• HubertManne@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    my first thought is how many dozen eggs could you get for the average cost of a dozen eggs over here. things don’t always measure up one to one. I remember people talking about great electronics being tossed in japan or korea.

    • Godric@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      US average income being 6x China’s was my first thought too, but then I got so fucking angry at how they fudge the numbers they’re looking at for the headline.