It's always capitalism

Video Games being on the list is hilarious. Ever since the death of the arcade, those are some of the least expensive things I buy for how long I use them. Paid $20 for Factorio, Dyson Sphere Program, Terraria, and Vintage Story. I have thousands of hours in the first three and around 500 hours in VS.

You can spend your way to poverty, but you cannot save your way to wealth.

"Be born in a poor family and get scammed by the college debt companies at age 17."

If I stay in school forever, I'll never pay it back. I'm taking these negative numbers with me to conscripted war and/or the grave!

"Buying onlyfan" Lmao

help I'm addicted to water bottles I'm gonna lose my house

Watered Bottles*

cause alcoholism is strictly capitalist

Don't forget eating food will generally make you poor, and renting a cardboard box on the side of the road will cost you $10,000 with a $3,000 go fuck yourself fee

Doing anything other than sitting at home 24/7 will make you poor, and even that will cost you.

I impulse buy a lot. That is not in any way making me poorer, though. For reference, I impulsively buy pens and yarn.

Number 17: Living

Weird how I've seen a number of rich people do all of those things, and they continue to be rich.

It's gotta be something else...

“Watered bottle”

Just remember, we could house every single person on earth when it doesn't concern capitalism. We make double the amount of food every day to feed every person on earth every day and we toss but still have homeless and hungry. Just remember that.

No, some of you are absolutely ADHD filling a hole buying worthless shit.

Both unregulated capitalism and your inability to budget can exist.

Tbf hobbies aren't seen as hobbies unless they cost money
You will have harder time making friends, connections, and finding jobs if some core part of your personality doesn't involve consumerism.
- I get what you mean, but there is hiking, surfing, video games if you pirate, tons of hobbies cost very little long-term or reduce already existing expenses, like cooking or riding a bicycle/motorcycle instead of driving (assuming you go all in and don't also buy a car, relegating the 2 wheeler to "toy I use when the weather is nice".
- Jesus Christ, go play some soccer or cricket. You people make the shittiest excuses and stories.
The culture romanticizes consumerism. Children are taught at a young age to prioritize things over people.

Ah damn, gotta watch out for my Alcoholism habit

Gambling will definitely make you poor though

Eating avocado toast

Or anything else. Eating is quite expensive