God Bless Us,

In the 1840s, 15 British shillings would have been equivalent to approximately $3.63 in U.S. dollars at the time. Adjusting for inflation, this amount is equivalent to about $123.24 in today's U.S. dollars.

If someone earned an amount equivalent to $123.24 per week in today's dollars, the daily rate for this income would be approximately $17.61 in today's U.S. dollars.

- This was a beautiful comment on the topic of wage disparity and how businesses use tips to pay their staff.

"Butbut everyone has a fridge!"

Yea, so does every landfill. Just because we can produce a shitload of things does not magically mean certain people are incapable of taking way too big of a cut.

If Cratchit worked 40 hours a week, then his weekly wage translates to 16.18 pounds per hour, or $20.49/hour.

If Cratchit worked 65 hours a week, which is more likely considering he was overworked during a time in which workers were expected to work more than 60 hours a week, then his weekly wage translates to 9.95 pounds hour, or $12.60/hour.

Source

Thank you. Nuance matters
Thank you for the source. Their context helps.
I’d love to see a third option. But I’m lazy and dumb. What was that equivalent in gold ?

Why does the working class, the largest class, not simply eat the smaller class?

I genuinely don't believe this math

Smart, OP has a reputation for posting memes that are wildly incorrect/dishonest.
- Weird flex to side with Scrooge. I believe your complaint is with Melanie D’Arrigo.
The first ghost will appear at midnight

I'm guessing that assumes 40 hour work weeks which i doubt he worked only 40 hrs a week.

I don't need Charles Dickens to tell me that the US federal minimum wage has gone up $7.00 in 80 years, and that is dysfunctional.

But what the fuck is or was a guinea ?

Apparently it was worth 1 pound and 1 shilling

yeah but: he paid them more and now burgers are more expensive. so...

Currency conversion ?

I don't think scrooge lived in the (un-)united states of america

Bob Cratchit's problem was he couldn't keep it in his pants. Of course he was living in poverty with 15 kids or however many he had.

EDIT: Are people seriously downvoting me for being mean to Bob Cratchit?

You're probably being downvoted for being wrong. In the novel, he had 5 kids, but also the entire point of Bob Cratchit is as an allegory for the working class, so criticizing him for having too many kids is hilariously in line with Ebenezer Scrooge pre-ghosts. You might as well have said that Mr. Cratchit should've let Tiny Tim die so they wouldn't be so poor for maximum irony.
- I apologize to Tiny Tim and the entire Cratchit family for my poor sense of humor.
Having a large number of kids was really common during that time period. Back then kids often helped around the house and on the farm; plus it was pretty common for kids to die before reaching adulthood which is another reason for the large number.
It wasn’t until around the 40s or 50s that the 1-3 kids per family became common
- It was a joke. My goodness!