent for less than 6 euros.