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I gotta admit. I was / am always amazed that they are as accurate as they are.

Like outside of a couple products I probabbly can't tell you what most groceries or consumer products cost. There's just so many to keep track of, and that's saying something as I shop / cook a great deal.

I seriously would dramatically under or overbid on a can of soup.

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This is true, but a lot of people here would be great at "the FLOPS are right" or "the read latency is right" (incredibly boring show), while most also determined either consciously or not that recalling the price of consumer products wasn't that worthwhile.

Good point. But I would totally watch "The FLOPs are Right". :)

> (incredibly boring show)

I heard the ending is worth it, though.

"How much could a banana cost, Michael? Ten dollars?"

(Wasn't able to read the article through the paywall) Does Price is Right use MSRP or what? Because I'll usually just look at my options and choose my lowest one - I have no idea what I should be paying for something.

> Wasn't able to read the article through the paywall

Try turning off javascript.

https://remove-js.com/https://www.economist.com/united-state...

For most paywall sites like this, you can also get the full content by being quick on the 'escape' key after reloading. If you can interrupt it after the static article content loads but before most of the javascript loads then the bottom paragraphs won't get chopped off.

I do the same thing. The shopping list says "milk", I look at the options on the shelf and select a suitable one. Price is likely a parameter, but since it's just a local decision I've more or less forgotten the actual numbers a minute later.

I suppose I would notice if the price was suddenly $5 for something that usually costs $1, but for many items I'm not even sure I would.

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