this is why i don't buy things anymore

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njm1314@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 102d

Thats why I mostly buy drugs.

mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 102d

No joke?

This is THE single most powerful piece of knowledge you can acquire in your entire life, and the earlier you figure it out, the better.

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 17 pts · 102d (1 reply)

A lot of my buys are aspirational, as in "if I buy this I'm going to make more music/work out more/draw more/cook more/etc.". Usually I just end up on some streaming site eating unhealthy food ... I could definitely do that cheaper.

bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 102d

It’s often better to buy things that improve what you’re already doing anyway.

tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 102d (1 reply)

It won't fix you, but it will distract you. Keep on distracting for a few years, and then you're dead. That's a win win I say.

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 8 pts · 102d

IME, a lot of the time it doesn't even do a good job of distracting you. Aspirational purchases are an easy way to waste tons of money.

JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 102d

The fun is in the trying.

radish@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 102d

I woke up this morning, my temperature high. "I'll never buy nothing again," I lied.

ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 102d (2 replies)

…it’s gonna fill me

TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 102d

Exactly! You need to have a clear idea of what the thing can do for you for you 😊

CorrenteAlternata@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 102d

Time to buy a larger one!

Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 102d

Yeah but if you ordered it online you had that wonderful time between order and arrival in which you lived in a fantasy believing all your problems will be solved in a few days.

Love those days

PlayfulWitch@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 102d

will I try again? probably yes

compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 102d

Better buy something else. The next one will be the one to do it, for sure!

Quokka@quokk.au · 2 pts · 101d

This is why I buy nice secondhand things off Depop, surely the 3 parcels arriving today will be the thing to fix me.