dad talk time i am begging you stop buying expensive new shit buy cheap new shit or good used shit there is no reason to pay $2000 for a couch or to ever buy a new carhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1338573332090785794 …
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YES, EXACTLY ! I do not endorse "hey, it's great to be poor, it's great to be ADHD, it's great to have an infinite number of relatives who always need $400 for bail money" but Chesterton comes in here- people who are like that have evolved tools to deal with it
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if you or I want X we save until we have enough and then buy X many people are in situations (their own inability to defer gratification, thieving relatives, unbanked, families who are ALWAYS "in need") where they CAN'T SAVE so layaway lets them save "off the books"
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and I don't wanna go all SJW "check your privilege", but I think it's really really REALLY hard for people like me or you, Eigen, to internalize what living in that world is like and so swooping in with "if I were poor I would SIMPLY max out my 401(k)" advice is, uh ...
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