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| Topic | What the fuck is up with the Wii U being so goddamn expensive?! |
| adjl 08/31/21 2:18:43 PM #51: | lihlih posted... You do know that mentality like this is why poor people stay poor, right? There's a world of difference between saying "it's only a small percentage of my income, I might as well buy it" so many times that your income is eaten up by those small purchases, and saying "I'm spending this small percentage of my income this one time after considering whether or not it's worthwhile and how that fits into my overall financial plan." Letting yourself treat some of your income as disposable won't doom you to poverty forever, you just have to be sensible about it and set reasonable limits for your discretionary spending. If you're well-off, spending $200 on this one thing you want isn't going to change that. Now, saying "I've already bought a couple other expensive things lately, so I can't justify this one" is perfectly reasonable. Going straight to "that's why poor people stay poor," though, is just silly. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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