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IDK who needs to hear this, but there's a difference between being frugal and being cheap.

If something has a lot of value to it and it fits within your budget, by all means, buy it. You don't need an $80 Verizon phone plan, but a $20 plan with Visible can save you a lot of headache. You don't need a $7 cup of coffee from Starbucks every day, but a $0.50 cup of coffee maker coffee can make those cold, early winter mornings in the office so much more bearable. You don't need six different streaming services all of the time, but a $13 youtube premium subscription can give you hundreds of hours of ad-free entertainment, all while supporting your favorite content creators. You don't need daily UberEats meals, but a couple frozen meals stuffed in the freezer can save you energy and heartache when work goes late and you don't feel like cooking, and the occasional meal out with friends can be memorable and give you life.

Everyone has different budgetary needs, but fundamentally, the point of money is to spend it. Just depends how much you make and how much you need to be saving to accomplish your goals.
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Miram · 31-35, F
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Nope.

I will use my western friends ' subscriptions.
BlueVeins · 22-25
@Miram Not applicable to you ofc but I do think it sucks how entitled Americans feel to entertainment. It costs the companies money to keep the servers up and running, and to stream video to people. The studios need money in order to pay writers and actors and keep the lights on. Some of the money doesn't go to the actual creators, but some of it does. And then we go off -- including people who are middle class and can pay our own way -- and we pirate masterfully crafted video games, that we'll then go on to spend thousands of hours playing.

Like man, this is the stuff we're feeding our brains with day in and day out and then we act like it has no value. U feel me?
Miram · 31-35, F
@BlueVeins Of course. You're right. Most content creators (not all ) really need the money. And it does take much effort and work to make others happy. It is pretty fair to pay them. It is a job like any other.
BlueVeins · 22-25
@Miram I will defend my decision to pirate the Sims games because their monetization scheme is grotesque.