• NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Back in the 90s and aughts you could get pizza or Chinese delivered. Usually only at the cost of throwing a few singles for the driver. While it was probably exploitative of the drivers, it did not take 30% of the value of the meal and send it to a rich moron in Silicon Valley. It was not seen as super luxurious to get pizza delivered on a Friday night.

    2019: you could buy a house if you never went to Starbucks!

    2025: no one cares how much money you save working from home, get back to work, get back to the kitchen, deal with the tarrifs!

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      19 days ago

      Not necessarily, if you own a home AND your pay slowly goes up to compensate (both of these unfortunately aren’t happening for a lot of people), relative to your income your mortgage goes down.

      Or in more generic terms, inflation is good if you borrow money.

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        19 days ago

        Or in more generic terms, inflation is good if you borrow money.

        If your interest is less than inflation.

        Like my colleague who bought a house for about 1.5% before inflation nearly went to 10. Man.