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Vokainen on Nostr: CrunkLord420 Wiggenstein I remember a note into one of those Cyberpunk 2020 books ...

I remember a note into one of those Cyberpunk 2020 books somewhere where it was explained that most prices were set to be somewhat close to 80s living prices (When you could indeed afford a pad deep into NYC while working as a waiter, and gentrification was nonexistent, actually people burned down housing to recoup on insurance), because otherwise the entire scenario would go pop when your lowlife characters couldn't even afford basic ammunition and a place to stay

In other words, we live in a worse and stupider distopia, basically