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At least we can enjoy avocado toast.
I recently heard someone say lububus are popular because many people's economic state is such that they just say "fuck it, im gonna at least enjoy myself with the few dollars I have." The savings decisions people are faced with are hopeless. I can save to buy a house, but never reach the amt I need for a down payment as home prices skyrocket. I can save for retirement, but the math says I'll be able to afford to retire at 85 for like 2 yrs. I can save for emergency medical bills, but it won't matter if I get really sick because no one can afford the bad stuff. I'll just have to go bankrupt if I live through it. I'd save for an education, but that doesnt actually guarantee I'll make anymore money than I do now.
Just gimme something fun for my money while I can still enjoy it.
My own pet-food-retirement prospects depend heavily on social security and medicare, which seem unlikely to survive trump's current term let alone long enough for me to actually draw on them. My plan is to continue driving a school bus until I die (which hopefully won't occur behind the wheel of a school bus), although this plan is likely to be sabotaged by AI.
So hell yes I'm buying another pair of hemp Sambas.