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DeathArrow on Dec 19, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why are things expensive?

I think money is a poor substitute to judge how expensive something is.

It's better to judge in time. How many ours do I have to work to buy this? Or even in breads or burgers. Is this worth x burgers?

Thinking like that made me buy much less than I would have.

Geisterde on Dec 19, 2023 [–]

I suspect you would be interested in seeing the time-prices of various goods, things like TVs continue to steadily get cheaper, whereas things like education and housing continue their upward climb.

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