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Reply to comment by VerbingWeirdsWords in Remington Letter-Riter typewriter, purchased in 1958 for $83.41 (which would be $860.11 today) by VerbingWeirdsWords
Technology is a continually deflationary industry. The first color TV's sold at retail in 1955 cost $12,000, adjusted for inflation to modern money.
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Reply to comment by crappenheimers in My Levi's leather belt. 15 years and going strong. I wear it almost daily. by vainamoinens-scythe
Reddit media gonna Reddit media
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Reply to comment by XCypher73 in Solar calculator bought circa 1985. Needs brighter light now, otherwise works perfectly, even in hexadecimal. by lake_huron
Gotta give them credit for battling inflation, too. A new TI-89 cost $130 in 1999. A new TI-89 costs $130 today, too!
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Reply to comment by stonecoldcoldstone in Solar calculator bought circa 1985. Needs brighter light now, otherwise works perfectly, even in hexadecimal. by lake_huron
Exactly. Not all boobs are BooBs. Some boobs get elected to office. Others get elected for sweater duty.
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Reply to comment by JLanTheMan in Solar calculator bought circa 1985. Needs brighter light now, otherwise works perfectly, even in hexadecimal. by lake_huron
Big ones versus little ones, I guess
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Reply to comment by jakebeleren in "You'll make more money working 3yrs at a company and then jumping to a new company negotiating a higher salary than just staying at 1 company and taking your annual raises each year" by CasualFridays047
> In my experience it means they were a middle performer at best. Not bad enough to be replace but not good enough to move up.
Why, hello, Peter Principle.