In 1960 the minimum wage was $1.00/hour and the price of the average US home was $11,000.00
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In the long run, yeah, it does save a lot of money to prepare your own meals and coffee, even now. But the people who yap like toast and coffee are the sole reason things are unaffordable truly suck and are completely detached from reality.
To be fair though, I'm living in a village and mostly cook for my family myself. I've been to Warsaw the other day and visited a small roardside store and a cafeteria.
For the price of a sandwich I could make an entire meal. For the price of what I bought in a cafeteria (a croissant, a jar of jam, small pack of cookies) I could feed my 2+1 family for a few days.
A small cup of coffee costs as much as a homemade dinner in itself either.
I'm not saying you shouldn't eat out. I'm saying these parasites are milking us dry.
How tf you don't have a house if you didn't get avocado toast?
I bet the lazy fucker likes to go on vacations with his kids from time to time. Imagine complaining not to be able to afford a house while basking at the beach every summer.
Homeoffice indeed saves so much money. I think even carbon emmissions are roughly reduced by 30% for workers with WFH. Imagine not relying on a car anymore. Over lifetime, buy/maintenance/fuel prices for a car roughly amount to the price of a house actually. Now you'd not want to buy a house at the end of your lifetime but it reaaaaally sums up.
A house to watch the climate change from!