You ever see something from a bygone era and your first reaction is not the excitement that the advertisement intended

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Screaming Pectoriloquy
‪@caulimovirus.bsky.social‬

you ever see something from a bygone era and your first reaction is not the excitement that the advertisement intended to elicit but, rather, amazement at just how far inflation has gotten?

movie poster for The Taking of Pelham One Two three with tagline “we are going to kill one passenger a minute until New York City pays us 1 million dollars”
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10:24 PM · Jun 14, 2026

you ever see something from a bygone era and your first reaction is not the excitement that the advertisement intended to elicit but, rather, amazement at just how far inflation has gotten?

— Screaming Pectoriloquy (@caulimovirus.bsky.social) 2026-06-15T02:24:51.739Z

[Morbius]

1. That was a damn good movie.

And yeah, I remember when a million dollars was a lot of money.

It's still more than I'll ever see, but it isn't such a large sum anymore.

[murielm99]

2. Bruce Wayne was a millionaire originally.

That was back when a million dollars meant something...1939.