The closer you are to no money, the more expensive life gets
The other shoe drops, and this time it is covered in dog shit
Submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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khepri@lemmy.world 10 months ago
rockerface@lemm.ee 10 months ago
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. … A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. … But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. This was the Captain Samuel Vimes ‘Boots’ theory of socio-economic unfairness.
211@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
As someone with shit income but a nice savings buffer, holy shit it makes things so easy, compared. “Cool dress, I’ll get that for next summer - cool coat, I’ll get that for next winter”, no problem. Just got my cat’s meds for the next 4 months at a sale, and the next sale should be in that time. Also could get her thyroid radiotherapy, that’s already paid for itself (compared to permanent expensive meds, of course not compared to no treatment). Appliance starting to make a noise or performance dropping, time to add that to my second hand watch list and keep an eye on sales of quality brands, rather than being forced to risk it failing and then getting something in a hurry, possibly on some payment scheme with a high interest rate. Pantry items on sale and/or in bulk. And of course the kind of main shoes that have held up for 5+ years, just could use a resoling soon.
I can’t even imagine the constant stress living without it would be. Ow. :/
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I was in a similar place, but now I’m in a slightly dumber place. I have a solid savings buffer, and an okay income but I put the bulk of my savings into a certificate and then ended up needing my liquid savings for nonsense.
So I have a solid savings buffer, but I can’t touch it lol
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Wtf, I’ve got to eat again!?
Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The system is working as intended.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 months ago
My car always seems to act up around Christmas time, and only around Christmas time. 😠
superkret@feddit.org 9 months ago
Maybe you should give it a Christmas present.
Like a new battery.
udon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“Some bullshit” yeah right you just craved for that avocado toast, didn’t you?
jaschen@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I started my financial success after pirating instead of paying subscriptions. Took that extra money and bought some random stocks.
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Lord yeah. The money saved by not paying for all those streaming services might actually be able to buy a yacht, fuck the coffee
engalion@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Literally life lately holy shit
yumyumsmuncher@feddit.uk 9 months ago
And by some bullshit happening I mean buying the new Switch or buying whichever device Valve will release
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bunda? Is that what you’re subliminating at me?
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Some bullshit = my dumb lazy ass ordering delivery for the third time this week, at least it’s food and not booze this time
RBWells@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is my life. A few years ago I decided to think about it differently - something happens, but I have the money to cover it. Gave up.
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Definitely not me spending all of my savings on a new clutch and slave cylinder :(
pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
phone broke, car broke, cat broke, housr broke, im broke
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 10 months ago
obligatory Modest Mouse