A simple solution, really

But if you put that $600 into a money mar...and it's gone.
- I'll get more return out of my money by spending it on gacha games. At least the PNGs look cute.

One doctor's visit:
I am about to ruin this person's whole career

The things that make life worth living don't cost money. The things that make life not death cost money.
- Chocolate isnt free where Im from

Just think! I could have a new Nintendo and a whole 1.42 games to play on it!
- Whoa are we forgetting tax? The internet required to turn on your device for the first time, and download the physical game you bought? Ha!

Something something, start when you're 4 years old, something something, compound interest, something something, retire at 70, die at 80
- More like retiree at 70, die of microplastic cancer at 65...

Cost of living in my neighborhood is ballpark $3,000 per month I think. That's just the essentials like mortgage, utilities, medical insurance, and then paying for medication and copays and shit that isn't covered anyway.

Hey, if you just make $1000/day then by the time you are 65 you'll have just enough to pay your cremation and funeral fees!

Peter made this post before inflation got bad probably but the point stands

Distraction by the ones stealing your wages, to make you think $600 is a fortune

I HAD to do it .... for only $0.82 you can make life worth living ! A real bargain if I've ever seen one!

- Blame can be channeled - for better or worse.
  It makes sense to blame the powerful for deteriorating quality of life. The question is what to do with it.
  
  I’ve got a pretty simple and specific solution in mind. There was an Italian plumber who pulled it off once.

Nope never needed to give up any of that. Just gave up convenience. I did have to struggle through homelessness for bit but I pulled through.
- Getting down voted for not being homeless. Lemmy moment.
  
  No he did get downvoted for expecting others to suffer being homeless in order to save money.
  
  Oh no my homelessness

This is stupid. Christ I hate this take. Buying shit isn't what makes life worth living, and if you think it is, you need to rethink your priorities.
If the temporary little dopamine hit from a fancy coffee is the best part of your life, that's fucking sad and you should change your life.
Y'all been bamboozled by advertising.
- This is literally mocking that take. It is saying, even if you drop those little dopamine hits you won't be magically transported into a lavish fantasy life.
- The implication and "punchline" here is that millennials only have $300/year of free spending money. It's self-deprecating/morbid humor.
  
  That's not far off for some of us. That's about 25 bucks a month, and until about 2 years ago I was making just enough to have about 30 bucks left over at the end of the month that I didn't spend on bills or food. Then I did fairly well for about 2 years, with about 200 bucks a month left over... Then my mom passed away 2 months ago, and since my job was being her caregiver, I'm now jobless. :/ life sucks
- That's the entire point! What the fuck is saving 600 dollars going to do for you? It's sad that the shitty coffee is all we have left. Don't you get it? No matter how much you struggle, you won't escape. And when we find some little solace in life, we have people putting us down for it, wanting us to just...stop enjoying what little of life we have left, and just work like robots for the end goal of...what? Just dying of some disease we can't afford to threat anyway?
  
  Because then you have $600 in an emergency fund so you can use that to pay for an emergency rather than going into debt. It isn't hard to understand that $600 is $600 more that you can use to make you life better, rather than frittering it away on coffee.
  You're literally trying to justify shooting yourself in the foot via self pity and learned helplessness. Just buy a mocha pot at the thrift store.
- Yeah people, don't buy good food as a treat, no cinema or nice video game (and god firbid, no buying books you can't find in the library), no travel, nothing!
  What a life.
- Typical "if you aren't living life the way I do, you aren't living life."
- The best part of my life is writing sarcastic comments on shitty takes like this. That's free and I'm a still in debt. Explain.
- Those of us who like coffee and treats from time to time also fuck our partners, go on walks, and look at the fucking moon. Don't be such a puritan. What makes life worth living then, praising jesus? Lmao
  
  If you have supportive friends, a lovely partner or partners, can go on walks, and look at the moon, but think life isn't worth living because you can't drink a cup of coffee.... Imma say that's a you problem.
- Just.... Fuck you. So much.
- lol, fuck off, troll.
- Are you stupid or something?
  
  I don't get why people upvote this.
  Zero content, just random aggression.
- As a trained barista I very much disagree.. while I don't work as one professionally, coffee, or rather espresso, has been a core part of my life. The same way a sommelier might find pleasure in life through buying expensive and exotic wines (and by extensions tasting them), there have been periods of my life where I almost exclusively survived by buying expensive espresso roasts and tasting the resulting coffee.
  In today's world many passions and pleasures that can be intrinsic to someone's being cost money. I couldn't even tell you how much money I have spent on espresso beans, coffee equipment (machines, grinders, etc), audiophile equipment, synthesizers, and records. These are the things, along with my family and job, that make life worth living for me — and my family is not always available, and my job not always good. If I'm struggling to wake up in the morning, I dial in a new bean. If I had a tough day, I put on a record.
  
  things addicts say
- Absolutely, BUT, achieving many things that bring happiness in your life does cost money anyway.
  Starting a happy family? You need a place for everyone to live, a food for everyone to eat, clothes to wear, all the expenses going into creating wonderful moments for your family, be it a small homely party or an adventure.
  Having friends? You need to hang out somewhere, do something together, and that would likely drain your wallet.
  Opening something new, going for a trip? Tons of money again.
  Like, sustaining your life to begin with? You wouldn't believe it - a lot of money.
  So, we cannot pretend that money and happy living are two completely disconnected entities. Money is essential in providing the lifestyle one wants to have. And no amount of content and gratitude will help you if you're broke as hell and doing slave job to survive.
  So, the coffee example is not about buying a dopamine hit. It's about sustaining the kind of life one wants to see. A cup of coffee, in this case, is not an embodiment of consumerism, but a personal ritual.
- man you seem tense. you should some self-care, go treat yourself.
- My pour over Honduras honey process actually brought me joy throughout my day today. There was nothing sad about it.
- He's talking about giving up video games and torrenting