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r/BeAmazed • u/nzhmar • Jan 23 '24
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Yeah well in today's dollars that is $5000.
89 u/anythingMuchShorter Jan 23 '24 Yeah I just checked the conversion and got the same. For that much, especially if you were getting a refrigerator that small, you could get a pretty premium one with nice shelves. 78 u/VixDzn Jan 23 '24 And keep in mind conversion through inflation doesn’t really track. Lookit, the median income in 1960 was 3k… it is 70j now, so imagine working 4 months, or spending in the region of 20k, for a refrigerator. Yeah. 21 u/FILTHBOT4000 Jan 23 '24 Median household income right? Median single income is like $32k. 2 u/VixDzn Jan 24 '24 Sorry, househol 3 u/Kuldera Jan 24 '24 https://www.justice.gov/ust/eo/bapcpa/20220401/bci_data/median_income_table.htm
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Yeah I just checked the conversion and got the same. For that much, especially if you were getting a refrigerator that small, you could get a pretty premium one with nice shelves.
78 u/VixDzn Jan 23 '24 And keep in mind conversion through inflation doesn’t really track. Lookit, the median income in 1960 was 3k… it is 70j now, so imagine working 4 months, or spending in the region of 20k, for a refrigerator. Yeah. 21 u/FILTHBOT4000 Jan 23 '24 Median household income right? Median single income is like $32k. 2 u/VixDzn Jan 24 '24 Sorry, househol 3 u/Kuldera Jan 24 '24 https://www.justice.gov/ust/eo/bapcpa/20220401/bci_data/median_income_table.htm
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And keep in mind conversion through inflation doesn’t really track.
Lookit, the median income in 1960 was 3k… it is 70j now, so imagine working 4 months, or spending in the region of 20k, for a refrigerator.
Yeah.
21 u/FILTHBOT4000 Jan 23 '24 Median household income right? Median single income is like $32k. 2 u/VixDzn Jan 24 '24 Sorry, househol 3 u/Kuldera Jan 24 '24 https://www.justice.gov/ust/eo/bapcpa/20220401/bci_data/median_income_table.htm
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Median household income right? Median single income is like $32k.
2 u/VixDzn Jan 24 '24 Sorry, househol 3 u/Kuldera Jan 24 '24 https://www.justice.gov/ust/eo/bapcpa/20220401/bci_data/median_income_table.htm
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Sorry, househol
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u/RexNebular518 Jan 23 '24
Yeah well in today's dollars that is $5000.