• madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I don’t know about recession, but I know I’ve hit a personal inflection point with prices where I’m just sick of the bullshit and only buy if absolutely necessary, or on sale.

    Everyone is so fucking greedy, everyone wants just 5 more dollars bro to the point where the consumerism has been driven out of me.

    I actually have money to buy shit, I just don’t want to anymore because nothing seems to correspond to its value anymore.

    A new car? 35 k for a fucking base kia, gtfo out with this shit.

    New phone? 1.2k for the same screen bullshit as the last 5 years.

    Same with this PS5, they are pricing this shit like it’s lifesaving medicine, when in reality it’s just shit no-one really needs

    • tux7350@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      35k for a base Kia? Hell naw, I bought a fully loaded 2024 hyundai elentra hybrid for 34k out the door. Base Kia K4 is 22k plus tax title and reg. That’s like almost a third less than what I paid lol