dannnex

can we talk about inflation for a second

like

we all know the bit

old people being like "back in my day, you could buy a cheeseburger for a nickel" or whatever

but like

do you realize how fast its increasing

i feel like people don't mention specific numbers enough

you can see drastic, DRASTIC changes in prices in our own lifetimes

inflation is up TWENTY FIVE PERCENT since 2016

2016!!

if you bought something for 100$ in 2016, it would cost 125$ now. 

less than SEVEN. YEARS.

I bought MANY things in 2016. I can REMEMBER these lower prices

we are the old people now.

go back a bit further and its even more extreme. since 2004, the year of my birth, prices have gone up SIXTY PERCENT. 

i am never gonna be able to afford anything ever