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[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 50 points 7 months ago (2 children)


We are being priced out of everything. This is just the change from 2024 to 2025 btw.

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 28 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Beauty industry coming out ahead. That's a recession indicator

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 18 points 7 months ago

Gotta look pretty for your sugar daddy I guess

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Interesting. Can you tell me more or link me up?

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I read about in in 2008, or at least its being recession resistant. Googling it today seems to confirm the latter,although it's been faltering (just apparently a bit less with gen Zers)

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 15 points 7 months ago

My grandpa always said cosmetics were a wise investment because people will never not care about their appearance. He lived through the Depression and WWII. The women around him were always finding ways to "put on their war paint," as he put it.

[–] LargeAdultRedBook@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

Horny futures line go up

[–] rtstragedy2@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

weird that food and rent aren't on this chart