$279 for...


One stalk of celery, a jar of dried beef, a jar of baby food, a jar of canned baby carrots, a small head of iceberg lettuce, a tomato, and an apple.

That's just enough food for a couple of people not to starve in a 3-4 day period.

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BAHAHAHA!!!! Just wanted to say I LOVE your screen name. Stripes!!!!

April151CT

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The thing is if a story takes place in the distant future there is INFLATION.

You could just as easily have a sci fi story take place in the distant future and a bag of groceries is fifty grand but minimum wage is 25 grand an hour. You have to have an idea of how much the money itself is worth before you can know if something is over priced.

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To April-151-CT. Why thank you! You're the first to get it! Yes, when Harold Ramis was teaching the English class.

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Adjusted for inflation (from 1972 when Soylent Green was filmed), $279 back in the year 1972 would be $1,607 by the year 2016 standards.

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but it doesn't matter if it was filmed in '72. it was taking place in 2022. so, $279 in 2022 standards.

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