A Boring Dystopia

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Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200 (fortune.com)

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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

this is what people don't get.

20 years ago you could go to a movie and dinner for $20 and walk around the city and do free stuff.

Today it's $150 bucks and you can walk around and look at homeless bums in the park, because all the free arts programs are mostly gone, because the artists all need to make money to pay rent.

LIFE HAS CHANGED. nothing is cheap anymore and free stuff is far more limited, but people's expectations for life have not changed. they still expect traditional 1950s lifestyles. including the aspiration for a single family home and two kids... but you have to be a millionaire to afford that lifestyle now.