• grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 hours ago

    When I was in elementary school my dad introduced me to the concept of inflation using the “candy bar index”. Candy bars were 50¢ when I was a kid. They were, like, 25¢ when he was a kid. Nowadays they’re $1.25.

    I still want/expect them to be 50¢.