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‘What’s the most annoying thing shrinkflation has done for you?’ – 22 people angry about everything getting smaller and sadder

13.

‘Making me feel like a fat bastard because I have to eat about three Mars Bars to equal what was one once upon a time.’
TheYorkshireGripper

14.

‘500 gram mince packets are now 425. Like I need 500 for the recipe. Don’t mess with my autism.’
IllExample3639

15.

‘The size of the holes in New York bagels.’
DHV-938D

16.

‘Fruit and nut bags are all fucking peanuts and raisins now. And hazelnuts? Just add 1 so it’s technically not a lie and call it a day.’
olivinebean

17.

‘Supermarket pasta. Every supermarket does the same kind, the tortelloni in the clear square-ish box. A couple of years ago you could get two meals worth out of them and they’ve removed about 15-20% so you get one and a half meals now. Frustrating.’
pickindim_kmet

18.

‘Yeah it’s less the shrinkage itself, though that is annoying, than the enshittification from tweaking down ingredients.’
Lonely-Job484

19.

‘Terry’s Chocolate Satsuma.’
DJWG10

20.

‘I had some old cardboard tubes from a previous pack of toilet rolls in my recycling, and then bought another pack of the same loo roll. I can fit the old tube inside the new tube with like half a cm to spare. Making the cardboard bigger isn’t fooling anyone. It just doesn’t fit on the bog roll holder the same.’
GeorgiePorgiePuddin

21.

‘Today I bought a multi pack of Walkers Sensations Sweet Chilli and the fucking thing came in a pack of 5 when a year ago it was 6.’
Cautious-Diver-9613

22.

‘I think the only things immune to shrinkflation is TVs and deodorant. My deodorant is 72 hours protection, it was 12 hours when I was kid. At that rate of protection time growth you will only need to buy 1 can per lifetime in the year 2126.’
Suspicious-Fun-4187

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