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post 1704838941 08-10-2024, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted By volleys⏩
Wages haven't gone up? Can't recall being paid more than $7/hr when I was a teenager. Pretty sure in-n-out and just about every fast food place is paying $20/hr minimum.

People spend their money like ****ing morons. Everyone needs the newest iPhones, the newest cars, they need to go out to eat every week, they don't meal prep, they need more tattoos. Most people are stupid. Nothing's changed about that.

If you can't afford back to school shopping, then you don't know how to spend your money. Simple as.
This is all true but can't deny things are much more expensive now. When I was making $7 or so an hour my apartment was only $325. a month in a good area and a good sized apartment. Good luck finding an apartment for even double that. My first house cost $75K for a 3 bd/1.5 bath ranch. Now it would be $250-3ooK
Originally Posted By FoulSmell⏩
They can’t afford a couple pens and a notebook?

$2.50 is breaking them?
Originally Posted By MiscMathematician⏩
not sherrif srs

Pretty sure when parents talk about back to school shopping it also includes clothes for fall/winter. Kids grow out of their clothes pretty quickly. Most don't stay in the same size year to year. Plus the teachers give the kids a list that has a lot more on it than a couple pencils and a notebook. They also ask for supplies for the classrooms like tissues, lysol wipes etc.
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post 1704838951 08-10-2024, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted By MiscMathematician⏩
not sherrif srs

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post 1704839761 08-10-2024, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
Pretty sure when parents talk about back to school shopping it also includes clothes for fall/winter. Kids grow out of their clothes pretty quickly. Most don't stay in the same size year to year. Plus the teachers give the kids a list that has a lot more on it than a couple pencils and a notebook. They also ask for supplies for the classrooms like tissues, lysol wipes etc.
they have to buy clothes anyway. do they wait for back to school? if my 6 year olds' pants start looking like capris in february im not waiting until august to buy new pants.
post 1704839821 08-10-2024, 03:06 PM
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Strange, they can afford their tiny little $10 carton of cigarettes that they little onto the street but can’t afford a pack of pencils for their child.
post 1704848641 08-10-2024, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
This is all true but can't deny things are much more expensive now. When I was making $7 or so an hour my apartment was only $325. a month in a good area and a good sized apartment. Good luck finding an apartment for even double that. My first house cost $75K for a 3 bd/1.5 bath ranch. Now it would be $250-3ooK







Pretty sure when parents talk about back to school shopping it also includes clothes for fall/winter. Kids grow out of their clothes pretty quickly. Most don't stay in the same size year to year. Plus the teachers give the kids a list that has a lot more on it than a couple pencils and a notebook. They also ask for supplies for the classrooms like tissues, lysol wipes etc.
Clothing for the kids isn’t “back to school shopping” it’s regular upkeep of having kids.
post 1704849181 08-10-2024, 06:41 PM
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In NYC public schools, students get a free laptop and most work is done through Google Classroom. However, schools have books, paper, pencils, pens, stationery items, art supplies, etc for students if need be (a lot of it comes from teachers' pockets). Plenty of text books are available as well (print and digital). Parents are encouraged to buy their kids school supplies but if they face economic hardships, schools can help them out.
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post 1704849331 08-10-2024, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
Pretty sure when parents talk about back to school shopping it also includes clothes for fall/winter. Kids grow out of their clothes pretty quickly. Most don't stay in the same size year to year. Plus the teachers give the kids a list that has a lot more on it than a couple pencils and a notebook. They also ask for supplies for the classrooms like tissues, lysol wipes etc.
It looks like there is a backpack in there. When I was a kid, backpacks were easily like $40-50 in 1997 dollars. The inclusion of a backpack in that <$50 total tells me backpacks are much, much cheaper in 2024; everything else on a back-to-school list should be cheaper as well. I understand at your advanced age you're probably very nearsighted and couldn't make out anything besides the pencils and notebooks, but you could have asked your in-home care worker to take a look at it for you first.
Originally Posted By MiscMathematician⏩
they have to buy clothes anyway. do they wait for back to school? if my 6 year olds' pants start looking like capris in february im not waiting until august to buy new pants.
Originally Posted By FoulSmell⏩
Clothing for the kids isn’t “back to school shopping” it’s regular upkeep of having kids.
Don't even bother trying to reason with her, guys. She's just...ugh
post 1704849351 08-10-2024, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted By SUPERH0T⏩
Sounds like a great opportunity to start homeschooling
Literally impossible unless the main breadwinner Is a Financial Mogger.
Most households with multiple kids need 2 breadwinners working 40 to 60 hours a week just to survive.
post 1704850161 08-10-2024, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted By DeadlyStriker⏩
Can't be true because every person I know has been on multiple vacations or 3 week+ vacations in europe all summer while driving new cars.

Surely they can afford some pencils and notebooks.
who was confirmation bias

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post 1704851091 08-10-2024, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted By JustiNtense⏩
Strange, they can afford their tiny little $10 carton of cigarettes that they little onto the street but can’t afford a pack of pencils for their child.
So these parents are now all of us sudden smokers?
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post 1704851911 08-10-2024, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted By atgbrahsrs⏩
who was confirmation bias

wtf
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