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In this late capitalist hellscape, I've noticed more and more that I prefer the store brand/lower tier version of a lot of things, especially food. Years ago I realized I vastly prefer store brand mayonnaise to Best Foods and the more expensive brands than that. Similarly, I've found cheapass Wishbone ranch dressing to be better than pretty much any other brand, barring Ken's once in a while. I figure the store brands are more immune to enshittification since there's nothing going to advertising and promotional stuff, but maybe it's going to happen anyway - enjoy it while it lasts, I guess.  What cheap products do you think are better than the name-brand or expensive versions?
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Awhile back there was a "No Brand" sunscreen that was a good product. I haven't seen it in awhile, please someone else report that it existed.
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Dec 2, 2024 04:21
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hersheys bar
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Dec 2, 2024 04:22
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If I'm going to get sliced lunch meat, get smithfield. They have the same factory that produces a lot of the other poo poo so you might as well just go with the cheap stuff, because it all comes from the same place.
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Dec 2, 2024 04:33
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SA memberships over worthwhile forms of entertainment
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Dec 2, 2024 04:37
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This answer is so standard it might be cheating but: wine, bourbon, whiskey, etc. the expensive stuff is all a matter of taste and some of the aged stuff actively tastes worse than nice but cheaper stuff by the same makers. I’ve had all kinds of price ranges and it really is true that you should find what you like and get that, it will likely be a moderately priced bottle instead of the most expensive. Buying vodka that costs more than $20 is also even more ridiculous. The point of vodka is to be distilled and filtered until it is flavorless, colorless, and clear. There’s nothing you can do beyond that (except marketing). Cars. I’ve had expensive cars and they broke down more and guess what, cost more to fix. I prefer the nicer models from ford, Toyota, Honda, etc. and if you want to go fancy, step it up to Lincoln, Lexus, Acura. Luxury cars are for people who don’t work. Watches. I like citizen and seiko as much or more than my more expensive watches. Finally, clothes. I prefer the premium hanes or whatever the nicer line of fruit of the loom is to “fancy” undershirts. I also like Levi’s more than most of the designer jeans; and of them I like the cheaper “Unbranded” jeans. Part of it might be my inherent anti-bourgeois bias, but they generally fit, wear, and last better in my experience.
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Dec 2, 2024 04:45
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Valentina black label is the superior (red) hot sauce, and it's $2 for a bottle the size of your head
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Dec 2, 2024 05:47
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I find store brand toilet wipes better than Cottonelle. Cottonellle changed their production (probably to make them cheaper to produce) and the new ones are way more harsh.
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Dec 2, 2024 05:52
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Look if I'm going to drink, I better just buy bulk. That's why I only buy the 15 liter wine bottle. https://www.millesima-usa.com/chateau-pavie-2023.html
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Dec 2, 2024 05:58
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Dec 2, 2024 06:01
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A youtuber with a pleasant voice reviewing rpg books from the 80s over a $20 movie ticket.
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Dec 2, 2024 06:07
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The store brand 2% cottage cheese and ricotta is better than the fancy stfuff
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Dec 2, 2024 06:14
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Arena concerts are extremely lame and I will never go to one. Local shows are fun.
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Dec 2, 2024 06:21
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if this was a PH thread I'd put some effort in but I really don't feel like it atm
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Dec 2, 2024 06:23
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Lmao at those fools paying prescription drug prices when you can just go to the gas station and buy some Hyper Tiger 3000 boner pills for pennies on the dollar
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Dec 2, 2024 06:50
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nullandvoid posted:If I'm going to get sliced lunch meat Pigs and turkeys mainly, yes
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Dec 2, 2024 06:55
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My smartphone is the cheapest POS on the market but my experience showed me that every expensive one is only a somewhat more polished POS.
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Dec 2, 2024 06:58
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I'm pretty spartan across the board, bake bread every day, mostly eat sardines, oatmeal, lentils, beans, rice, and tomato's.
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Dec 2, 2024 07:05
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Anderson Koopa posted:Awhile back there was a "No Brand" sunscreen that was a good product. NO-AD? it's fine I guess
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Dec 2, 2024 07:15
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butter
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Dec 2, 2024 07:23
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Your mom
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Dec 2, 2024 07:47
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I find store brand toilet wipes better than Cottonelle. Cottonellle changed their production (probably to make them cheaper to produce) and the new ones are way more harsh. The Sam's club Bath Tissue Is better than any other brand and cheaper.
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Dec 2, 2024 07:49
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peanut posted:Your mom My mom's pretty expensive, really.
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Dec 2, 2024 08:13
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Ever since the Goon Mothers Union formed service has gone downhill!
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Dec 2, 2024 08:20
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escorts
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Dec 2, 2024 16:34
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Dec 2, 2024 16:40
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Dec 2, 2024 16:43
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jam, op The supermarket own brand premium label strawberry jam will usually be better than the name brands, also cheaper despite having a fancy label. You can find out how good it is because if you look at the label it will say how much of the jam is fruit by mass. Supermarket own brand premium labels tend to be around 55%. Name brand jams will be 45% or worse.
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Dec 2, 2024 16:47
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Hammerite posted:jam, op this also goes for sausages in my experience. name brand sausages often contain less meat as a proportion than the supermarket own brand
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Dec 2, 2024 16:49
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Cheap wireless earbuds are like $4 and perfectly sufficient for audiobooks or podcasts. Not great for music. But I go through a set every 6 months by losing them, never breaking, and I don't sweat it. I just pull out the backup set and order a new one. Owning something that is multiple hundreds of dollars and is the size of a thimble and held onto your body by a tiny flap of ear skin is unnecessarily stressful and I want no part of it OP
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Dec 2, 2024 16:58
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Guitar pedals. You can find decent clones for half the price of the original pedal with similar sound and built quality, and if you're not a pro touring musician they will do their job pretty decently
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Dec 2, 2024 17:14
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Totinos pizzas, motherfucker.
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Dec 2, 2024 17:25
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Safeway's "Signature Select" ice cream, especially the Black Raspberry Chip. Do NOT get Red Button brand's Raspberry Cheesecake ice cream. It tastes like cream cheese, not cheesecake.
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Dec 2, 2024 19:09
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GoodyTwoShoes posted:Safeway's "Signature Select" ice cream, especially the Black Raspberry Chip. About 25 years ago they made one called Canadian Moonlight Maple. I had it once and I haven't stopped dreaming about it since. There used to be these cheap huge popsicles you'd get a plastic bag that were pineapple cherry flavor. We called them Astropops but I don't think that was their real name. They were the best godamned popsicles in the world and my sister and I would demolish them over the summer. My mom was always flabbergasted that we preferred those over the nice ones that came in a box.
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Dec 2, 2024 19:22
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I like coffee that's dark and burnt tasting. If that poo poo tastes in any way like fruit (which apparently "good" coffee is supposed to) I'm out. Same with dark chocolate, if I wanted fruit I'd eat a fruit
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Dec 2, 2024 23:11
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I will buy Big Red and Big Blue over Dr. Pepper the couple times a month I wanna drink a non-fountain soda
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Dec 2, 2024 23:18
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i drink a soda almost every day but its got to be a diet dew
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Dec 2, 2024 23:21
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most of the time i drink unsweet tea 
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Dec 2, 2024 23:22
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MrQwerty posted:most of the time i drink unsweet tea unsweet tea is awesome thats my other go to drink
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ive been drinking a lot of ito en kirkland green tea at work lately, i had a box of teabags that i was never using so i just brought fistfuls to work because the watercooler in the office has a hot water tap
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