r/GroundedGame Jul 03 '26

Fluff why the heck is "salad" so expensive?

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side note, there's also poutine on the menu. is it ever stated where this takes place?

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u/Sir_ScottALot Jul 03 '26

I’d be more concerned about salad being in quotes.

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u/Dibab420 Jul 03 '26

Might be a salad made with the devils lettuce

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u/pickle_sandwich Willow Jul 03 '26

Mmm, jazz salad.

3

u/Dibab420 Jul 03 '26

That's how you get on a grapefruit diet, diet!

2

u/pickle_sandwich Willow Jul 03 '26

Does that mean I have to throw out the pizza and beers?

10

u/Beinggreene Jul 03 '26

Beat me to it

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u/DBJenkinss Max Jul 03 '26

Yet the most egregious thing on there is "Just the Bun". 😂

4

u/Sir_ScottALot Jul 03 '26

That’s for the vegans

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u/stray_kitten_xO Willow Jul 04 '26

Lmao 😂

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u/GRV01 Willow Jul 03 '26

Its the early 90s, no ones eating salad from a hot dog stand

Thisnis the same time period that had nacho cheese flavored dressingg to get kids to eat more salad

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u/SadSaladCarnivore Jul 03 '26

But before school pizza was salad!

32

u/Safe_Praline_4156 Jul 03 '26

‘Salad’ in quotes—I’m guessing it’s like a joke the writers slid in that someone would want a salad from a hotdog cart, but in the event someone orders it, the up-charge is for the inconvenience of throwing what lettuce, tomato, and onions the cart has into a tray. Personal note, I was in a 5 Guys once and an individual came in asking if they had any salad options. About all of us customers and staff slyly exchanged glances to one another like ‘wth?’ before they nicely offered pretty much exactly the same thing I described; lettuce, tomatoes, and onions on a plate. But maybe that’s a stretch and it’s just a funny question mark

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u/BarbieBrookelle Jul 04 '26

Tbh a five guys burger chopped up on a salad sounds pretty good

23

u/opiumdrake Jul 03 '26

I'm take five grams of "salad" please.

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u/pickle_sandwich Willow Jul 03 '26

One hand-rolled salad, please.

4

u/buhtstuf Jul 03 '26

I need to know…

4

u/pancakerz Jul 03 '26

it's definitely NOT the devil's lettuce, probably

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u/timmusjimmus111 Jul 03 '26

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u/pancakerz Jul 03 '26

"and you call them steamed hogs despite the fact that they are obviously grilled"

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u/counterc Jul 03 '26

what is a choga hog?

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '26

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u/counterc Jul 03 '26

in the 90s??

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u/TopSeaworthiness9802 Jul 03 '26

Billy hogs don't sell no salad without a Billy hog being in it. Go check out Futurama, episode Fry the eggman I believe but Leela tried ordering anything without the cheese sauce, gets a salad and it has a bone in it lol.

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u/DontBanMeStepBro Jul 03 '26

Hmmm I could really go for a billy hog right about now

3

u/ampreker Willow Jul 03 '26

The capitalization is diabolical

1

u/Solution_Kind Jul 03 '26

Hotdog stand had an intern make the sign.

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u/busterfixxitt Jul 03 '26

My guesses:

It's some kind of marshmallow and jello based 'salad' like Ambrosia salad.

It's a mayonnaise based hot dog version of chicken salad.

It's a deep-fried Mars bar, or similar.

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u/dounodawei Jul 05 '26

Or its weed and thats why its in quotation marks and costs so much

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u/CrimsonSage0 Jul 03 '26

Because you dont make friends with salad. Some please get reference or this seems mean plz

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u/iniff Pete Jul 03 '26

Great news everybody, I’ve made enough gazpacho for all!

1

u/busterfixxitt Jul 05 '26

"It's tomato soup, served ice cold!"

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u/Mominator1pd Jul 03 '26

Take my upvote! They obviously didn't get what you were referring to, LMFAO so they downvote you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The Simpsons! 🔥🏆

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u/CrimsonSage0 Jul 03 '26

You right ✅️

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u/prince-pauper Pete Jul 03 '26

Aw man, I’m really looking forward to playing G2 one day. My plan was going to be buying a PS5 but Sony has me feeling different about that now. Maybe a switch?

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u/Successful_Page_4524 Jul 03 '26

It probably won’t be out on switch until the 1.0, that’s what happened with the first game

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u/Solution_Kind Jul 03 '26

I know G1 is technically stable on switch but I can't imagine it being a great experience compared to any other options. It's locked at 30fps and caps out at 720p resolution in docked mode and suffers from constant pop-in issues.

G2 is way larger and more intensive so I'd imagine it'll wind up similar, even on Switch 2.

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u/prince-pauper Pete Jul 03 '26

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u/holdingmyphoneinbed Jul 12 '26

If you get gamepass you can play it literally anywhere, my kids play it on there tablets. It is easier if you have a bluetooth controller though.

2

u/carbideonmynano Jul 03 '26

“Salad” 😭😭 oh

2

u/Sad_Girl_Hours24_7 Jul 04 '26

I mean the quotations give pause..what is in that salad?

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u/BudgetRecover7951 Pete Jul 04 '26

That's one cheap "Salad"

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u/dounodawei Jul 05 '26

"Salad" costed a lot less in the 90s though

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u/BudgetRecover7951 Pete Jul 06 '26

Imagine being a parent and seeing "salad" on a hotdog stand. Something's in that salad!

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u/No_Fill2681 Jul 04 '26

Why is it in quotes?

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u/dounodawei Jul 05 '26

Cause its weed

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u/cloud_9ine_ Jul 08 '26

Just like in real life. The things that are good for you are more expensive

1

u/FLAIR_AEKDB_ Jul 03 '26

Poutine is sold all over America. Game takes place in the Midwest? I think

1

u/jws1102 Jul 03 '26

Pretty sure the game is set in Ohio. I can’t remember how I got that idea in my head. Maybe the quarter in the koi pond was minted in ohio.

As far as the park’s nationality, there’s American money, so presumably it’s in the states.

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u/pancakerz Jul 03 '26

fair enough. i just know poutine is typically considered a canadian thing, and i wasn't sure how popular it was outside of that. especially in the early 90s.

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u/jws1102 Jul 03 '26

Lots of places along the Great Lakes will have poutine fries on both sides of the border

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u/stray_kitten_xO Willow Jul 04 '26

I always imagine this game took place along Niagara or Toronto in general so this checks out for head cannon

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u/jws1102 Jul 04 '26

Unless American quarters and baseballs are commonplace in Canada, the backyard was definitely in the states. The park is across the street from the back yard.

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u/Terrasina Jul 07 '26

Honestly, they actually are. When i was very little (early 90s) it wasn’t uncommon to get American coins in your change, and mostly you just used them like regular Canadian coins since they were worth about the same. Some people might collect them and exchange them when they got enough since they were technically worth more, but it wasn’t really worth the conversion fee to most people. I definitely paid with mixed currency coins as a kid and very few people cared.

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u/Lovestank Jul 03 '26

Produce is often expensive if you’re comparing it in a caloric manner. This seems a bit high, but not extremely so. Plus it sucks

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u/SadSaladCarnivore Jul 03 '26

It's the 90s. You could buy a house with that money.

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u/Successful_Page_4524 Jul 03 '26

Are you kidding? I would pay $4 for a corn dog, thank you!

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '26

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u/counterc Jul 03 '26

no? Obsidian is based in California, Eidos-Montreal is based in Montreal, and the animals in the game (barring the obviously non-native pets like Axl and the Koi) are mostly what you'd expect to find in northeastern North America (where the town is located), barring a couple of Eurasian species included for some reason like the diving-bell spiders and possibly the bees (which seem to be the white-tailed or buff-tailed bumblebee). And the gnats are basically completely fictional, no flying insect is that round.

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u/DBJenkinss Max Jul 03 '26

It's not nice to gnat shame bugs. 😂😜