Argongas@kbin.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agoThe Price is Right television show is a low-key way to normalize inflation.message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1144arrow-down1message-squareThe Price is Right television show is a low-key way to normalize inflation.Argongas@kbin.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
Prices presented in the show are presented without question. At no point does anyone question their absurdity.
minus-squareitsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up39·8 months 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 linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·8 months 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.
minus-square200ok@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoIt’s called the perfect bid on netflix
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