Comment

Comment on Does it make sense to buy a lifetime supply of honey?

BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

You’re likely better off investing the same amount of money.

Buying it all now is betting that inflation will be higher than your investment return over the next 40 years. That’s not a good bet unless the world literally collapses.

source

Sort:hotnew top

MichaelScotch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
What do you think investing less than $200 is going to earn you?

source
- BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  What do you think buying $200 worth of honey will save you?
  
  source
  - pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    About 20 trips to the grocery store and the associated gas prices.
    
    source
    xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    …You know you can buy multiple things at once at the store?
    
    source
    -> View More Comments
  - shikitohno@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    At least a few years of happiness, and perhaps making my ensuing case of diabetes mellitus more appropriately named than that of most peoples’.
    
    source
grandel@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I think a collapse is quite likely

source