Just came across this post in linkedin where this person is telling us how GLP - 1 drugs are causing people to buy less food and in turn generate less revenue for big food companies like Nestlé and Kraft Heinz.

Their solution will therefore be premiumising of food such that even though they sell less in volume, they sell it at higher prices, maintaining bottom lines. This is also called shrink to grow strategy that has been popular in CPG industry last few years (think how dishwasher detergent powder vanished from shelves and got replaced by more expensive pods)

And everyone, not just GLP-1 users will pay for this premiumisation. Your food prices are about to get worse.

I am watching Severance and playing Hades 2 lately, and I noticed that 'respawn' as a plot device has really increased in last few years.

It's not just respawn, but it's the mechanism where each spawn helps push the narrative further.

The Good Place was similar. Mickey 17 seems to be doing the same thing from what I can tell in the trailer.

Am I just cherry picking or is this a real trend? And does this reflect some other underlying phenomenon?

The sentiment around buying European/Canadian alternatives to American products and services is a great one, and I can get behind the movement, but there is more to it.

Not all products and services have alternatives that are viable. You can't get your workplaces to move to libreoffice or get your mom to start using signal messege. Moreover, even when using Europa products and services you still perpetuate the culture of uncontrolled capitalism and enriching tech billionaires. Open Source Alternatives, Piracy, and Ad Blocking are all equally viable.

Keeping this in mind, remember that piracy and ad blocking are great ways to keep using American services without contributing to their bottom line.

There are ad free versions of YouTube, reddit, Instagram and Facebook apps. They're all patched with revanced and are available on github.

Additionally, pirate media as much as you can and be unapologetic about it. Facebook is doing it, so can you. Pirate music, movies, books they're all available. Torrents community has never been safer and better organised.

Consume without paying and that does more damage to their bottomlines.