• RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    There is also a cultural lifestyle inflation that has infected society in the last 5-10 years. Everything that can be has been moved to subscription basis, and people all want to have the latest and greatest of everything. Hire a taxi for your burrito delivery and such.

    It’s hard to watch people that I know are struggling financially continuously blow money on stuff like daily food delivery and $200/month cell phone plans. I’m just fortunate to have the perspective that comes with growing up before all that was “normal”

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      3 days ago

      monthly cell phone plan bills pales in comparison to eating out daily. if your spending 70-100/day on eating alone that is more than any utility bill/cell phone plan combined.

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        3 days ago

        Are people really spending that much on food delivery? That would be totally absurd.

        In my part of the USA, a family can easily obtain take-out meals for $10 per person or less. That’s not including a taxi for the food, but picking it up yourself. Takes me about 5-10 minutes in the car to do so.

        But also nobody needs a $200 phone plan. Mine is under $50/mo with unlimited data.