I know all too many people like that.

I originally thought you were talking about the wider societal problem, which compared to personal spending can get pretty abstract.

I guess it’s possible. I felt like it just wasn’t well thought out.

I agree with that we should focus on both, the immediate issue and the larger issue behind it.

A single person doesn’t have much power in that fight. Not the same way they have over part of their own spending. I know I’m starting to sound like a broken record, but two very different things.

I don’t think a leech is the best analogy since what you’re talking about is a massive society wide issue that might never get properly solved. It’s something to strive for but compared to the issue at hand (struggling to make ends meet), it’s rather abstract. Meanwhile the advice here is pretty direct and could have near immediate effect. It’s just two very different things.

The advice is directed towards people struggling with money. Any one of them would be the person in question.

You have a good analogy there but in this instance the people are already stabbed (struggling with money). At that point advice on how to stop the bleeding might have a more immediate and direct effect than someone telling them how knife crime is a solvable problem. One is more immediate and helps on a personal level and another might help on a societal level at some point in the future. Two different things, really.

Probably makes for a happier and more interesting person

Well why not I guess

Unfortunately I know quite a few people who are financially struggling and still spend money like that on small things here and there. Adds up.

If I have to tighten my budget and be fiscally responsible to survive, so should they.

Should, maybe. Doesn’t seem like they do.

It’s not a moral issue, it’s an issue of nothing having enough money. It’s all fine and good to think how we can solve people being poor but it won’t have very immediate effect for the person in question. A person with a knife in their arm doesn’t benefit much from people starting a discussion about how to prevent knife crime.

I make coffee at home and drink it out of a thermos. Is good and saves money.

11$ latte and 15$ avocado toast instead of staying home for breakfast

If you are struggling for money then doing that sort of shit regularly does sound dumb

I guess in a show the annoyance they cause to you is real but the puppies killed are fiction

Lesbians maybe

Buying Redbox in 2022 sounds like a joke in itself

Doesn’t sound that much for Finland at least. A couple of cups here and there.

Couldn’t the aliens be the same way?

I took it as personal advice and not really as economy fixing solution