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[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 43 points 3 months ago

Never actually said whether things are more expensive now...only that most people think they are.

Good job, folks! Another stellar piece of journalism. This is why Americans are perpetually uninformed.

[-] 1dalm@lemmy.today 22 points 3 months ago

Well, the short article was about a public perception poll...

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 15 points 3 months ago

Still, the context of how inflation works and if they are accurate is helpful. Saying all are indeed higher, but which are much higher is important. Highlighting where certain groups are misidentifying trends is also important. There is no point in having short articles about people’s opinions if those opinions are not put in context. That is the posters point. This is just clickbait not news.

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Shhhh. You're talking about critical thought and Americans. The only thing their vast spectrum is still United in is downvoting anything they perceive to be an attack on their beliefs. In this case, some will think you're pro-Biden and some will think you're pro-Trump, the rest won't know what to think and that makes them uncomfortable. All the while, none of that was your actual point.

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Shuutup Ruzzian bot!
The campist indoctrinated simplistic pavlovian response you get from these simpletons.

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It's from a Blue MAGA outlet, of course there is a point.
It's the same orange man bad slop as this community.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

It sure would hit harder if the writer weren't too cowardly to conclude with "and therefore X% of Americans are objectively wrong."

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Facts in the US?

Is that a thing?

[-] III@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

We used to have facts machines in offices - but that was a while back.

[-] Asafum@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

Ah yes, the reliable 40%

That same 40% that would keep supporting Trump even if he kicked down their own doors and murdered and then raped their children right in front of them. That same 40% that shows up in EVERY poll...

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago

In Russia they just make it 80% in every poll

[-] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago
[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I mean, there has been positive inflation in the US for decades, prices generally only go up, the issue is that they've been going up faster and faster.

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago

While wages remain almost flat

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago

Just work harder

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah cause thats what my bank statements say too.

[-] Krusty@quokk.au 5 points 3 months ago

New study reveals 23-35 percent of Americans would be terrible contestants on The Price Is Right.

[-] III@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Drew: Okay, all you have to do is choose which product is more valuable. This 2026 Toyota Corola Hybrid, or this 20 oz bottle of Ivermectin

Contestant: *hurriedly scans the crowd almost unanimously yelling "the car" for someone with a MAGA hat*

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Anyone else tripped up by the grammatical awkwardness of "house"?

[-] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

So I s there like an enclave(s) were inflation doesn't hit Americans or is this (most probably) just people hanging onto maga train

[-] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Is this an actual poll or an 'ask Claude' poll not that it wasn't definitely cheaper its just it was still inexcusably high and fucking unlivable and 40%is a weirdly low number

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago

Was it though? I'm not giving trump a pass here, but I feel like he's the one who made everything terrible in 2020. The inflation started in 2018, but really spiked in 2020. Then it more or less stayed the same until very very recently. Gas has skyrocketed. I feel like inflation is about to go insane again in the near future, but I think my grocery bills are roughly the same now as opposed to 2021.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

In 5 years, beef has doubled in price.

[-] III@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

but I feel

That's where you messed up.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago

I mean it was. And it was lower under Trump before that. And it was lower under Bush before that.

2008 was a rupture that got patched over but never came close to healing in the US.

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world -5 points 3 months ago

As if everything doesn't get more expensive over time in any country and under any government.
This is just silly

this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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