AI-animated satire from DOOOD What The?!. Reacts to a real news story; see transcript below.
Dooood! What the? Okay, check this out. Somebody found a grocery receipt from two thousand six. Seventy nine items. A hundred and sixty one dollars. That same cart today is over four hundred dollars. The receipt went viral. Everybody cried. I remember a hundred and sixty bucks filling the whole cart. Steaks, cereal, the works. Now a hundred and sixty bucks gets me a bag of apples, some eggs, and a single sad tomato. I went in for a week of food. I came out with a snack and a payment plan. The receipt did not change. The total just tripled. Two thousand six is never coming back. Neither is that cart. Duuude... What the. (sigh)
The original receipt from 2006 showed $161 for 79 items, which included steaks, cereal, and other staples.
The receipt went viral because it highlighted how much more expensive groceries are today compared to a decade ago; the same cart now costs over $400.
DOOOD satirizes the situation by pointing out that what used to be a full week's worth of groceries for $161 is now just a snack and a payment plan.
The grocery cart from 2006 cost around $161, while today it would cost over $400 for similar items, showing a significant increase in food prices.
The episode suggests that with current trends, filling a grocery cart to capacity will become increasingly expensive and less feasible, implying a shift towards more limited purchases or payment plans.
DOOOD, What The?! is a faceless AI-animated daily news-comedy cartoon. The host, The Reactor, reacts in disbelief to one real news story per episode, with whip-pan cutaways to animated characters. New episodes post daily.