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I would love to say that I would not do any of these superficial things but I have clearly raised my standards of living after earning good wages. Thankfully it

I would love to say that I would not do any of these superficial things but I have clearly raised my standards of living after earning good wages. Thankfully its not "linear", I think. But I think I am self conscious enough that I am always asking if I should really be doing or buying stuff that I can perfectly afford. Do I really need that new phone? I have a perfectly serviceable phone, what do I really get from these stuff that is totally within my mean. However, it is more nuanced than that. For example, I think VVIP SHOULD be taking private flights instead of commercial ones. Should CEOs of big companies really be sharing flights with literal whos across the Atlantic? Probably not. But should these private jets have indoor tennis court or whatever it is they have? Also probably not.

Suppafly 1y ago
>Do I really need that new phone? I have a perfectly serviceable phone, what do I really get from these stuff that is totally within my mean. I always wonder how rich I'd need to be to just buy a new phone. I always get the step down models and use them for years, only upgrading when they stop working well or I get forced to upgrade when they change network technologies. I could afford to buy any phone I wanted right now, but it seems like such a financially dumb decision.
- anon-3988 1y ago
  Well, my phone just randomly died the other day. Now it works again. The charging port is also getting less reliable (have to push in a certain way). Is this useable phone? Yea. How much more annoying should it get before I could justifiably get a new phone?
  - Suppafly 1y ago
    yeah that's about the point that I consider it broken enough to get a newer one. except I'd probably deal with the wonky charging for a month until it got to the point I couldn't wiggle the cable enough to make it work and it finally stopped altogether.

Suppafly 1y ago

>Do I really need that new phone? I have a perfectly serviceable phone, what do I really get from these stuff that is totally within my mean. I always wonder how rich I'd need to be to just buy a new phone. I always get the step down models and use them for years, only upgrading when they stop working well or I get forced to upgrade when they change network technologies. I could afford to buy any phone I wanted right now, but it seems like such a financially dumb decision.

anon-3988 1y ago
Well, my phone just randomly died the other day. Now it works again. The charging port is also getting less reliable (have to push in a certain way). Is this useable phone? Yea. How much more annoying should it get before I could justifiably get a new phone?
- Suppafly 1y ago
  yeah that's about the point that I consider it broken enough to get a newer one. except I'd probably deal with the wonky charging for a month until it got to the point I couldn't wiggle the cable enough to make it work and it finally stopped altogether.