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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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shogunhitotiri t1_jaasla7 wrote

But I don't make enough money to spend it like it's five dollars.

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pantstoaknifefight2 t1_jaauvgg wrote

Replying to shogunhitotiri (#2,085,893)

I make enough money these days, but I was at the store and thought about getting a ginger and lemon kombucha, which used to be $3.50 and is now, a few months later, $4.00-- I thought to myself, welp, I guess I'll never drink another kombucha for the rest of my life.

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Dontsleeponlilyachty t1_jaaz4mq wrote

Replying to zoolakejeff (#2,083,951)

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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GovernorPorter t1_jab6ia9 wrote

$50 is also the new $20. Who wants to be a millionnairre? Anything less than 5-10m won't work for early retirement and extravagance these days.

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pearlsbeforedogs t1_jab74d4 wrote

Replying to pantstoaknifefight2 (#2,086,531)

That just means it's time to invest in a new hobby and buy all the equipment, ingredients, and miscellaneous crap required to make it! At the very least, after looking into the process and price of that, $4 either won't seem like so much, or you'll have a new and interesting hobby. Either way, time successfully wasted.

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pearlsbeforedogs t1_jab8x1y wrote

Replying to pantstoaknifefight2 (#2,090,529)

Hahaha!! Yes, I had an ex that was into making stuff. He successfully brewed a couple of batches of beer and then wanted to get into kombucha. The yeast patties are certainly... interesting. (I have also forgotten the name and am too lazy to go look it up at this point. I know they call them mothers sometimes.)

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CheezDanishAnusSmell t1_jabah4i wrote

Replying to zoolakejeff (#2,083,951)

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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runslikewind t1_jabk8ak wrote

id say 20 is the new 5. but then again without knowing how old you are we would have different perspectives.

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rudolf2424 t1_jabwpv1 wrote

I know back in the day where making 3k+ a month here in germany was a good wage wich could u get a house and could probably let your wife stay at home. Im now making 4k+ a month and it feels like a scratching the poverty line

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Spaceboot1 t1_jac3e3m wrote

I looked up inflation rates according to the Bank of Canada. Looks like $5 in 1990 is worth $10 now. So yes, if you were alive and spending money 33 years ago, in Canada, this shower thought is correct.

Me, in 1990, I was buying five-cent candies and baseball cards.

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raff7 t1_jac5n3x wrote

If you compare it to 1994, sure..

$5 now are worth as $10 in 1994…

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raff7 t1_jac5ro8 wrote

Replying to Spaceboot1 (#2,098,142)

For the us it would be 1994…

I think people overestimate how much inflation we had the last couple of years, and think prices doubled in a few years.. they didn’t.. they doubled in 30 years.. which is not unusual

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zombieedd t1_jacd6tz wrote

Okay hear me out and I know this will make me sound old but 5 buck for gas used to damn near fill a tank...so with that logic I would something closer to 40-50 buck is the new 5

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raff7 t1_jacedz4 wrote

Replying to Striking-Macaron3303 (#2,101,063)

Not really.. a median income for a family in the us was about 30k a year, a house costed on average 120k

In 2023 the median wage per family is close to 60k, with a median house price at 400k

Sure, housing price increased faster than a salary, but o, you could not work six months to a year in a factory and afford a house.. not even close

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Nano1704 t1_jacwy8y wrote

Replying to rudolf2424 (#2,096,582)

Where do you live more specifically? Last time I talked with someone I know that lives in Germany they said that it hasn't changed that much and that 2,5k/3,5k is a livable wage

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got_lukky t1_jad1kvl wrote

Replying to HiddenCity (#2,108,579)

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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Dragonfly452 t1_jad1u05 wrote

I’d say $20 is the new $5

I was a kid in the 90s and well… 20 back then went a lot further

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Rapture1119 t1_jadw86v wrote

Replying to HiddenCity (#2,108,736)

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

Replying to got_lukky (#2,108,551)

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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