Why the quality of everything got worse

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Check this out, this is what a 2x4 looked like in 1980, and this is what it looks like now. I counted it, and that's like 50-60 rings compared to 8. The wood from 1980 grew in a real forest for over a hundred years, while the one today is less than 25 years old and much lighter and weaker. Oh, and by the way, they're not even 2x4 anymore, it's 1.5x3.5. So why's it gotten so much worse, and it's not just wood, either? Tools used to be much more reliable and appliances. Have you noticed how older washer and dryers you saw us around 20 years, but now you're lucky to get 7. And then we have to deal with shrink flation. The average bag of Cheetos is now 59% air. Look at what a Big Mac you still look like in 1980 compared to now. We have less gushers in every pack, and what the heck happened to Toll-Baron bars. The roll of charm and toilet paper you saw around 650 sheets in the 70s, but now it's around 200 for the same price. And what's going on with pasta sauce? It's 8% smaller and the first ingredient is water instead of tomatoes. Airline seats, if you flew in the 1970s, you had around 35 inches of legroom, but now you can have less than 30. So why is the quality of everything gotten so much worse? The government measures inflation with something called CPI. However, it's a lie. Because it doesn't account for the quality of things getting worse. Comment money if you want to see my full breakdown about everything has gotten worse since 1971.

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