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  • "they've changed" - you say it like a corporation has a moral compass, or feelings. It's just a piece of paper.

    If they're moving money in a different direction today compared to how they did yesterday, that's a change.

    Your belief in if that is or isn't a change is irrelevant - it is a change.

    Did the religious assholes running it have a change of heart towards LGBT+ people? Probably not. But no-one is saying they did.

  • Taxes don't vary inside a store, you idiot. There are no physical stores that straddle state lines and charge you different amounts depending on which checkout you use.

    I'm going to guess you're both an idiot and you didn't read my second paragraph where I mentioned this specifically.

  • Not to address your fears specifically, but there's a lot a government (society) can do to make more women feel safer and more comfortable about becoming pregnant and giving birth.

    From high quality free healthcare, to maternity (and paternity) leave, to daycare, to schooling - at just a start - there are ways society can look after itself.

    That is, I can understand (in a limited, "I'm not you" fashion) your POV.

    Oh, also, I do hope you meant to include "want", as is in, "can make you want to have kids". Because government mandated pregnancy is a pretty horrifying concept.

  • That's specifically a USA problem only. In the rest of the world, the price you see is the price you pay (not inc. restaurant service fees, etc, which are more BS exported from the US)

    There is zero reason that the price sticker on a shelf or menu shouldn't be what you actually pay. It's not like online shopping where they need to calculate shipping based on distance, or tax based on state of the receiver. And there is no reason they couldn't even put both prices on the sticker.

    But in America, they do it for one reason: capitalism. It's a marketing scheme. Makes you think you're getting a better deal and paying less while you shop, so shoppers tend to spend more.

    It's why fuel costs $2.19 ^99/100

    Because that's seen as cheaper than $2.20.

    Sorry, but they're not going to be rounding that final price down to save you 1¢.

    In short: you're as much a victim as everyone else.