Meanwhile an ice cream soda would cost you $10-15 most places.
Yet again proof that inflation as a tracked percentage is BS because the powers that be always fuck with the calculation to make the end result look nicer.
Yet again proof that inflation as a tracked percentage is BS
Well for starters, $10–$15 “in most places” is completely asinine. 15 cents would’ve been reasonable for an ice cream soda in 1948, so neither that nor the $2.10 figure are disputed, but “$15” is some “I mean it’s one banana, Michael” shit. No ice cream soda dispensed from a machine at a regular-ass diner in 2026 is running $15. I think a reasonably high-quality float with handmade ice cream that I’ve seen runs about $5, which still doesn’t keep pace with $2.10, but then CPI isn’t tracking specifically the cost of an ice cream float.
The fact you don’t understand how CPI works or what ice cream sodas cost doesn’t mean the powers that be are corrupting the calculations to make it look better.
About $2.10 in 2026, so still a pretty good bargain.
Meanwhile an ice cream soda would cost you $10-15 most places.
Yet again proof that inflation as a tracked percentage is BS because the powers that be always fuck with the calculation to make the end result look nicer.
Well for starters, $10–$15 “in most places” is completely asinine. 15 cents would’ve been reasonable for an ice cream soda in 1948, so neither that nor the $2.10 figure are disputed, but “$15” is some “I mean it’s one banana, Michael” shit. No ice cream soda dispensed from a machine at a regular-ass diner in 2026 is running $15. I think a reasonably high-quality float with handmade ice cream that I’ve seen runs about $5, which still doesn’t keep pace with $2.10, but then CPI isn’t tracking specifically the cost of an ice cream float.
The fact you don’t understand how CPI works or what ice cream sodas cost doesn’t mean the powers that be are corrupting the calculations to make it look better.
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