It’s a shame we ever let advertising make us want small luxuries in the first place. When you do the math most of them are very financially irresponsible even for the people making 6 figures.
@@JeffyPDiddyAnd we should all live in a tent in the woods because who need civilizations and society anyways right? Yes marketing has an impact on many, but small luxuries can be a great asset to the average individual. For example, owning an iPhone can be a bit costly for some, but the amount of ways in which u can utilize your small luxury to produce a higher net income for yourself, and in turn produce a better quality of life, is essentially infinite. Please stop with the market is evil viewpoint. Makes you sound slow to anyone with a functioning brain considering only true brain dead individualsallow something as simple as an online/tv advertisement to force them into buying something.
Growing up made me realize everything in this world is about money. It really is the only thing that matters to people. All things have pretty much gotten worse in some way culturally, socially, economically, healthcare, education, and with products as well since at least 2000. But the good news is that we have more money than ever.
Real estate is prime example. A regular housing unit can be completed within couple of months by a bunch of low qualified underpaid workers, yet the system is set up to make you go into a 30 year mortgage to pay for it.
They've spent decades turning us into mindless consumers and now they reap the benefit. Low quality, high price.. but we all continue to submit to the system.
Becoming? It always has been. You have a brain right? You should try using it to do things other than write brain dead comments like this. Can’t believe you actually took the time n energy to type this.
it's always been that way but it's doubly true today. anything you can solve yourself is going to save you thousands of dollars over your life. car repair is now so expensive it's worth going and getting a formal training from a technical school to be able to fix the stuff yourself.
Always been that way man. BUT. Our parents and grandparents got too used to being able to afford for others to do things for them since they grew up into adulthood in a "kick the can down the road" economy, which is why WE never learned how to do stuff. Now we are in an economy where you HAVE to know how to do things but all we were taught was that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell and that a^2+b^2=c^2.
@@AG97-n8h that's because they're filtering out the middle class for the one world government, which will be divided into 10 "kingdoms", who are all overseen by one.
I agree. A lot of companies over inflated their services or products to maximize their profits. Take clothing for example. the price to make them and the price they sell them for is an insane gap. A lot of times the stuff you do buy is just dissapointing. there have been times where i thought i paid for a good quality product and then later it just breaks down and doesnt work anymore smh.
I moved to Colombia. Everything is cheap. I even get unlimited cell service for $20/month. Tell me cell towers cost more in the US lol And its literally everything else thats cheaper too...the US is a corporate scam.
$/hr played matters. I play a lot. I get my $60 worth and much more with single player games. The multiplayer games with battle passes should not be $60.
Reminds me of the time I was assigned to clean all the VIP rooms during a big football game at the university. Almost all the booths were empty from before the game started , save for empty bottles of expensive wine. I spent my shift chilling in what felt like a penthouse, zero investment in the sport but it opened my eyes a bit to what it’s like to have too much money
It's all cyclical. Things are expensive because everybody wants it. Everybody wants it because people are trying to make more money. Everybody is trying to make more money because everybody wants expensive stuff. There's no good answer for solving it. Eventually we're going to have to come to terms with less.
I remember back in 2008 when I worked at McDonald's the mcdoubles were a dollar each. People would order 20 of them making the crew work extra hard. Good times kinda.
Thats what happens when you axe essential skills like sewing, cooking ironing and errands and replace them with factory made nylon clothes takeout and doordash. We used to only buy supplies and a few products. Now we buy products and a few supplies.
What I miss from when I was younger is, vacation / time off, as an adult you do not get hardly any unless if you’re rich. My first paid vacation halfway through it. My roommate messaged me and said the restaurant that I was working at had closed and was like how are you gonna pay rent…
Even houses, townhomes, condos whatever, are all inflated because of 30 year mortgages and other government creations. I don't know what other systems there are but I know these 3 bedroom 1 baths are not worth $350,000
It astonishes me the amount of money people will spend on pizza delivery. Being the Dominos delivery boy, I see people ordering one large pizzas sometimes for over $30 which is insane. I never really did delivery for anything before I worked at Dominos but after realizing the amount of money people spend I will never order delivery for anything ever. Unless I'm just stupid rich one day like most of the customers that order at our store. I live fairly cheap and you gotta fight for those lower prices sometimes man, shit just goes up. Like I do the mega cheap $25 oil changes to my car at Walmart but I hear mfs doing over $100 for oil changes. Like that's ridiculous, even for full synthetic. Anyways great video bro, awesome to hear about Taylor's dad and some friends reaching out, that warmed my heart
Our generation has been sold short on everything quality-wise, for an even higher price than what we'd normally have to pay. Whether it's cars, houses, jobs, video games, movies, restaurant food portion sizes, etc. we've all been given the short end of the stick while being expected to pay the price of a stick that's twice as big
Yeah, I swear man. People can be real greedy sometimes. Heck, people are so greedy, we even have billionaires who are greedy. Freaking billionaires I tell ya. And yet they want more.
The rich people stuff (starting from a suprisingly low price range) isn't really about the quality and more about the "experience", which is really just a fancy way of saying it's all about boasting and showing off and feeling better about yourself - even though you just paid $90 for a few leafs on a plate with a tiny slither of meat. Like it's pretty obvious most mid-range restaurants are gonna be better (health-wise and quality-wise) than a fast food place, but past that kinda mid-range level it's really not worth it and, like you say, a lot of it is just a scam. Like another commenter said, a great life skill to learn is to learn how to do things yourself, and the same would go for cooking. You can make one of the best meals in the world that's a lot healthier for you and just flat out tastes a lot better than those mega-expensive restaurants for like a few dollars, especially when you buy long-to-perish foods in bulk. I've just started properly learning how to cook (and I mean cook from scratch, not just throwing in a pre-made packet of something) and it's so liberating, even though so far I've only made like one dish. A lot of dishes only take like half an hour to an hour to make as well so it doesn't even take up too much of your time.
This always get mor expensive. Since at least three generations prices go up, nothing new there. Its part of growing up realizing this. Instead of focuasing on the obvious scams of life, focus on the oppurtinities. With all the damage the internet has done to society (addiction, division), we should not forget the opportunities that come with it, that previous generation did not have. Its a new goldrush. You can make a living and even get rish, by talking about your passion in front of a camera from home, which can be deeply fullfilling as well. You can also learn every skill you could possibly need to get a lot of money over the internet. Instead of complaning over prices, concentrate on getting out of the rat race and getting a lot of money.
@BushBoiTheGamer It felt exactly like now the entire time. Especially 2008 when I graduated. Dead in the middle of the worst modern economy. The job market now is basically a mirror image of 08, maybe a tad worse fr.
No shit, we have incompetency in every level of society currently. People looking out for themselves, firing people with genuine motives to help others, not holding people accountable that deserve it and so on. My point is we have people who want more for them.
Let's call games exactly what they are. Digital 3rd places with no food or drink. They pay for the servers, they pay for the development of the game, they pay for updates, all that adds up. Back in the day game companies were small, now they are bigger they require more to keep going. Think about it. If there is an additional 20% on profit on the current value of the game that's 1/5th of the price. And considering demand isn't going to change, they can price their games whatever and still make major mullah.
imo this is the reason we have stagnated as a civilization, The monetary system has become our shackles and downfall, The sad thing is the people at the top are only there dew to the monetary system and so are the people at the bottom, and the people at the top have brainwashed everyone that the monetary system is a good idea and a way to freedom has a price too
No no nothing is overpriced what you're paying for is convenience you can order all your clothes straight from China would you rather go to Urban Outfitters and pay $70 for a pair of pants that's worth 10 you can buy all your games and stuff directly from the manufacturer Most people do not understand this
ever so often i would look up for new youtuber’s that have a motorcycle channel for vlogs and find pleasure that at some point they just stop uploading.
Growing up really hits when you realize even the small luxuries cost a fortune
I felt this on a whole another level!
It’s a shame we ever let advertising make us want small luxuries in the first place. When you do the math most of them are very financially irresponsible even for the people making 6 figures.
@@JeffyPDiddyAnd we should all live in a tent in the woods because who need civilizations and society anyways right? Yes marketing has an impact on many, but small luxuries can be a great asset to the average individual. For example, owning an iPhone can be a bit costly for some, but the amount of ways in which u can utilize your small luxury to produce a higher net income for yourself, and in turn produce a better quality of life, is essentially infinite. Please stop with the market is evil viewpoint. Makes you sound slow to anyone with a functioning brain considering only true brain dead individualsallow something as simple as an online/tv advertisement to force them into buying something.
What small luxuries?
Growing up made me realize everything in this world is about money. It really is the only thing that matters to people. All things have pretty much gotten worse in some way culturally, socially, economically, healthcare, education, and with products as well since at least 2000. But the good news is that we have more money than ever.
Yeah it's sad. Really wish we could get out of this in a way but it probably won't change :/
More money than ever is good news? Over printing money is good? In what universe?
But less purchasing power than ever
People have to eat
Real estate is prime example. A regular housing unit can be completed within couple of months by a bunch of low qualified underpaid workers, yet the system is set up to make you go into a 30 year mortgage to pay for it.
They've spent decades turning us into mindless consumers and now they reap the benefit. Low quality, high price.. but we all continue to submit to the system.
Yeah standards are going the way of the dodo
Speak for yourself. 2015 iPhone 6s, 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser.
It's our generation dude. It wasn't like this before. We got sold out
Yeah someone upped the battle level out here. 😂
Its becoming more economically efficient to do more and more things yourself.
Becoming? It always has been. You have a brain right? You should try using it to do things other than write brain dead comments like this. Can’t believe you actually took the time n energy to type this.
it's always been that way but it's doubly true today. anything you can solve yourself is going to save you thousands of dollars over your life. car repair is now so expensive it's worth going and getting a formal training from a technical school to be able to fix the stuff yourself.
Always been that way man. BUT. Our parents and grandparents got too used to being able to afford for others to do things for them since they grew up into adulthood in a "kick the can down the road" economy, which is why WE never learned how to do stuff. Now we are in an economy where you HAVE to know how to do things but all we were taught was that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell and that a^2+b^2=c^2.
I go to hockey games; it’s $10 a beer.
I’d rather just buy a case and sit at home where beer is around 0.30 a can.
Growing up made me look at life COMPLETELY different
Big facts.
When I was a younger a brand new video game cost 49.99 nowadays games cost 70$ it’s crazy
90$ not 70, PS2= 20-30$ PS3= 40-50$ PS4= 60-70$ AND NOW PS5 OR PC = 90$ and wait for the new gta6 it will cost 150$ crazy
I think this is mainly due to inflation. The real problem is that our wages have not risen accordingly.
@@robinshood1268 exactly and this problem is global We are becoming increasingly poorer
@@AG97-n8h that's because they're filtering out the middle class for the one world government, which will be divided into 10 "kingdoms", who are all overseen by one.
@@AG97-n8hGTA 6 cost some shoes 😂.
WEF prediction of "You will own nothing and be happy"
@@robertdeus4262 Still waiting for the happy part 😂
I agree. A lot of companies over inflated their services or products to maximize their profits. Take clothing for example. the price to make them and the price they sell them for is an insane gap. A lot of times the stuff you do buy is just dissapointing. there have been times where i thought i paid for a good quality product and then later it just breaks down and doesnt work anymore smh.
I moved to Colombia. Everything is cheap. I even get unlimited cell service for $20/month. Tell me cell towers cost more in the US lol
And its literally everything else thats cheaper too...the US is a corporate scam.
The econony and quality of life is worse in Colombia of course it's cheaper than the United States. That's kinda common sense, not a scam.
One word: Monopoly. Companies will rise prices when there is no competition or the competition is in on it.
in my entire life thought it's ridiclious to ask for 60+ Euros for a Single Player game
$/hr played matters. I play a lot. I get my $60 worth and much more with single player games. The multiplayer games with battle passes should not be $60.
Reminds me of the time I was assigned to clean all the VIP rooms during a big football game at the university. Almost all the booths were empty from before the game started , save for empty bottles of expensive wine. I spent my shift chilling in what felt like a penthouse, zero investment in the sport but it opened my eyes a bit to what it’s like to have too much money
It's all cyclical. Things are expensive because everybody wants it. Everybody wants it because people are trying to make more money. Everybody is trying to make more money because everybody wants expensive stuff.
There's no good answer for solving it. Eventually we're going to have to come to terms with less.
I remember back in 2008 when I worked at McDonald's the mcdoubles were a dollar each. People would order 20 of them making the crew work extra hard. Good times kinda.
Thats what happens when you axe essential skills like sewing, cooking ironing and errands and replace them with factory made nylon clothes takeout and doordash. We used to only buy supplies and a few products. Now we buy products and a few supplies.
What I miss from when I was younger is, vacation / time off, as an adult you do not get hardly any unless if you’re rich. My first paid vacation halfway through it. My roommate messaged me and said the restaurant that I was working at had closed and was like how are you gonna pay rent…
Bro I’m just glad Arizona Iced Tea is 99 cents
On the big bosses’ orders
So true bro. I try to save as much as possible but it feels like anything you need to buy is just so expensive
Most people wore Face Nappys 😷 and got the Covid Jabs lol
And what's your point?
We need disinflation
We need cheat codes to give us $250,000 every 4 months like it's grand theft auto 😂
We need the gov to stop printing 1 trillion every 100 days
Even houses, townhomes, condos whatever, are all inflated because of 30 year mortgages and other government creations. I don't know what other systems there are but I know these 3 bedroom 1 baths are not worth $350,000
It astonishes me the amount of money people will spend on pizza delivery. Being the Dominos delivery boy, I see people ordering one large pizzas sometimes for over $30 which is insane. I never really did delivery for anything before I worked at Dominos but after realizing the amount of money people spend I will never order delivery for anything ever. Unless I'm just stupid rich one day like most of the customers that order at our store. I live fairly cheap and you gotta fight for those lower prices sometimes man, shit just goes up. Like I do the mega cheap $25 oil changes to my car at Walmart but I hear mfs doing over $100 for oil changes. Like that's ridiculous, even for full synthetic. Anyways great video bro, awesome to hear about Taylor's dad and some friends reaching out, that warmed my heart
Our generation has been sold short on everything quality-wise, for an even higher price than what we'd normally have to pay.
Whether it's cars, houses, jobs, video games, movies, restaurant food portion sizes, etc. we've all been given the short end of the stick while being expected to pay the price of a stick that's twice as big
You are gonna get big man or atleast decent size i can already tell. You are just really relatable and enjoyavle to listen to. Keep it up
Yeah, I swear man. People can be real greedy sometimes. Heck, people are so greedy, we even have billionaires who are greedy. Freaking billionaires I tell ya. And yet they want more.
The rich people stuff (starting from a suprisingly low price range) isn't really about the quality and more about the "experience", which is really just a fancy way of saying it's all about boasting and showing off and feeling better about yourself - even though you just paid $90 for a few leafs on a plate with a tiny slither of meat. Like it's pretty obvious most mid-range restaurants are gonna be better (health-wise and quality-wise) than a fast food place, but past that kinda mid-range level it's really not worth it and, like you say, a lot of it is just a scam.
Like another commenter said, a great life skill to learn is to learn how to do things yourself, and the same would go for cooking. You can make one of the best meals in the world that's a lot healthier for you and just flat out tastes a lot better than those mega-expensive restaurants for like a few dollars, especially when you buy long-to-perish foods in bulk. I've just started properly learning how to cook (and I mean cook from scratch, not just throwing in a pre-made packet of something) and it's so liberating, even though so far I've only made like one dish. A lot of dishes only take like half an hour to an hour to make as well so it doesn't even take up too much of your time.
This always get mor expensive. Since at least three generations prices go up, nothing new there. Its part of growing up realizing this. Instead of focuasing on the obvious scams of life, focus on the oppurtinities. With all the damage the internet has done to society (addiction, division), we should not forget the opportunities that come with it, that previous generation did not have. Its a new goldrush. You can make a living and even get rish, by talking about your passion in front of a camera from home, which can be deeply fullfilling as well. You can also learn every skill you could possibly need to get a lot of money over the internet. Instead of complaning over prices, concentrate on getting out of the rat race and getting a lot of money.
3 weeks, and I click your video every time it releases
Hey thank you! I appreciate that! Glad you're enjoying the content!
Bro just lost my cdl I always said I couldn’t imagine making normal money because I was broke before , now I work a normal job and can’t survive 🤦♂️
It wont get any easier bros. I'm gonna be 35 in 2 weeks and I can tell you from experience NOTHING ever gets cheaper. Inflation is by design.
Wait fr ? 😭how was it in 90s, 2000s, 2010s?
@BushBoiTheGamer It felt exactly like now the entire time. Especially 2008 when I graduated. Dead in the middle of the worst modern economy. The job market now is basically a mirror image of 08, maybe a tad worse fr.
Living in a dystopian nightmare
Oh wow I didn’t know you were from Kansas City. Me too 😊
Hell yeah that's what's up!
Bro it’s 2024 about to be 2025
Why are you surprised everything is overpriced
😂😂 I can't tell if this was sarcasm or not but I knew I was gonna get a comment asking me this
Do you know how much money Patrick Mahomes makes every season
It makes sense the vip section is that expensive
You want Mahomes to play then pay up 😂
RIP Taylor
4:30 😂😂😂!
No shit, we have incompetency in every level of society currently. People looking out for themselves, firing people with genuine motives to help others, not holding people accountable that deserve it and so on.
My point is we have people who want more for them.
The majority of society is ruled by selfish, stupid people.
Let's call games exactly what they are. Digital 3rd places with no food or drink. They pay for the servers, they pay for the development of the game, they pay for updates, all that adds up. Back in the day game companies were small, now they are bigger they require more to keep going. Think about it. If there is an additional 20% on profit on the current value of the game that's 1/5th of the price. And considering demand isn't going to change, they can price their games whatever and still make major mullah.
imo this is the reason we have stagnated as a civilization, The monetary system has become our shackles and downfall, The sad thing is the people at the top are only there dew to the monetary system and so are the people at the bottom, and the people at the top have brainwashed everyone that the monetary system is a good idea and a way to freedom has a price too
No no nothing is overpriced what you're paying for is convenience you can order all your clothes straight from China would you rather go to Urban Outfitters and pay $70 for a pair of pants that's worth 10 you can buy all your games and stuff directly from the manufacturer
Most people do not understand this
Inflation is at 2% ! It's the price gouging!
Life is shit welcome to the party.
Bro I’ve live in the same state and I could get my screen fixed for cheap
Bitcoin fixes this
ever so often i would look up for new youtuber’s that have a motorcycle channel for vlogs and find pleasure that at some point they just stop uploading.
what motorcycle do you ride