• Pogbom@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    a world like ours.

    I find it absolutely hilarious picturing Frodo trying to place an Amazon order, or getting kicked out of his hobbit hole because of inflation.

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      1 year ago

      iirc Frodo sold Bag End to the Sackville-Bagginses for a not great price and (fake) moves to a sketchier neighborhood where you had to lock your doors lol.

      So Frodo being priced out of his childhood home isn’t far off.

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        To be fair that was because he wasn’t sure he was coming back from his journey, not because he couldn’t have gotten a good deal if he haggled. He also got it back for free after Saruman was killed, so pretty good deal in the end anyways.