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In what ways are people today being convinced to spend money beyond their means? (lemmy.ca)

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[-] Signtist@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Correct. That's why I talked about finding niche communities to help find and parse through options. For example, I didn't just buy an expensive vacuum, I found a few vacuum enthusiast forums and looked through several threads discussing the best products for my budget price.

[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I’ve spent the majority of my life connected in some way or another to the internet, starting as a kid on niche bbs in the 90s, and it never ceases to amaze me that there are vacuum enthusiast forums.

[-] Signtist@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Everybody's got a thing, and they're usually happy to talk about it to someone who's genuinely interested. Definitely helpful if you're looking into that exact thing.

[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah 100% and I’m glad that people have a place to talk enthusiastically about their thing!

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