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If you don't make enough money to have any savings, any purchase of $600 at any time is "big." Like yea I can afford it because I make 3x what my friends and f
by unlinked_dll 7y ago
If you don't make enough money to have any savings, any purchase of $600 at any time is "big."
Like yea I can afford it because I make 3x what my friends and family do outside the Bay Area tech bubble, but I don't pretend that I'm not special because throwing a few hundred around doesn't cause me any stress about next month's rent, or credit card, or car payment, or health insurance bill.
- koheripbal 7y agoThis is the perspective of the younger generation. People 30+ (which is still, by far, the majority of the population), are not chronically poor.
- pertymcpert 7y agoSo is paying for food and rent. You have to balance the alternatives of not paying. Not having a capable smartphone in today's world will cost you far more than the price of the device.