Vijay Prema

@streetfestival @the_q I’m glad you get it. I love “be more buy less”!

Many of us don’t need nearly as much as we think we do. It takes a bit of growth & calming down tho, which is hard to do with all the noise

Media hypes us on the “cost of living crisis” and while I agree basic needs price goes up which sucks, but half the problem is really a “cost of confirming crisis”. That is, wanting to live in a very specific and often sub-optimal way just to be at least “on par” with everyone else.

@the_q Oh don’t get me started flexing on how I sleep on the floor and no longer own a car

@return2ozma

Or some just like cooking and don’t give a damn about consumerism?

I’m not exactly struggling with finances. I cook all my food because I like to and have time. I hardly buy stuff because I unbrainwashed myself from consumerism.

Half the reason I semi-retired in my 30s is because I need little to satisfy me after de-bloating my mind.

I have a baby son and a wife and plenty of time to spend with them.

All of the people I know who have more money than me do not have any of this.

@devve

- Nextcloud
- Miniflux
- Gitlab
- HomeAssistant
- Wallabag
- Ghost (for my personal blog)
- Umami analytics
- Searx NG
- OnlyOffice document server
- ntfy
- Lychee
- LAMP Stack
- TheLounge (IRC web client)
- Cockpit (server manager)
- RSSHub
- Jellyfin
- Adguard

On an Intel NUC in my closet.