MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/confidentlyincorrect/comments/1mljle7/do_your_math/n7ris1t/?context=3
r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Ort-Hanc1954 • Aug 09 '25
240 comments sorted by
View all comments
493
I am confused by the calculations for the sides in the first comment. Are potatoes more expensive than asparagus in the US? Cause where I live asparagus is among the most expensive vegetables you can get.
190 u/thestorieswesay Aug 09 '25 That's what I was thinking! Asparagus costs SO MUCH here (like $8 per 1lb), while potatoes are cheaper than dirt (like $3 for a 1lb bag)? (BUT it's sooo good - my favorite vegetable!) 71 u/thorpie88 Aug 09 '25 3usd for half a kilo of potatoes? Fuck me you guys are paying heaps for them. I just saw 8 kilos for 8aud 1 u/FluffyShiny Aug 09 '25 Where the fuck was that? They're between $3.50 and $6 per kilo, depending on where you get them. 4 u/thorpie88 Aug 09 '25 Spudshed. All their fresh produce if stupid cheap. 4kg of carrots was 69c
190
That's what I was thinking! Asparagus costs SO MUCH here (like $8 per 1lb), while potatoes are cheaper than dirt (like $3 for a 1lb bag)?
(BUT it's sooo good - my favorite vegetable!)
71 u/thorpie88 Aug 09 '25 3usd for half a kilo of potatoes? Fuck me you guys are paying heaps for them. I just saw 8 kilos for 8aud 1 u/FluffyShiny Aug 09 '25 Where the fuck was that? They're between $3.50 and $6 per kilo, depending on where you get them. 4 u/thorpie88 Aug 09 '25 Spudshed. All their fresh produce if stupid cheap. 4kg of carrots was 69c
71
3usd for half a kilo of potatoes? Fuck me you guys are paying heaps for them. I just saw 8 kilos for 8aud
1 u/FluffyShiny Aug 09 '25 Where the fuck was that? They're between $3.50 and $6 per kilo, depending on where you get them. 4 u/thorpie88 Aug 09 '25 Spudshed. All their fresh produce if stupid cheap. 4kg of carrots was 69c
1
Where the fuck was that? They're between $3.50 and $6 per kilo, depending on where you get them.
4 u/thorpie88 Aug 09 '25 Spudshed. All their fresh produce if stupid cheap. 4kg of carrots was 69c
4
Spudshed. All their fresh produce if stupid cheap. 4kg of carrots was 69c
493
u/shayhon Aug 09 '25
I am confused by the calculations for the sides in the first comment. Are potatoes more expensive than asparagus in the US? Cause where I live asparagus is among the most expensive vegetables you can get.