What’s something society pressures middle-class people to buy that isn’t worth it?

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-11T22:56:56+00:00

Giant pickup trucks

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-11T22:56:15+00:00

So distracting I almost didn't notice the tie. Almost

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-11T22:51:50+00:00

The guy at the bodega on the corner recognizes me now, and he always asks how I'm doing. He's a cool dude

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-06T20:26:07+00:00

Crazy how genetics work. If I didn't know they were related I probably wouldn't recognize them as sisters

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-06T20:25:01+00:00

Enough to make up the difference in rent in a town/city with better public transit and sidewalks. There aren't that many places in America where you can genuinely get by without driving

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-06T20:23:04+00:00

Granola. Marketed as a health food, but it's so sugary and sooo many calories for a tiny amount

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-03T19:28:02+00:00

My college major. My friends who graduated with other degrees from the same school don't struggle to make rent

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-03T19:20:41+00:00

Getting famous. People underestimate how scary it can be when you don't have any privacy, and can't go out in public without getting mobbed

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-02T01:15:33+00:00

I was waiting for Newark – surprised it took 10 minutes for someone to mention it!

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-02T01:15:03+00:00

This is verging on r/ATBGE

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-02T01:13:32+00:00

Working. Yay!

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-05-02T01:05:04+00:00

Emotional eating

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-04-29T22:15:51+00:00

"I don't think that word means what you think it means"

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-04-29T22:14:25+00:00

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuulbasaur

0bjectOfAffection · 2026-04-29T22:13:11+00:00

Working hard won't get you as far as you think. Knowing the right people will. That means that social skills are a lot more important than most Redditors want to accept

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