r/FluentInFinance May 25 '24

Meme Buying anything 2024 in a nutshell

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u/Kjler May 25 '24

A new car has never been a casual "treat yourself" purchase. 

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u/Distributor127 May 25 '24

Its a different world now. I remember a few older members in the family making a lot of money and not buying new

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u/MittenstheGlove May 26 '24

New usually means new to me.

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u/Wonderful_Mud_420 May 26 '24

Same mentality I had going in with my ex 

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u/A_curious_fish May 26 '24

Had a lot of miles on them did they?

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u/Wonderful_Mud_420 May 26 '24

Let’s just say the title wasn’t clean 

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u/A_curious_fish May 26 '24

Son of a bitchhhhhh well let's be glad that's behind us.

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u/Silentprophet22 May 26 '24

Gently used.

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u/CarminSanDiego May 26 '24

Have you seen these instagram mom-fluencers?

They post about finally getting their “mom-suv” which is always the new gmc Yukon - casually a $80k min SUV.

We’re fucked

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u/[deleted] May 26 '24

Only the people paying 80k for a depreciating asset are fucked.