Did you create an account just to be sanctimonious and superior?
Cartoonish
Bye, troll.
Lol nope. Just a 12 year old, paid for car and a two year old, paid for phone along with my financial stuggles. Thanks for asking.
This is considered good in USA. So you’re doing fine, honestly.
I’ve been unemployed for nearly six months and were it not for my amazingmy generous girlfriend I’d be homeless.
OK?
So, the status of one’s car or celphone payments often have little to do with whether one is or is not struggling financially.
ETA: One cannot assume that another is “doing fine” by those metrics alone. It’s actually insulting because I am very much not “fine”, nor are many people around the globe.
The point isn’t to equate cars or phones with economic status or how well you’re doing financially. It is to illustrate to the people who may be struggling if they have a newer model car or cell phone that they need to get rid of those things because they cannot afford them financially. It may be it may alleviate some of their problems with finances. if they spend within their bracket and not overspend or consumerism.
As of a couple of months ago, sort of. I have a Google Pixel 8 and only recently got a reasonably well-compensated job. I got the phone in 2023, shortly before I was laid off, and it was on a fire sale in anticipation of the Pixel 9 release, so I’m only paying $4/month for it, $100 total plus the $70 up front.
My car is a 2007 model year that I could only afford because it was in an accident previously, though.
Sounds smart and sustainable
For now. I’m just hoping that the Pixel lasts until Fairphone brings back the headphone jack and the car lasts until I can move somewhere where I don’t need one.
Nothing phone is suppose to be good too. Its pretty affordable
They just added ads :(
I have a (refurbished) namebrand phone but I’m not struggling financially. I worked damn hard and got damn lucky to get to this point, though.
Edit: Not driving a car is part of why I’m solvent, though. Those bastards are expensive.
Makes sense. Cars for most people are money pits. On top of that, the insurance sucks even more.
The question seems to be designed to find people to look down on, but since you’re asking. No.
My phone is a Moto g7 Power running LineageOS 22.2. My car is a 2012 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback.
