Streaming services of any kind. I've got a jellyfin server now that has everything I need.

It was fine when they were $5 a month, but this $20 a month bullshit is insane. And what do you mean I can't share one account with the family if we're not on the same network, get real.

PC parts

Soda. Wtf are they even thinking at this point. Hell, I ran into a Dollar General to get carbonated water the other day and the only product they had was $9. For carbonated. Water. GTFO

Beef, almost completely.

Pizza. Getting pizza for the family shouldn't cost over $70. Hell, eating out and fast food are exorbitantly expensive.

Raspberry PIs.

I stopped smoking thirty years ago partly because cigarettes were $7 a pack and that’s just ridiculous. Now the same size pack is over $50 (Australia)

Honestly as much as possible I have just checked out of consumerism.

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.

RAM and storage for computers.

E V E R Y T H I N G

Fast food is hilariously overpriced. You pay about as much for a sit down meal at a restaurant for some crappy burgers. I remember the days when they had a true dollar menu. Now they just call it a "value menu" or whatever.

Used to be able to get two double cheeseburgers for $2 at burger king. Add fries and a drink and you were sitting at about $8 after tax. That same order today will run you about $19 before taxes. I'm not even that old, this all happened within the last two decades or so - prices literally more than doubling and all the while the quality getting worse and portion size getting smaller and smaller.

It's probably better for my health that I can't stomach the idea of paying that much for greasy unhealthy food, so it's an occasional treat to let me have that nostalgic taste.

Not only has shit gotten expensive, I got laid off from a good paying job and could only land a middling salary. I used to buy more varied food. I'd order delivery when I had guests over. I'd buy seltzer.

No more. Fuck em. If they don't want to pay me I'll keep my spend to a minimum.

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

McDonald's. It used to be cheap.

I have a small garden for a hobby and mental health. I spent $30 on 2 bags of fucking DIRT yesterday. What am I doing? Dirt was $30!?!? I guess I can't even afford dirt anymore. 😭

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.

everything but the basic food for survival.

Private islands. I started buying them and discovered I couldn't even afford the first one, so I stopped immediately.

No more streaming subscriptions. No more chocolates. No more alcohol. No more decorations.

No dining out unless it's an occasion. We meal-prep regularly.

I don't drive anymore. Only public transportation or car-pooling.

Exercising more often so my body remains the same physique (less need for new clothes)

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

PC upgrades.

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.

Vehicles.

Most days my ride is a bike and when I do drive it's in a manual that's almost old enough to get a driver's license itself.

Red meat steak.

It's over 20 bucks a piece now. It's ridiculous.

DNC excuses.

Name brand potato chips. Doritos over $5 a bag is insane. They were 2 for 5 just a few years ago.

PC upgrades of course, but also I refuse to pay for a coffee out these days. Sometimes I do it if I'm with someone but never alone. It's very expensive.

Also burgers out, I never buy them, but also because they are not very good and the price is ridiculous. Last time I checked, Burger King double whopper menu was 14 dollars in my country. Probably more expensive now.

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.

Chocolate.

Also PC upgrades and streaming services.

A pet. My dog died a few years ago. I'd love to get another, maybe adopt, but I couldn't afford the healthcare now. It got pretty expensive towards the end of her life and I just couldn't do that now. I also can't afford the time that a dog deserves - I'm working more overtime and still feel like I have less money.

Raspberry pi, Gpus, new components

And I was one of the crazy ones and still could dispose money on this. I just choose not to pay ridiculous amounts. Let's see where that gets em when the bubble is over.

(I know... Wishful thinking)

Im on fixed income at the moment so: Meat, eggs, and unfortunately most fresh produce at this point. I’m doing what I can to grow my own, but there’s a huge project in need of doing before I can really hit the ground on it. I have a small flock of chickens for eggs, and sometimes raise quail for meat (I’m too poor to be vegan/vegetarian; the birds turn waste into eggs and muscle, I give them as good a life as I can, and slaughter humanely with neutral gas when the time comes), but mostly I just eat shelf-stable stuff that I can buy bulk and cheap.

And since food is a struggle, I also don't really buy anything else anymore. Too expensive to justify.

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.

Concerts.

In the 90s youd go to the record store that had a ticket kiosk. Tickets were 10 to 20 dollars, youd get a printed ticket.

Now it just sucks. Venues add fees, ticketmaster fees double the price, printing fees, sometimes you cant even get the digital ticket until the day of and hope nithing goes wrong.

It all just sucks now.

I go down to my local dive bar and watch some local guys play rock and blues....for tips.

Subscriptions 🏴‍☠️

Unless I go to WinCo, chips.

I ain't paying $7-8 for a bag of Doritos. WinCo is the only store around here where they are only ~$3 still and regularly on sale for about $2.50.

Rice Cakes (the circular ones)

They're regularly $3.49 Canadian now... that's absurd. It has one ingredient, rice. Rice isn't that expensive, and it doesn't even use very much of it.

They're not even difficult to produce, the machine to make them is only a few thousand dollars and I'm seriously considering buying one from South Korea at this point.