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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Its ok to inflation adjust; it puts data in a standardized/comparable format. Not inflation adjusting data compared side by side is confusing as it compares apples to oranges.

gpt
there's no way to adjust for inflation without basing it on other goods that are constantly fluctuating in value, so it's still apples to oranges but with the added twist of being inaccurate to the actual historical numbers