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minus-squareRadioactive ButtholelinkfedilinkEnglish21•1 month agoThat aired in 1965. Using $50 as a sort of reasonable base, that is worth $500.78 today.
minus-square@ilinamoratolinkEnglish12•1 month agoWhoa. I hadn’t done the calculation to see what it should have been, but yikes. And flipped the other way, listening to “how about tens and twenties?” feels to the modern ear like “how about singles and twos?” I mean, it’s an odd request, but hardly extravagant in those denominations.
minus-square@CrayonRosarylinkEnglish2•1 month agoI would think “tens and twenties” means plural of both, so $60 at minimum. But who wants the minimum? I’d think she meant $90, at least.
That aired in 1965. Using $50 as a sort of reasonable base, that is worth $500.78 today.
Whoa. I hadn’t done the calculation to see what it should have been, but yikes.
And flipped the other way, listening to “how about tens and twenties?” feels to the modern ear like “how about singles and twos?”
I mean, it’s an odd request, but hardly extravagant in those denominations.
I would think “tens and twenties” means plural of both, so $60 at minimum. But who wants the minimum? I’d think she meant $90, at least.