Argongas@kbin.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoThe Price is Right television show is a low-key way to normalize inflation.message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareThe Price is Right television show is a low-key way to normalize inflation.Argongas@kbin.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
Prices presented in the show are presented without question. At no point does anyone question their absurdity.
minus-squareitsgroundhogdayagainlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·1 month agoI’ve watched The Price is Right since the 80s and their prices have always been high. I don’t know if that’s the price in California or if their using the MSRP or something else but their high prices is not a new thing.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 month agoThe show uses MSRP for all the items. There was a guy who ended up memorizing them all and would yell the correct answers from the audience.
I’ve watched The Price is Right since the 80s and their prices have always been high. I don’t know if that’s the price in California or if their using the MSRP or something else but their high prices is not a new thing.
The show uses MSRP for all the items. There was a guy who ended up memorizing them all and would yell the correct answers from the audience.
That was an entertaining documentary!
I’m intrigued, do you have a link?
It’s called the perfect bid on netflix