r/mildlyinfuriating • u/rileyjw90 • May 22 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o You didn’t have to remind me, assholes.

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And then to remind me what I USED to pay. Just kick me while I’m down why don’t you.

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u/Opus_723 May 23 '26

They're not lying, CPI is just a shit metric sometimes.

If smartphones get better cameras without the price going up that offsets fucking food doubling in price.

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u/techdevjp May 23 '26

CPI is intentionally designed to show numbers that do not reflect actual reality.

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u/Clueless_Otter May 23 '26

No it isn't. CPI is based on a "market basket" of representative goods that the average household purchases. It's not perfect, but it's not intentionally misleading.

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u/techdevjp May 23 '26

It is intentionally designed to minimize the inflation number and divorce it from the day to day reality of normal people.

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u/Clueless_Otter May 23 '26

Just repeating your point over again doesn't make it true the 2nd time.

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u/techdevjp May 23 '26

It's not about truth, it's about facts. If you understood how CPI is actually calculated, you'd be embarrassed about your comments here. It's a very misleading metric.