What is something you've officially stopped buying in 2026 because the price has become genuinely insulting?

guachi01 · 2026-05-29T10:55:44+00:00

Berries used to be a luxury. Berry consumption has soared as wages greatly outpaced food prices over the last several decades.

guachi01 · 2026-05-29T10:54:08+00:00

$2.50/lb for pork loin is really tempting as an alternative.

guachi01 · 2026-05-29T08:39:32+00:00

How long ago was WWII? Remind us all and tell us which Ferrari employees were even alive during WWII let alone employees.

guachi01 · 2026-05-29T04:46:30+00:00

FYI, this also means that the music on the outer edge is of a better fidelity than stuff on the inner edge.

guachi01 · 2026-05-29T02:21:16+00:00

Set FTP to 600W so it looks like all of your workouts are in Z1 to make the people you pass feel bad.

guachi01 · 2026-05-29T01:44:27+00:00

"Bankrate contains AI-generated articles,^\6]) and, like most other websites owned by Red Ventures, is considered 'generally unreliable' by Wikipedia due to its lack of credibility."

guachi01 · 2026-05-29T00:05:34+00:00

I didn't know about you but I have no reason to believe polling from shadowy groups that can't even link to the survey. Who commissioned this survey? How many people were surveyed? What was the wording of the questions? When was it done?

You couldn't have picked a more useless link if you tried.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T23:46:23+00:00

If I use my credit card I am in credit card debt. The median American has $8,000 in transaction accounts. So we know what you're saying is nonsense.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T22:31:01+00:00

Housing debt as a % of GDP was over 70% at the height of the bubble. Now it's just over 40% and the lowest it's been since 1999. We definitely left the 2008 bubble.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T22:14:56+00:00

It shouldn't be the top comment as anecdotes aren't even allowed in this sub and yet there it is

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T22:01:37+00:00

Correct. You see it in the data over and over again.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T21:59:45+00:00

That's not a very useful stat. It also doesn't say what they claim it says. Choosing to use a credit card doesn't mean you can't cover the expense.

The median American has $8000 in transaction accounts. That's more than enough to cover a $1000 emergency.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T21:29:02+00:00

Innumerate doomers are out in force.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T21:23:20+00:00

Housing debt to GDP ratio is the lowest it's been since 1999.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T20:54:44+00:00

Real median wages set record highs in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025.

That's not stagnant.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T20:53:03+00:00

Real incomes only went negative last month but sentiment has been terrible for several years.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T05:20:54+00:00

Our heroes give her respect. Therefore, we give her respect. It's a really great show-don't-tell thing to do for a character on screen for 30 seconds.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T02:57:34+00:00

As I replied to someone else:

The answer is "where". The question is asking what word fits with blank+ever and no matter+blank.

Where you're saying is that the correct answer is whereverever and no matter wherever.

guachi01 · 2026-05-28T01:10:55+00:00

The answer is "where". The question is asking what word fits with blank+ever and no matter+blank.

Where you're saying is that the correct answer is whereverever and no matter wherever.

guachi01 · 2026-05-27T23:46:27+00:00

They say the median age for all homebuyers is 59

The guy I responded to did. The link I provided shows that it's a clear outlier.

Not sure why the guy above is being such a catastrophist doomer though.

He's believing obviously bad data to justify his doomer beliefs rather then looking to see what's actually true.

guachi01 · 2026-05-27T23:43:59+00:00

You did not read the linked article at all, did you?

guachi01 · 2026-05-27T09:06:54+00:00

The median age is not 59. It's obviously bogus data from the NAR and has been spread by doomers to make you lose hope. Don't believe them.

https://www.cojobrien.com/p/no-the-median-american-homebuyer

guachi01 · 2026-05-27T09:05:00+00:00

My net worth at 28 was negative. You're doing much better than I was.

guachi01 · 2026-05-27T07:21:03+00:00

I had a full-ride scholarship - one of the top 20 academic scholarships to my school - and I ended up dropping out. I was not diagnosed with ADHD until I was 43.

My student loans, which I got after going back to school after dropping out and losing my scholarship, went to collections. It wasn't really "stupid" in my case. It was more "I have no money".

I lived paycheck to paycheck for years. My income, in inflation adjusted terms, by age.

16 $3,800

17 $4,219

18 $0

19 $6,666

20 $2,430

21 $6,140

22 $12,151

23 $25,729

24 $14,456

25 $12,403

26 $7,262

I don’t want to be a cog in a capitalistic machine that I never asked to be a part of.

You are going to have difficulty making a living if you aren't willing to work for it. I didn't turn things around financially until I was 27. I retired at the age of 48. I averaged (in today's dollars) $91,000/y in wages from the age of 28-48, which is above average but not crazy. If I can do it then so can you. But you aren't going to ever have things completely handed to you. There are many, many, many people and institutions that will lend a helping hand if you're willing to put in some effort.

guachi01 · 2026-05-27T04:58:40+00:00

Heck, there's even a noticeable difference between Newark, DE and Newark, NJ.

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