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Adjusting for inflation, they're probably at least $16 by now (lemmy.today)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 113 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Is this properly accounting for the regional pricing differences of "good girls" and "bitches"? Lil Wayne has lived in a sprawling mansion in Miami, but also now lives in New Orleans. Are we just supposed to accept at face value that the costs are fixed across both localities?

Additionally, Kanye appears to be referencing wholesale costs of "bitches" as he's talking about getting them in quantities of 1000, while Lil Wayne is clearly buying in retail prices at only 12 "bitches" at a time.

There's too many inconsistencies to determine objective pricing from the data provided.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There may be an arbitrage opportunity here

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Possibly, but it may be high risk. I'm certainly no authority on the subject, however Jay-Z, with a net worth of $2.6 Billion ( source ) doesn't seem to think its worth the risk. .

He told us "I got ninety-nine problems, but a bitch ain't one".

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Excellent questions. I look forward to reading your research paper on this subject.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A cross-sectional study would likely yield some short term answers, but the real work will require a longitudinal study to tease out trends in different regions and possibly even impacts from seasonality to take into account price fluctuations and determine volatility. This is well beyond my resources, but the grant application almost writes itself.

There may be parallels that could be learned from examining the price spike in the prison economy during April 2009.

"Prison Economy Spirals As Price Of Pack Of Cigarettes Surpasses Two Hand Jobs"

[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You lost me at “According to Kanye”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You lost yourself at the fact this was a joke just because you went “ooh, Kayne bad”. I don’t like him either but can still see by this to see the joke.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I still don't get it. He's not a fish, so how can he be a gay fish?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

South Park has done irreparable damage to modern society

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I'd suggest the 'giant douche/ turd sandwich' rhetoric had a direct impact on the 2004 and 2016 elections - both of which were 'lost' by the Democrats, by razor thin (even a razor that folds over one way but ends up cutting the other way somehow, because fuck the will of the people) margin, and had profound effects on the society of their time. It also staunchly reenforced the apathy and both-sideism we see to this day.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Is this before or after tax?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If the "good girl" is named "Charity", does that qualify her as a 501c(3) making her tax exempt?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

But do you really want to "write her off" on your taxes?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don't forget delivery

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is there some tipping involved?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

What about return policy?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Shipping AND handling

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Then what are the goodest girls worth?

Who's a good girl? You are! Who's a good girl? You are!

No way that's worth only $8.33. Though at a shelter you can rescue one for basically free (+ medical).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

They be out there giving away the best bitches for free smh

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So, 16 50-cents, with some change left?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

17, no? 16 would be $8

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you account for inflation, that's now about $11.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Read the title

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The title says $16, which is incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

OP jacking up the price of good girls and blaming it on inflation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

fuck, it's been a day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Nope, that's not the title ;-p

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

I knew taking four years of Applied Rap Math would pay off.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Worth and cost are different. They may be worth 8 but how much it costs to get one?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

That means that you can get a good girl with a side of freedom for under $10, and still have enough for a can of soda, a dime candy, and a couple pieces of gum.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just try not to fall victim to shrinkflation when youre shopping for one

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was in the pool!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I don't know how you guys walk around with those things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

These guys should be on the Supreme Court.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That’s a joke, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Eh, not worth it, I'll keep being a bitch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I'll take three, please!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not gonna start trusting financial advice from anyone who investes money in gold jewelry for their teeth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Probably a wise choice.