Everything is over priced but people keep spending

[Natsuu]

It's frustrating how prices keep climbing, making everyday things like meals way more expensive. People are just trying to get by but it feels like we're stuck in a loop of working to cover bills and basic needs with nothing left over. Saving or investing? That's a luxury for the lucky few. It's a reality check on how tough it is for regular folks to keep up in a world where the cost of living keeps rising

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[Winterfrost]

The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

then strive to go above the average lifestyle.

Being an average person has always been to your disadvantage regardless of how you look at it. Things are obviously expensive but pays has also increased in most jobs which means if you are serious at the things you're doing, you can easily move from being an average person to someone that's not really struggling to feed himself.

[Reatim]

Well that is inflation for you. It’s not like we can do much to change how fiat money
works. If we want to survive then we have no choice but to buy this and that
and pay for this and that. These times, the only way to make it out alive is
if you have the money. We should all strive harder to achieve a lifestyle that is
comfortable and sustainable. This is one of primary reasons why I had started investing
in crypto.  i believe crypto could help me in terms of financial stability.

[mirakal]

Well that is inflation for you. It’s not like we can do much to change how fiat money
works. If we want to survive then we have no choice but to buy this and that
and pay for this and that. These times, the only way to make it out alive is
if you have the money. We should all strive harder to achieve a lifestyle that is
comfortable and sustainable. This is one of primary reasons why I had started investing
in crypto.   i believe crypto could help me in terms of financial stability.

Yes, we can’t do nothing in order to beat inflation but we can always save and invest and eventually make good profits so that despite of the climbing prices of our basic needs, we can still afford to live life comfortably. This is why I kept saying this that focusing on a single job or single source of income will not work anymore, because it’s like you are only working to live and survive, not actually to save and invest for the future. Becoming rich is now overrated, because for a single individual to become rich, he should have accumulated assets and properties so that he’ll be considered rich in the society.

[Lucius]

The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

Imagine what would happen if people spent less time complaining and instead focused on finding solutions to their problems? If some things have changed for the worse, then you can try to adapt and change your way of life in order to try to find a better or additional source of income. This may mean that you will have to find an additional job or find a job where the salary is higher.

Therefore, it is not funny that people continue to spend money on the same things as before, regardless of the fact that these same things are more expensive - if we consider that no one can live without food, and most of them even without electricity, running water or things like cigarettes or alcohol.

In addition, your government does not want you to have the opportunity for any savings, because the poorer you are, the more dependent you are on that same government and the crumbs it throws at you from its table.

[WillyAp]

The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

I think you fell victim to your beliefs.
A stable-coin does not protect you from inflation or recession. That power only bitcoin holds.
Stable-coins are a proven cheat, their fuel is fear, those elaborate algorithms  are worthless, held up by faith.

[Jody.Drummer]

Yes it is a significant leap, but however this is life where difficult times will always occur and everything returns to ourselves who as much as possible must try to balance everything with the situation, and the people you say are able to continue to make ends meet I think maybe they are people who have good finances such as entrepreneurs who do have their own ways that make it easier for them in terms of making money. but for the whole you can't say or assume that they are still fine with this situation because there will definitely be some people who also really feel this difficulty but they have no other way but to buy expensive goods because of how they make money, But for the whole you can't say or assume that they are fine with this situation because there will definitely be some people who also really feel this difficulty but they have no other way but to buy expensive goods because after all it is a necessity of life that cannot be tolerated.

This means that there is no other choice but you must try to save more in all matters related to the necessities of life and in addition inevitably you must also try to increase your income such as adding part-time jobs to be able to balance yourself with situations and circumstances that still have to be lived.

[AVE5]

Yes I understand the situation Op, the situation on ground pertaining the double folds of goods in this side of the country too is quite alarming and it's just like the citizens only come into existence to struggle to it and survive before death comes. Not even that these foods are so easy to be afforded neither is if proteinous or healthy for the body. They just get to put something in the mouth to fill the vacuums in their stomachs.
Meanwhile this is a resourceful and once a giant growing economy but the government politically corrupted the system making life a living hell for the poor while the riches feels the heavens on Earth.

Talking about the excessive cost of good and yet people still do buys them, this is a situation of no choice, so if you don't spent the money to get something to eat you'd die and your death will be unquestionable because the rate of death currently in town is caused by starvation and you'd be counted as one who lost his life in such a way.
So to stay alive you must prioritize your life support of foods which even your last card without the hope of next square of meal is necessary because you must eat, stay strong before you could go chasing for others.
There's no choice to buy at whatever structured cost of you cant manufactured by yourself.
Life's going too hard at this side of the world now and the government sits and do nothing. This would sometime become a global crisis because it smells like the global political governances are up to some selfish interests.

[DanWalker]

The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

I think you fell victim to your beliefs.
A stable-coin does not protect you from inflation or recession. That power only bitcoin holds.
Stable-coins are a proven cheat, their fuel is fear, those elaborate algorithms  are worthless, held up by faith.

But I want to know, are you using stablecoin(fiat) for your daily needs? Do you have a bank account, cash, fiat currency? If you are still using them and cannot give them up yet, don't try to badmouth them, although they have many disadvantages, they are not completely useless.

Don't blame fiat, the government or anyone when your life gets difficult. Try asking the question, why do your friends, the people around you, many people still have a rich life while you are having difficulties? Whose fault is it? People who only complain, blame others and never admit their mistakes are mostly failures.

[Helena Yu]

Imagine what would happen if people spent less time complaining and instead focused on finding solutions to their problems? If some things have changed for the worse, then you can try to adapt and change your way of life in order to try to find a better or additional source of income. This may mean that you will have to find an additional job or find a job where the salary is higher.

People always been like that, complain to anything that people have but they don't have. When other people suggest them to work harder, they will say they need work life balance and life isn't only about work, when other people suggest them to find a better job, they will say they already comfortable with their current company/job and they afraid if they will not comfortable in other company/job.

The world isn't against them, but they're the one who choose to be like that.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Money is meant to be spent or to be used as an advocate or enforcer of change.
Surely, the status quo of an individual either upgrades or downgrades depending on their cash flow, that's why everyone has to have more than a source of income inorder to live like the rich, afford more than just the basic necessities of life and have good investment portfolio that's security for the future.
BTC offers such value of financial freedom to make people more able to live how they want despite the inflation, hence why people are investing in it and trying to get hooked up to the cryptocurrencies world where in learning one can earn from trading and can invest for the future with a good value upon liquidity.

[OrangeII]

that's because of the inflation that occurred. The price of basic commodities or whatever it is will slowly rise if inflation occurs. However, because of this, economic turnover will also continue to occur. Like it or not, people will adapt and try to raise the price of their business so that they can make a profit. Additionally, people have to spend and spend their money out of necessity. However, this economic system will continue unless the government takes good steps to prevent inflation in the future.

[Kelward]

We need to eat food to survive, so no matter how expensive the cost of food is, people must eat, the only thing is that they can reduce the quantity of food items they buy and the quantity of food they consume. If what is happening in my country is being experienced in other countries then there's a serious global economic issues in the world, because the value our local currency keeps depreciating and it's effect in our local economy is continuous hike in the prices of commodities, especially food. I believe that the effects of currency depreciation is more severe in developing countries, this is why the numbers of migrants from these countries that are crossing to developed countries for greener pastures is on the increase

[Findingnemo]

The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

This is one of the topic that I am always fascinated to dive in...

The reason is simple inflation reduced the purchasing power of the Fiat money so we are paying more to buy the same product that costed less in the previous year. And why we can't save is different and it's due to change in the dynamics of consumerism and people influenced by people to spend more and the concept of saving money, thinking about future decreased to extreme.

[sunsilk]

The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

While I do understand the whole point of working hard and then seems not enough with how things and prices have gone up now. We're not rich yet but as someone who's investing and believing on this market, I know that we're going to make it there.

But as we wait for that time to come, we have to do whatever it takes for us to survive. It's not just enough to cut and lessen your expenses but one solution is to educate yourself about finances and also increase your source of income.

Seems basic upon reading and hearing that from someone but doing ways of making it a reality will be challenging.

[Zlantann]

The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

We still have to struggle to save money no matter how small it is. Saving is an important part of life since we cannot predict the future. We have to always seek ways to cut expenses so that we can have the means of saving. If it will take seeking an alternative source of income to get extra money we should do it. We can save some money to start a business which would be another income source. For some people owning a house will help them cut some expenses so they have to save to buy or build their residence. I know it is not easy, but we have to still strive to keep some funds aside for investment.

But you probably understand that such a diet will sooner or later have a bad effect on your health. It may be cheap, but buying the simplest foods without much processing will be both cheaper and healthier.
In today's situation with the rising cost of living, it is better not to worry about fashionable clothes and new gadgets but to still save some money that can be invested in investments and, of course, not skimp on your health. Replacing natural foods, especially fruits, which get expensive, with certain vitamins that are unfortunately missing from most natural foods and avoiding trans fats will save you from seeking medications in the future.

I appreciate this uncommon nutritional advice. Most of these restaurants or fast food don't care about the well-being of people all they are focused on is maximizing profit. They will prefer to buy genetically modified crops which are cheap than going for natural food. There have been reports from some health practitioners that these artificial plants have adverse effects on the help of people. We shouldn't always focus on the taste of the food but on how healthy it is for the body. Like you said fruits and vegetables should always be part of our diets. People who have vacant lands could also think of planting some simple crops like vegetables, which could be of help to them.

[AicecreaME]

An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

That's why some people have depression, they feel like they're just in a loop where they're are just waiting themselves to die in either depression or from overworking for them to survive. Minimum wage should be higher, it must outweigh the cost of living of an average person, or else everyone will suffer from debt, and it will backfire in the government even more.

Imagine those people who have families and yet their salary in not even enough to put enough food in the table in a house where the light is only coming from a candle just because they can't afford to pay their electricity bill anymore.

[snowpega]

The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

It is a fact that many of people are suffering using their payments in the forms of Bills and eating and it is very bad. Well, in my opinion, this is the time where the inflation rate is increasing day by day so we should focus on learning multiple skills, and with the help of these skills we can earn money for our expenses, investing, and savings by implementing them in our daily lives. Hardly saying but it is the fact that we are making excuses each day which makes us weak for financial stability. A weak person used to make excuses while a strong person tries to overcome excuses by working on himself/herself.  

but the saddest part is that at some stages of life, we feel like we have lost the race and we are nothing to see in our future but Suddenly a merical happens in our life by GOD there we see another light/shine of start again and this also motivate us a lot. We should never Give up because life is not easy as we consider it we should always ask it from Allah Almighty so that easy things start to happen in our life and our life become easy day by day.

[Crypto Library]

The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

Not only the price of food but now the price of almost every other product needed to survive has doubled from two to three years ago. Especially since the covid-19 pandemic. The price of daily necessities is increasing and there is no way to reduce it. Among them, inflation is going extremely high in my country, two years ago USDT price was around 90BDT and now it has increased to 120BDT. All in all, it has become very difficult to make a living for the general population of third-world developing countries. Moreover, if we talk about medicine, if a person from a middle class family goes to spend for treatment, now there is no money for food, there can be no talk of savings.

[philipma1957]

The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.

Are you sure cooking a meal at home can cost the same amount as eating at a restaurant, even with the same menu? How do restaurants make a profit then? My experience is that cooking at home is less expensive than a restaurant because I don't have to pay for staff salaries, rent, taxes, etc. It's mainly the cost of food and some electricity or gas.

Still, in today's world, it's true that saving or investing requires either cutting expenses or increasing income. I'm glad we live in the cryptocurrency era because it's been a real help for me financially

I can save quite a bit cooking at home.

I can get a large piece of beef brisket  for 45 usd. grass fed not grain fed.


I can get five pound of potatoes for  2 dollars on sale
I can get two pounds of carrots for 2 dollars on sale.
I can get two pound of broccoli for 2 dollars on sale
I can get a head of cabbage for 1 dollar on sale

cost 52 usd maybe 1 dollar for gas fuel to cook it all.

53 usd will serve 12 people.

this would be over 200 usd in a restaurant.