Talk:3223: Inflation Timeline - Revision history

81.179.199.253: Well, it seemed part-signed (probably five-tildes), so maybe I'm being a bit unfair not to just 'fake' it for them at let it look as if it had been done as intended.

2026-05-11T18:40:23Z

Well, it seemed part-signed (probably five-tildes), so maybe I'm being a bit unfair not to just 'fake' it for them at let it look as if it had been done as intended.

68.187.4.2 at 16:05, 11 May 2026

2026-05-11T16:05:00Z

81.179.199.253 at 21:57, 25 March 2026

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Lettherebedarklight: fix unsigned

2026-03-25T06:53:46Z

fix unsigned

WikipedianPolitician: comment, interesting context

2026-03-25T00:17:31Z

comment, interesting context

81.179.199.253 at 00:11, 25 March 2026

2026-03-25T00:11:30Z

80.187.75.215 at 22:03, 24 March 2026

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2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:2416:3C14:B648:3FD0 at 19:12, 24 March 2026

2026-03-24T19:12:00Z

Jp5424: Weird X axis

2026-03-24T18:18:05Z

Weird X axis

82.132.237.186 at 11:47, 24 March 2026

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	:When currencies were actually backed by physical reserves (by gold, silver or whatever else) or even ''wrre'' those reserves (bare-faced/coppernosed debasement aside), 'inflation' requires the sudden availability of more of those reserves. Which is possible (sudenly silver from the New World makes its way into the Old World, etc, ''may'' have played a part in the Price Revolution of that era) but isn't as likely to just keep happening on and on (and with opportunities for rapid hyperinflation) when nominal currency is basically tied to nothing but "what financial people think it should be, when trying to compete with other financial people". [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 21:57, 25 March 2026 (UTC)		:When currencies were actually backed by physical reserves (by gold, silver or whatever else) or even ''wrre'' those reserves (bare-faced/coppernosed debasement aside), 'inflation' requires the sudden availability of more of those reserves. Which is possible (sudenly silver from the New World makes its way into the Old World, etc, ''may'' have played a part in the Price Revolution of that era) but isn't as likely to just keep happening on and on (and with opportunities for rapid hyperinflation) when nominal currency is basically tied to nothing but "what financial people think it should be, when trying to compete with other financial people". [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 21:57, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

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	Fun fact: while debasement of the coinage, rulers melting down coins and resmithing them at lower metal value, has been around for a long time, inflation is pretty new. Inflation calculators for the british pound show pretty flat value until the 1900s despite lots of economic crisis in the 800 years they've been measuring. The US used to use the gold standard, it was only later (gold dollar and dollar standards) that inflation has really been a thing in the US. Thus the 'regular' period of inflation is probably pretty short, about the last 100 years. [[User:WikipedianPolitician\|WikipedianPolitician]] ([[User talk:WikipedianPolitician\|talk]]) 00:17, 25 March 2026 (UTC)		Fun fact: while debasement of the coinage, rulers melting down coins and resmithing them at lower metal value, has been around for a long time, inflation is pretty new. Inflation calculators for the british pound show pretty flat value until the 1900s despite lots of economic crisis in the 800 years they've been measuring. The US used to use the gold standard, it was only later (gold dollar and dollar standards) that inflation has really been a thing in the US. Thus the 'regular' period of inflation is probably pretty short, about the last 100 years. [[User:WikipedianPolitician\|WikipedianPolitician]] ([[User talk:WikipedianPolitician\|talk]]) 00:17, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
	:When currencies were actually backed by physical reserves (by gold, silver or whatever else) or even ''wrre'' those reserves (bare-faced/coppernosed debasement aside), 'inflation' requires the sudden availability of more of those reserves. Which is possible (sudenly silver from the New World makes its way into the Old World, etc, ''may'' have played a part in the Price Revolution of that era) but isn't as likely to just keep happening on and on (and with opportunities for rapid hyperinflation) when nominal currency is basically tied to nothing but "what financial people think it should be, when trying to compete with other financial people". [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 21:57, 25 March 2026 (UTC)		:When currencies were actually backed by physical reserves (by gold, silver or whatever else) or even ''wrre'' those reserves (bare-faced/coppernosed debasement aside), 'inflation' requires the sudden availability of more of those reserves. Which is possible (sudenly silver from the New World makes its way into the Old World, etc, ''may'' have played a part in the Price Revolution of that era) but isn't as likely to just keep happening on and on (and with opportunities for rapid hyperinflation) when nominal currency is basically tied to nothing but "what financial people think it should be, when trying to compete with other financial people". [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 21:57, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
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	Fun fact: while debasement of the coinage, rulers melting down coins and resmithing them at lower metal value, has been around for a long time, inflation is pretty new. Inflation calculators for the british pound show pretty flat value until the 1900s despite lots of economic crisis in the 800 years they've been measuring. The US used to use the gold standard, it was only later (gold dollar and dollar standards) that inflation has really been a thing in the US. Thus the 'regular' period of inflation is probably pretty short, about the last 100 years. [[User:WikipedianPolitician\|WikipedianPolitician]] ([[User talk:WikipedianPolitician\|talk]]) 00:17, 25 March 2026 (UTC)		Fun fact: while debasement of the coinage, rulers melting down coins and resmithing them at lower metal value, has been around for a long time, inflation is pretty new. Inflation calculators for the british pound show pretty flat value until the 1900s despite lots of economic crisis in the 800 years they've been measuring. The US used to use the gold standard, it was only later (gold dollar and dollar standards) that inflation has really been a thing in the US. Thus the 'regular' period of inflation is probably pretty short, about the last 100 years. [[User:WikipedianPolitician\|WikipedianPolitician]] ([[User talk:WikipedianPolitician\|talk]]) 00:17, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
		+	:When currencies were actually backed by physical reserves (by gold, silver or whatever else) or even ''wrre'' those reserves (bare-faced/coppernosed debasement aside), 'inflation' requires the sudden availability of more of those reserves. Which is possible (sudenly silver from the New World makes its way into the Old World, etc, ''may'' have played a part in the Price Revolution of that era) but isn't as likely to just keep happening on and on (and with opportunities for rapid hyperinflation) when nominal currency is basically tied to nothing but "what financial people think it should be, when trying to compete with other financial people". [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 21:57, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

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-What about the regular/sexy thing? {{unsigned|2a02:26f7:e344:4000:c000::f}}
+What about the regular/sexy thing? {{unsigned ip|2a02:26f7:e344:4000:c000::f|19:10, 23 March 2026 (UTC)}}
 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_inflation [[Special:Contributions/155.33.87.241|155.33.87.241]] 19:14, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
 :: I would say this is an application of the "today's lucky 10,000" concept, but this probably doesn't qualify as a thing that everyone knows by the time they're an adult so the number is probably lower. But I hope this experience of learning something new is still as fun as Coke and Mentos! [[User:Dextrous Fred|Dextrous Fred]] ([[User talk:Dextrous Fred|talk]]) 19:47, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

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	I don't find the current explanation of sexy coexisting with regular convincing. I think there is something missing. --[[Special:Contributions/80.187.75.215\|80.187.75.215]] 22:03, 24 March 2026 (UTC)		I don't find the current explanation of sexy coexisting with regular convincing. I think there is something missing. --[[Special:Contributions/80.187.75.215\|80.187.75.215]] 22:03, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
	:[[174: That's What SHE Said]]... [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 00:11, 25 March 2026 (UTC)		:[[174: That's What SHE Said]]... [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 00:11, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Fun fact: while debasement of the coinage, rulers melting down coins and resmithing them at lower metal value, has been around for a long time, inflation is pretty new. Inflation calculators for the british pound show pretty flat value until the 1900s despite lots of economic crisis in the 800 years they've been measuring. The US used to use the gold standard, it was only later (gold dollar and dollar standards) that inflation has really been a thing in the US. Thus the 'regular' period of inflation is probably pretty short, about the last 100 years. [[User:WikipedianPolitician\|WikipedianPolitician]] ([[User talk:WikipedianPolitician\|talk]]) 00:17, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

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	I don't find the current explanation of sexy coexisting with regular convincing. I think there is something missing. --[[Special:Contributions/80.187.75.215\|80.187.75.215]] 22:03, 24 March 2026 (UTC)		I don't find the current explanation of sexy coexisting with regular convincing. I think there is something missing. --[[Special:Contributions/80.187.75.215\|80.187.75.215]] 22:03, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
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	The X axis is weird. The labeled ticks are logarithmic, but the unlabeled ticks are linear, and there are only 8 of them.[[User:Jp5424\|Jp5424]] ([[User talk:Jp5424\|talk]]) 18:18, 24 March 2026 (UTC)		The X axis is weird. The labeled ticks are logarithmic, but the unlabeled ticks are linear, and there are only 8 of them.[[User:Jp5424\|Jp5424]] ([[User talk:Jp5424\|talk]]) 18:18, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
	:The X axis most likely has a logarithmic base interval of 10/8, going from 10^-40 to 10^-38.75, 10^-37.5, etc. [[Special:Contributions/2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:2416:3C14:B648:3FD0\|2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:2416:3C14:B648:3FD0]] 19:12, 24 March 2026 (UTC)		:The X axis most likely has a logarithmic base interval of 10/8, going from 10^-40 to 10^-38.75, 10^-37.5, etc. [[Special:Contributions/2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:2416:3C14:B648:3FD0\|2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:2416:3C14:B648:3FD0]] 19:12, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
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		+	I don't find the current explanation of sexy coexisting with regular convincing. I think there is something missing. --[[Special:Contributions/80.187.75.215\|80.187.75.215]] 22:03, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

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	:: New to me too. But further proof of Rule 34 :-) [[Special:Contributions/2A12:F43:143E:0:C172:A03D:12FE:51AA\|2A12:F43:143E:0:C172:A03D:12FE:51AA]] 11:36, 24 March 2026 (UTC)dww-uk		:: New to me too. But further proof of Rule 34 :-) [[Special:Contributions/2A12:F43:143E:0:C172:A03D:12FE:51AA\|2A12:F43:143E:0:C172:A03D:12FE:51AA]] 11:36, 24 March 2026 (UTC)dww-uk
	The X axis is weird. The labeled ticks are logarithmic, but the unlabeled ticks are linear, and there are only 8 of them.[[User:Jp5424\|Jp5424]] ([[User talk:Jp5424\|talk]]) 18:18, 24 March 2026 (UTC)		The X axis is weird. The labeled ticks are logarithmic, but the unlabeled ticks are linear, and there are only 8 of them.[[User:Jp5424\|Jp5424]] ([[User talk:Jp5424\|talk]]) 18:18, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
		+	:The X axis most likely has a logarithmic base interval of 10/8, going from 10^-40 to 10^-38.75, 10^-37.5, etc. [[Special:Contributions/2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:2416:3C14:B648:3FD0\|2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:2416:3C14:B648:3FD0]] 19:12, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

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	:: Well, I've obviously led a sheltered the last seventy years as I've never heard of body inflation.--[[Special:Contributions/2A00:23CC:D248:8901:D030:98E4:E22B:D2EF\|2A00:23CC:D248:8901:D030:98E4:E22B:D2EF]] 08:56, 24 March 2026 (UTC)		:: Well, I've obviously led a sheltered the last seventy years as I've never heard of body inflation.--[[Special:Contributions/2A00:23CC:D248:8901:D030:98E4:E22B:D2EF\|2A00:23CC:D248:8901:D030:98E4:E22B:D2EF]] 08:56, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
	:: New to me too. But further proof of Rule 34 :-) [[Special:Contributions/2A12:F43:143E:0:C172:A03D:12FE:51AA\|2A12:F43:143E:0:C172:A03D:12FE:51AA]] 11:36, 24 March 2026 (UTC)dww-uk		:: New to me too. But further proof of Rule 34 :-) [[Special:Contributions/2A12:F43:143E:0:C172:A03D:12FE:51AA\|2A12:F43:143E:0:C172:A03D:12FE:51AA]] 11:36, 24 March 2026 (UTC)dww-uk
		+	The X axis is weird. The labeled ticks are logarithmic, but the unlabeled ticks are linear, and there are only 8 of them.[[User:Jp5424\|Jp5424]] ([[User talk:Jp5424\|talk]]) 18:18, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

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 ::::definitely not a sentence i expected to read on xkcd. [[user:lett‪herebedarklight|raeb]] 05:33, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
 ::Since economic inflation is money becoming more worthless and therefore de-facto vanishing, it would be better represented by ''body deflation''. That is - character becoming increasingly more gaunt and skinny, until only pile of bones remain (or if cartoonish, until he becomes thinner than fishing line and collapses into a point). Dunno what sort of weirdo would use images of starving people (e.g. victims of nazi death camps) ''for sexual gratification''. --[[User:User 8496351|User 8496351]] ([[User talk:User 8496351|talk]]) 07:56, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
 :: Well, I've obviously led a sheltered the last seventy years as I've never heard of body inflation.--[[Special:Contributions/2A00:23CC:D248:8901:D030:98E4:E22B:D2EF|2A00:23CC:D248:8901:D030:98E4:E22B:D2EF]] 08:56, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
 :: New to me too.  But further proof of Rule 34  :-)  [[Special:Contributions/2A12:F43:143E:0:C172:A03D:12FE:51AA|2A12:F43:143E:0:C172:A03D:12FE:51AA]] 11:36, 24 March 2026 (UTC)dww-uk