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[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Monthly payments. Not just entertainment subscription devices but all kinds of stuff. Almost every product online now has a monthly cost option, a buy now pay later scheme. Another one I see a lot at the grocery store is organic/non GMO foods. They are always way more expensive but are usually the same food, and if they aren't organic will contain more pesticides without the "natural" immunity/resistance of GMOs. They aren't healthier, they don't taste any better, are worse for the environment and are much more expensive.

Second is expensive and humane meat. Most metrics these meats/eggs are graded by are so loose that they are still extremely inhumane. Unless they are from a local farm, that you can confirm are humane/free roam, just buy the cheapest meat and best marbling.

Computers. I'm a tech guy and the vast majority of people are still buying computers far more powerful than they need. Unless it's cad, programming or gaming you can use almost any computer. If you want it to be really fast install, or ask your local shit to install an SSD. Plus most reputable refurbishers will install SSDs on all laptops for sale. I recommend PC server and parts, good quality refurbishment and customer support. There may be a few dings/scratches but never severe or noticeable.

Premade/processed food. Either it's frozen meals or fast food these get expensive fast. Depending on where you live quality home cooked meals can be had for 1-3$ (based on the US). Ditch even storebought pasta sauce, it's not hard to make at home.

Wifi. Most ISPs will try to upsell you on everything but for most people an families the most you would ever need is 150-300 MBps. Also the max speed can only be reached with a hardwired Ethernet connection, WiFi speed is barely affected. If you have slow wifi use an old phone or laptop as a wifi amplifier, storebought solutions are criminally expensive.

That's enough for now but if you have more questions feel free to ask.

[–] HjFUN@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Seen some people harp about not forgetting frozen vegetables can be cheaper than fresh depending on the season and close in nutrition and cooking results. That’s one thing about getting good deals, in groceries and in other things is you’re going to have to swap ease of buying for better deals at times and need to keep yourself aware of when that trade off stops being beneficial. My grandfather used to go to three or four stores depending on what the sales were. That sometimes meant riproaring savings from cherry-picked loss leaders, but I think most of the time it was something to do during the day with his grandson

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[–] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

rent and housing run by the bank

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Be selling them the idea the end of the world is nigh. Who cares about the 30 year mortgage if everything’s going to be gone in 10 years?

That sort of thing. By selling the idea that our existence is short, they encourage near-term thinking.

[–] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Mountains of people bad at math convincing bigger mountains of people even worse at math that they can't afford anything of major value.

So in turn they go and spend what money they do have because why bother saving it if you'll "never afford a x"

In reality most of the "you can't afford this and that" shit is built on top of bad math and content creators that don't understand how shit works.

And literally anyone with basic math skills can just go look for themselves and discover how bogus the claims are, or how much they misrepresent the state of things.

But nope, it's easier to give up and just buy forty Stanley Cups instead!

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

They remind me that it's cold outside and that I have to work every day to live in a hundred year old house that was probably built in a few months.

[–] sour@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
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