Meme-ing our way through

Spoilered because some aren't as comfortable with casual use of certain words (swear ones - the bad one, you know it)

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Not a meme. But it appears Bill Nye has had it with climate change deniers.

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Very realistic numbers there :thinking::roll_eyes:

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$615 of donations? I mean, good on them, but thatā€™s a lot for a ā€œnormalā€ budget.

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A lot of that isnā€™t too far off :eyes: except rent :joy::joy::sob:

But they clearly never buy cleaning supplies, clothes, throw pillows, electronics, etcā€¦ Just food rent and internet

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$30 a month for a house cleaner? $130 total for transportation- maintenance, car note, gas, registration, etc? The rent and internet are only reasonable if they have multiple roommates which likeā€¦ we expect someone making $100k a year to need roommates to be good with money? But then the utilities portion are crazy high, so that doesnā€™t wash.

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The house cleaning must be twice yearly and then just divided I to cost per month. I was just discussing with a friend and incredibly wealthy person in their 20s whose parents bought them a house, high salary job, and they wonā€™t hire a cleaning service, just letā€™s the place be grossā€¦ :woman_shrugging: The food to rent ratio is whatā€™s getting me ???

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The rent and food were similar (not exactly) what human and I spent sharing a 1br. 130 transportation might be a train pass and some ubers for someone in an urban area. Housecleaner might be a monthly or fortnightly visit to keep the peace with roomies or spouse.

Itā€™s just one data point. But unlike many such posts I think some of the numbers they present are within the realm of reality.

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Yeah my internet is only $15/month so $20/month is believable to me. The cell phone and health insurance is also similar to mine.

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Ok this is a question I have: is spending $615 on (letā€™s assume direct, charitable) donations per MONTH the best use of that money instead of funding elections for politicians who will actually tax billionaires?

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You are not a foodie :sweat_smile::eyes::grimacing:

I promise I am!!! My food to rent ratio is .4 (still high), this personā€™s is .79. but yes Iā€™m not a foodie in the sense that most restaurants are a waste of time unless youā€™re in Paris. Iā€™m a good cook :slight_smile:

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I classify political giving under donations.

Donations is anything given to people I donā€™t personally know (thatā€™s gifts) and donā€™t get a service in return.

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Ditto. I donā€™t go out anymore. Nowhere in the area can compete with what I make at home. Iā€™d rather go to taco bell than eat the stuff people here like.

(Usual caveats, I havenā€™t been to that many places, just got very disappointed by a few highly recommended ones and gave up)

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My town has hardly anything good that we can get take out from. We just go out on Friday night out of town and eat in the car. I cook the rest of the week excepting maybe breakfast on Saturday or Sunday.

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Iā€™m like this with coffee. $4? And you donā€™t even have a single origin? Good day to you sir.

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I guess ours is close to 0.5 right now (0.4 to 0.6 depends on month probably), but if we both worked from office and stuck to a 1br home or both worked full remote and moved somewhere cheaper we might be at 0.7 to 1 rangeā€¦ Weā€™re good cooks but bad at time and energy management!

ETA so I donā€™t propagate comments. As a single person I spent 200 on groceries and probably around the same on takeout (due to travel and loneliness). COL was really cheap so my rent was 400. As a couple, we have very reliably stuck around 400-600 average in groceries regardless of income, and 300-500 more in restaurants, coffee, and adult beverages. Iā€™ve stopped feeling bad about the latter after grad school and during Covid, our luxury is someoneā€™s paycheck and it saves my sanity to not cook once or twice a week. :woman_shrugging:

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Health insurance - no idea
Groceries - yes yum, but are you good with money?
Donations 615 - I think this lines up with after some deductions tithing?
Rent - do we live in freeville? In a closet? No I will not watch this
Internet - shared or crazy cheap?
Housecleaner - very weird. I enjoy the conspiracy theories

Savings???
Other spending???

That is all. Thank you for being good with money

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Iā€™ve decided:

Nudist. Only hobby is dining at food carts. Lives in a dense urban area with 4 other people. Uses google Fi. Owns no pets or electronics, except their cellphone which is provided by work. Gets REALLY cold because of the nudism, hence the high utilities portion.

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