r/memes • u/Yolo065 • 1d ago

Leave them alone🤬🤬🤬

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u/Avnesya 1d ago edited 1d ago

Is there actually "people" unironically defending em at this point?

Legit asking

edit : typo

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u/Findict_52 1d ago

Not so much defense, more like "uhh, yeah, things cost money, inflation exists, welcome to the real world", and I can't disagree honestly. People gotta use an inflation calculator on old games.

This meme does have real "too late, I drew you as the soy cuck and myself as the chad!" energy.

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u/DrScience01 1d ago

The whole "inflation exist" is moot when the wages are still the exact same

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u/Ok-Bug-5271 1d ago

But wages aren't the same, wages have kept pace with inflation. When people say wages are stagnating, they mean post inflation 

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u/DrScience01 1d ago

They aren't. People still live below the poverty line

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u/Ok-Bug-5271 1d ago edited 1d ago

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/

There is no sugarcoating this: You are objectively wrong. It is not a matter of opinion that nominal wages are up pretty much in line with inflation.

In 1990, the median household income was 35k, vs 45k in 2000, vs almost 70k now. It is not up for debate that nominal wages are higher, and the fact that you're claiming that pretty much disqualifies you from this conversation. What matters is if those wages have been keeping pace with inflation vs growing in real terms.