When my grandpa got married, Silver was below $50.
When my dad got married, Silver was below $50.
Now I'm married with kids, and Silver is still below $50.
Generational shitshow.
WHY DOES BUYING PRESCRIPTION GLASSES STILL COST AS MUCH AS A LAPTOP?
Optician: "Frame selected comes to $280."
Customer: "Cool, add the basic clear lenses."
Optician: "Basic plastic lenses add $140. Anti-scratch coating is $60, anti-glare is $90, and blue light filtering is $75."
Customer: "Total is almost six hundred dollars for two pieces of bent plastic and some wire?"
Optician: "High-index materials require specialized lab cutting."
Customer: "I can order this exact frame and prescription online from a lab in Shenzhen for forty dollars total."
Optician: "We cannot guarantee the optical alignment on third-party products."
One holding company in Italy owns every major frame brand and retail chain on the market, so people keep dropping $500 on acetate frames that cost twelve bucks to mold in a factory.