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[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

born too early to explore mars

born too late to own a house on earth

born just in time to finance a pizza from Domino's

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You would own even less on mars.

You can bet muskrat is going to make air, food and water a subscription service.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yeah fair. mars is gonna be exclusively for rich people who can delude themselves into thinking they're getting a better experience in literally any way than a 19th century peasant

let's change that to "born too early to fight in the water wars"

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you sure? Careful what you wish for.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I figure I'm safe. I'm gen Z, I'll be at least 30 by the time they start drafting people

[–] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

air tags - rfid chromacolor tags indicating how long until you have to pay your air taxes.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I’ll never. I may be broke, but it’s better than being in debt. I have no debt except medical bills, and I consider that a win at 36. And most reputable lenders don’t care about medical debt anymore, and why should I?

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

Ok now stay with me here. Dont buy somthing you cant afford.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

BNPL is helpful but also a trick of the mind for people to think they can afford more than they can normally.

$50 for 12 months is easier to swallow than a sudden $600 purchase. If they do buy it in one go, then people will force themselves to save for some time, when they are only down $50 that months they may take on more borrowing that adds up beyond the pain of just buying it once.

[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I did a piece of work for client, an online retail business that did end of line stuff brands. Like a TJ max but much much smaller and online only .

Anyway, the revenue reached a certain point, and the Pay Later guys started calling. In Europe, Klarna is the big one.

They basically offered £100,000 upfront for my client to add a Klarna Pay Later button at check out.

That’s what it’s worth to them, to get young people on the hook.

[–] omgarm 2 points 2 years ago

If you can't afford a depreciating object that you do not intend to use to make a profit somehow at once then you shouldn't buy it.

Buy all the shit you want and enjoy it, but if it's for a hobby then it's not worth the interest rates.