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keyboardtek 7 months ago

Many would but the cost to emigrate in many countries requires being rich. For example to emigrate to Australia one must have at least $500,000 in savings.

15points

Helena 7 months ago

I'm eligible for dual citizenship with Italy through heritage. I'm looking at what that will entail and if it how difficult it would be to live in Italy or eu for me. Cause I'm over this.

9points

Kathy O 7 months ago

Oh gee, why didn't I think of that!!! I would love to emigrate to Canada or Europe but it's unattainable because of our income.

8points

DB 7 months ago

Remind me why so many people keep trying to get into the US?

3points

MonicaChicagoGal 7 months ago

Wish I could pack my bags I have a $1,200 medical bill in collections right now. That is after insurance and a $3,000 up front deductible for a surgery I desperately needed.

2points

Anywhere but Here 7 months ago

Canadian here, dental and vision (other than eye exams) are not covered.

1point

Lady Miss Pie Premium 7 months ago

Most of us cannot afford that either

1point

Eva Verde 7 months ago

Not that amazing even if you have national health fund. You might die before doctors can see/diagnose/treat you.

1point

ZombieMommy 7 months ago

With what money? We're too poor to move to another city never mind a country.

0points

rorschach-penguin 7 months ago

Yes, NHS dental is the way to go.

0points

WindySwede 7 months ago

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censorshipsucks 7 months ago

usa only guys.

3points

Neffla 7 months ago

Pretty bad in the UK right now for dental and healthcare. Long waiting lists and strikes etc, completely under-staffed. Still extremely grateful that it's free though.

4points

Tvin 7 months ago

'Murica

2points

Charles McChristy 7 months ago

I have vision insurance and still can't afford new glasses. I'm nearing 50 so I definitely need a new Rx.

1point

Socially Awkward Panda 7 months ago

Whoever decided that I gotta pay for dental or eye care when the rest of our healthcare is basically free can take a long walk off a short pier... (You wonder why people joke that us Brits have bad teeth, you're not far off lads)

1point

Nitka Tsar 7 months ago

Dental in Germany is not free either. At least not things like fake teeth etc. Going to the dentist is still free, so no reason to have bad teeth.

1point

gilded panda 7 months ago

A few years ago finishing up high school I could barely see the board because I couldn’t get glasses

0points

Octavia Hansen 7 months ago

I had to go to a dental town on the U.S./Mexico border in Arizona for treatment. The estimate for my work in the U.S. was more than my car. (But I got some great work from Mexico!)

0points

D Peterson 7 months ago

Wait till you need hearing aids!

0points

Saj 7 months ago

.... sadly the UK is going the same way

0points

Castles 7 months ago

All free here 🤣

0points

ROSESARERED 7 months ago

That's mine, dental care, and I'm in Australia

0points

I just work here 7 months ago

I'd like to add to this. Pets and vet care. Unaffordable.

0points

ElfVibratorGlitter 7 months ago

Use Zenni or another cheap glasses manufacturer.

0points

M Kovacs 7 months ago

Only America though, other countries have funded healthcare.

0points

Marc 7 months ago

Since December, I've had $2200 in dentist bills. No insurance and I'm on disability 😔

0points

ZuriLovesYou 7 months ago

America, I assume.

0points

Petra Schaap 7 months ago

okay... So this is about America.

0points

Graham_Illegal 7 months ago

Bingo.

0points

DadManBlues 7 months ago

OMG I feel your pain! 50 years ago it was totally free here in Hungary. But now... it's still totally free.

-1point

shingaladaz , anna-m. w. anna-m. w. / pexels Report

#2

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Tickets for events.

Final score:

98points

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Javelina Poppers 7 months ago

I still wistfully look at my $3 ticket stub when I saw Jimi Hendrix on my 17th birthday in 1968. Saw Janis Joplin in 1969 and the ticket price had increased to $4.50.

26points

Top-Ranger-289 , Curtis Adams / pexels Report

#3

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford A house

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96points

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La Lucy 7 months ago

Had I not bought years ago I could never have had a home. Even rent here is almost out of reach and I make a decent wage. So sad to swe.

12points

Born-Throat-7863 , Jack Sparrow / pexels Report

To find out how this conversation started in the first place, we reached out to Reddit user Dash_Weh_Dat, who posed the question, "What was affordable 50 years ago that now only the rich can buy?” They were kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and share what inspired them to start this thread.

"Well, I was having a discussion with some millennial and Gen Z friends at a housewarming party (it's a rental by the way)," the OP said. "A friend showed us pictures she took while she was on vacation in California with her parents at her grandparent's country home. We noticed that they were extremely well off."

#4

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Groceries.

Final score:

76points

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Verena 7 months ago

Depends on country and buying habits. 1975 people too had to be smart with their money.

9points

SludgeMaiden7 , Keira Burton / pexels Report

"Someone asked her if her family had always been wealthy. She said her grandfather worked as a factory manager, and his grandmother was a housewife," Dash_Weh_Dat continued. "They managed to save up for a house and a vacation home 5 hours away. Eventually they moved to the country home and sold their first house for six figures."

"One income managed to get them all that. While we are struggling to make ends meet, we have to sometimes take out loans. 50 years ago, it seemed you only needed a regular job, save up for 2-5 years and pay for a house in cash. Try doing that today even on a manager's salary," they told Bored Panda.

#5

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford University tuition.

Final score:

70points

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James016 7 months ago

In the UK I think it’s about £9000per year. However you have to be earning over a certain amount before you start paying it back.

11points

#6

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Uh, life.

*Vaguely gestures*

Red217 , Liza Summer / pexels Report

Final score:

67points

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Serial pacifist 7 months ago

Death is expensive too. Burial prices have skyrocketed.

22points

daHawaiianKine , Ketut Subiyanto / pexels Report

#7

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Stay at home Mom with a family that has food security, social activities, and family vacations.

Final score:

61points

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Caro Caro 7 months ago

If you and your partner agree and you both can afford it then that's ok. For most of us it's unaffordable.

6points

Urbanredneck2 , Craig Adderley / pexels Report

We were also curious what the OP has noticed has become unattainable today. "Owning a home or an apartment seems like something only wealthy people can purchase, unless it's an inheritance," they shared. "Buying a car is quite expensive nowadays, the maintenance, insurance, taxes that come with it as well."

"Food such as vegetables, meat, dairy and fruits that used to be cheap back in the day and abundant are now quite expensive. I see why people opt for junk food to save money," they added.

#8

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Disney has gotten crazy expensive.

Going to sports or concerts.

Final score:

54points

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Mark Fuller 7 months ago

I despise Disney for their breathtaking greed. It totally ruins the experience.

37points

spidereater , Connor Danylenko / pexels Report

#9

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford A summer house. I know many families that have an old house on a lake that they go to in the summers. It’s been passed down for a couple generations. Nobody in the current generation could afford one but some how a family with a single income bought it 50 years ago and the man’s wife and wife and kids would spend the whole summer there and he would go up on weekends.

Final score:

54points

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Tams21 7 months ago

It would be nice to be able to afford *a* house, never mind a summer house.

66points

SquallLeonheart14 , Yan Krukau / pexels Report

#10

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Very large families, as in having 4 or more kids

Final score:

51points

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Verena 7 months ago

Why would you want so many children? We are already with too many. There is not enough food to feed everyone, not enough work to earn enough money

9points

Laser-Brain-Delusion , Thirdman / pexels Report

Sadly, Dash_Weh_Dat doesn't expect any of these things to become affordable again in the future. And as far as the responses to their post, they said the replies were "on the nose."

"I agree with most of them apart for the 'trolly' ones," they added. "None of them surprised me."

#11

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Healthcare that covers whatever you actually need done including surgery, imaging, childbirth, etc.

Final score:

50points

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Verena 7 months ago

Depends on country

14points

#12

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford A middle income starter home.

Blutroice , Kelly / pexels Report

Final score:

48points

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Trisec Tebeakesse 7 months ago

No such thing anymore. I see plenty of "starter" homes in my neighborhood being snapped up by developers and bulldozed, so they can put up these monsters that take up the entire property footprint. Why would I move into a McMansion on a busy street without even a yard or a driveway? Who buys these things?

16points

#13

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Everything... f*****g everything.

GimmeCRACK , Alex Green / pexels Report

Final score:

48points

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Helen Rohrlach 7 months ago

F*****g YES!!

5points

nickilisa , Karolina Grabowska / pexels Report

#14

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Housing, the younger generation are being forced to rent. sad to see

Final score:

46points

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Javelina Poppers 7 months ago

There several new subdivisions being built in my area where the homes are "luxury rentals" only. WTH??

16points

Forever-Retired , Antoni Shkraba / pexels Report

#15

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Automobiles. My first car cost me $3255. My current one cost me nearly $40,000

Final score:

44points

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Jrog 7 months ago

If we take out of the equation the post-pandemic spike (that is now waning), car prices remained remarkably consistent since the very beginning, despite quality and technological content steadily improving. A 1920 Ford T today would cost about $25k, that is an average price for a small family car. A 1965 Mustang would have cost about the same, comparable to a 1980 Toyota Celica in a standard configuration.

8points

#16

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Chicken wings, nobody should be paying $2 per wing

utopianexile , Nadin Sh / pexels Report

Final score:

43points

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Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 7 months ago

absolutely. the cheapest damn part of the MF chicken too. I refuse!

7points

Dog_N_Pop , ERIKA CRISTINA / pexels Report

#17

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Privacy

Final score:

41points

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Tiffany sanders 7 months ago

Maybe referring to having 4 roommates just to be able to have a roof over your head

4points

EmeraldCrows , cottonbro studio / pexels Report

#18

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Housing, education, most high quality food, vehicles etc etc.. you can still get those things but you will die in debt

Final score:

38points

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Donkeywheel 7 months ago

Nope

2points

OstrichPaladin , George Milton / pexels Report

#19

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Books are so crazy expensive. I was book shopping the other day and a tiny paperback copy of I am legend was $20.

I've had a coworker telling me to read it, saying it's better than the movie by a lot but man. It's a small a*s book for that price.

Final score:

37points

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Lauora 7 months ago

Libraries save you so much!

50points

Traditional_Ad_6801 , ROMAN ODINTSOV / pexels Report

#20

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Well, more than 50 years ago, but lobster. In New England It used to be used by prisons to feed inmates. Plentiful, cheap, and kinda gross, so no one else was going to eat it.

Final score:

34points

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JM 7 months ago

Perhaps. I wonder how much longer ago “more than 50 years” OP means. I grew up in the US and in the 1970’s lobster was a very expensive, treat we might be allowed to order in a restaurant once in a blue moon.

11points

spiraldinosaur , Pixabay / pexels Report

#21

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Reasonable living standards.

Edit: apparently people aren't able to put the original question and answer together. My point is that having reasonable living by today's standards is something fewer people can afford compared to 50 years ago. The difference between living standards of wealthy and poor was far narrower than it is today. Sure, we didn't have internet and fancy TVs and take away deliveries from our phones back then, but *nobody* had that, so that's irrelevant. 50 years ago you didn't have to be rich to own your home, to work reasonable hours, to have some leisure time. Now you simply cannot afford to even rent somewhere in some places unless you're earning well above minimum wage.

Final score:

33points

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WindySwede 7 months ago

Unionise? Not the whole solution, but probably better.

11points

#22

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Cod in Sweden. When I grew up, it was the staple fish, the base for most traditional fish dishes and you’d eat it several times a week. With a dwindling cod population in Swedish waters, it has now gotten so expensive that I can’t remember when I last had cod.

In 1980, according to Statistics Sweden, one kilogram of cod was 15 SEK (US$1.42 with today’s FX rate). In 2024 money, that would be $5.60.

But in the stores today, one kilogram of cod will cost you $29.70 (cheapest cod at Hemköp).

(Apparently Statistics Sweden stopped tracking the price of cod in 2012, which I guess is just proof of its loss of importance as a staple food in Sweden)

NanderK , Kent Wang / flickr Report

Final score:

33points

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Verena 7 months ago

We misused food supplies heavily between 1950 and 2000, and are now paying the price

22points

#23

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Lego

Archivin , Arianna / flickr Report

Final score:

32points

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Spooky beck 7 months ago

My eggo

13points

#24

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Medical surgical care. Prescription medication.

Dan-68 , Anna Shvets / pexels Report

Final score:

31points

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keyboardtek 7 months ago

The new eyedrops to treat dry eye syndrome are not covered by Medicare insurance and cost $630 for a two week dose. Pharmaceutical companies are the major greedy corporations in America. Why aren't Republicans complaining about them?

10points

#25

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford College education

devmapper , Gül Işık / pexels Report

Final score:

30points

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Verena 7 months ago

Depends on country

10points

#26

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Owning a dog!

luvtolag , Pixabay / pexels Report

Final score:

29points

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sturmwesen 7 months ago (edited)

Euthanasia costs 40% more than last year. A aquaintance was quoted 600 for spaying her dog. I paid about 250 18 years ago. Pets are expensive. Plan for it. edit: Germany

10points

Neekol2356 , Engin Akyurt / pexels Report

#27

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Organic or specialty foods that were once more affordable have become increasingly expensive compared to processed or unhealthy alternatives, making access to healthy food more difficult for lower-income individuals.

Final score:

27points

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Verena 7 months ago

Seems to depend on the country. Here basic, local food of the season/storable is cheaper.

8points

jeanjellybean13 , Javier Árribas / pexels Report

#28

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford A ski trip. It was still expensive but now it’s just crazy thanks to large corporations decreasing competition by buying all the resorts.

Final score:

22points

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sturmwesen 7 months ago

Or because of less snow and additional cost due to snow cannons. In my opinion a lot ski areas should be shut down due to it and destroying the landscape . (Germany)

18points

makeitpap , Mats Peterson / flickr Report

#29

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford 1960’s Gibson or Fender guitars. The dentists/surgeons and “collectors” have wrecked the market for the common musician.

Final score:

21points

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Javelina Poppers 7 months ago (edited)

Wish I'd have hung on to my 1960s Mosrite bass.

5points

#30

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Natural fiber clothing. Feels impossible to find anything affordable that has mostly cotton.

Edit: I’ve compiled a list of most of what was recommended. Sorry if I missed something.

T-shirts:
Michael’s craft stores,
Duluth trading,
Walmart,
Comfort colors on Amazon,
Carhartt,
Uniqlo,
Costco,
Go 2 clothing co on amazon

Secondhand:
eBay (Pendleton wool flannels),
Thrift/vintage stores,
ThredUp.com,
Poshmark

Materials to make your own clothing:
Foxfibre,
Joann’s,
Local fabric store,
Vintage/secondhand fabrics,

General clothing:
Uniqlo,
H&M for linen,
Target,
Old navy,
Quince,
Land’s End,
Svaha,
LL Bean,
Pact

Undies:
Haynes,
Intimissimi (lingerie),
Kirkland,
Jockey (100% cotton panties)

l_ally , Liesl / flickr Report

Final score:

18points

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AnnaRachelle 7 months ago

I shop at Next regularly. Not all,but a lot of the clothing I have bought my daughter is 100% cotton. I buy in the clearance then donate

5points

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#31

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Eggs

Final score:

14points

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Verena 7 months ago

35 cent for an egg from a chicken with a happy life is worth every cent.

13points

Kiyohara , Laura Musikanski / pexels Report

#32

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Time with your Senator or Congressperson (most of them).

My mom participated in a program to for youth/young adults to speak with their US Federal representatives and actually went to meetings with them to express the youth's desires for the future. She even became pen pals with one and ended up being gifted a US flag from his office for her efforts.

Today that s**t costs thousands of dollars a plate dinner, donations, and possible offers of board and executive positions to just get in the door to speak with them.

Final score:

12points

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Auntriarch 7 months ago (edited)

It's very easy to get to speak to your MP. They take on board what you have said, then throw it overboard as soon as the door shuts behind you. Unless you are in a position to offer the goodies listed by OP

3points

biztravellerUK , Bartosz Bartkowiak / pexels Report

#33

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford In the old days the poor had horses the rich had cars now everyone has cars and the rich have the horses

Race/Polo/EquestrianHorses

Final score:

12points

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Fabian Bernard 7 months ago

Buying a horse could be cheap, but caring after him is expensive

8points

#34

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford A new comic book from 50 years ago.

PoignantPoint22 , Jamie / flickr Report

Final score:

11points

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Verena 7 months ago

Yes, I cannot afford a van Gogh nowadays. Back then I could have traded that painting for a glass of wine.

12points

#35

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Rolex watches. One British guy bought a new Rolex 1966 for 69 pounds which is equivalent to £2334 now. New rolexes are starting from £7000 nowadays.

TibiEtIgni , paramsach / flickr Report

Final score:

10points

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Jrog 7 months ago

Rolex back then was not a luxury brand. They repositioned in the 1970s, before they were performance watches for the military and sportsmen (think Longines or Tag Heuer today).

5points

#36

Beef brisket

NavChiefRetired Report

Final score:

10points

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Jason 7 months ago

I feel like adjusted for inflation it hasn't changed all that much in at least 20 years.

0points

Derrickmb , Harrison Haines / pexels Report

#37

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford 2-3 kids and a wife on a single income

Final score:

9points

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Cat servant 7 months ago

My husband and I reversed that. I made 3 times his income. When he was landed off I suggested he saty with the kids. We had been working opposite shifts so one of us was always with the kids. He couldn't find another evening shift and daycare was so expensive even 30+ years ago. It would have taken 90%of his pay to cover it. Child care is expensive. If a parent is doing it you have lost that income. If you are paying for it you have still lost that income by giving it to child care providers. Also remember in the US many, may jobs have no pension plans outside of management or they pay so little you can't participate because every dime goes for basic necessities.

1point

coffeeshopslut , Sam Fentress / Wikipedia Report

#38

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Slide Film

I miss when it wasn't $30 a roll of Fuji Velvia

Final score:

8points

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Verena 7 months ago

It isn't asked for anymore, so no mass market = higher prices

3points

#39

Hope

f411guy Report

Final score:

8points

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Michael Largey 7 months ago

"Hope will be the last thing to go." - Nero Wolfe

0points

RexRonny , Charles Haynes / flickr Report

#40

“Chicken Wings, Nobody Should Be Paying $2 Per Wing”: 30 Things People Can No Longer Afford Eel in Norway.
Endangered specie, illegal to catch without special pemission. Used to be cheap food, now one kilo is no less than 100€.
Same for Atlantic tuna, used as dog food in the 60’s, now even the less finer cut are above 40€/kg when available. Interesting fact: No well known Norwegian dishes with tuna as hardly no-one is familiar how to use this in Norway. Fresh tuna were off the marked for 50 years in Norway.

Whale used to be extremely cheap, but has become rarely eaten, Gen Z just won’t, to an extend that to sell the meat available the sellers had to dump prices to abt 20€/kg.

Final score:

8points

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Queeqec 7 months ago

Still too cheap for eating endangered animals.

8points

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#41

General Aviation

Final score:

8points

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Petra Schaap 7 months ago

what... like flying to the other side of Europe for 15 euro?

0points