• Hazdaz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    But that isn’t entirely true.

    “wages are still stagnant”

    Wages saw the biggest bump in decades just a couple of years back. The article is from late 2021, and while that feels like it was an eternity ago, the reality is that it was less than 2 years ago.

    https://apnews.com/article/business-wages-salaries-increase-8ce98ea3bcc14c4810eb5a1111e1df49

    “costs keep going up”

    US inflation is the lowest of almost all industrialized nations - down to 2.97% right now, compared to 3X that a year ago.

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      US inflation is the lowest of almost all industrialized nations - down to 2.97% right now, compared to 3X that a year ago.

      Tell me why I should give a shit when my grocery costs have more than doubled since 2020 and have yet to come down. Inflation rate is meaningless for those of us not in the top 1%. What good is it to me to hear the inflation rate was only 3% last month if a bag of cereal still costs $7? Should I simply be grateful that things aren’t getting worse, faster?

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          Wait, at the moment you are being severely downvoted for posting a link to the best statistical source we have for the US on this topic? WTF is wrong with people?

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            Because people don’t want the truth, they just want to complain.

            And I get that.

            It’s a natural human reaction, but it is also annoying because some of these same people would demand a citation and I’ve given them exactly that.

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              Lately I’ve been telling people who ask for sources that they need to convince me they are asking in good faith. Real sincere responses will get a source, the real utility is it ends the conversation more quickly when it’s a disingenuous request. Best to save energy for the teachable.

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                They’re not looking for actual citations. Google works just as well for them as it does for you. They want to waste your time.

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          I just looked over that page, and I couldn’t find any data on I_Has_A_Hat’s grocery costs between 2020 and now. Would you mind pointing it out for the benefit of me and other particularly dense people in the audience?

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            The first column. Cookies, beef, chicken, milk, pasta… literally anything you’d buy at a grocery store.

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                Yeah, I’ve done that about a dozen times now and it works perfectly fine. If someone can’t navigate a website, then rhey maybe shouldn’t be commenting on it’s contents.