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Re:Price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @06:33PM (#31760286)
> I was a kid during the 80s when gas was (comparatively) cheap.

The 1980s are funny, because, the early 1980s were one of the periods of highest sustained gas prices in history, while the late 1980s and 1990s are the lowest ever.

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Re:Price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:02PM (#31762093)
Ya, I should mention that I came of age in the late 18s, and started driving at 15 in 1990.
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