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It's such a weird meme because it's not even that expensive.
They have gotten more expensive in the last couple decades. It's a pretty famed data set for aspiring data scientists. https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/neuromusic/avocado-prices
I think the prices skyrocketed when keto diets were the fad. It's pretty strange for avocados to be as expensive as they are when it's been a staple in south/central American countries.