The Big Mac index is indeed a thing, which is surprisingly helpful.

This gives a whole, sad new meaning to "i can haz cheezburger"

I read that third row as “bowel movements” lmao

A big Mac wasn't .50 in 1980. I remember it being at least $1. The earliest I can find sources for say $1.6 in 1986.

BMs per hour in a shitposting com, golden

The Big Mac index is a pretty good indicator of purchasing power. Despite this Big Macs were not $0.50 in 1980, they were closer to $1.75. Still a significant change. Also, the price of a Big Mac changes between states, ranging from $3.75 to $6.39 in 2022.. If you follow that last link and use the minimum wages given to do some division they're really not as different as presented, which is interesting.

BMs per hour

Honest question, why is this not how inflation is measured?

I feel like the basket of goods chosen in Australia is nonsense, considering rent went up by like 50% in two years, and prices in the supermarket have been insane, somehow inflation numbers only ever cracked the high single digits per year.

I haven't looked into it deeper, yet, but seems fishy, and cherry-picked.

We should compare the rate of inflation, joblessness, etc, against the state of the world just before the pandemic

We need more comparisons using this "BM per hour" unit.

US Median Annual Household Income

1980: $21,020 or 4.8 BM/hr

2022: $74,580 or 1.1 BM/hr

US GDP

1980: $2,857B or 650M BM/hr

2022: $25,440B or 363M BM/hr

US Defense Budget

1980: $144B or 33M BM/hr

2022: $877B or 13M BM/hr

Hate this sort of garbage. Exaggerating or lying to boost an already solid point ruins it as most won't see past the lie. They see the bullshit, turn away, call it all bullshit. Now you've lost my trust and I'm not listening to a damned thing you say.

Big Macs weren't $.50 in 1980, I was there. If they were that cheap, they wouldn't have been able to pry us stoned teenagers out of there.

Big Macs aren't $8 now. I think the whole meal is that much, maybe closer to $9.

Yes, the minimum wage is abysmal, but they're not paying that. Walmart pay $15 to start in this little hick town. McDonald's is probably $13 or so.

That's cool, someone should make that chart hut with food.

I'm pretty sure my car gets more miles per gallon than that.