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The whole concept of buying something because it is cheap is weird.

I have a small list of items I think I will need in the near future; if it's not on that list, I'm not buying it, from anywhere, at any price. Maybe I'm a bit more ascetic than the average person, but I find it hard to imagine people just browsing lists of "cheap" stuff for hours to just buy stuff they don't need. And then being happy that they won because they paid less than some imaginary "full price".



It’s a psychological response based on a history of inconsistency in food supply.

If you may or may not have food tomorrow, but there is a lot today, you stock up and eat.

This works great in the savanna, not so much when a trillion dollar company is using it to exploit you.


I know people who behave as if they had to spend money as quickly as possible every time they receive a paycheck. Their wish lists are just "ideas to spend money".




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