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[–] Burray_Mookchin@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

The inflation is real.

109 USD in August 2024 is equivalent in buying power to $115.31 today. $33 from September 2025, adjusted for inflation, would be about $33.84 today.

This has absolutely nothing to do with inflation

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The inflation of computer component costs, the topic of this post.

[–] Burray_Mookchin@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Fair enough, you could say the prices are "inflated". There's a big difference though between inflation as the devaluation of currency that's been slowly happening "forever" and inflation in the sense of a guy selling shit simply racking up his prices and putting the surplus in his greedy little pockets. Of course you can choose to use the exact same word for both cases if you wish

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

It wasn't the best word choice. I did say 'the' inflation to try and separate it a bit, but should have rephrased.