Except I never claimed that prices literally quadrupled. I merely explained how OP is utilizing a hyperbole to riff on a common experience that many people are having, which is that the buying power of the USD has been in sharp decline for long enough that people can already feel the difference.
What’s true is that $20 used to feel like a decent amount of money, and now it feels like barely anything; the way $5 used to. Nowadays you’d be hard-pressed to go anywhere and spend $5 or less.
You’re literally in the showerthoughts community, it’s not meant to present literal, accurate statistics. Its MO is basically to have at least some inaccuracy or logical inconsistency, because when you’re in the shower you don’t have a computer in front of you to immediately verify every heuristical thought process that “seems about right.” The “sounds close to truth, but technically isn’t” is what makes it a “shower thought.”
Except I never claimed that prices literally quadrupled. I merely explained how OP is utilizing a hyperbole to riff on a common experience that many people are having, which is that the buying power of the USD has been in sharp decline for long enough that people can already feel the difference.
What’s true is that $20 used to feel like a decent amount of money, and now it feels like barely anything; the way $5 used to. Nowadays you’d be hard-pressed to go anywhere and spend $5 or less.
You’re literally in the showerthoughts community, it’s not meant to present literal, accurate statistics. Its MO is basically to have at least some inaccuracy or logical inconsistency, because when you’re in the shower you don’t have a computer in front of you to immediately verify every heuristical thought process that “seems about right.” The “sounds close to truth, but technically isn’t” is what makes it a “shower thought.”