In today’s volatile economy, we often find ourselves standing at the edge of a bothersome contradiction. We pay more and more, hoping to receive goods and services of comparable value, yet we’re often met with dissatisfaction.
Cable TV
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“More commercials, channels upon channels of nonsense, ridiculous bills.”
“I pay $20 for Hulu, Peacock, and Netflix. There is no comparison between $20 a month and the cost of cable.”
“I don’t think I have seen anything on MTV for the last few years that wasn’t nonstop ridiculousness.”
Fast Food
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“I rarely eat it, but every time I do, it seems more expensive, and I feel horrible afterward.”
“Taco Bell was good at this. The keyword ‘was.” I used to go to get whatever box meal they had because it was pretty cheap, and some days cooking food after a long day just felt like too much.”
“2 quesadillas and a Crunch Wrap was like $20 and not even filling. How the hell did I ever afford that place with my first job? Not worth it at all. Price should have been $3.50 max.”
Netflix
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“I really need to cancel my membership. Once Stranger Things ends, I really don’t care if my brother ever decides to cancel his subscription. We almost never use it anymore.”
“Came here to say the same thing. I remember loving Netflix, but now it’s just a bunch of original series that get canceled before they reach season 3.”
Going Out to Eat
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“Restaurants. It used to be fun, but now it’s too expensive, and the experience has become mediocre.”
“My wife and I went out for a date afternoon without the kid and went to a local sandwich shop we’ve been wanting to check out. Two sandwiches and two cans of beer were $50 dollars after tax and tip. For a sandwich lunch!!!”
“I see a lot of restaurants going out of business soon with these prices.”
Chocolate
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“It used to be a fairly cheap and substantial treat when I was kid, but they keep getting smaller and smaller, and they’re ridiculously expensive now.”
Candy
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“I have noticed sweets, in general, getting pricier. I still remember always wanting Tictacs, and they were only 25 cents!”
Technology
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“Most technology is designed to be replaced every few years. We used to design things to last. Now we design things to wear out so people keep buying new ones.”
“Yep. Planned obsolescence has run amok.”
Supermarket Meat
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“Back in 2010, my go-to was a pound of ground beef from the grocery store for $1.99 a pound. Could eat well for just a few bucks.”
“Food in general.”
Housing
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“Two main drivers here: large-scale corporate purchases of residential real estate and the work-from-home boom.”
“Work-from-home gives people the opportunity to have a good-paying big-city job without having to commute. So people live further out and drive up real-estate costs in once-affordable towns and suburbs.”
“Emphasis on poorer quality of construction and materials too (despite logical improvements in tech over time.)”
Scented Candles
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“Yankee Candle has gone so down in quality, the son of the original founder of Yankee Candle made his own company based on the original premise, quality, and scents of the original candles.”
Education
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“The average college tuition is $13,677 a year (and that includes many small schools, so for good universities, it is much higher).”
“Learning isn’t even a top focus for college anymore. The main purposes of college are to make connections with professors and to get your degree just to show that you completed college.”
Living
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“Gestures at everything.”
“From consumer products to food, to housing, to vehicles.”
Ikea Furniture
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“Used to be able to pick up quality wood furniture. And it feels like the designs have become less and less daring over time.”
“That is why your grandparents or parents have that old bulky furniture. It may be dated, but it’s indestructible.”
Airbnb
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“I will rarely check it if I’m going to be traveling because it’ll easily cost hundreds more than a hotel.”
“They were great until they started upping fees. Which is sad because most of that doesn’t go to the people offering the service.”
“I quit using them after all their new fees a few years ago. Seems like it’s only cheaper than a hotel if you stay 2 weeks at a time now.”
Live Events
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“I read somewhere that going as a family of 4 to an NFL game is like, on average, a $1000+ expense. Who in the world is paying for that?”
“Paying thousands of bucks just to see the artist on a screen that’s so far away, and most of them lip sync on top of that.”
Job Hunting
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“Each interview etc takes money, time, and effort.”
“The job market’s economic society is increasingly unwelcoming, unfair, unhealthy and heartless to everyone but especially bullying victims, autistic learning-disabled, etc, homeless, etc.”
STUCK IN THE 60S: 10 THINGS BABY BOOMERS REFUSE TO LET GO OF
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Memories of the “good old days” keep us trapped in the past. Baby boomers love to retell tales of how it was “in my day.” At the same time, millennials will tell them to get with the times. Being stuck in a time warp from which they don’t want to snap out of, here are things that baby boomers still think are fantastic.
STUCK IN THE 60S: 10 THINGS BABY BOOMERS REFUSE TO LET GO OF
16 ANNOYING PHRASES THAT MAKE PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY HATE YOU!
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We wanted to know the most irksome things someone can say that turn you off! These online forum users didn’t hold back!
16 ANNOYING PHRASES THAT MAKE PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY HATE YOU!
OBSOLETE MILLENNIALS: 14 SKILLS THEY LEARNED IN THE 90S THAT HAVE NO PLACE IN TODAY’S WORLD
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A lot has changed since the turn of the century – just ask this nostalgic lot!
OBSOLETE MILLENNIALS: 14 SKILLS THEY LEARNED IN THE 90S THAT HAVE NO PLACE IN TODAY’S WORLD
THE FALL FROM GRACE: 12 PROFESSIONS THAT WERE ONCE REVERED, NOW A TOTAL JOKE
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These 12 professions that are now obsolete show how much the times have changed.
THE FALL FROM GRACE: 12 PROFESSIONS THAT WERE ONCE REVERED, NOW A TOTAL JOKE
FROM ‘OKAY BOOMER’ TO ‘UGH BOOMER’: 10 HABITS THAT IRRITATE MILLENNIALS
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Each generation has its quirks. Most label it as an “old person thing” when asked why grandpa or grandma does something unusual. The defense from the other side is that “it was the way things were back in our day.”
FROM ‘OKAY BOOMER’ TO ‘UGH BOOMER’: 10 HABITS THAT IRRITATE MILLENNIALS
