• MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org
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    17 days ago

    Honestly pretty wholesome how even trough the tense situation the mother is able to communicate her worry and dangers that Calvin didn’t think of

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    17 days ago

    Only five dollars? I know it’s 1989 money, but… Only five dollars? Rosalyn, you could squeeze them for double that!

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      17 days ago

      IIRC, other Rosalyn arcs reveal she’s already well above market rate. $5 may have just been the marginal bump for this specific indignity.

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      16 days ago

      in 1989 5 bucks is worth around 13.50 today. Also babysitters were a heck of a lot more affordable then, that 5 bucks possibly 2 hours pay.

      Heck in the early 80’s I think my mom paid around 2 bucks an hour for my brother and I.

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        16 days ago

        sure, but this is Calvin we’re talking about watching.

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    17 days ago

    The tenderness mixed with the jokes and imagination always made the comic what it was.