Btw I picked 1977 because that's the year my dad said was "the worst economy he's ever lived through" (although i'm pretty sure he wasn't even old enough to be working then)

I told him this about the wages and he's all just telling me get a new job bro, when the obvious takeaway should be "either things were actually REALLY GOOD in 1977, and not the worst year ever for the economy, or things are REALLY BAD now" but apparently what seems to be kindergarten level reasoning abilities is beyond him

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

The average job nowadays asks a lot from you too. "Productivity" wise, one person with a laptop being paid the equivalent of $5/hr in 1977 could do the work of a moderately sized secretarial/data entry pool.