vjprema

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they struggle to achieve financial success⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  @streetfestival @the_q I'm glad you get it. I love "be more buy less"!

  Many of us don't need nearly as much as we think we do. It takes a bit of growth & calming down tho, which is hard to do with all the noise

  Media hypes us on the "cost of living crisis" and while I agree basic needs price goes up which sucks, but half the problem is really a "cost of confirming crisis". That is, wanting to live in a very specific and often sub-optimal way just to be at least "on par" with everyone else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they struggle to achieve financial success⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  @the_q Oh don't get me started flexing on how I sleep on the floor and no longer own a car

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they struggle to achieve financial success⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  @return2ozma

  Or some just like cooking and don't give a damn about consumerism?

  I'm not exactly struggling with finances. I cook all my food because I like to. I hardly buy stuff because I unbrainwashed myself from consumerism.

  Half the reason I semi-retired in my 30s is because I need little to satisfy myself after de-bloating my mind.

  I have a baby son and a wife and plenty of time to spend with them.

  All of the people I know who have more money than me do not have any of this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I mainly use FreeTube on PC and NewPipe on phone, not to avoid ads, but I just find it a much nicer and more peaceful experience (free of recommendations, Shorts etc).

  I actually do pay for YouTube Premium family subscription, but its mainly to protect my less tech-savvy family and friends from ads, and to avoid seeing ads on my Android TV projector.