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The one thing about getting old that I really enjoy is telling people about how things used to be and having them not believe me. Like how I browsed the web for
by stopads 7y ago
The one thing about getting old that I really enjoy is telling people about how things used to be and having them not believe me. Like how I browsed the web for years before it had any advertising on it.
This week it's the story about how insulin was $20 a month when I was in high school, I remember it well because I had two friends who needed insulin and they complained about this $20 constantly.
Americans under a certain age just flat out refuse to believe that it was ever possible to get important medicine that cheaply. I've had people call me a liar and been branded with various political slurs for making this $20 claim. It's hilarious.
- lonelappde 7y agoWhere you in high school in the 1970s, when insulin was $20/month? That's $120/month in modern dollars https://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/history-of-insulin-costs#17 https://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/history-of-insulin-c...