McDonalds. It used to at least be cheap. Now it’s both expensive and still tastes bad.
Streaming services of any kind. I’ve got a jellyfin server now that has everything I need.
It was fine when they were $5 a month, but this $20 a month bullshit is insane. And what do you mean I can’t share one account with the family if we’re not on the same network, get real.
I don’t have that problem. I share netflix/HBO with my sister who is across the country with little to no issue.
but we never sub up more than two services at once.
Lol meanwhile I have to punch in a code if I want to watch Netflix at work because I’m not on my home network. Somehow Netflix invented landline streaming services.
My family will rotate Steaming services. We sub for a month or two when we wanna see a show or something, then cancel in favor of something else.
yeah, this is the way. i got lectured yesterday buy some weirdo about how doing that is ‘too inconvenient and a massive waste of time’. and then doubled down when I pointed out it takes seconds to do this, and were like ‘it shouldn’t have to take me seconds’. OK buddy… like i guess if you feel you must be subbed to 8 different services at once and forever because you can’t ever cancel or swap, it must be really tough to be you.
Hard drives. I have a movie hobby and that takes a lot of storage and well, storage now is 3-5 times more expensive than not two years ago and I can’t afford it anymore.
But on the flip side, people can now finally nudify my daughter, so that is totally worth it!
Fuck everything about AI.
I am waiting patiently for the AI bubble to pop so that all of a sudden there’s an excess supply of ram, gpu’s, drives, etc.
Hate to break it to you, but that’s not at all how that will work out.
I guess we’ll see.
There’s nothing to see. Those datacenters run specialized server hardware. If the AI bubble bursts, they’ll likely just be sold to another hosting/saas company as is.
Even if the hardware gets back into the market, it’s not consumer hardware. There will be no Ryzens and RTXs flooding the market, but Epyc/Xeons, Reg ECC RAM and videoless GPGPUs.
I would have expected manufacturers to be increasing production due to the bubble, so when demand evaporates there would be an oversupply. EG - expanded memory production would lead to an oversupply of memory post-burst, leading to a reduction in prices. But a quick google shows at least memory and HDD manufacturers aren’t increasing output, possibly recognizing a bubble, and some things (e.g. GPU’s, SSD’s) are supply-constrained due to memory shortages. Others like CPU manufacturers seem to be increasing supply capacity. So maybe it’s more of a mixed bag.
Concerts.
In the 90s youd go to the record store that had a ticket kiosk. Tickets were 10 to 20 dollars, youd get a printed ticket.
Now it just sucks. Venues add fees, ticketmaster fees double the price, printing fees, sometimes you cant even get the digital ticket until the day of and hope nithing goes wrong.
It all just sucks now.
I go down to my local dive bar and watch some local guys play rock and blues…for tips.
Soda. Wtf are they even thinking at this point. Hell, I ran into a Dollar General to get carbonated water the other day and the only product they had was $9. For carbonated. Water. GTFO
You can pick up a used ball keg, probs $25-30, a cheap regulator, some tubing and a carbonating cap (you can skip the carbonating cap, which last I looked is some $25, just hook the CO2 line to the dip tube, it’ll take longer to reach carbonation saturation, but it works fine), and a hand faucet for $1 and rent a CO2 tank (last time I filled a 5lb cylinder it was $30 which includes the cylinder) and make gallons of the stuff for decreasing spend.
Upfront cost is moderately high, yes thats true, but the more you use it the less it costs per gallon. And no plastic bottles, no questionable water source, no shipping pollution. You just have on demand carbonated water. If you add fruit puree, you can make “Italian soda”, or you can buy the soda syrup businesses and such use if you want, though you’ll want something in a pump bottle and not a box that hooks to a big system…
One 5lb tank of co2 is enough for 5-10 batches, depending how heavily carbonated you like, and each batch is 5 gallons, assuming a standard 1/8 barrel keg, so the math is pretty appealing if carbonated water is a thing you like.
Italian what?!!
Please tell me more, I have tried lots of things in carbonated water (lemon or cucumber is good) but never fruit puree!
The way we made it at the place I worked was to puree fruit, then reduce it a bit over heat (no added sugar), then put like 2tbsp or so over ice and topped off with the carbonated water.
So it’ll only really work well with flavors that don’t degrade in heat, but you may also have luck with just straight pureed fruits like watermelon, not super sure how that’d turn out.
You can also use fruit syrups that you buy or make yourself, tons of recipes out there.
Thanks!
Milk, cheese and butter.
My country produces 10x more dairy products than we need. But they’re sold to the highest bidder globally and that ain’t me.
Bob is not your uncle.
Not only has shit gotten expensive, I got laid off from a good paying job and could only land a middling salary. I used to buy more varied food. I’d order delivery when I had guests over. I’d buy seltzer.
No more. Fuck em. If they don’t want to pay me I’ll keep my spend to a minimum.
It’s been more than 10 years it feels like since you could just buy a raspberry pi for a little side project.
Now you better have a good use for it, since it’s a good chunk of money.
I feel like raspberry pis have completely lost the plot. Now they’re just expensive mini PCs rather than low powered devices for hobby projects. By the time you get a case, a hat for NVME, and the sensors you want, it’s be cheaper to buy an actual mini-PC with even more power.
From a hobby perspective, the ESPs are where it’s at
I only get wings from one bar on a deal night where they’re 50c each
I haven’t really bought new computer parts in forever, I just trade/sell what I have.
Soda, even from wholesellers it’s too much money
Lots of video games. I wait a few years usually.
Honestly I live a simple life in general, what upsets me is housing because nobody can escape that
What. 50 cents a wing is the top. Shit should be a quarter a wing! It’s a trash part of the bird! I mean, comparatively. it’s still good, but so is fuvking collard greens and hamhocks and lobster
100% yeah you’re right. It’s funny that, per pound of actual meat, even boneless thighs are cheaper now (in my zipcode, at least)
PC parts
my nephew build a pc this winter. he paid like 2K for roughly the same spec that my older nephew built in '23 and paid like $800 for.
only thing that wasn’t a massive price increase was motherboard, case and power supply.
Honestly as much as possible I have just checked out of consumerism.
Beef, almost completely.
Raspberry PIs.
Pizza. Getting pizza for the family shouldn’t cost over $70. Hell, eating out and fast food are exorbitantly expensive.
Pizza in my corner of the world is still a reasonable price. First, there’s cheap but delicious Little Caesars – that’s a go-to that I’m not at all embarrassed to admit. Then my local pizza shop can get me a XL pie and cheesy bread sticks for less than $20 out the door. My family of three always has leftovers from that for lunch the next day for someone but not everyone.
Any of the bougy “wood fired” blah blah blah boutique pizza grift stills costs a fortune here. But my little local pizza shop is a good NYC style slice, with normal pizza shop ingredients.
First, there’s cheap but delicious Little Caesars
This is how I know you are full of it
Dude, if you were honest with yourself and the world, you’d agree.
It’s not BAD. I don’t mind it for the price. I would never claim that it’s “delicious” either though. I’m from Detroit too. The Little Caesar’s pizza at Little Caesar’s Arena hits different. Albeit it’s $30 more.
I, too, am originally from the Metro Detroit area. My Metro Detroit area chain pizza takes: Hungry Howies used to be better, I think (or I’m suffering rose colored hindsight). Jet’s Pizza is still pretty good. Dominoes was never really good and despite their commercials, they’ve not gotten much better.
Hot take: Buddy’s Pizza is overrated greasy dog shit.
I now live out of state, but I visit my family in SE Michigan every other month or so. I have a preference for Coney’s too.
Best Detroit Style: Cloverleaf with a close second being green lantern.
Best Non-Detroit Style: Supino’s in Eastern Market.
Best Coney: Duly’s, but honestly National Coney Island just feels right.
Kids wanted 5 guys, wife + 2 kids.
2 hot dogs, 1 burger and 3 orders of fries and drinks, (i skipped a fucking burger because I saw the price) $70
Never even considered going back.
Though Mytical kitchen just did a price check per ingredients and while they’re expensive AF, they’re not screwing you as bad as mcdonalds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zOmh9F4xcs
edit: fixed a typo, but i’m going to leave the monstrosity of a line one for everyone’s enjoyment
