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Icy-Leg-1459 Mar 28, 2026 +14

Going to places like Disney World I guess Places that attracted wonder but are now way too expensive also works, just in general

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GlorifiedCarny Mar 28, 2026 +4

Disneyland had a brief stint of being intentionally accessible to almost everyone, before the entire company was slowly transformed into money sucking vampire that involves as little creativity and risk as humanly possible. It is now a full fledged black hole of greed.

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Icy-Leg-1459 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Not very surprising — Still, people go there, the only way to get them down is to stop giving them attention

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GlorifiedCarny Mar 28, 2026 +3

They don't know any better. But I do think there's a limit to the amount of half-assed cheapo bullshit that people will pay good money to endure, so the company will eventually either have to do a massive u-turn or find themselves out of business. It's been in business longer than most already, it was just originally run by somebody who was almost pathologically obsessed with giving people the highest possible quality for the most accessible possible price.

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Icy-Leg-1459 Mar 28, 2026 +1

That is true, honestly just like with Disney itself, I don't see it surviving another decade or two at this rate

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GlorifiedCarny Mar 28, 2026 +1

Me either. The greedy bastards running it now are trying to take humanity for all it's worth before they run it into the ground.

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Icy-Leg-1459 Mar 28, 2026 +2

Most definitely

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Poopin4days Mar 28, 2026 +1

Is Disneyland not magical anymore? I went when I was a kid and now I have 2 daughters, not quite old enough, but I was planning to take them next year. I enjoyed peter pan and Alice in wonderland, and the teacups, haunted mansion, the submarine, splash mountain and tom sawyers island, and the boat that goes through the mini villages. I'm sure they added some stuff, but what changed? Do you have to pay for rides now or something? I tried looking it up but I literally can't find anything.

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illinoises Mar 28, 2026 +10

Music festivals

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Nice_Ad_9185 Mar 28, 2026 +9

I remember when **camping** was the "broke college student" getaway. You’d grab a $20 tent from Walmart, a pack of hot dogs, and some c**** beer, then head into the woods to smell like woodsmoke for two days. Now? If you want a decent spot, you have to book 6 months in advance on a website that crashes harder than Ticketmaster. Then you get there and you're surrounded by $150k Sprinter vans and "Glamping" pods that cost $300 a night. It’s not an escape anymore; it’s just suburban housing with more mosquitoes and worse Wi-Fi.

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an_older_meme Mar 28, 2026 +3

I see you've visited Yosemite.

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Enough-Squirrel3097 Mar 28, 2026 +8

Live shows + concerts.

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IsopodEq Mar 28, 2026 +6

Cafes, barbershops, X owned buisnesses

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FantasticBerry6111 Mar 28, 2026 +2

barbershops hit me the hardest - used to be 15 bucks for a solid cut and now these places want 60+ for the same fade. miss those old school guys who didnt need to call it a "grooming experience"

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an_older_meme Mar 28, 2026 +2

Basic crew cut still $15 in my town. $5 tip and you're out the door. The guy I go to does them all day long.

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IsopodEq Mar 28, 2026 +3

What is the cost of a house in your town. Im packing my bags

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Meta2048 Mar 28, 2026 +1

If your haircut is just a basic crew/buzz cut it's worth just buying a $30 razor and learning how to do it yourself. I started doing it 10 years ago, so at this point it's saved me a couple thousand dollars. Plus I can just clean up my cut anytime I want.

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an_older_meme Mar 28, 2026 +1

I would like to know more.

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Meta2048 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Just look up one of the hundreds of YouTube videos that show you how to do it. It takes some practice but once you get the hang of it it's easy. I will suggest the first time you do it, set a guard with a longer length than what you actually want so that you can clean it up without cutting anything too short.

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KuchiKopi-Nightlight Mar 28, 2026 +3

Camping. It used to cost $5 for the site and less than $100 for the food for the trip, tents were a dime a dozen too.

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KibbledJiveElkZoo Mar 28, 2026 +1

What, would you say, is the median site cost now?

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MsKat141 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Ah. The good ole days. I miss those days.

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ReflectionOk4294 Mar 28, 2026 +4

Concerts. Love the music, hate the prices😥

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lmaooer2 Mar 28, 2026 +3

Rent

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LazerChicken420 Mar 28, 2026 +2

I went to go see this musical after I saw Tick Tick Boom. $75 a seat for me and my gf. First time trying something “fancy”. Nothing awakens you to how much of a peasant you actually are when hours of your labor gets you seats so trash that you can’t see the f****** stage of the guy in front of you chuckles. While a theater full of people are sat in front of you with seats starting triple the cost of yours We left at intermission.

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Hopeful-Artichoke449 Mar 28, 2026 +3

Vegas

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giyomu Mar 28, 2026 +3

Everything? 😭

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s-e-x_h-i-p-s Mar 28, 2026 +3

Driving

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Digital_Dreamerr Mar 28, 2026 +2

Travel. It lost its magic the moment ‘hidden spots’ became expensive tourist checklists.

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Parking_Librarian926 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Diet Coke as a treat.

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2468financialpanther Mar 28, 2026 +1

Premier league matches

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Nuzzgargle Mar 28, 2026 +1

Just about any top tier sport i imagine... im in Australia and AFL is expensive and more gimmick than substance

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2468financialpanther Mar 28, 2026 +1

Yeah AFL is expensive these days (I go a fair a bit), my hack is that I always buy kids tickets lol But man I've been to games at Chelsea and Newcastle United and it's on another level of ridiculousness....and the crowds are shit now (went in 2022 & 2024) compared to when I went in the late 90s, much more sterilised and less proper fans. But yeah your point is valid

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Altruistic-Matter465 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Fish and chips.

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WiredPiano Mar 28, 2026 +1

Broadway shows.

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Winter_Swan5104 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Bars.

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DavyJonesCousinsDog Mar 28, 2026 +1

Drinking

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Viperniss Mar 28, 2026 +1

Disney World.

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chico-dust Mar 28, 2026 +1

- Amusement Parks - Movies - Dating - Eating out - Skydiving

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Spastulas Mar 28, 2026 +1

PC Gaming This doesn’t apply to all games but there’s undeniably a trend of triple A titles costing more and more and microtransactions being everywhere. Also the hardware prices make high end gaming increasingly inaccessible. But I personally I found myself enjoying some indie titles a lot recently, so it hasn’t lost its Charme completely.

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Meta2048 Mar 28, 2026 +1

PC gaming is still the cheapest per hour entertainment you can get. I can buy a $10 game and even if it's short, it will still be at least 2 hours long. How many other things can you do that are that c**** for that amount of entertainment?

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britishmetric144 Mar 28, 2026 +1

As an aside, the really sad fact is that the number of people who gain anything from these things becoming more expensive is **much**, **much** smaller than the number of people who lose out from that.

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No-Flatworm750 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Kinda silly how people pay 400-500 for a bland modern table when an 18th century one can be bought for peanuts

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What experience lost its charm once it became expensive?

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