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I often hear, "You should never cheap out on a good office chair, shoes, underpants, backpack etc.." but what are some items that you would feel OK to cheap out on?

This can by anything from items such as: expensive clothing brands to general groceries.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago (19 children)

Cell phone. A $200 android is extremely fast these days

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Replying to you from a cheap fast Android phone.

[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Based and pilled bro, based and pilled

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Why have people downvoted you?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Their fear response is triggered by the use of โ€œpillโ€ as a verb.

And, of course, that their moral philosophy operates at the level of reflex.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

LOL, sadly, this is probably the case. Well stated.

I'm a bit disappointed to see this behaviour on Lemmy of all places

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Unknown, but it seems like many people enjoy their low-cost mobiles so I am happy.

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