• LemUser@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Practically everything. My phone, garbage, insurance, food, gas, electric, internet, cable . . . everything went up seemingly at the same time. There are a lot of products and businesses I just outright boycott based upon GOP reasons. I pretty much eliminate grocery stores in the summer and buy from local farms. I partition my trash into small bags and deposit them in trash cans and eliminated my garbage pick up. I compost all scraps. Started a vegetable garden. Grow my own cannabis. Switched to USMobile for $10 a month unlimited. Torrent everything. Cut cable. I used to eat out about three times a week and that is now zero. Overall, I am eating better and even lost about 15 pounds. I discovered bin stores. I find myself buying more stuff that I don’t need but want. I found a $500 Garmin watch on dollar day. The only wrong with it was it was missing the band so I found one that fit and got that for a buck. On $3 day last week I found a pair of ar6 walkie talkies sealed. On $12 day I found a 32" TV and leaf blower, both sealed. I can’t see myself ever paying full price again, shopping in a store or even online.

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      4 days ago

      eating out is insanely expensive, dont know how people are so addicted to it. easily 50-100/day, if one were to actually eat out often, and i dont know someone who does this. i dont know which insurance, but different insurance have convoluted costs. i just hope i dont need to go the ER/ urgent, or get any kind of surgery. dental costs is something else though, although if you are willing to travel internationally for it, it doest reduce the cost significantly.