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zoolakejeff t1_jaam2rz wrote

I would say 5 dollars is the new 1 dollar more than 10 being the new 5.

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Thenyn-Vorgha t1_jaamiau wrote

By that math, 25 would be the new 5.

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zoolakejeff t1_jaaohca wrote

It's not a math thing that you can just multiple. It's more of what a low price is considered.

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DDDlokki t1_jaap8mn wrote

And I thought he's talking about inflation

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HiddenCity t1_jacto47 wrote

I measure in sandwiches. A $6 sandwich 10 years ago is $15-$20 today.

Edit: maybe 15 years.

Also when I was a little boy in the 90s school lunch cost $1.50.

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got_lukky t1_jad185f wrote

In 2013 you couldn’t buy a $6 sandwich worth having

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HiddenCity t1_jad1b5y wrote

15 years then.

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got_lukky t1_jad1kvl wrote

Lol, it’s just weird that we say 10 years right now and we feel like it’s early 00’s. Or at least I do. Really 10 years is the new 20 years rn. The 00’s are as close to the 80’s as we are to the 00’s

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HiddenCity t1_jad1q06 wrote

I think we are just getting old... mixed with the covid timewarp blackhole

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Rapture1119 t1_jadw86v wrote

Yeah dude that covid timewarp really fucked me up. It was not a joke lol. Like I could be fully convinced that we spilled over into another timeline at some point during covid cause that’s the only thing that explains why my sense of time is SO FUCKED UP now 😂😂

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ShinaiYukona t1_jaejv37 wrote

Subway still had their $5 footlongs at some locations back then. Not that you're wrong or anything, just 2013 is a lot better than 2016 where every location had stopped selling them altogether.

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got_lukky t1_jaelxbx wrote

True facts. I didn’t realize how bad it had got, but they be expensive these days

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Dontsleeponlilyachty t1_jaaz4mq wrote

This. I remember 1.25lb loafs of wheat bread going for $1.99 less than 8 years ago. I bought a bread maker to save money since that same loaf is now $5.00, but after calculating the cost of individual ingredients, I spend almost $1.80 to make a 1lb loaf of wheat bread. It's obscene!

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HolyVeggie t1_jacyvwg wrote

You have to remember that the huge companies produce bread in much bigger amounts which means it obviously has to be more expensive! /s

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CheezDanishAnusSmell t1_jabah4i wrote

I think we’re past both of those. For me, it’s like 20 is the new 10. When I used to sneak into strip clubs in the 90s, lap dances were $5. By the time I turned 21 or 22, they were $10. Six or seven years ago, they were $20. I wonder what they are now.

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sun_of_a_glitch t1_jabk84r wrote

Jeez, fresh out of basic in early 00's, they were 40. Outside Charleston

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Guildenpants t1_jabutcq wrote

Still 20 usually, believe it or not

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z57 t1_jabynhv wrote

Flaccid wage growth in all sectors

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qzlr t1_jabn21h wrote

What is this r/WallStreetBets?

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got_lukky t1_jad156j wrote

Yeah, that’s a 500% increase vs a 200% increase

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