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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

they spend it.

a huge chunk of it IME is that they don't cook so they eat out almost every meal. That runs up into 1000s pretty quick. eating out in my city can run you easily $100+ a day. they also impulse buy trendy and expensive things, like Pelotons.

everything is about the image. without the image of being successful they have nothing.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 months ago

I did have a coworker that was both a picky eater and didn't cook. She'd order seamless (GrubHub) for most meals. That's got to be like... $30/meal, two meals a day so $60, seven days a week, ~$400/week? My monthly food budget is like $200. Plus she'd go out drinking. Guess that adds up. That's like $100k over five years.

She also had an expensive gym membership she didn't use and was too shy to cancel.