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Life pro tip: fight lifestyle inflation/creep. Use all the shampoo. Be conscious of waste. Don't take it to "frugal jerk" levels but just keep in mind that you have to earn every dollar you spend.
At some point, you'll probably be making more money. People tend to choose to take this opportunity to also spend more money. Keep this to a minimum. Do you want to retire in your 40s or in your 80s?
Ah, the "just make more money" solution. Simple.
No i think the message was dont waste money. OP fumbled yes but his initial point still stands.
If you are aware from the beginning that your life will be poverty and suffering, you'll maybe be able to deal with the poverty and suffering a tiny bit better when you get there.
Most people do end up making more money the longer they stick with a job/career. It may still be an unfair wage but a 50 cent raise is still some extra cash at the end of the day, and that little bit can go even farther if you are frugal with it. If you have a surplus of even $50 at the end of a month you can start investing it to at least keep up with inflation or if you're lucky even get ahead a bit.
lmao, you think anyone in their 20s right now is gonna be able to afford to retire, period?
Must not be from the US. That, or whatever you're smoking, I want some.
This comment is US defaultism at its finest
At some point, you'll probably be making more money.
say you are 35+ without saying so
nah if you're 30 but spent at least five years in a relationship AND you had career growth in the last five years AND you got out of school without debt AND you haven't had any major setbacks AND you're generally frugal, you should have a decent amount available due to splitting expenses and be making okay income now
<30 tho idk you might be cooked
you could have just avoided all that text by writing ‘be born to parents with money’
nah my parents barely had shit, just very frugal
you can’t frugal 12 an hour in 2025 much less 7.25
never said you could
so like I said, having enough money growing up is kinda obvious in most cases
nothing wrong with being blessed, in fact it should be the default but our country is sick
I'm under 35 and I agree with him. The vast majority of people will end up making more money as they get older
lmao have you looked at US income/social mobility recently?
no one cares if you are a few raises better off I’m talking real wealth growth
I’m betting you grew up with parents that had money
I'm not trying to make light of the exceptional challenges you face and the opportunities and luck I had but I didn't have it particularly easy.
In my childhood, I'd generally get new shoes when the old ones had holes in the bottom. After high school, I worked painting restaurants and refinishing furniture while I went to community college, then got a pell grant and a student loan to go to state university. I took the bus or rode a $500 street legal dirt bike with a cracked frame to work after I graduated. I was living in a small 3 bedroom house with 4 other roommates at the time (one of whom lived in the garage). I needed a few more university courses to get into a professional training program for my career. It took me a couple more years to complete those pre-reqs and each of those classes cost me about $1000, which was nearly all the money I could save up each year. Eventually, I got through the training program, obtained a professional license and was able to get a job which would, after about another 10 years of work and promotions, eventually become rather high paying.
As you all have guessed, I'm over 40.
I agree with you if you suggest that the system is rigged in favor of the rich and connected or that everything is fucked for people just entering the job market. But also, it's on you to figure it out.
Use all the shampoo.
I don't know why anyone would not do this. The watered-down shampoo spreads easier than its natural form, it's the best part of the bottle.
This is pretty much me rn. Still living with the folks. Bummed out. Not really looking at the marriage thing. A life partner would be nice.
I managed a house by 30. The trick is to do everything you can to avoid contributing to capitalism. Contribute as little as possible when you have to.
I cycle instead of owning a car, the tablet I am typing on was second hand, I cook every single meal from raw ingredients and I am starting to grow some of the more expensive ones so I don't even have to buy them.
My income is very close to the cost of rent here, and is less than the amount that house prices are increasing each year.
Even if I save every cent of my income and somehow manage to live spending $0, I'm still getting further away from owning a house every year.
You can't just budget your way to success.
Agree
I shared a house with others to keep rent low
"and is less than the amount that house prices increase each year." and he didn't imply he was only talking about what's left of it after rent.
Inflation works to reduce the value of the debt over time. If you had a mortgage from 20 years ago you would be paying fuck all now compared to your income.
I bought a house for ~£230k 2 years ago, if inflation continues as it did over the past 25 years that would be £440k in the next 25 years - quite a big assumption though but it gives you an idea there. However, in 2050 I will still be paying the mortgage of a £230k house because that is how much I borrowed, and my income will have increased by some amount as well.
Yes wages are not keeping up with inflation, yes all billionaires should be hanged, but its still possible to get food and shelter. Don't give in to hopelessness. Don't give up just because something might be difficult.
i've been walking everywhere, never eating out, never going to the movies, never going to theme parks, never taken a vacation, never buying new electronics, for my entire adulthood. my laptops have all been hand-me-downs and i've owned literally 3 smartphones in 20 years, all ultra-budget models, two of which were hand-me-downs. i've never not had roommates, sometimes as many as 6 or 7 people to the cheapest fleabag slumlord ass apartment we could find. and i'm still in the fucking red.
you didn't discover some "trick" your privileged ass got fucking lucky. own it.
I can't tell if Jerry is laughing or crying...
We can extrapolate that he filled his mouth with water, and is trying to keep it from spraying out
Yes
Well, what can I say, it's terrible, but it can be even worse, just imagine if you can't even rent a place to live and you wash yourself on the street...
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