I personally think food inflation has rather exceeded the median rate so it’s probably even less than that; my lived experience says that in 2019 I could get a meal for $15-20 and now it’s $25-30, but the inflation calculator disagrees.
It’s way less than that. In 2013, you could still get a $2 meal deal from Taco Bell that came with a burrito, bag of Doritos, and a drink. That’s $2.80 in today’s money. Then, I remember some dinner prices from places my parents took me when I was a kid. They’re boomers so they love going to all you can eat buffets. Using that calculator, the adult price for an all you can eat pizza buffet at a CiCi’s in 2000 would be $5.69 in today’s money. In 2005, the adult dinner price for an all you can eat buffet at Furr’s Cafeteria would be $8.39 in today’s money. Even in 2013, there was an AYCE Chinese buffet that would be $7 in today’s money. Those are dinner prices. And if you didn’t want to eat like a boomer, there were plenty of cheaper options. But just to put things into perspective a lot of those same things don’t cost $6-9 today. They cost $20+.
When he was a junior asshole, that $28 meal would cost $9.
I personally think food inflation has rather exceeded the median rate so it’s probably even less than that; my lived experience says that in 2019 I could get a meal for $15-20 and now it’s $25-30, but the inflation calculator disagrees.
When he was in his twenties, $5 would have been an indulgent lunch, and you’d probably still receive some change
Was gonna say it’s more an indictment on rising food costs than individual choices.
Also the “poor people are poor because they buy slightly nice things” is such a shit argument.
Probably subsidized by the company too
It’s way less than that. In 2013, you could still get a $2 meal deal from Taco Bell that came with a burrito, bag of Doritos, and a drink. That’s $2.80 in today’s money. Then, I remember some dinner prices from places my parents took me when I was a kid. They’re boomers so they love going to all you can eat buffets. Using that calculator, the adult price for an all you can eat pizza buffet at a CiCi’s in 2000 would be $5.69 in today’s money. In 2005, the adult dinner price for an all you can eat buffet at Furr’s Cafeteria would be $8.39 in today’s money. Even in 2013, there was an AYCE Chinese buffet that would be $7 in today’s money. Those are dinner prices. And if you didn’t want to eat like a boomer, there were plenty of cheaper options. But just to put things into perspective a lot of those same things don’t cost $6-9 today. They cost $20+.