We should change our minimum wage from euro to pint of Guinness per hour.
Like you need guiness badly to survive a month
So to make it up to the publican I should buy an extra 32 pints a week?
That’s actually a massive difference in pintman buying power
This is much better than the Big Mac Index
That’s half a days less drinking.
The metrics we need (if not deserve)
It’s scary how deified things like Guinness, Chicken Fillet Rolls, Sausage Rolls, half the packet of biscuits with the cup of tea and 5 Jam Donuts for €1 have become.
I used to think it was satire, but I’m not so sure now.
I’m not one of those miserable gits who blasts processed foods etc, but combined with the sedentary lifestyles many have, it’s a dangerous mix.
To use Guinness as a benchmark to compare wages to that of 17 years ago is a bit daft to say the least and underpins the problem.
I’m finally outraged.
Every story my mother tells about her youth starts in a pub. She worked in a factory, they had a great laugh, and they made a few pound a week. Back then, you could spend 10-20% of your wages and go out 3 times a week no problem.
Has excise changed in that time? Just wondering as that would skew the “natural” price change?
Proper data
How much of this is due to taxes though?
They ruined everything
My weekly salary buys 0 pints a week for 4+ years now since I am completely alcohol free.
Good stat that shows what we all know. Were richer than ever if you listen to the government, yet can afford less. Almost like there is just a small subset of people who are benefitting?
Did a pint write this
Somebody spare a thought for Paddy Losty
It all evens out in savings on toilet paper and jacks repair though.
Someone’s finally given me the data in a digestible way.
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Putting it in terms we can all understand.
Good, relatable stat there
We should change our minimum wage from euro to pint of Guinness per hour.
Like you need guiness badly to survive a month
So to make it up to the publican I should buy an extra 32 pints a week?
That’s actually a massive difference in pintman buying power
This is much better than the Big Mac Index
That’s half a days less drinking.
The metrics we need (if not deserve)
It’s scary how deified things like Guinness, Chicken Fillet Rolls, Sausage Rolls, half the packet of biscuits with the cup of tea and 5 Jam Donuts for €1 have become.
I used to think it was satire, but I’m not so sure now.
I’m not one of those miserable gits who blasts processed foods etc, but combined with the sedentary lifestyles many have, it’s a dangerous mix.
To use Guinness as a benchmark to compare wages to that of 17 years ago is a bit daft to say the least and underpins the problem.
I’m finally outraged.
Every story my mother tells about her youth starts in a pub. She worked in a factory, they had a great laugh, and they made a few pound a week. Back then, you could spend 10-20% of your wages and go out 3 times a week no problem.
Has excise changed in that time? Just wondering as that would skew the “natural” price change?
Proper data
How much of this is due to taxes though?
They ruined everything
My weekly salary buys 0 pints a week for 4+ years now since I am completely alcohol free.
Good stat that shows what we all know. Were richer than ever if you listen to the government, yet can afford less. Almost like there is just a small subset of people who are benefitting?
Did a pint write this
Somebody spare a thought for Paddy Losty
It all evens out in savings on toilet paper and jacks repair though.
Someone’s finally given me the data in a digestible way.