you know – this is always represented in the news/etc as ‘a starbucks a day’ but i mean moreso a gadget or a shirt. i’m splurging on deodorant right now. is that immoral? are you meant to have a mostly austere budget until you’re a boomer with a house and a fence?

so uhh what’s the last little thing you bought to not go insane?

  • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    291·
    8 months ago

    I once read

    we as a society work 40+ hours a week . Spend little to no time doing the things we love. It’s a struggle every day. And because we are in this constant state of “grind” we shop for items that give us temporary happiness.

    We are meat in a meat grinding machine from early age to nearly death. No one consented to it… It just is. So spend that $5 or that $1500 on something that gives you happiness. Because at the end of it all… it’s the ride that matters not where you end up.

    It also needs to be said… We are a culture of consumerism. We all must buy and buy and buy to keep the economy afloat. So the game has been rigged to make you want to spend.

    Good luck op

    • LrdThndr@lemmy.world
      71·
      8 months ago

      Looks at my $1500 3d printer.

      How you just gonna call me out on a personal level in public like that?