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A Honda Cost $13,000 in 2004
Inflation is so scary when you really look at it.
It feels weird, but I’m at the age where I’ve developed some perspective on the outrageous rising cost of living. I can finally say things like, “Back when I was young ____ used to cost so much less!”
Of course, everyone’s getting eaten alive by inflation these days. On TikTok, there are people comparing grocery receipts of today with that of just four or five years ago. With the exact same items and brand names, too.
I remember purchasing Old Spice Pure Sport 3.4 oz deodorant in Wal-Mart four years ago for about $2.99, or sometimes there’d be the two for $5.00 pack. That same size and brand currently costs $4.47 for just one according to the website. I live in North Dakota, so that price might be higher or lower elsewhere. But that’s almost a 50% increase in just four years. Ridiculous. But you can’t put a price on keeping B.O. at bay, right?
By the way, I don’t seem to recall my income going up by 50% over the last four years. Someone’s losing ground here, and I think it’s me.
I know, I know. Why didn’t I go all in on GameStop back in 2021? I could have so easily been a millionaire. How stupid was I?
Inflation is known as the “hidden tax.” But that kind of undersells its malicious and…
