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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Jun 15, 2026, 06:21 AM Monday

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

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”
ALT
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
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