“When I was bodybuilding, I would use fast food to gain calories for bulking...I literally would not be able to afford doing that today.”

"When a high end graphics card was $400, lol."

In 2015, a high end card would have cost me 41 hours of work at $13.30/hr.

In 2025, a 5090 costs me 40 hours of work at $75/hr."

"So true, you didn't have to fight so much against the engine trying to guess what you meant instead of what you actually wrote.

I was trying to search for a park in Portugal called Paços the other day, and I had to try searching five different ways before Google stopped showing results with birds (passaros). It is maddening."

"Everything requiring an app is annoying. Why do I need an app for a humidifier in my room? Can't I just hit the button to turn it on and use it?"

"When I was bodybuilding, I would use fast food to gain calories for bulking. Same with Chipotle. It was cheap food, and it would fill you up for not a lot of money. I would also buy 2 lbs of bison meat or an entire half of a salmon and eat it every week, along with fresh fruit daily.

I literally would not be able to afford doing that today."

"Everything now feels like it has to be productive. Even when I try to relax, it feels like I’m wasting time or falling behind."

"Coldcuts have gotten crazy, too. Ham or roast beef sandwiches used to be cheap meals; now it costs more to make one at home than it used to cost to buy one from a deli."

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