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Reply #9: That isn't a "meme," first of all. [View All]

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Rhythm and Blue

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Thu Oct-18-07 06:00 PM
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9. That isn't a "meme," first of all.

Edited on Thu Oct-18-07 06:05 PM by Rhythm and Blue

You were looking for the words "talking point." Closely related, but not identical.

Secondly, I was just curious as to whether it was an actual all-time-high or not.

Thirdly, while year-to-year conversion rates are imperfect, they're certainly better than simply directly comparing prices of goods without attempting to correct for time at all. We aren't living in '73, and so when comparing situations, it's stupid to hold one '73 dollar against one '07 dollar.

(Edit: I'm going to start linking the Wiki article on "meme" each time people egregiously misuse the term. Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme)

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