60 Things That People Think Have Gotten Worse And More Expensive, As Shared Online

"Certain house appliances.

My grandma has had the same fridge for 40 years. My parents recently had to replace theirs. It's their third in 20 years."

aznuke said:
"New homes.

Cookie cutter houses, built with cheap contractors who cut corners left and right, situated in neighborhoods with ever higher HOA fees: and the HOAs are getting more expensive too."

fanpoppa749 replied:
"I agree with this one. I thought buying a newly built home would be great. Turns out everything is cheap. Those nice looking base boards? Particle board. Cabinets? Particle board. Nice front door? it’s plastic and warps when the temperature changes.

Everything ‘looks’ nice, but at the core it’s all super cheap material that was installed as fast as possible by the cheapest bidder."

lorenzini3 said:
"Food."

Hot_Shot_McGee replied:
"Even cooking you'll find that ingredients are going up and up. You gotta be a master gardener and rancher apparently if you want to cook really well on the cheap."

"INSULIN.

It’s a necessity for lot of diabetic people and I know a few who ration insulin to last a long time. Some times if they have extra and aren’t using it then they send it to those who need. When asked at least 50 people respond asking they are in need. It’s a sad reality. Everyone says eat better, but even with eating better sometimes sugar levels don’t get controlled."

Jarred-Binks said:
"The basic American dream."

bttrflyr replied:
"The new American dream is just be able to work one job and still be able to afford living expenses with enough left over to pay down debt, add a savings and retirement.

Like when did it become 'entitled' for us to expect to be paid a livable wage? F*ck the 'American dream.'"

"As a somewhat older person born in the late 60's, EVERYTHING. Clothes fall apart and there are no classic styles anymore unless you want to pay out the nose, Christmas ornaments are just junk now, it's heartbreaking when I think about my teens and 20's, my first job and apartment I could rent with cash left over for concerts on the reg. It was awesome and I am now wondering what's left. If I didn't have an aunt and mom who care so much about me I'd probably just give up the ghost. I've had my good years, and now trying to re-enter the employment market and try to "adult" again is disheartening. I could never afford an apartment on my own anymore, and I don't get along well with a lot of people, I value my privacy. It's a college world out there now, and with only a HS education and even with 15 years of admin experience, people pay absolute sh*t and my work ethic has taken a deep dive because if I make things more efficient, they'll get rid of me and hire a part-timer rather than give a raise or anything. Never used to be that way. Then again there were no "human resources" departments back then, it was just a small personnel office. The name alone shows how companies think of their people: just a resource."

thirdnut4 said:
"Life."

Osiris32 replied:
"Life, don't talk to me about life. Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper. Call that job satisfaction, because I don't. And I have this pain in all the diodes down my left side."

"There used to be this burger joint called “Joe’s cablecar” near me. Great place. I miss it so much. A few months before it closed down, I was there and the owner, Joe, was having a heated conversation with one of his suppliers on the phone. After he hung up, he looked over at me and just said, “price goes up, quality goes down.” It took me a while to realize that that wasn’t an asshole supplier he was dealing with, just a fact of life. People like Joe can’t tolerate that. That’s why the truly great things never last. Only the mediocre things are able to endure long enough to degrade into the universally hated embodiment of entropy that the physical world allows for."

Buttproblemzthrow said:
"Clothes. Even a sweater from the Gap is like $70 now even though the quality is about 10% better than Old Navy. Goddamn it clothes retailers, settle down or I will go naked.

Edit: To the people suggesting thrift stores, I agree! It's thrilling to find something special and cheap. You wash it, you're good to go. Plus retail clothing is so expensive nowadays that I would rather someone else take the hit of driving it off the lot."

RedSquirrelFtw replied:
"What I hate about this is all the brand names are super expensive, but they are still all made by slaves in poor countries. I would be willing to pay the higher price if it was actually made in Canada or US, but it's not."

lunari_moonari said:
"Cable television. More commercials, channels upon channels of crap, ridiculous bill."

happyends replied:
"I remember when you could watch a show on cable without any commercials. That was it's big selling point."

"Almost everything. Planned obsolescence and expediency has taken the place of quality and craftsmanship."

"Clothes, very few companies make clothes to last and fast fashion is rising while the cost of items continue to increase!"

Back2Bach said:
"Ice cream containers that were originally one-half gallon have been "shrinking."

They went from 64 oz. to 56 oz and now 48 oz. - but the price hasn't "shrunk" (it's been increasing steadily) and the quality often isn't as good as it used to be when containers were a true half-gallon."

pakidara replied:
"When I worked at a gas station I noticed the same thing with Pringles. The tubes would shrink in height by about 1/8 of an inch every month or so. Once they got "small enough" they would release a "New BIGGER size!!!" for a month with a higher price tag. They would then remove the bigger-size tag and begin the shrinking process again."

"Education.

Long ago, the premise of institutional education provided promise. As the Information Age progresses, the quality of institutional education has dramatically reduced but the expenses of education has risen dramatically. With the rise of computers and online education, people are learning elsewhere even though the legitimacy of institutional certification remains large. For that reason, the quality of education received is vastly poor since people will be enrolling regardless of any pressure to improve themselves."

"Concert tickets (HEAR ME OUT):
I’m not saying concerts are getting worse but the entire process for getting tickets, as well as the pricing, have gotten worse. You used to be able to see big bands for like up to 100$, but now every concert is literally hundreds of dollars for a nosebleed seat alone for any band. Now, instead of going to retailers to buy physical tickets, we are buying from sh*tty corporations like StubHub and Ticketmaster who on occasion scam people and f*ck around with ticket pricing as a result of the online move meaning that ticket sellers can now be subtly scummy."

"Everything Nestle takes over."

"Movies.

Bigger budgets, less creative concepts/writing. Most blockbusters are just derivative of pre-existing intellectual property."

"Scented candles, Yankee Candle in particular used to be the candle that was considered premium. But while they've never been cheap at least a while ago it was worth the money. But now they're just exorbitant in price, they don't smell like they used to, and they are not worth the money."

"Arcades!!!

Dave n Busters is ridiculously expensive, hyper-commercialized, and they all look the same/lack that mom n pop feel. I don't want to charge a card or play a game that's just an advertisement for a TV show. Let me throw tokens into a vintage pinball machine at a family-owned arcade, haphazardly grab my tickets after I play, count them out and buy some Reese's with my friends.

Edit: This makes me sound like an old grouch. I still love arcades, but they just feel.. Different. Maybe it's just me getting older."

demonardvark said:
"Cable/ Internet providers. Oh yes sorry your trial period was over, your bill went up 200 dollars. Oh no we didn't promise you 200mb/s download speed constantly, we said UP TO. Read the fine print."

Jacker9090 replied:
"'Up to 50mbps, not our problem if we tear down another hotspot and you internet goes from a barely usable 500kbps to something that timeouts web pages, a nice 50kbps. You'll get that sweet 90's nostalgia. 600 ping is bothering you? Nah that's perfectly acceptable. Oh and also we're doubling your bill, f*ck you. Oh and don't even think about any other provider. They just happen to have the exact same speeds, coverages and prices. No cartel here.'"