• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    People are not living like cavemen nowadays. They want iPhones and pickup trucks and air conditioning.

    If you’re willing to spend your free time living the way a caveman did, you can probably get by working a lot fewer hours.

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      3 days ago

      Iphone $800 Ford F350 $45,000

      A year of average US rent $25,000 which you have to keep paying every year and it goes up AT LEAST 8% every year.

      The truck will let you pay it off over 5 years so your monthly payments would be like 750. Not nothing for sure but still not even half of rent.

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        2 days ago

        You’re not including monthly service for your cell phone, the accessories you need to buy (including a case), the electricity to charge it, and so-on.

        For the truck, you also need to include the gas, insurance and maintenance.