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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Squizzy 98 points 5 months ago (4 children)

There is one thing for uber wealthy people to act poor but I dont care if a wealthy person finds happiness in a frugal lifestyle. Sharing in cultures is vital to the human experience.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The crazy thing is that i i were filthy rich, the only thing that would change is that i wouldn't go to work anymore, and i'd probably invest in some sort of farm/weekly market where you can buy actually fresh and cheap veggies and things like that and i wouldn't have to care if it makes money. So i totally get that aspect of it. But pretending to be a complete hippie and selling that lifestyle while you're clearly not, just seems weird

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago

Not trying to be a contrarian but a lot of hippies were from rich backgrounds which is why they didn’t have to work to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

See if there are any Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) orgs in your area, I used to go pick up a big box of produce every week at the farm where they grew them, was cool

[–] Crazyslinkz 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Farmers markets, there usually held on weekends around here, get fresh fruit and vegetables from local growers.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I don't think they needed to be educated on what a farmer's market is.

They are saying they'd stand a new one up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Where I am at least, the veggies can also be double to triple the price of the grocery store.

[–] Son_of_dad 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

There's this weird in between that many sister in law lives in. She buys everything at thrift stores but it's those trendy super expensive thrift stores lol

[–] Viking_Hippie 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

trendy super expensive thrift stores

This truly is the darkest timeline. Definitely the stupidest 🤦

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

super expensive thrift stores

Goodwill?

[–] Son_of_dad 2 points 5 months ago

They don't go to goodwill lol. They go to the trendy vintage thrift stores downtown that sell a t shirt for $60

[–] PP_BOY_ 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't disagree with your sentiment taken in a vacuum, but gentrification (of housing and activities in general) is 100% a real thing and is almost always due to rich people trying to live a "frugal lifestyle." Idk man, shit just sucks all around

[–] Squizzy 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I get that but the complaint that these people with wealthy parents get to focus on art and lifestyle is a failure of the system not the person.

We should all be able to do that but only the wealthy can, so spread the wealth yeah but dont hate on arts and independent thought, trying new things and seeking an environment you enjoy.

[–] TubularTittyFrog 3 points 5 months ago

? in my expereince it's just people with some money trying to find a affordable place to live... and it gets nicer, so richer people are interested in it... and so on and so on.

it's cyclical.

[–] TubularTittyFrog 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

you missed the point. they aren't frugal.

they just look frugal.

[–] Squizzy 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think that is not necessarily true, just because they are wealthy does not mean they cannot then enjoy living frugally as a part of their chosen lifestyle.

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[–] PP_BOY_ 70 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Had a real waking up moment last week leaving one of my favorite venues seeing the band Chat Pile in a crowd of crusty, unwashed, punks, only to look at the parking lot after the show and see it filled with current model year Teslas, Mercedes, etc.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, there are also cases especially for older bands where their fanbase who were teens and young adults during their prime are now 40-50 year olds with families and are better off financially than they were back then.

[–] Son_of_dad 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How anyone can financially improve right now is beyond me

[–] Viking_Hippie 6 points 5 months ago (11 children)

They can't. Gen X was the last generation that got wealthier with age and it's gotten progressively worse for every subsequent generation.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Describes every major festival since the 2000s

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I mean give the price of tickets. I have went to like 3 concerts (paid for rock ones) in my lifetime and never to a festival that had admission.

[–] spicethedirt 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Love Chat Pile! Actually saw them on Saturday night in Chattanooga, on their new tour with Portrayal of Guilt. They always put on a fantastic show.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's just called Burning Man

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You'll never live like common people. You'll never do whatever common people do.

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[–] STRIKINGdebate2 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They say you can always spot them by their teeth.

[–] Son_of_dad 31 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

And their expensive dye jobs and tattoos. I saw a woman panhandling downtown the other day, wearing brand new Asics, with full sleeve tattoos and bright purple hair. Fuck that honestly, i wish I had tattoo money. Not only that, they see you pushing a stroller and beg for money. Every cent I have belongs to my kids, you entitled, fake poor pricks. The wealthy Western kids that Panhandle while traveling are by far the most deplorable though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Reminds me of portrayal of societies "kinda like Middle East" in American sci-fi shows.

[–] TubularTittyFrog 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

this is the culture of most of my city. lots of people in very expensive clothes, beards, and etc that make them look like semi homeless bums. who work for a tech company and are banking six figures.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tech people look like semi homeless bums because we don't know how to dress ourselves. We aren't buying expensive clothes. We're spending our money on hardware, goofy nerdy shit, or investing in stonks for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

You'll be sitting all day, might as well be comfortable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I don’t give my money to anyone, usually. Except specifically some nader chasers I’ve
followed for years. They’re out there losing windshields for my enjoyment. That’s it tho.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The rich have always imitated the rest of us.

Tattoos used to see you barred from many military and civil service organizations. Now ink is considered cosmopolitan and they're allowed.

Low-income service workers used to occupy the top floors of residential buildings, and even set up makeshift accomodation on building roofs. They called them penthouses.

Look at the shift in treatment of marijuana in the United States over the last decade.

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[–] Sanctus 4 points 5 months ago

Now thats what I call appropriating.

[–] fritobugger2017 3 points 5 months ago

like half of the Grateful Dead tour on the late 80s and early 90s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago
[–] TheHottub 2 points 5 months ago

Papa Meat!!!

[–] AncientFutureNow 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

This guy sucks.

FYI: Trustafarian is a word that has been used for at least 25 years. He thinks its new.

Anyways, I digress. Most trustafarians also suck, but this guy sucks for entirely different reasons.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I’m not familiar with him, why does he suck?

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[–] HessiaNerd 3 points 5 months ago

We used to use the term in the mid 90s to describe the kids hanging out in Berkeley begging for cigarette money, then getting picked up in Mercs to get driven home in the hills. They were usually white kids with dreads.

They were dumbass kids. I'm sure the current batch are dumasses too I was never a fan, but in the scheme of things, there is a lot worse out there.

[–] Skanky 1 points 5 months ago

Tell me you've never heard of Meat Canyon without telling me you've never heard of Meat Canyon

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