Wait a minute, this episode came out in 1999. Why the fuck does the monster only ask for $3.50...

not too fucking bad

I dont know why he still asking for tree fiddy I just gave him a dollah a week ago

Didn't they imply Cartman's eye doctor was the Loch Ness Monster? He still asked for the same amount in present day.

That's like three Arizona iced teas plus tax, user.

$3.50 + 1 2-liter and 4 candybars or 1 large bag of chips or 8-9 small bag of chips

You can buy some Girl Scout cookies for $3.50.

Mother fucker.

it's like 4.50 now.
and the only decent ones are the chocolate peanut butter ones.

Dahmmut Wohmun! That's why he keeps commun back!

That's exactly the point. By asking for what most would consider a small amount of money, he could more easily convince them to give it up.
Then, he just keeps asking once he finds a mark willing to shell it out every time, like Chef's Mom.
That adds up, y'know.

I saw Trey Parker at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price. She looked at him and said "that'll be about tree fiddy." Well, it was about this time that I noticed that the cashier girl was about eight stories tall and a crustacean from the paleozoic era.

Because it's funnier that way. If the monster comes out of hiding to ask for millions as well as bitches and cocaine, that seems like a reasonable monster, but him just wanting tree fiddy is absurd.

a 40 of OE800 was a dollar back then, but today it's $2.50.
so 3.50 (the request) x 2.50 (the current value reference) = $8.75.
BUT, the purchasing power, the real power, of the dollar has done down a lot since the 90s. This also doesn't factor in taxes, new laws, etc. So it's reasonable to round that value up to $10.

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$3.50 could've bought me three black and white cookies. In fact, as a kid, I used to call them "the dollar cookie" before I knew what they were actually called and realized I had to change the name when they were bumped up to $1.25.

t. loch ness monstah

Yeah...turns out that shows that try to use current sociopolitical talking points are fucking boring. Wish they'd get a clue and create their own storylines.

...you insidious sonovabitch. GET A JOB, MONSTAH!!

didn't tree fiddy buy you 2 McDoubles, small fries and a small drink?

Hey, Thin Mints are great with ice cream!