“It’s $12 for a burger meal. For like $2 more, I can get a steak and baked potato.”

"Right?! It's $12 for a burger meal. For like $2 more, I can get a steak and baked potato ... bonkers."

"Same! I live near a very nice and very popular national venue, and everyone is shocked when I say I never go. It's expensive, full of drunk tourists who don't know the etiquette, and takes an hour to get out of the parking lot at the end of the night.

I still go to shows, but only super tiny venues. More affordable, and just a more intimate experience overall. Yeah, I don't see all the big national acts that I used to see, but there are lots of really good artists out there that I haven't heard of yet."

"Tariffs on aluminum ain’t helping matters either."

"They're gonna start charging for water, I bet."

"Going in the '90s up to about 2012 or so was so cheap to fly, stay, and eat. It was amazing. Last trip for me was 2021 and the cost was so high I will never go back. It's the last place I would ever go now."

"Hi, sewist here. You’re right, and we also wash our clothes too frequently. Of course, wash if dirty, but the appliances just beat the clothes into nothing but lint."

"I wanted to bring our daughter to the aquarium in our city, and two adult tickets were almost $200, and that doesn’t even include food or parking."

"We have four kids. We spent $120 on the movies a few weekends ago. One movie. I just about lost my mind."

"I live less than two hours from Panama City Beach. I used my credit card points to get a hotel for one night just to take my mom to Pirate's Voyage because I didn't want to drive back at night and I just thought it would be a nice getaway. Without points, I would have had to pay almost $400 for a damn holiday in a resort. Like what the fuck. The worst part is, the place was packed! Who is paying these prices, especially somewhere like Northwest Florida? I was in the elevator with a mom who said they drove for two days to get there. Like why? You could go to Hawaii for those prices."

"I no longer drink. It amazes me what booze costs now.  We went out for a friend's birthday last night. The least expensive beer was $7, and cocktails started at $13. It blows my mind that people will go out and spend that kind of money on some drinks!"

"Yep! Especially at chains, weirdly enough, you would think local places would be more expensive. My coffee order is just a plain cold brew with half-and-half and comes to around $6, for a plain ass cold brew with cream! But there are a few local places near me that have cold brew for $4.50–$5. Still expensive, yes, but I know I’m getting better quality and supporting local. These major corporations — coffee, fast food, etc. — have no business raising their prices that high with how low the quality is 💀 and it’s ridiculous."

"Me too! I used to get a gel manicure every three weeks for years! And a pedi once a month. It's now $108 for both, including tip, and the gel procedure destroyed my fingernails.

I bought all the tools for this myself, for both feet and hands, including two OPI nail polishes and a base and a top coat. Also, a battery-operated callus remover, skin grater for calluses, a buffer (all professional grade), and everything cost $85 total and will last me years. Everything was far less than one salon visit!"

"I always buy a 2-year-old model and keep it for about three years. I could buy an S23+ on eBay that is like new for maybe $450. That works out to $150 per year. Then I talk to broke people who get a new one every year for $ 1,000 to $1,500. Insanity."

"I can hardly remember the last time I bought steak. The prices are absolutely ridiculous. We are a chicken household here also."

"I remember when they were cheaper than restaurants and sometimes comparable to fast-food in price. Now we have taco trucks in my area charging $3-$5 for tacos. There are also some BBQ and soul food trucks that have $25–$35 plates."

"This! Why are we charging $5 for a bag of chips that’s half full of air? These corporations got me fucked up, lol."

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