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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I owned my first appliance at 17. How old could you possibly be?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)
  1. And that's not what the meme is about. It's about not having to pay for a brand new appliance.
[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Aye. It's also the difference between planned upgrading for quality of life improvements vs being unexpectedly forced to buy a new fridge or something because the one crapped out. Like, you can live fine without a dishwasher, but a fridge not so much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This meme and variations of it pop up all the time, and sure, there's a 'haha' there. But it's doing some kind of whitewashing of REAL economic struggles of our generation, and I'm not sure how to feel about it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

It's more about laughing to ease the pain. For sure the cost of living has gotten way out of hand. But having a bit of fun about a shared bad time makes going through said bad time a bit easier.