Pays off
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I think concert tickets are expensive only if you listen to pop music. I recently went to a concert with line up of Cannibal Corpse, Mayhem and two more bands and the tickets were just $50.
I went to a Shrek rave for $20
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To start drawing you need a pencil and some paper. It costs almost nothing to start and it can be very rewarding.
"Good paint pens" are so expensive... Also they go through standard printing paper so they need expensive special paper...
That being said, i don't draw/paint, so i don't understand the appeal of these special pens.
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Borrowing books from the library is free!
Not just books. In some places, DVDs and video games. Some even offer digital services connected to your library card.
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Are you aware that the vast, vast, majority of homes are mortgaged? We are paying a shit ton too dude...
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yes, I'm aware. And around 34% of Americans rent. No offense, but this is part of the disconnect. Home-owners (especially when they bought long ago when homes were cheaper) and out-of-touch boomers are dismissive. "Just get a loan like I did! Just earn more money! It's easy!"
Let's get the obvious out of the way: you chose to buy a home. You're also making payments on that, instead of throwing thousands away on rent every month. My rent is more every month than the mortgage for older people I know's family homes, and that's not an unusual situation! I'm a millennial, so I can only speak for myself. But many of us have to rent because what's the alternative? Live with family? Many of us don't have that option. Live on the street?
We're paying rent because we have to. Meanwhile, they jack up the rent because they have a captive audience so we can barely afford that, we certainly can't afford to save money to eventually buy a home. Many also can't afford the cost of moving, trying to get people to help them pack up and move everything, and get the time off work. This all benefits the giant corporations that are buying up all the properties to enrich themselves, but what are we to do? They have us over a barrel and they know it.
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Yes, I'm aware. And around 34% of Americans rent. No offense, but this is part of the disconnect. Home-owners (especially when they bought long ago when homes were cheaper) and out-of-touch boomers are dismissive. "Just get a loan like I did! Just earn more money! It's easy!"
Let's get the obvious out of the way: you chose to buy a home. You're also making payments on that, instead of throwing thousands away on rent every month. My rent is more every month than the mortgage for older people I know's family homes, and that's not an unusual situation! I'm a millennial, so I can only speak for myself. But many of us have to rent because what's the alternative? Live with family? Many of us don't have that option. Live on the street?
We're paying rent because we have to. Meanwhile, they jack up the rent because they have a captive audience so we can barely afford that, we certainly can't afford to save money to eventually buy a home. Many also can't afford the cost of moving, trying to get people to help them pack up and move everything, and get the time off work. This all benefits the giant corporations that are buying up all the properties to enrich themselves, but what are we to do? They have us over a barrel and they know it.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yes the world is getting harder everyday but yes It's all still a choice for now.
Do you think I wanted to up root my entire life? Move 7 hours away from where I grew up? Leave all of my friends and family? To live 30 minutes away from the city where I don't know anyone? I didn't in case that isn't clear. But this was the only path forward to getting out from under someone's thumb with rent.
I had to use a credit card to pay for moving, it took 4 years to pay that off.
My down payment was pathetic so I will pay PMI for a long time.
It's not all rainbows and sunshine. The people who own homes are struggling too. Most people are struggling these days.
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Borrowing books from the library is free!
So is downloading movies and series, fuck streaming services.
The most fun and properly constructed games these days are cheap indie games and which don't require expensive gaming rigs.
You don't need an expensive camera, you can already do decent photography with your phone. Just do a course to learn about tricks and composition. Too expensive you say? Hell no, YouTube offers loads of courses for nearly anything. Hate YouTube ads you say? I get it, just use grayjay app for a ad free experience
because fuck Google.You can clone plants, put them in second hand pots. Get some seeds. Grow your own herbs and food.
Get a cheap 3D printer. Can be as cheap as 250 euros. Filament can be as cheap as 8 to 10 euros per kilo. Learn CAD through YouTube, design your own stuff. Maybe tools for other hobbies, like a phone stand for long exposure photos or nice pots for your plants.
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"Good paint pens" are so expensive... Also they go through standard printing paper so they need expensive special paper...
That being said, i don't draw/paint, so i don't understand the appeal of these special pens.
Start with a basic HB pencil. Costs under 1 dollar/euro.
If you want to add colour, get some basic coloured pencils or soft pastels. Pastels will need, in general, better paper.
Want to ink them? Go for some cheap black fine lighter pens at different widths.
This progression alone can take years and is enough to get decent at drawing, learn the fundamentals, etc. Good materials and tools are useless if you don't know how to use them properly, so don't spend too much on them too early.
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I could pay $1200 for concert tickets or $0 for D&D
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I could pay $1200 for concert tickets or $0 for D&D
$1200! I could buy like 2 snowboards for that(1 split board), or another bike. Are concerts like a status symbol now?
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Borrowing books from the library is free!
Or ask Anna for them
She has a great archive
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I could pay $1200 for concert tickets or $0 for D&D
Concerts costing that much are never worth it. I spend ~400$ for 2 nosebleed SZA tickets for my wife 2 years ago. We were watching the jumbotron the whole time.
My birthday shows this year are 30 and 50 a ticket and we can actually be see the musicians. I know I'm being a dumb hipster, but its so hard to justify ticket prices for large artists. What's the point of going to a football stadium to listen to live music. You could get a decent home sound system for the same price
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To start drawing you need a pencil and some paper. It costs almost nothing to start and it can be very rewarding.
I started doing junk journaling. It’s cheap but very satisfying…. Although that got me interested in geli printing so now I’m painting, and of course I had to also get acrylic markers… but the ones that I got are too thick for the detail I want. So now I have to get a 2nd set… not to mention the stamps. Never mind. Don’t start a hobby. No matter how cheap it sounds.
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I could pay $1200 for concert tickets or $0 for D&D
i think dnd is the one game I've spent more money on than warframe.
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"Good paint pens" are so expensive... Also they go through standard printing paper so they need expensive special paper...
That being said, i don't draw/paint, so i don't understand the appeal of these special pens.
something that's true of most hobbies I've looked into: always start with the cheap shit tools/materials because you won't really understand why the expensive shit is good until you've had some experience.
At my level of experience (essentially none) I'd get similar results if I was using copic or crayola.
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I'm introverted and frugal. I sit in my chair and vibrate through realities.
If you're skilled you can even turn these vibes into reality.
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Seriously. Suburbs are a hell I refuse to return to and which I wouldn’t wish on anyone. They just suck the life out of everything and you don’t even get anything for it. Hell, the houses aren’t even that cheap so you really just get to spend a lot of money on hot garbage.
“Hey, wanna be isolated from all your friends while getting nothing in return except the blandest, cookie-cutter hellscape? Have I got the place for you! And fret not, it’ll still cost you a staggering amount of money for even a small, shitty place so you better be fuckin’ married if you want even a two-bedroom condo!”
I think suburbs is really only for people who have no soul and no creativity in the first place which could get smashed by the blandness of it all. I grew up in a very rural area and i hated it so much, it's difficult to put into words. I'll never leave the city again.
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Buddhism has entered the chat!
Learning to sit still, in the quiet, and just being has been one of the biggest improvements to my mental health.
Of course, a bigger improvement to my mental health would be if we had an economy that worked for the people rather than for the rich...
wrote last edited by [email protected]There's a german poem that i find very intriguing:
Still sitzend,
nichts tuend,
kommt der Frühling
und das Gras wächst von allein.It means:
Sitting still,
doing nothing,
comes spring
and the grass grows on its own.It means that in very difficult times, where everything seems dead and hopeless (winter), being patient and doing nothing at all is best, and it will bring you into better times (spring).
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My partner can fall asleep at any time of day. I'm jealous. I'd spend a lot more time unconscious if I had the option.
There's a great poem about this.
A man walked through his life with his Lord by his side. When he died, he looked back and saw that during the saddest and most troublesome parts of his life, he would only see 1 set of footprints, instead of 2. He asked the Lord "why did you leave me when i needed you most?" to which the Lord responded "it was then, that i carried you".
I think this expresses how besides our emotional side, there is also a much more enduring side inside us that takes over our consciousness when we need it most, so we only see the parts of life that we enjoy.
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I wish i could endure that. I'd go nuts without my hobby's i drop the moment they require any effort.
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Concerts costing that much are never worth it. I spend ~400$ for 2 nosebleed SZA tickets for my wife 2 years ago. We were watching the jumbotron the whole time.
My birthday shows this year are 30 and 50 a ticket and we can actually be see the musicians. I know I'm being a dumb hipster, but its so hard to justify ticket prices for large artists. What's the point of going to a football stadium to listen to live music. You could get a decent home sound system for the same price
We have a local place a couple cities over (013 in Tilburg) tickets usually are like €32 and large beer is €6 (i usually do well on 2) so that makes it €44 for a live performance from a band i actually enjoy (some pretty big names show up here).
Now of only i could still function for the two remaining workdays after a concert there, i would still go there.
But i'm probably getting old because it completely cripples me until after the weekend. Which is too high of a price as it puts my job at risk.
