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  • Got_Bent@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzEconomics
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    6 days ago

    I remember getting my Texas instruments financial calculator circa 2009 for probably fifty dollars or so.

    The professor told us that at the time, production costs for my fifty dollar calculator were roughly a dollar.

    On the bright side, I’ll bring that thing in whenever I buy a car and it truly fucks with the whole “what kind of payment are you looking for” routine they do. (Though these days, I’m more likely to bring a laptop with Excel. Same idea, but faster and better visuals)














  • This is the thirteenth year of my illustrious career in accounting. You really get to see the dark underbelly of humanity.

    I used to be a social person.

    Now I’m a misanthropic agoraphobe who generally avoids human interaction to the fullest extent possible.

    Fifty percent of this is the people I work for and the general environment, the other fifty percent is how dishonest and abusive the clients can be.

    Anytime you’re dealing with somebody’s personal finances, it gets ugly. I’m sure that insurance has parallels to my experience.