It's kinda obvious, people will never complain about stuff that got cheaper, will always cherrypick the one that got more expensive. They will always keep complaining.
Food, clothing, and all sorts of durable and non-durable consumer goods. Now they are simply shrugged as insignificant and "not something that money is really spent on", but that wasn't the case 40 years ago. People just forget good stuff the moment it happens, and everything negative is magnified by social media.
Just take a recent example - eggs. Internet was in panic during a short-term price spike, now the prices are lowest in history (by far) and no one seems to notice.
Yeah because the things that have increased in price faster than overall inflation (housing and healthcare) have inelastic demand. Who cares if nonessential goods have gotten cheaper if the essentials keep going up and up?
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 25.9 ms ] threadJust take a recent example - eggs. Internet was in panic during a short-term price spike, now the prices are lowest in history (by far) and no one seems to notice.