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Capitalism realized a while ago that a huge swath of young millennials and elder Gen Z are just broke enough to not comfortably start a family or buy a house but just flush with enough cash to fill the emotional holes left by shitty boomer parents with overpriced children’s toys.

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[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This would've cost 18 dollars in 1991

[–] varmint@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] i_drink_bleach@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

Kind of this, honestly. I skrimpt and saved up my allowance for some expensive-ass LEGO sets when I was a kid and probably the most expensive one was like $150 which is around $350 in today-money, and it sure as shit wasn't anywhere near 9,000 pieces.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My estimate is $16. 666666 but I see your point.

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Apparently there's no way to use a repeating digit at Hexbear.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well - okay. I guess I had that coming.

I can't even make a digits vs digit joke because my joke logic doesn't work. The bar thing isn't standardized and there's no Unicode for it. I wonder why that's the case. That seems very weird to me but I'm not a math guy or a Unicode guy.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I've seen 16.(6) in use as well. I wonder how 16.{6|___} renders in the default ui.

edit: Three underscores and it's quite passable.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

16.{6|___}

Ah!

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

But only the richest kid in the neighborhood would have one.