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i wouldn't be surprised if they were also including stuff like buying soap and shaving supplies in there too but lol i'm not reading that poo poo
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Also remember that this 'average' American spending is mostly coming from the superrich who can easily spunk out hundreds of thousands per month each. Medians are not always the best statistic of choice but then USA Today already knew that.
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May 8, 2019 05:37
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I make less than this total as a student.
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May 8, 2019 05:40
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I don't buy any liquids to consume and subsist entirely on licking morning dew from leaves as our great forefathers intended 
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May 8, 2019 05:43
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Woof Blitzer posted:I make less than this total as a student. No wonder you're poor. You should eat and groom yourself less 
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May 8, 2019 05:49
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https://twitter.com/MikeGravel/status/1125929469129236480
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May 8, 2019 05:51
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$18,000 a year is almost my entire income
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May 8, 2019 05:57
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lmao okay so mike gravel is the non-essential item "lunch" that means that I'm "personal grooming"
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May 8, 2019 06:00
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I'm rideshares, which I get because I cannot afford a personal vehicle and need to get places
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May 8, 2019 06:06
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The best part of this is they're saying people spend more monthly on "non-essentials" than I make monthly working for the richest company in the history of the planet lmao
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Evilreaver posted:I'm rideshares, which I get because I cannot afford a personal vehicle and need to get places I'm rideshare so I dont drunk drive when I go on 2-4 dates a month worth of resteraunts
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May 8, 2019 06:20
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I'm rideshare including public transit probably
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May 8, 2019 06:44
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Looking at the original lovely writeup:quote:The survey revealed that Americans make an average of five impulse purchases a month – for a total of $109 – but the majority (58 percent) also feel there are other important things they can’t afford. Like, idk, health insurance or some dumb poo poo like that. Also this is actually native advertising for life insurance if you read past the first like, 3 paragraphs: quote:For those who don’t have life insurance, the top reason for not having it was they thought it was too expensive (52 percent). Wowie, I could have that sweet satisfaction that only comes with buying term life insurance
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May 8, 2019 06:49
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There's also another helpful infographic: Ah yes, the three genders: Needs Improvement, Without Life Insurance and With Life Insurance.
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May 8, 2019 06:54
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:i wouldn't be surprised if they were also including stuff like buying soap and shaving supplies in there too but lol i'm not reading that poo poo Yeah man it's almost like its a disingenuous and sensationalist piece of propaganda designed by a cynical corporate entity to appeal to a core demographic of reactionary scolding boomers who want to blame the youth for the hosed up material conditions late capitalism has thrust upon them rather than acknowledge their own complicity in that outcome
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May 8, 2019 07:50
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Studies show that 100% of billionaires fritter away much of their income on nonessentials: - Yachts - Private jets - Luxury apartments - Call girls - Drugs - Having their heads remain attached to their necks
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May 8, 2019 09:14
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Alot of this bothers me but what bothers me most is putting lunch, takeout, drinks, and resteraunt meals in different categories, like cmon
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May 8, 2019 10:50
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i don't even make $1497 a month at my full time job so the joke's on them
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May 8, 2019 10:51
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It's true though. All you need to do is go to work and then go home, eat some nutritious gruel and go to sleep so you're productive at work tomorrow.
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May 8, 2019 11:07
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Only rich people are allowed entertainment of any kind.
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May 8, 2019 12:14
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Lambert posted:Only rich people are allowed entertainment of any kind. Or a haircut. Also,  at needing life insurance
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May 8, 2019 12:51
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Iron Crowned posted:Or a haircut. I can get a nice haircut at a Kurdish barber for 10-15€. Maybe America doesn't have Kurdish barbers?
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May 8, 2019 12:55
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i get one haircut roughly every 3 months for $10 at the same guy who has cut my hair since i was a toddler
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May 8, 2019 12:57
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Serf posted:i get one haircut roughly every 3 months for $10 at the same guy who has cut my hair since i was a toddler Yeah but I have a very big head and thick hair so I have to pay more.
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May 8, 2019 12:59
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Fast Company puts the global subscription box market at 2.6 billion, which is interesting if Americans alone are spending 30 billion, like USA Today is claiming: https://www.fastcompany.com/90248232/inside-the-2-6-billion-subscription-box-wars
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May 8, 2019 13:03
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Lambert posted:Only rich people are allowed entertainment of any kind. Or lunch. Suck down your nutri-paste, prole! the titans of capital demand your labor!
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May 8, 2019 13:12
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What's amazing is that the first misinfographic is actually put together from data compiled by a SV startup called Ladder (the same company as put together the second misinfographic) and that the purpose of both is to convince you to slash other expenses so you can afford their life insurance. "For just the cost of the daily salves you use to numb the anxiety of historically awful inequality and the hell dystopia white fuccboi 'engineers' have created, you could have the peace of mind of a financial instrument that is literally worthless unless you die!" gently caress Silicon Valley, gently caress tech bros, gently caress "disruption," guillotine these smug fucks.
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May 8, 2019 13:31
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I like how the image for "impulse purchases" is a shirt. clothing is now nonessential!
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May 8, 2019 14:00
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gey muckle mowser posted:I like how the image for "impulse purchases" is a shirt. clothing is now nonessential! You will be content with the two uniforms supplied, citizen
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May 8, 2019 14:04
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I wear nothing but rashguards
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May 8, 2019 14:26
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aw goddammit, beaten
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May 8, 2019 14:34
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Jerry Cotton posted:I can get a nice haircut at a Kurdish barber for 10-15€. Maybe America doesn't have Kurdish barbers? I've never heard of Kurds being known for opening barber shops so I guess not, but don't worry we have corporate chains that will serve the same purpose with much lower quality
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Thanatosian posted:Fast Company puts the global subscription box market at 2.6 billion, which is interesting if Americans alone are spending 30 billion, like USA Today is claiming: I couldn't find any information on the actual raw data other than it was an online voluntary survey that happened over the course of only like 24 hours and involved 2000 people, so I'd imagine they got it from one of those "we'll give you $0.001 for each survey you complete!" sites so it self-selects for morons who think they're getting free money, and I'd imagine the venn diagram between them and the kind of people who buy 5 different subscription boxes full of funko pops is pretty much a circle
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May 8, 2019 14:40
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Serf posted:i get one haircut roughly every 3 months for $10 at the same guy who has cut my hair since i was a toddler The real pro move is to start going bald. See? No hair to cut. 
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May 8, 2019 14:53
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I spent $20 on a hair clipper set like 6-7 years ago and haven't gone to a barber since. having short hair owns.
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May 8, 2019 15:10
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Have you considered that instead of ever purchasing anything, you could have health insurance and literally nothing else going for your life? Really  here about why people would choose to do things in life when they could instead remain at all times in a hovel with no car, no shower, no entertainment, and eating nothing but what they can grow in the back yard..... but with health insurance!
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mojo1701a posted:The real pro move is to start going bald. See? No hair to cut. i have thick, luxurious hair that just won't seem to go away
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May 8, 2019 15:28
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The factory farm creates food so dangerous that Tyson is now pushing it's chicken strips through X-Rays before they leave the factory.Tyson posted:We have discontinued use of the specific equipment believed to be associated with the metal fragments, and we will be installing metal-detecting X-ray machinery to replace the plant’s existing metal-detection system.” Do we even have an FDA anymore?
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I remember a million years ago when I was a kid I had a diabetic friend and she would buy a little pack of multiple insulin bottles for $30. It was exactly $30 for either 3 or 5 vials, can't remember the size of the pack. Anyways I have not known anyone with diabetes since then and haven't actually read any numbers so uh let's just see what the prices look like now https://www.newsweek.com/caravan-americans-crossing-canadian-border-get-affordable-medical-care-1417582 Oh loving cool
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*eats vitamin sludge which i can only afford after 12 hours of grueling labor per day* *sleeps and lives in a literal prison cell except the walls are covered in ads for the vitamin sludge* *will be unceremoniously tossed into an incinerator if i become sick or injured* me: we should improve society somewhat... my robo boss: YET YOU PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY....CURIOUS. DO YOU DESIRE ITEMS NONESSENTIAL FOR YOUR CONTINUED EXISTENCE? CONSIDER HOW MUCH MORE VITAMIN SLUDGE YOU COULD ACQUIRE INSTEAD.
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