I was involved in a discussion over the relatively shit quality of USB-C docks on another social media site when - for shits and giggles - I linked to this "for the viewers playing along at home", but what really caused me to giggle was the last paragraph.

https://www.in2013dollars.com/Televisions/price-inflation

"Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $1,000 in 1950 has the same "purchasing power" as $7.24 in 2023 (in the CPI category of Televisions)."

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In everything else, it is the opposite.

okay?

Technology has moved us Fowle ward so that we get so much more for our dollar, now. With inflation, everything else gets us so much less, for our dollar.

*forward*