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[notabitail]

I have so many old phones the chances of anyone being able to install spyware apps is near impossible.

 

[HolyHenHouse]

They make me so mad and ruin my whole life. I can "handle" them, but it's so not worth it to have to deal with it all the time. Why would I wanna exist in that cloud of misery.

I have only had to deal with a couple big drama things and they all came from rly close friends . I have gotten better at dealing with it tho.

 

[NotabitaiI]

I figured y'all would understand since most of you probably have a SAHM and lots of siblings but...
DID YOU KNOW THAT LIVING FRUGALLY IS NOW A TREND!!!
I just saw a video about "underconsumption" where people are JUST NOW thrifting clothes, saving pickle jars for drinking glasses, using mismatched towels, cooking at home, making coffee at home, using wash rags instead of paper towels, not buying $40 Stanley water bottles, saving Walmart bags, not getting $150 manicures, and keeping their phones past being cracked. Like I beg your biggest pardon?! Underconsumption
That's not a cute trend that's just being frugal

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

I figured y'all would understand since most of you probably have a SAHM and lots of siblings but...
DID YOU KNOW THAT LIVING FRUGALLY IS NOW A TREND!!!
I just saw a video about "underconsumption" where people are JUST NOW thrifting clothes, saving pickle jars for drinking glasses, using mismatched towels, cooking at home, making coffee at home, using wash rags instead of paper towels, not buying $40 Stanley water bottles, saving Walmart bags, not getting $150 manicures, and keeping their phones past being cracked. Like I beg your biggest pardon?! Underconsumption
That's not a cute trend that's just being frugal

 

[notabitail]

I figured y'all would understand since most of you probably have a SAHM and lots of siblings but...
DID YOU KNOW THAT LIVING FRUGALLY IS NOW A TREND!!!
I just saw a video about "underconsumption" where people are JUST NOW thrifting clothes, saving pickle jars for drinking glasses, using mismatched towels, cooking at home, making coffee at home, using wash rags instead of paper towels, not buying $40 Stanley water bottles, saving Walmart bags, not getting $150 manicures, and keeping their phones past being cracked. Like I beg your biggest pardon?! Underconsumption
That's not a cute trend that's just being frugal

And thrift stores are super expensive anyways so why not buy new?

Buying cheap has always been the way I've been. Used laptop. Used phone. It works. Not me trying to be "frugal" or anything.

*sits on throne of laptops*

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Used phone.

Dinosaur phones are superior anyway

 

[notabitail]

Dinosaur phones are superior anyway

Really depends on your use case. I actually considered switching to an LG Q6 someone gave me but the screen was cracked like crazy and the camera wasn't good enough. This was a couple years ago. I'm hoping my current phone will hold out at least another year.

 

[NotabitaiI]

And thrift stores are super expensive anyways so why not buy new?

Because some thrift stores have free clothes or quality hoodies that were originally $60 for only $5, $120 jeans for $7, 100% cotton tees for ¢99. I exclusively thrift, or I shop in the clearance section.

 

[SunriseChickers]

I figured y'all would understand since most of you probably have a SAHM and lots of siblings but...
DID YOU KNOW THAT LIVING FRUGALLY IS NOW A TREND!!!
I just saw a video about "underconsumption" where people are JUST NOW thrifting clothes, saving pickle jars for drinking glasses, using mismatched towels, cooking at home, making coffee at home, using wash rags instead of paper towels, not buying $40 Stanley water bottles, saving Walmart bags, not getting $150 manicures, and keeping their phones past being cracked. Like I beg your biggest pardon?! Underconsumption
That's not a cute trend that's just being frugal

It's not even frugality, it's just BEING MARGINALLY SENSIBLE. Maybe someday common sense will become a trend, too??
Literally all of those things you listed except for thrifting clothes, my family ALWAYS did growing up. And when we got clothes, we got them new from Walmart. So literally the same price back then as it would be to thrift today.

 

[notabitail]

Because some thrift stores have free clothes or quality hoodies that were originally $60 for only $5, $120 jeans for $7, 100% cotton tees for ¢99. I exclusively thrift, or I shop in the clearance section.

Yah. A lot of the ones here overprice stuff by a large margin and it's usually in terrible conditions.

I pretty much only use the same kind of thing over and over since having my clothes "standardized" so I don't have to pick anything but the color of the shirt makes my life much easier.