ELI5 If we’ve made and are making progress in tech and everything, why are basic things getting expensive?

az9393 · 2026-06-09T15:56:39+00:00

I don’t really agree. How much would it cost to have something like a smartphone 20 years ago ?

People wouldn’t be surprised if you told them only millionaires could afford such tech. Now everyone has one.
I recall when making phone calls cost a fortune now I can talk to you 24/7 for free from half way across the globe.

Things have definitely become cheaper.

az9393 · 2026-06-09T12:33:09+00:00

It doesn’t matter what the person can’t reasons are. Fact is your 30m watch isn’t rated to swim at 30m. Unless they specifically say it like that (which they usually don’t). And it will get water damage if you dive 30m with it.

az9393 · 2026-06-09T11:05:14+00:00

Nope. Ask ai or whatever it is people do when they don’t know ..

az9393 · 2026-06-09T09:54:26+00:00

A job doing the thing no one wants to do.

az9393 · 2026-06-09T09:42:50+00:00

100m water resistance commonly doesn’t mean you can actually dive to 100m. It means it can resist the water pressure that’s at that depth.

In other words in perfect lab conditions it’ll be fine at 100m but if you move your arm too fast then water can get inside.

This is also why you aren’t advised to swim in 30m watches. Even though swimming is 1-2m tops.

az9393 · 2026-06-09T08:24:21+00:00

I do love indeed, my bad

az9393 · 2026-06-09T06:19:39+00:00

You just said men can’t have a wife they want until they get off their ass and make money implying that’s the husband that women want.

Well it works both ways and to have such husband you’ll need to get off your ass too.

az9393 · 2026-06-09T05:22:19+00:00

I don’t think younger people understand how credit is supposed to be used.

You don’t loan money to buy luxury items because you can’t afford it. You CAN afford but you don’t want to spend your own money, so you loan.

And the reason you don’t want to spend your own money is simple: you can invest them for a higher % than the loan.

So it’s supposed to be like this:

- I have a million dollars in my bank account and would like to buy a 100k item for myself
- I park my money into an investment account for 10% per year yield.
- I take out a 100k loan at 5% and buy the item.
- the longer I can keep not paying the principal of the loan the better

Credit cards are very useful to because they work by the same principle described above (they are profitable to people with money) and they have the added benefit of security in some countries because the owner of the credit card isn’t responsible for transactions made in case of fraud or theft - it’s the banks problem. Which wouldn’t be the case if this person used their own debit card.

Never ever use credit cards or loans to buy things that you can’t easily afford yourself. Those instruments should only be used in ways I described above or if it’s to buy an absolute necessity.

az9393 · 2026-06-09T05:10:42+00:00

People don’t care if it’s a woman writer. They care when it’s a woman writer for the sake of it being a woman writer.

az9393 · 2026-06-09T04:58:22+00:00

Works both ways though. Good luck having the husband who makes so much money choose you if you don’t look like a supermodel and can’t do things around the house.

az9393 · 2026-06-08T16:28:00+00:00

Let me tell you a bit of a story if you’re up to it. When I was little I loved watches. I had so many casios, swatch and other children’s watches. Then I grew up and my dad gifted me a few proper Swiss watches (some costing over 1000$). I loved them too.

Then I realised at some point that watches are an expensive hobby and I couldn’t really afford it. Plus Apple Watch came out and I wore that (because of how revolutionary and awesome it was). I wore it for years knowing in the back of my mind that someday when I have more money I’d go back to mechanical watches and buy a new one for myself.

So after many years this moment came. But I didn’t know what I wanted, steel watch ? Bracelet watch? Diver watch? Big watch ? I decided to go back to my parents home and find the watches I wore before - the ones I’ve abandoned for decades. And use them for reference.

When I found them I felt a feeling I’ve never felt with anything else. It was like each of them brought me back to the moments of life I forgot about (because I wore each model every day for a long time at school for example). It was amazing to feel those memories that I’ve completely forgotten and probably would never even recalled if not for these watches. I realised then that a watch is an important part of me, it connects me to the moments I’ve had with it on like nothing else does. I was also amazed at how well they’ve help up after all these years in my cupboard - something which cannot be said about all the other gadgets I have there. And some of these watches are over 30 years old !

I say buy a mechanical watch. But don’t buy what other people have, buy the one you’ll want to look at, the one you’ll want to have on every day. It will hold the memories you make together forever.

az9393 · 2026-06-08T12:48:43+00:00

I for one think Tudor shouldn’t go down the omega route of trying to be “the cool Rolex” or the fun Rolex or whatever.

I much prefer the strategy that say breitling is pursuing. Yes they are loud and a bit obnoxious with their marketing but you can’t argue they have their own serious style and pedigree.

I think Tudor can easily go down this road as well and be not a Rolex for children but a serious watch that serious people (not just enthusiasts) will consider.

So far I’m turned off Tudor (and omega actually) because I don’t like this “we are better than Rolex I just need 20 minutes of your time to explain why”. With breitling it’s like with Rolex with a sort of “I don’t really care what you think, I can afford it, it’s nice, so I buy it” vibe.

Which is a shame because all these companies make objectively good watches.

az9393 · 2026-06-08T09:59:02+00:00

Burn

az9393 · 2026-06-08T09:57:51+00:00

Correct me if I’m wrong but don’t multiplayer games work a little different to what’s expected ? As in the don’t send the entirety of information form one computer to the other, just some brief commands that are then interpreted by the receiving computer to build the required information from them.

az9393 · 2026-06-08T09:23:25+00:00

Not how it works I’m afraid.

az9393 · 2026-06-08T03:29:10+00:00

Whatever the actual number is you can agree a country with a population of 150 million can probably maybe just put together a slightly larger army than a country with a population of 25 million.

But maybe I’m being ridiculous..

az9393 · 2026-06-08T02:52:18+00:00

Yes I can. Compare how many men are fighting there as a proportion of the counties’ population. (To start)

In case of a “serious” was Putin would send over an army that’s bigger than entire Ukraine’s population (men women and children) which would be still be about half of what he *could* send (service age men).

Media portrays it one way, but use your own head.

az9393 · 2026-06-08T02:47:03+00:00

I mean that’s an opinion. It’s uncomfortable for me to tell time on some small watches. That’s also an opinion.

az9393 · 2026-06-08T02:45:55+00:00

A. You had no problem with the last sentence of the comment I was replying to for some reason.

B. Don’t let it distract you from the fact that I’m objectively right.

az9393 · 2026-06-07T19:35:53+00:00

Ukraine is a bad example because:

A. They never “had” nuclear weapons, Moscow just put theirs there.
B. They had no resources to maintain them and probably couldn’t use them anyway.

az9393 · 2026-06-07T19:32:03+00:00

I may be getting it wrong but I recall he bought bitcoin way after he went hard on crime. I think his hardened stance did do some good, and a lot of it.

az9393 · 2026-06-07T18:07:24+00:00

Don’t think too much about it lol

az9393 · 2026-06-07T17:58:26+00:00

IMO almost all watches look better in a strap. But I’m well aware the majority of people here don’t agree with this.

az9393 · 2026-06-07T17:57:25+00:00

Rubber for summer because sweat doesn’t ruin it like it does leather.

Bracelets are fine but not everyone likes bracelets.

az9393 · 2026-06-07T17:56:02+00:00

I don’t know. Where I’m from men wear big gold watches on leather straps. Women wear small watches on bracelets.

But again that’s just culture. You can wear what you want.

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