SortStack #1368 — 2030-03-08
By price · Order from cheapest to most expensive.
- A large hand-tossed pizza from Domino's $14
Domino's once guaranteed delivery in 30 minutes or the pizza was free — the promise was scrapped after lawsuits over drivers speeding.
- A new big-budget video game at launch $70
Adjusted for inflation, games are cheaper than ever: a Nintendo cartridge in the early Nineties often cost the equivalent of well over a hundred of today's dollars.
- An average American wedding $33K
The single biggest line item is usually the venue. Meanwhile the median engagement ring, despite the marketing, costs a fraction of the 'three months salary' rule.
- A top-spec Tesla Cybertruck $100K
At its 2019 unveiling, the 'unbreakable' armored glass windows cracked twice on stage when hit with a metal ball — Tesla's stock dipped the next day.
- The rarest Pokemon card, the Pikachu Illustrator, in mint condition $5.3M
Logan Paul bought it in 2022, setting a Guinness World Record — then wore it around his neck into a WrestleMania match.
- WhatsApp, when Facebook bought it $19B
At the 2014 acquisition, WhatsApp had about 55 employees serving 450 million users — a price of roughly $350 million per employee.