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[–] 35 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I'm sure there's numbers & graphs that tell the story, but it's hard to really convey just how much purchasing power we've lost. Things like owning a home & having kids with only a single income - yeah, that was normal. And now it's gone.

My personal example is I was able to buy a new car in the 90s fresh out of college. Today, I'm making more money than ever, and yet somehow a new car just isn't an option. I've been priced out of the market. And it's like that for... everything.

And yet, somehow my government tells me inflation is fine.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago*

    the thing that always gets me is how fucking expensive food has become, i distinctly remember cheeseburgers costing 10 SEK (roughly 1 USD) when i was in school, now just 10 years later it's DOUBLE THE FUCKING PRICE

    it's- i have no words, "insane" doesn't even come close to describing how much it fills me with bile.
    Following inflation the cost should be 13 SEK now, but that's what i scoffed at them increasing it to years ago!

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  • [–] 23 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    So much defeatism! You can still get a house like that for cheap. Just cut out the avocado toast, ask Mom for a six figure loan, then find a gem property in the local airport flight path, next to a slaughterhouse, an AI data center, built on reclaimed landfill, and across the state highway from a pet sematary. You can get it for under a million easy!

    That's what I did, and I'm living the dream. My reanimated dog gets sick every time he drinks from the oily puddles of blood and liquid fat that bubble from the ground constantly, but I did it, I own a home!

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Peg was hot and wanted to get it on too

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I don't remember him being referred to as fat. Especially not with the literal tons of fat women he insulted at his job.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    You could also but amphetamines over the counter.

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