Gasoline (gallon) - 3.00 last summer, 3.75 today (25% increase)
Towing a Car (~50mi Round Trip) - 125 last summer, 350 today. (180% increase!)
Bag of Dorito's - 4.50 last summer, 6 today (33% increase)
Can of Spray Paint - 4.25 last Summer, 6.50 today (54% increase)
But the point isn't specifics. The point is that the existence of some things that went up by more than 8.5% over last year is not meaningful evidence that the 8.5% number is a lie.
Name one other thing that went down. Literally everything is 20% more expensive.
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Not being pedantic and yes I know monthly inflation fluctuates, some things are seasonal. I'm mainly talking about yearly inflation. Name one thing that is cheaper this year.
I'm genuinely curious because looking through my expenses there's not a single thing I can see that has.
Christ. I didn't expect the third degree about an abstract statement. Surely you agree that sometimes there are things that go down in price, at least temporarily (since it apparently doesn't count as "going down in price when something goes up and then goes down but not as much as it went up). The entire point was that inflation is a weighted average, not a statement about the specific price change of any particular good.
> Literally everything is 20% more expensive.
If you are going to be so pedantic about my post, at least be pedantic about yours. It is absolutely not the case that everything is 20% more expensive.
2022, a $100 shopping cart may still have space left before you have to start stacking things. More like $300-$350 if you fill it up.