Way too many things to go in to here. Starting with foods lets start with beef steak. I can buy a weeks worth of food for the price of a few decent steaks.

The main thing I’ve stopped buying is the lies.

McDonalds. It used to at least be cheap. Now it’s both expensive and still tastes bad.

The Chinese buffet. 8.95 for lunch 12.95 dinner. Now 20 bucks at minimum.

Korean karaoke. 20 bucks an hour now 50 an hour or whatever they make up at the time.

Any streaming service.

It’s not even about the money specifically, if that’s what it actually cost or if it was going to a good place. It’s the greed of constantly trying to find that line on how hard they can squeeze and at what price point people will keep taking it.

Canned beans. I love some bean medley but at $3 a can… guess I can’t even have beans.

DNC excuses.

Fresh pineapple. The local supermarket has a machine that turns a fresh pineapple in slices or pieces. They started over a year ago with €3.99. Then, some months ago, it went up to €4.99. Then it was “Special Offer: €4.99”. And now the special offer is history, and the pineapple costs €5.99.

Back then, I bought one every weekend. Since it is €5.99, I have given up on them, and, by the looks of it, quite a number of other customers, too.

I’ve not stopped but heavily worked to cut fast food out of my daily meal plan. The cost of most burgers out there I can buy buns, ingredients, and meat to cook myself to how I like it. It’ll be juicier, thicker, and tastier as well.

Hard drives. I have a movie hobby and that takes a lot of storage and well, storage now is 3-5 times more expensive than not two years ago and I can’t afford it anymore.

But on the flip side, people can now finally nudify my daughter, so that is totally worth it!

Fuck everything about AI.

I only get wings from one bar on a deal night where they’re 50c each

I haven’t really bought new computer parts in forever, I just trade/sell what I have.

Soda, even from wholesellers it’s too much money

Lots of video games. I wait a few years usually.

Honestly I live a simple life in general, what upsets me is housing because nobody can escape that

Beef. and pork.

The only meat I can afford at the moment is chicken, and even then thats mostly in processed form like chicken nuggets or chicken patties.

Laptops or anything gaming after the jump 3k. Nope I’m out!

I used to be almost addicted to beef jerky, especially the smaller store types where it’s made semi-local…until it got to be 29.99 per pound. I love the stuff but will never like it THAT much

It’s been more than 10 years it feels like since you could just buy a raspberry pi for a little side project.

Now you better have a good use for it, since it’s a good chunk of money.