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You can't find many threads in the AskReddit community where the number of comments far exceeds the number of upvotes - and this thread, initiated a couple of months ago by the user u/sweetselene_, is definitely one of them. As of today, it has almost 500 upvotes and over 3.4k various comments, simply because the topic is incredibly relevant for many of us.
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The convenience isn't worth the price anymore.
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Many commenters in the original thread say that some things that are considered completely ordinary in society are becoming almost unavailable to them today, for example, living alone (or vice versa - creating a family with children), attending concerts and shows, vacations in numerous distant places of interest, and housing. Affordable housing in particular is a true scourge of our time.
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This is largely due to the growth of inflation and the decline in the real purchasing power of our salaries - after all, the rate of price growth often outpaces the growth of wages. Accordingly, while earlier, decades ago, the salary that the average American received allowed them to count on a certain set of material and non-material benefits, today this set is significantly reduced.
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Eyelashes, nails, hair color, etc.
I used to get a cut and highlights for around $80 - last quote was for $350!
When eyelash extensions first came out, I got a full set for $40+tip. Now they're charging $200.
It's way too expensive to have the beauty wants that are definitely not needs, the irony is that now that I can afford it, I no longer want it. There's been so much peace in learning to accept and love my natural maintenance-free beauty.
I have some friends that do monthly spray tans, eyelashes, mani+pedi, botox, lips, hair cut/color, etc - easily spending around 2k/mo on just beauty maintenance - just insane to me.
"The problem, in particular, is that after a relatively calm decade, when the world emerged from the economic crisis of 2008, there followed years of turbulence," says Olga Kopylova, Ph.D., associate professor of economics at Odessa National Maritime University, to whom Bored Panda reached out for a comment here.
"First, it was the pandemic, which created serious risks for the global economy. Risks that have not existed for a very long time. Usually, economists expect a serious surge in business activity after the end of pandemic restrictions - but this time it didn't happen."
"And several years in a row with military and financial tension in the world put the world economy on the brink of a crisis. Even more serious than it was in 2008. And life in a crisis always brings significant problems for every member of society."
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Now most places have signed with a "service", so they no longer do it themselves and now your have to go thru Door Dash or Uber Eats.. etc which add on additional fee's, increased prices from menu price and larger tips expected for what in most cases amounts to worst service then back when restaurant or pizza joint did their own delivery.
Be that as it may, all that remains for us is to try to save and spend wisely, and just live our lives. To live in the hope that stability will sooner or later return to this world, and decades from now we'll tell our grandkids about today's financial problems as just scary tales... But for now, please feel free to read these stories, and maybe share your own ideas in the comments below the list.
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