5 Complaints About Modern Life (That Are Statistically BS) - CRACKED

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[QUOTE="no_more_fayth"]

She may not be attractive, but she has a beautiful voice.

no_more_fayth

I meant both musically and physically. Voice isn't everything in music, it's sickly mass produced garbage taking advantage of a creepy anomaly that should have been at best a popular zoo attraction. The fact that her album is the best selling album of 2010 is an insult to music in general. Just my opinion.

You mean a slutty, skanky, no-talent pop star didn't have the best selling album of 2010?

I think that's a good thing.

At least with the slutty, skanky, no-talent pop star the industry is keeping to a standard, and they arn't trying to hide the fact that they are a bunch of opportunistic money grabbing useless wasters. Taking an old woman, sticking her on a stage and then turning it in to a sickly "against the odds" story is just an attempt at pulling a thin veil over the cynicism of the actual production process. All they actually care about is milking the cow until it's dry before they move off on to their next gimmick. No thought goes in to a record like that, no one really cares about how it sounds in the end, just as long as it ticks all the right boxes.

I'd rather her get the highest selling album than Kesha.

That's all I'm saying.

[QUOTE="BMD004"][QUOTE="dercoo"]

I think # 5 should have been #1.

coolbeans90

First of all, it's a 9:1 ration in between 2010 and 1950 dollars. Secondly, your average car in the 1950's ran for about $1500. Brings your estimate to about $13,500. Third, are you seriously comparing a new car from the 1950s to a new car from 2010?

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[QUOTE="no_more_fayth"]

She may not be attractive, but she has a beautiful voice.

no_more_fayth

I meant both musically and physically. Voice isn't everything in music, it's sickly mass produced garbage taking advantage of a creepy anomaly that should have been at best a popular zoo attraction. The fact that her album is the best selling album of 2010 is an insult to music in general. Just my opinion.

You mean a slutty, skanky, no-talent pop star didn't have the best selling album of 2010?

I think that's a good thing.

[QUOTE="BMD004"][QUOTE="dercoo"]

I think # 5 should have been #1.

coolbeans90

First of all, it's a 9:1 ration in between 2010 and 1950 dollars. Secondly, your average car in the 1950's ran for about $1500. Brings your estimate to about $13,500. Third, are you seriously comparing a new car from the 1950s to a new car from 2010?

Edit: I don't disagree that things are cheaper today in general. But I just don't understand the car example... the numbers don't work.

Let's use your 9 to 1 inflation example for the other items in the article:

"a brand new nine-room brick home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, for the whopping sum of$11,500. A decent family car was about $500, and the gas for it wasabout 25 cents a gallon. A large loaf of bread cost under15 cents. A large coffee was a nickel, with a free refill."

Ok, so a NINE room home in Mass was $11,500. Multiply that by 9 for inflation and that = $103,500. That is super cheap.

We already went over the car example.

25 cents a gallon multiplied by 9 for inflation = $2.25 per gallon in 2011. That's cheaper than now.

15 cents for a loaf of bread multiplied by 9 for inflation = $1.35 for bread.

5 cents for a large cup of coffee multiplied by 9 for inflation = $0.45 for a large cup of coffee. (which even if portions were smaller, that's still cheap).

So based on that article, I don't understand how the numbers add up...

[QUOTE="coolbeans90"]

[QUOTE="BMD004"] Can you explain how working 500 hours on a 1950's wage of $1 per hour could buy you a decent midsize $500 car, whereas today working 500 hours on a 2011 wage of $7 an hour would only earn you $3,500, and not even close to the amount needed to purchase a decent midsize car today?BMD004

First of all, it's a 9:1 ration in between 2010 and 1950 dollars. Secondly, your average car in the 1950's ran for about $1500. Brings your estimate to about $13,500. Third, are you seriously comparing a new car from the 1950s to a new car from 2010?

You chose one specific item, not an aggregation of costs. And you'd be able to get a better car for the same price than one you would purchase for the same price 60 years ago. $13,500 in 2010 would get you more than money could buy in 1950.

Let's use your 9 to 1 inflation example for the other items in the article:

"a brand new nine-room brick home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, for the whopping sum of$11,500. A decent family car was about $500, and the gas for it wasabout 25 cents a gallon. A large loaf of bread cost under15 cents. A large coffee was a nickel, with a free refill."

Ok, so a NINE room home in Mass was $11,500. Multiply that by 9 for inflation and that = $103,500. That is super cheap.

We already went over the car example.

25 cents a gallon multiplied by 9 for inflation = $2.25 per gallon in 2011. That's cheaper than now.

15 cents for a loaf of bread multiplied by 9 for inflation = $1.35 for bread.

5 cents for a large cup of coffee multiplied by 9 for inflation = $0.45 for a large cup of coffee. (which even if portions were smaller, that's still cheap).

So based on that article, I don't understand how the numbers add up...

BMD004

Let's use your 9 to 1 inflation example for the other items in the article:

"a brand new nine-room brick home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, for the whopping sum of$11,500. A decent family car was about $500, and the gas for it wasabout 25 cents a gallon. A large loaf of bread cost under15 cents. A large coffee was a nickel, with a free refill."

Ok, so a NINE room home in Mass was $11,500. Multiply that by 9 for inflation and that = $103,500. That is super cheap.

We already went over the car example.

25 cents a gallon multiplied by 9 for inflation = $2.25 per gallon in 2011. That's cheaper than now.

15 cents for a loaf of bread multiplied by 9 for inflation = $1.35 for bread.

5 cents for a large cup of coffee multiplied by 9 for inflation = $0.45 for a large cup of coffee. (which even if portions were smaller, that's still cheap).

So based on that article, I don't understand how the numbers add up...

BMD004

Are you familiar with the term "cherry picking." It happens to not be the way inflation is calculated with regard to goods and services. Different items have different prices that change at different rates. And housing prices are not factored into it. Take an economics course or two.

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Ah, yes "cracked.com". The semi-pseudo scientific humour site with shady sources. Have some entertaining articles, but some healthy scepticism is in order while browsing.

Steingrimur

Did anyone else go listen to Sugar Sugar after? :P

Did anyone else go listen to Sugar Sugar after? :P

EVOLV3

No, but I started singing it and posted about it. :oops:

Good ol' Cracked setting the record straight.

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