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9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

The point is that we should be able to maintain a certain standard of living…

Whats the point of constantly people to eat at home and not enjoy anything that costs money?

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reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You make an excellent point. It had just occurred to me because i have been having to cut back and find solutions to ridiculous price gouging like this. Between the high prices and the cost cutting quality of eating out these days, i find myself making a lot more stuff at home. I’ve also had to remove a lot of restaurants from my list of places to eat. One place charged me $30 for scrambled eggs, oatmeal, and iced tea. I haven’t been back.

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- 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  and i wasn’t calling your post out specifically… i see this all over the internet… people complain about the price of going out and the advice is always “just stay home and make food/coffee!”
  
  i don’t want to just survive on the cheapest possible budget and never enjoy anything… that’s just a race to the bottom and ends with us sitting in little pods living out whatever dystopian nightmare they predicted decades ago…
  
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  - reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    No worries. I think we’re on the same page.
    
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huquad@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If you’d stop buying avacado toast, you’d finally have enough money to buy an NFT of a house

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illusionist@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
In microeconomic theory, an agent gains utility from consumption and has a willingness to pay. If a normal product has a higher price than the willingness to pay is, he will not consume that product. He will consume another product.

I am not sure if I shall laugh but you are suggesting to ignore the willingness to pay and just pay whatever the price is because your utility from dining out is incredibly high.

You can easily substitute food at a restaurant. Food at restaurants is mostly not even good anymore. You are doing yourself a favor if you do not consume their ultra high processed food.

Also, you may have enough money to spend as much as you want for a cup of coffe but there are people, most people, who can (or should) not afford a cup for 5 bucks because buying a pack for 8 lasts all month vs 150 if consumed every day.

Craving is a very bad state for the mind. Becoming free of craving gives you more than consuming all the shiny stuff that you see all day long, everywhere.

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