> Breaking $1/gallon on gas

I remember when it happened here some gas stations didnt have enough display panels to fit the new digit, so they'd paint or sticker an awkward "1" in front. I thought it was funny, like they had never planned for it to reach that many digits (ever?)

Breaking $1/gallon on gas made an impression on me. Also the dot com bubble. That was probably the last time I remember mainstream discussion of inflation. I also remember discussion about deficits in the late '90s (although I don't remember why, Clinton balanced the budget if I recall).

Scoresby

Circa 2022 is when I noticed the word "inflation" go mainstream in the media and around me. It's on everyone's lips ever since like an omnipresent background force, but it's easy to forget how absent it was in normie conversations before 2022.

Might it be function of your age and that of your peers? At least partially?

I felt the same, but my year was somewhere around the turn of the millennium.

Not that I understood the concept any better at the time, but there sure seemed to be a distinct uptick when fuel prices rose sharply over a few years where I lived then.

Politics_And_Law

econ

Is concern about national debt going mainstream?

> Circa 2022 is when I noticed the word "inflation" go mainstream in the media and around me. It's on everyone's lips ever since like an omnipresent background force, but it's easy to forget how absent it was in normie conversations before 2022.

Might it be function of your age and that of your peers? At least partially?

I felt the same, but my year was somewhere around the turn of the millennium. 
Not that I understood the concept any better at the time, but there sure seemed to be a distinct uptick when fuel prices rose sharply over a few years where I lived then.