Comments by "D. von N." (@D.von.N) on "Zac Rios" channel.

You are the richest when you need the least. Less is often more.
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I overload myself with dopamine by doing my embroidery and listen to my 20, 30, 40 years and older music along. Every channel starts to bore me sooner or later.
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For about a month I have been using a cheaper generic of E45 cream on my face after evening cleansing, as a moisuriser and the only thing I put on my face at night. I haven't noticed a difference on the quality of my mid 40s skin, to be honest. A 100ml tube of this stuff costed me £0.57. Yeah, and I use a mainstream liquid hand soap to wash off the grease of the day, no special products. It stands on the washing basin to wash hands with and my face tolerates it, too. I don't think anyone can go much cheaper than that LOL. My skincare comes from within: food and exercise. My sleep hygiene could do with some improvement though.
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Do you realise many do it just for attention and more money, probably not really spending that much? Paper can take anything, the saying goes, and talking heads on social media will also say anything, even if not true.
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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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Not overwhelmed. Bored and disappointed that what we negotiated 2 years ago was taken away without consulting me this year. I don't trust them anymore and I have another job in the pipeline, accepted an offer last week. Less money but more stability and hopefully more satisfaction.
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All this financial ignorance it sounds like a personality trait to me. One probably needs to have it inside them to be weary about their finances and not blowing it up, understanding what the credit card means, that it isn't magic money. I was afraid of a credit card for years, pointlessly because I was financially too intelligent. I didn't need to work hard for my pocket money as a kid, I had it a tiny bit easier than my peers, yet the financial responsibility was always in me. Saving, not spending much, looking for a cheaper option if possible... Brands didn't mean much to me, I was spending my little initial earnings on Vietnamese market in my home town instead of the boutiques with luxurious items. I cannot understand that black hole in minds of these folks... like don't they think at all? No self awareness? No fear of ending up homeless?
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I don't even have a rice cooker. I just cook rice in a pan on a hob. No eggs boiler, also boiling (or scrambling) them in a pan. No bread maker, I can mix and knead dough by my hands. No soup maker, I have a tall pot for that, also cooking pasta in it. Etc. We do have a slow cooker though, for stews, goulash, Stroganoff... different taste than on a hob or in the oven. Pressure cooker went to the bin after the lid broke. Didn'tt use it much anyway. Risky business LOL
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The best way to not end up broke is not wanting to get rich quick.
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One detail: when everyone around has these tanks, having one yourself is also a matter of safety. Small compact car stands no chance in a collision against these mammoths.
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@YouMissedBro LMAO. I didn't want to go to these waters, but since you started: Nobody knows when Jesus was born, Christmas was used to replace pagan festivities to convert them. So if there is someone who should not celebrate now, it is you. And stating facts isn't mocking a prayer. Actions make difference, not thoughts and prayers. If you want a better country, do something. Praying won't do a 💩.
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Scamazon. Nuff said. Stop giving the crooks your money. Support your local businesses and consume less. You really don't need all that stuff you want.
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Not sure how much fire I have inside of me, but after I had to perform some advanced troubleshooting on my Windows 10 PC this year, being an amateur, I am nearly fully switched to Linux. And that includes some manual repair, cleaning and upgrade of old hardware, manual paritioning and dual booting, among other tricks I learned along. I feel quite energised LOL.
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23:30. Did that guy use a Mar a Lago tan sprayer or does he have a jaundice?
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I am part of the trend of taking substances to better myself. Made my first purchase of ubiquinol yesterday. I am not young anymore and I have noticed less energy. Wish me luck 😂 Otherwise about two coffees per day and an occasional sip of red wine has it. Never entered the crypto world, not trusting it, and instead of wasting time on dating sites I learned how to convert my computers to Linux and upgrade hardware this year. Feeling like on the top of the world that I now have more choices that don't cost me anything except the hardware. But that's money truly well invested. Maybe I should just watch less youtube LOL.
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9:40 What do I see? Mystery boxes wrapped up. Could be just empty random carton boxes inside. LMAO!
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Praying never changed anything outside besides a placebo effect within one's mind. That is why faith healers never go to the amputee ward. But nice try. Maybe try some actual action to change things. Merry Xmas.
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I wonder how many of them do this for just getting attention and other youtubers doing them a free PR?
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Used to have an occasional energy drink, cheaper generics of redbull... found the tutti frutti flavour annoying. Like my chilhood toothpaste LOL. I am frugal so making my coffee at home for peanuts or provided at work. Usually two cups per day, so not that bad. Caffeine has also positive effects, like reducing risk of dementia. So one has to listen to their body and not overdoing it.
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This is overspending, not overconsumption. Most of this stuff bought in excess will be thrown away unconsumed. Everyone has just one face, one body to pat all those chemicals on, or wear stuff they bought on impulse. Even charity shops have clothes with their tags still on... those things were probably never worn.
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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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A question: how many of those tiktok and other platforms stories are just faked? They are scripted to get the audience and cash in from naive folks wasting their comments on them...
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@blacksheep9505 As long as you can live comfortably on less it makes no sense earning more and be permanently dissatisfied. Money is not worth of your mental health.
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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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22:30 - it is up to the school to make those lessons as interesting and engaging as possible. That is what schools are for. Lessons shouldn't be boring.
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Creative work for a laundry associate? What is that for? Folding towels into birds on the bed? Very negative vibe from that description. In the real world it is done the opposite way. They should firstly put an ad for a recruiter. This one apparently sucks.
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The real finance masters don't brag about their money on social media. They do stuff and enjoy their money and life. It is mind blowing what nonsense these desperados are able to put on the table to monetise it and make fools of themselves in front of the entire world. Any nonsense that comes across their mind that will give them clicks they will say into the camera with a straight face.
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Air con for 20 grand? Seriously? Our gas boiler broke and new one, with 10 year warranty costed us just about £2500. Four years later, still running strong. A display failed a year ago, got a replacement free of charge, proving we had it serviced every 12 months as required. Checking air con prices in the UK, depending on what it is, a simple unit in one room around 2k with labour cost. How many of them does an average house need?
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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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Brands shrinkflating make me buy less of them and switching to cheaper alternatives. Bought two Aldi own fabric conditioners today instead of one Lenor one. There will come time when shops own brands will go through the shrinkflation, but at least I bought some time before that happens. Even their own crisps seem to have fuller bags than the brand like Walkers. I am sorted for some time.
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@Chris-xt8io there are sugar free energy drinks, too. Both not to my taste, but if I must, I go sugar free, for any pop, including coke. The only sugar in coffee for me is in milk. And I believe coffee with milk is kinder to the stomach. With full fat milk it even improves satiety effect. Fizzy drinks just promote appetite, from my experience.
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Filter out ads and there is a sponsor block extension for browsers. 95% scam issues sorted.
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@Picklepup1980 Of course they do. But the chance of less harm is in a larger car. I don't fancy them, but it is a fact.
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Why these people keep buying overpriced brands like coke? Floss sticks? They are the least economical flossing. Get a reel of floss and it will last you much longer for that price. I buy Aldi's own coke, much cheaper and less of it, cos it may weaken bones, making you fragile at later age, due to the phospates it contains. Drink water and use squash (sirup) if you must. Much cheaper.
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@HansHorst-fu2il Cool. My old buddy is Wilma. A newer laptop I bought second hand to learn Linux earlier this year is LMDE and I manually partitioned it and installed LMDE and bootloader and everything from scratch, also installed Ubuntu 20.4.6 into a separate partition on the the same nvme (which I also upgraded to 1TB from a quarter of the capacity as it came with Win11 fresh install initially). It was a complicated process but I succeeded and made a disk image backup if it went wrong. I accidentally booted from that backup ssd and so I know it is working as a standalone operating system. My main computer will probably be also LMDE. I firstly struggled with 32 bit distros on the old buddy, then I found out it can handle 64 bit as well, so Wilma (xfce Mint) has it. And yes, it is so satisfying being able to have an alternative from the bully Microsoft or Apple even. They are pushing us into things we don't need or want, so I showed them a big fat middle finger. I still can use Win11 from a usb if I need, but that will be sporadic as I don't inherently need Win exclusive software.
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Birthday month? Bloody hell. I was 40 and didn't even throw a party. Boring. I buy mysef whatever and whenever during the year and it doesn't make me feel any different just because there is some specific day in calendar. I forbid my other half buying me flowers or chocolate. I don't like chocolate and flowers only make a mess when dying. I grow stuff outside to eat. And I am frugal, mending my stuff, even brought a 15 yo laptop back to life. I will never understand these people just forking out fortunes like if there was no tomorrow. Banks pay me for having money in their accounts, not the other way round. Mortgage is the only exception. Geez.
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Since Chinese probably manipulate the tiktok algorithm, they know how to turn our people against themselves... breaking the society from within, without sending a single soldier: just betting on people's greed, laziness and stupidity. There is plenty of those things around.
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Those with 40k haul did they relase the video before or after xmas? Or the just faked it all, to outrage people so they get even more followers? How many of those items were returned to the shop? Kids cannot absorb so many things gifted to them at once. I would go into a shutdown, and I am a multutasker. Just don't believe all this money motivated fakery.
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My dear, when I asked him what he would like for xmas, said the best present will be him not needing to think about usual consumables. So he is going to get some shampoos and hand creams he wanted earlier this year. I don't need anything, always buying stuff when needed during the year. Not bothered at all. Spent some money on memory sticks, external ssds gen2 (expensive), RAM ... I will probably upgrade my computer and try Linux on it, testing it on a laptop already. I don't need anything from anyone and so buying nothing else to anyone else, too. Cheap xmas, and that's OK.
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@OShackHennessy yep. No new hardware for me next year. My machines are still good to go, including over 15 yo ex Vista laptop, after repplaced broken hinge (by myself) and cleaning with minor upgrade of RAM for a few bucks, now on Wilma Linux. And it has a working dvd mechanics, which most modern machines no longer have. I have never paid for streaming, so my cds and dvds are still a viable option for entertainment.
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