I very rarely read long Hacker News articles to the end. This one is fascinating. A few years ago I watched a Netflix series about extreme cheapskates. (I thin

I very rarely read long Hacker News articles to the end. This one is fascinating. A few years ago I watched a Netflix series about extreme cheapskates. (I think it was called "Extreme Cheapskates.") The thing that struck me were the older "cheapskates" who realized the kind of economics in this article. They retired young and follow many of the same habits described in this article, and are totally happy. One guy bikes everywhere and only eats weird cuts of meat and fish that no one else wants. Then he scrounges loose change in parking lots to pay for his "vacations." Another family only buys "expired but good" food and has a creative way to replace toilet paper. They got into the habit when they needed to get out of debt and just decided that they'd rather put their money elsewhere. The series made me NEVER complain about money again, even while I was unemployed during the pandemic.