Americans are working less

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I think you can buy a pretty basic smartphone for a few hundred bucks though.. or refurbished, or just don't run out to buy the latest one every year.

I don't think spending the extra money on a new iPhone is the main issue... like he said, it's spending the extra coin on a new iPhone and then using DoorDash and also going out to eat a lot instead of cooking at home, and having several streaming subs, and then complaining that a 4 bedroom house or luxury apartment costs too much for a 25yo.

/shouts at cloud

I think the Venn diagram of people who buy new iPhones every year and also utilize door dash for most of their meals is basically a circle. Basically people that make bad financial decisions do so in all aspects of their spending habits.