Comments by "D. von N." (@D.von.N) on "Zac Rios"
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Not exactly minimalist, spent a little fortune on crafting supplies in the past few years, but I am quite savve and hate wasting stuff that is still good. Even brought back to life my 15 yo laptop, learned new skills by refurbishing it and putting Linux into it. Even with Microsoft denying support to Win10 computers next year, making millions still good to go machinees unsafe and e-waste overnight, mine will go Linux too, the newer machine, getting many more years out of it without being forced to buy a new one, compatiblle with Win11 or whatever comes after it. Also preparing most food at home and taking home made coffee in a flask with me, saving myself a fortune. Also generally debt free and actually overpaying mortgage, so we save on that one too. There are people truly struggling, despite not overspending but many are overspending because they have no financial intelligence.
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I don't know why it is, I keep avoiding these influencers quite successfully. Never had Shltok, Instagram just for 3 days or so, Fakebook gave up on me with ads (or is it because I use Brave in all devices to access the platform?), adblocks on all the time. Got an email from Scamazon today, about Black Friday. Deleted ir straight away, without evewn opening it. This is how it is done.
You, my friend, what would your channel be about if you didn't watch all this crap? Your living depends on it. I still have a job that pays my bills. I can switch off social media at this very second and never log into them anymore... but I gain a lot of knowledge from them, too. Like fixing computers, news in the cyber crime, Linux education, etc. Influencers? Where are they? Not in my world, if I don't watch commenters like you. That is my only window to that fake world.
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Everything is getting more expensive but most of us still have a wiggle room. I see no ads. Even on mobile devices I go on social media via Brave, not apps. There is even an extension to block sponsoring, unless talked directly by the presenter, usually promoting themselves. I don't die my hair anymore, I don't do nails or fillers, I buy cheap clothes locally, even charity shops have some great items, cooking from scratch often, my takeaways are ready meals: smaller portions, healthier than greasy home deliveries worth of the entire daily calorie recommendations. I bring my lunch to work instead of going to the town or cafe down in the hall. Just boiled 6 eggs, will have 3x mid morning snacks next 3 days. Also my sugar control improved thanks to this. My only debt is mortgage and student loan. I saw the stupid crumbl cookies sold fo $17.50 EACH and folks already in debt are going crazy for them! WTF?
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I don't know the situation in the US, I live in the UK, but when 💩hit the fan and the Lettuce ruined the economy overnight, many renters wished they were paying their own mortgage. Renting became too expensive for many, them paying mortgages of other people, i.e. Landlords, who ramped up the rents more than the inflation. Some saw increase in rent by 20% in a very short time. Pay or leave. I think people should stop whining about how owning a home is expensive, if they can at least afford it, because if they were to pay someone else's mortgage, and having nothing to show for after 20 years, they would be very sorry about their future situation. At least we pay into our own asset, renters pay into asset of somebody else. If you need an economic mobility, renting makes sense. If you plan to settle in one place, buy a property. Unless the market is artificially inflated and prices will go down. And then up again... get the timing right, otherwise owning is always economically more viable long term than renting.
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