Thoughts on Cost of living

[Arctic]

Heng I work
If 50.00 a Casio watch
My pa last time one human working he can't afford lei
5 /6 mouths depend on him eh

My most expensive watch costs $1.8k. Seems expensive until you realise a new iphone 16 pro costs the same...

[Arctic]

when lkk was young
Thing were affordable n no handouts

Things were basic n all need based than wants based
We hardly got cover walkways
Cc s usually quite open concept
Now everything covered walkway
Cc is like castle enclosed n lock out rest of community

Work in cc is one of the best ironbowl job

[Banned User]

Last time sole breadwinner can support family of 6. Now dual income also struggling

In before cos couple spend too much on needs. Eg hols to Europe and car etc

Greed is the root cause of skyrocketing prices. The more greedy we are, the more inflation we experience. For instance, something that used to cost $999 now costs almost $2000.

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Greed is the root cause of skyrocketing prices. The more greedy we are, the more inflation we experience. For instance, something that used to cost $999 now costs almost $2000.

Thats cheap. If u go think abt housing, hdb then this 1k become 2k thing is nth

[Banned User]

Thats cheap. If u go think abt housing, hdb then this 1k become 2k thing is nth

Let me throw a curveball here.
If the cost of living is reasonable, then so is the cost of keeping this forum running smoothly.
All those expenses, including inflation, really do add up, you know.

[encourageSome1]

Depends on hw impt it is to u lor.

Watch not impt
Just buy anyhowly a thing to tell time
Now got daiso mrdiy 8-10 got a watch alr
But irl 50 last U 3-5 yr
Maybe daiso or mrdiy last 1 yr ...which one more costly : easy to see

[encourageSome1]

Last time sole breadwinner can support family of 6. Now dual income also struggling

In before cos couple spend too much on needs. Eg hols to Europe and car etc

Yea
When lkk was young .. our only vacay is go sentosa or ubin or go changi airport watch planes

[encourageSome1]

Work in cc is one of the best ironbowl job

Nv got chance to work there but hearsay lot of buffet hor

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Let me throw a curveball here.
If the cost of living is reasonable, then so is the cost of keeping this forum running smoothly.
All those expenses, including inflation, really do add up, you know.

no la im not saying that is reasonable, im also saying everything adds up

im saying in perspective. my flat was built in 1973 and cost 9k+ (let's round up to 10k)

51 years later, this place costs about 380-400k

less than 50 yrs lease left and cost 400k, 40x the price in 1973. did our salaries increase 40x?

cost of running the forum is definitely not reasonable for the number of people we get. no economies of scale

[encourageSome1]

Work in cc is one of the best ironbowl job

Last time our only hobby was go market
Go school
Or go cc play playground n watch the black white noisyTV

[encourageSome1]

Let me throw a curveball here.
If the cost of living is reasonable, then so is the cost of keeping this forum running smoothly.
All those expenses, including inflation, really do add up, you know.

Some costs grow so much faster than others
While Telco costs came down so much from 2000

[encourageSome1]

no la im not saying that is reasonable, im also saying everything adds up

im saying in perspective. my flat was built in 1973 and cost 9k+ (let's round up to 10k)

51 years later, this place costs about 380-400k

less than 50 yrs lease left and cost 400k, 40x the price in 1973. did our salaries increase 40x?

cost of running the forum is definitely not reasonable for the number of people we get. no economies of scale

Hv U opened e carousell AC n product ?

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Hv U opened e carousell AC n product ?

No, not yet. Recently super busy and down in mood due to fucked up colleagues...

[encourageSome1]

No, not yet. Recently super busy and down in mood due to fucked up colleagues...

U ownself busy n prioritise ur main things first
Don't worry abt this la

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