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How virtual omelettes became expensive

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A gentle website about feeding colorful animals transformed into a ruthless lesson on hyper-inflated pricing. Hidden mechanics silently pumped endless digital coins into user accounts, causing the price of simple virtual omelettes to absolutely skyrocket overnight.

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