Or refuse to buy

  • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    3 hours ago

    Fast Food. Went in to Subway yesterday and got a single sandwich meal and it was 25 bucks. Hell, McDonalds isn’t even really cheap, the sandwiches that used to be on the dollar menu are like 4 bucks a pop now.

  • northernlights@lemmy.today
    6·
    4 hours ago

    So many things. Eating out. Taking my car to work when i still had one (I take the motorcycle, so much cheaper on gas). Going to the movies. Any kind of vacation. Meat. Groceries that are not essential. I’m considering replacing my lawn with a dry garden because water. Many video games. A/C if I’m not seriously uncomfortable. PC upgrades. Phone upgrades. I’m sure forgetting many. It’s all essentials now.

  • Knoxer@lemmy.world
    71·
    7 hours ago

    Just eating a sandwich outside, now you can only find SuperFancyFrench Sandwich with gold plated armor, made by Mongolian monks.

    I’m like wtf, just give me 2 pieces of bread and whatever cheap inside, 4$ and we are good.

    • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      5·
      5 hours ago

      For this specific one, I put them in water after I cut the tops off and grow them more for a while. I get about 3x the total amount before they stop doing well.

  • otp@sh.itjust.works
    14·
    9 hours ago

    Video games. Retro video games. All of it.

    Sure, we have Steam sales and those are still cheap. But physical games? Gone bonkers since covid.

    This is the first time in the history of the world that current Gen consoles have gone UP in price. Games hardly go down in price anymore.

    Retro games used to be cheap. Now everyone and their mother knows they’re not just old children’s toys, and think everything is a collectible. And these days, they might not even be wrong! Not to mention thrift stores and sometimes even garage salers are trying to charge eBay prices for everything they have.

    I’m just holding onto digital games and Steam sales and such…and, well, piracy of course. (But storage is expensive too…)

    • BigPotato@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 hours ago

      I was going to buy an old game that was not very good for nostalgia purposes as a gift. Since COVID it has tripled in price.

      It was already not good, and at $150 I’d rather gift an Everdrive with an 8gb card full of the rom than spend that much on a shelf piece.

  • remon@ani.social
    15·
    12 hours ago

    Generally computer hardware I guess. Unless it’s essential any purchases or upgrades are on hold for now.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    11 hours ago

    Cocktails are so expensive these days. I have a very high alcohol tolerance and it’s 10-20$ as bare minimum for <1$ of ingredients. 5 negronis + tip and you’re down at least a 100$. I’m more of a smoker these days but taking people out is such a luxury. If you have 3 friends visiting and buy couple rounds you’re in a triple digit bill already.