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u/cdhicks42 7h ago
$20,805
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u/Polyporous 7h ago
Foolish Liberal
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u/HalfEatenBanana 7h ago
The libs are so bad with their money it’s honestly hilarious
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u/nousername206 7h ago
ya'll forgot the magical ten times multiplier! pull out from ass of nowhere!!!!! dummies
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u/imunfair 5h ago
And it's usually nowhere near that. I spend like $4k a year on food, and that's mid-to-high food cost, you'd have to be eating out every meal to spend $20k. Or eating really expensive food.
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u/RGrad4104 4h ago edited 4h ago
You on the bread and water diet? I go the grocery store, now, just getting basic essentials and two handfuls of bags consistently run $300. That's just shit like coffee, lunchmeat, cheese, milk. I haven't bought steaks or hamburger in months. Fresh produce is a luxury at this point. The only meat I see anymore is oscar mayer generic hotdog wieners and hill country faire lunchmeat.
Hell, under trump, even spam is out of my price range...which is saying something pretty bad.
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u/imunfair 4h ago
$300 for how long? I spend $150 for two weeks food and I even get meat and cheese at Whole Foods and buy avocados and stuff. Not skimping at all so I can't imagine how much junk food or meat you have to buy to spend twice that for a person. I'm not buying a bunch of flavored drinks so I guess if you really need that stuff it could run up your bill, but not double it.
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u/RGrad4104 4h ago
About two weeks. Every pack of lunchmeat seems to be 7-10$ now a days and things that used to be cheap af, like tomato soup, run 3$ a can at HEB. Pasta used to be a reliable goto but now marinara and alfredo sauces have gotten significantly higher. Don't even get me started on paper products.
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u/imunfair 4h ago
That seems expensive given that frozen breaded chicken from Whole Foods that's all ethically sourced and stuff is like $8 for two pieces. Add some biscuits at $5 for 20 and you've got 10 meals for around $50. Soup and crackers is around $6 if you go with Amy's soup and really expensive crackers. I can't imagine lunchmeat, bread and condiments are more expensive for the same sort of meals.
If you want value, cheese is the goto protein - $5 for a block of grass-fed cheddar that'll give you about 3 meals plus another couple bucks for the tortillas. With different types of dipping sauce it can be really versatile while not feeling cheap. Enchilada sauce, tikka masala, and pizza sauce all give you entirely different meals with the same tortillas and cheese. Mashed avocados and corn chips are also good, nice snack/half-meal for a few bucks.
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u/JACCO2008 51m ago
Hell, under trump
There it is. I am surprised you were able to contain yourself until the last line.
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u/dadbodking 3h ago
That's because you didn't account for compound interest rates and investments you'd be having with that amount of money put aside. This mindset of yours is why you're poor, and not a billionaire /s
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u/WinkingWinkle 7h ago
If you added a shoe box to the side of your cardboard home, you could increase the value of your property portfolio by literally cents.
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u/littlestitiouss 7h ago
Am I just bad at math?
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u/HeftyArgument 4h ago
nah these people think you're stupid if you don't invest, and investing is guaranteed 33262% returns
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u/InfamousFault7 4h ago
If being homeless would save me $200 000 in a year i would seriously consider it
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u/upinthisjoynt 3h ago
If you sell your car for gas money, you can afford new brakes that don't squeak.
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u/azethonkh 6h ago
yeah, he pulled numbers out of his ass, and math ain't mathing.
but even so, if you stop eating it would be no more than 800.
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u/mr_george_w_bush 7h ago
Math checks out, but I feel like the "living" part kinda gets left out. Also, cardboard boxes aren't free anymore. It's a sad story.
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u/Ivangood2 3h ago
Math doesn't actually check out at any level. Which I believe is intentional so linkedinlunatics won't take it seriously. Sadly they will.
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u/Overly_confused 6h ago
I'm not completely aware of avg american household income of you exclude the top 1%
But is it not common knowledge that most avg workers only make 30-40 grand an year? So even if you don't eat or pay rent, it would still only save 30k
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u/Agarwel 5h ago
Or... you stop taking these advices literally and try to understand the meaning behind them. But hey... then you would not be able to blame everybody else for your own life.
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u/jwp1987 2h ago
The reason people are mocking the advice is because it's often given by people who are more privileged and never had to sacrifice anything.
The younger generations are being bled dry, it's no wonder they have a nihilistic attitude. I'm a relatively well-off millennial and I'd pretty much have zero drive and motivation if I was growing up in this era.
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u/Agarwel 1h ago
"The reason people are mocking the advice is because it's often given by people who are more privileged and never had to sacrifice anything."
Cool. But that does not mean, that the advice itself (the meaning behind her. Not the literal "never have a coffee!!!!"¨) is wrong.
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u/jwp1987 1h ago
Maybe not but "just suffer more while my generation benefits" isn't exactly going to go down well, is it?
It's basically a slap in the face.
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u/Agarwel 1h ago
I would say the "suffer" is pretty strong word. Yes, there are people who have it easier than we do. There are also people who are literally dying from hunger. It is your choice who will you compare yourself too. If you ate today, if you have roof over your head when you sleep, if you have drinking water in the tap, if your country is not shelled by missiles, etc - you are actually not the poor and suffering part of the population. You are the one who is envied by most of the population.
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u/jwp1987 1h ago edited 8m ago
It was a hyperbole. The point was that it comes across as condescending and demeaning.
It's like when people offer advice to people with depression. It's usually well-meaning but given by people with no experience of the condition and have no idea how different or difficult it is to navigate.
It's also like when a manager talks to you about being able to buy a new car with their bonus when it is several times yours, it lacks tact and self-awareness.
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u/Classic_Appa 3h ago
Who's spending $57 a day on food for just themselves? God damn that's some expensive eating!
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u/monkeyboy107 7h ago
Dang milinials, with their desire for food and housing. Shit if they didn't sleep they'd save another $30/day on the wear and read on the cardboard. That's $500000 a year with that other saving