Someone asked a question about how frequently young people have time to socialize and it made me think about what people do with their evenings. I recently asked my son to go to a concert (free ticket to see a band i know he likes) and he declined because it was an hour away on a weeknight. If we invite our kids or niece/nephew...
I don't go out because post covid everything costs 100% more and is 100% worse.
I spend $60 on two beers and a mcdonalds quality hamburger + fries last week. F that. in 2019 that would have been 20 bucks. in a place that was crowded and it took me like 30m to get my food. and almost every place is like that now. double the price for half the service or quality of product.
if going out was fun and affordable I'd do it more. I went out regularly before covid. I just don't want to have to drop 30-40 bucks for a single beer and junk food meal anytime i want to socialize.
all my old spots that were affordable, chill and fun, are gone. i used to hang out in coffee shops after work because they were quiet and i don't drink.. now they all closed at 2pm. bars are noisy and crowded and want $15+ for a cocktail and $10 for a budweiser. that used to be $10 and $5.
Yeah you can control small things and fix them. I can patch a wall or fix up some stairs if they get creaky.
However, healthcare, education, and housing are rapidly becoming out of reach for the majority of people. That isn't a small thing any one person can fix on their own. True of both USA and Canada. And even those who do have them, have ever growing anxiety that they will lose them. I live in a wealthy city full of wealthy people who endlessly agonize about how poor they are and how will they send their kids to college or how their house that they paid a million bucks for is a dump. etc.
yeah i'm not even counting tipping. that shit is insane. lots of places in my city now want a 20% tip, and a 5-10% fee. on top of a 9% tax. So basically your meal is now 35-40% more than the prices in the menu. and it's expect at literally every joint now, take out and coffee joints too.
it's just not worth it. for that kind of pricing I'm better off just getting delivery. which is what i do now. ubereats is a 20% tip and like a $5 delivery fee. it's cheaper and i don't have to deal with slow/rude service and other customers being loud and obnoxious.
my work hires lots of 22 year olds. most of them are getting an extra 1-2K from the bank of mom and dad per month, and loading up on debt. i've seen their statements that they download onto their work computers. kid making 40K a year has 15K in CC debt. (of course this same kid got fired because they were doing personal shit on a work computer).
poor kids live at home with their folks to have any semblence of a life.
The goal of Death Star is simple. The deeply conservative Texas Legislature wants to effectively deny cities—the state’s large Democratic-leaning cities, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin in particular—the ability to pass local laws and regulations in eight major policy areas: agriculture, business and commerce, finance,...
The empire is just trying to bring order to a chaotic galaxy of stupid aliens who just need to be taught how to be better, like the white-skinned humans.
More Canadian developers are slowing their pace of building or nixing projects completely. Here's what you need to know about your rights if you bought a pre-sale home.
a company that make ~20million year after year is considered a failure in the ethos of capitalism.
I run a small business that is non-profit. I am constantly fighting people who are screaming or shaming me we need to grow or what we are doing is not worthwhile... it's complete insanity how internalized the capitalism/stock market is for most people. growth at any cost. if we help 500 people one year, and 500 people the next, it's 'not doing enough'. we have to help 700 people the next year, and so on and so on. hire more people! do more event! etc etc. it's unsustainable.
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than 20 years, grim news for would-be homebuyers already challenged by a housing market that remains competitive due to a dearth of homes for sale.
the last woman i dated was 100% against this type of thing, because she was 100% against taxes on the wealthy.
She was 100% for taxes on poor people though.
She was 34, and her father was still paying her rent, while she ranted against poor people and children who 'were getting hand outs'.
We broke up over it, and she pulled the 'you are too ugly for me anyways'.
The selfishness, cruelty, and immaturity of conservative types of people is beyond the pale. And they feel like they are the victims, that school children being fed is them being abused and stolen from.
amen. school lunch would also be cheaper and healthier if we had actaul cooks in the schools. but you know.... we can't pay people that's bad! only corporations. that's good!
Exactly. This is like the biggest problem with today's society. Everyone thinks they are unique and sigificant... you are not.
The dirty erotic fan fic stories you wrote when you were 14 aren't going to ruin your life if they are found. What will ruin your life is when you find out how little anyone gives a fuck about you.
vast majority of money in the USA system goes to middle men who get rich, yep.
less and less of it goes to patients and medical staff each year.
not to mention the disparity in general medicene practical (which the bulk of patients use) and super specialties (which see 5x the pay as a general doctor), which is why have an abundance of specialty doctors but not enough primary care physicians.
I am. I make about 120K to work from home, and do maybe 10 hours of actual work a week. Rest of it I'm just dicking around on the internet or playing video games.
However, in my city, when I socialize, people seem to think I am living in poverty, wasting my life, etc. Apparently I'm suppose to be working 60 hour weeks to make 200K+, and live in a million+ dollar house and all that crap. IDGI, but that is the attitude in my city.
My dream was to be a professor, but I realize that making 60K and working 100hr weeks was not a recipe for being miserable forever.
And yet soooo many people I meet seem to think this lifestyle is 'for losers'. Apparently you are supposed to be a miserable corporate drone so you can make an extra few bucks to spend on useless crap that you don't need.
I'm nearly 40 and every lady I try to date thinks a low stress lifestyle with a work/life balance is a horrible thing. They are all obsessed with 'ambition'. And when i talk about wanting to actually be a father to my children and having a life outside of my job, they basically tell me to f myself and that I am not a 'real man'.
Vehicles under $15k are 1.6% of the market, and their share of the market has dropped over 90% since 2019. The old advice that you can get a beater and drive it in to the ground for $5k hasn't been true for years but it still seems pervasive in personal finance spaces.
dude, everyone says the housing market will crash for 15+ year now.
We have to accept the old rules of economy are out the window. govt will bail and stimulate to no need the second the market slows down.
this is the new normal. truth is our inflated economy can't ever allow housing values to go down anymore without causing a depression so the govt won't allow it.
Do younger people go home earlier now? Or go out less? Is it since COVID?
Someone asked a question about how frequently young people have time to socialize and it made me think about what people do with their evenings. I recently asked my son to go to a concert (free ticket to see a band i know he likes) and he declined because it was an hour away on a weeknight. If we invite our kids or niece/nephew...
Over half of Americans say they're not even close to financial freedom (scrippsnews.com)
About 36% of U.S. adults say they have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts....
Landlords should have to pay income tax on their rental properties regardless of whether they're rented out or not. (gothamist.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/12162...
Texas Takes Attacks on Austin to New Level With “Death Star” Law (slate.com)
The goal of Death Star is simple. The deeply conservative Texas Legislature wants to effectively deny cities—the state’s large Democratic-leaning cities, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin in particular—the ability to pass local laws and regulations in eight major policy areas: agriculture, business and commerce, finance,...
List of possible unaccounted for after Maui fire now 1,000 to 1,100 (www.nbcnews.com)
The list of people who may be unaccounted for in the wake of the Maui wildfires is now 1,000 to 1,100, officials said Tuesday....
Kill me! (lemmy.world)
Bringing the classics over to Lemmy (lemmy.world)
1 in 5 homebuilders are nixing projects amid high rates. Here are your rights (globalnews.ca)
More Canadian developers are slowing their pace of building or nixing projects completely. Here's what you need to know about your rights if you bought a pre-sale home.
Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 7.09% this week to highest level in more than 20 years (abcnews.go.com)
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than 20 years, grim news for would-be homebuyers already challenged by a housing market that remains competitive due to a dearth of homes for sale.
'Just Feed Our Children': Minnesota Gov. Offers Unequivocal Defense of Universal Free School Meals (www.commondreams.org)
“The haves and the have-nots in the school lunchroom is not a necessary thing,” said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Google is getting ready for the ‘quantum apocalypse’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Tories roasted after pledging just 900 new NHS beds after cutting 12,000 since 2010 (leftfootforward.org)
And like everything with the Tories, it is always jam tomorrow, and no thought or willingness on how to achieve the end result.
Are you satisfied with your current pay?
Trying to get to know the community a bit more....
It's Almost Impossible To Find A Decent Used Car Under $20,000 (jalopnik.com)
Vehicles under $15k are 1.6% of the market, and their share of the market has dropped over 90% since 2019. The old advice that you can get a beater and drive it in to the ground for $5k hasn't been true for years but it still seems pervasive in personal finance spaces.