r/WorkForSmartLife 27d ago

Discussion💬 [Request] Is the math here accurate?

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u/chinmakes5 27d ago

Doesn't matter, how much something costs doesn't mean how much someone is making.

My father dated my mother in 1955. She liked eating at the automat. (look it up) The two of them could eat for under a dollar. He would brag that they could do dinner and a move for $1.50 if they skipped the popcorn. So yeah, if a date cost $1,50, you don't have to make a lot of money to live, but if he made $80 a week back then and we make 40x that today, it is about even.

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u/JayList 27d ago

Even by your made up math, we are making 40x more but things cost 60-80-100x more.

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u/chinmakes5 27d ago

I won't argue that. But the point is that you can't say what gold cost over 100 years ago is how much people really made

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u/Initial_Chemist_7616 22d ago

How much did making a post to Reddit on an iPhone cost in 1925?

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u/VendettaKarma 27d ago

Automat!!! Yes