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@Tiaffo
7 ай бұрын
SAUCE
@radicaledwards3449
7 ай бұрын
Alux is beginning to struggle, thats why the content is so bad.
@lilblackduc7312
7 ай бұрын
Irresponsible Consumerism is a psychological dysfunction. Being 'frugal' is not.
@ekimbrough1413
6 ай бұрын
You've got to be kiddin'.
@Pamzollman
6 ай бұрын
I would NEVER subscribe to trash like this video and NEVER use your products or services.
@OldCanadianguy953
7 ай бұрын
I grew up poor. After decades of hard work and sacrifice I'm able to own my own home and live within my means. But I don't forget the tools which I learned when I was poor. I wash and reuse old Folgers plastic coffee containers and glass jars for bulk food storage. I save plastic shopping bags as well as twist ties and elastic bands. This is not being poor, this is being practical and not wasteful. Not all of my furniture is matching but I saved a lot of money that way.
@RamonRodriguez-hq7vn
7 ай бұрын
I grew up in a poor immigrant family myself, but I didn't know we were. The cookie can had my mom's sewing kit. Lol. My father had his tools, nails and screws in the kitchen drawer. I own my own home now, and I am imitating my father. I have the corner drawer in the kitchen, as my tool drawer. My sister and I have changed our stars, she's upper middle class and I am just middle class. I am progressing to upper middle class. We imitate our parents, in some way or another. Good luck to one and all.
@teenindustry
7 ай бұрын
I was fortunate enough not to but my nonna and nonno were first generation migrants. Thanks to them I would probably be upper middle class. But mayo jars are for cous cous and rice and home made passata
@MarieTMa
7 ай бұрын
Maybe, just maybe... Trying to change any of these behaviors that you mentioned might have a slight chance to improve your every day life.
@teenindustry
7 ай бұрын
@@MarieTMa how so? I love my life and my grandparents sacrificed a lot to provide it for their kids and me. They dragged themself out of poverty to create intergenerational wealth. But repurposing things is good common sense. Pointless clutter is not
@themachine8009
7 ай бұрын
Same here.
@strictly45s6
7 ай бұрын
To be honest, this video makes me want to stop supporting this channel. How does one make fun of someone who's poor. If they're poor, or have certain items in their home, it's one thing. But to laugh, mock and make fun of them with this snobby attitude is something else. I always remembered this channel as people helping people. Suggestions, advice. But, now when I hear this females voice, I'll relate it to her laughing and putting people down. And I've been watching for years. Never thought she'd disrespect a group of people because of how they live.
@omnipotentwiz5101
7 ай бұрын
If this doesn’t motivate you to get wealthy, …if this makes you all emotional like a Karin, then you should not be here. Leave. This channel is for Billionaires.
@kaythegardener
7 ай бұрын
This is just click bait to help push their on-line courses!! What kind of a discount is $500 off??
@ellivalmont1452
7 ай бұрын
@@omnipotentwiz5101and are you a billionaire or halfway there? I love this channel, they motivate and encourage people but just this video though a few contents did not make sense to me.
@jasundiblemaddix2181
7 ай бұрын
I can see your point. Felt like a slap to the face to the frugal folk.
@christinebuckingham8369
7 ай бұрын
🙄👎👎👎 Ridiculous!@@omnipotentwiz5101
@raz7573
7 ай бұрын
Growing up, I was taught not to waste anything. I didn’t grow up poor but my parents did. I still throw restaurant sauces in a drawer in case I run out of a condiment.
@Shadow-7773
7 ай бұрын
@raz7573' I don't keep sauces and the like, i pour them in the bottle that i already have.
@raz7573
7 ай бұрын
@@Shadow-7773 Good idea.
@Laurtew
7 ай бұрын
I do that too. I put them in a bigger bottle if it's something we use all the time and I save the packets to put in packed lunches or take on picnics so I don't have to waste money on those tiny travel sized items.
@elultimo102
6 ай бұрын
I keep my sauces in a plastic square ice cream container in the fridge. I never have to buy any.
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
@@raz7573 dont encourage them.
@catherinehenry6762
7 ай бұрын
I did not grow up poor at all, nor am I poor now. But I HATE to fill landfills even more than they already are. So, a lot of my sewing notions and nuts and bolts in the garage were cookies tins in another life. Many glass containers are used for storing leftovers (I like the pasta sauce jars with a screw top that can be used as measuring cups.) It really P...s me off when fast food eateries give me huge handfuls of napkins, so yes I use those as well. Not poor but trying to be not wasteful.
@seameology
7 ай бұрын
🎯. I am poor but I don't mind. I think it's being resourceful, not wasteful. How can people gain wealth if they waste everything? Being poor and watching poor people who DO waste, I have so much more. I can afford quality food, etc.
@leanaaymorejacob1211
7 ай бұрын
The very same here, Catherine. 😉😊
@monicaluketich6913
7 ай бұрын
I keep the extra napkins in the middle console of my car. I don't have to buy tissues to blow my nose.
@elultimo102
6 ай бұрын
I cut large napkins into quarters, so I don't use more than I need.
@georgepeters3344
6 ай бұрын
Yes, nothing wrong being resourceful.
@mikikarh3589
7 ай бұрын
Even when I get rich I will keep a bag of bags! And if I get napkins from the outside, I will use them. 😂 Repurposing some things as tupper is not poor, it's not being wasteful
@DamionSon214
7 ай бұрын
Facts lol
@raz7573
7 ай бұрын
Yes. I save those plastic containers from restaurants because I’m always sending people home with leftovers and I don’t want to worry about getting Tupperware returned to me. Also storing plastic bags is a wise thing to do, especially if you live in a state that bans plastic bags.
@davidclaro152
7 ай бұрын
Great for you. I’m sure you’re already rich and just don’t know it. There are some rich Japanese I know who have some of these things. To them and me, wealth is a mindset and being respectful of their money and things.
@Tia-Louisa
6 ай бұрын
Exactly. A lot of rich people used to be painfully poor and keeping these habits keeps one with money in the bank for emergencies!
@bonniebickett4520
6 ай бұрын
I use my wine boxes to store plastic bags, I just cover them with contact paper,
@kaitiscarlett9022
7 ай бұрын
Holy crap, this video oozes with stereotypes and poor-shaming, when in fact, many of these things are simply doing what you have to do (e.g., the heater setup). Others are things that nobody does (posters of a dream house? really?) and some are actually good things to do, like re-purposing biscuit tins and napkins that you get with takeaway. Do hoarders exist? Why sure. But not every person with a stash of catsup and taco sauce is one. How about You-Do-You.
@Moneytane1976
6 ай бұрын
Bet you she's white, votes Trump, is a Republican and likely comes from a poor family which is now neer well to do.
@Scully-js4rk
6 ай бұрын
I hate the voice in this video - it's so snooty.
@osoniye4209
6 ай бұрын
Well said!
@FrannieZellman
6 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@nicholastwirth
6 ай бұрын
This commenter totally missed the point.
@rawendreality
7 ай бұрын
sooo not true. I am upper class and I buy generic brands, always save all that condiment stuff and even have them organized in crates in my refrigerator. I dilute all of my soap, got the trick from my Mother In Law who is worth 100+ million. It is irritating when you get too much soap and you have to stand there and run water for a long time. My Mother in law and I always keep all bags. Most of this is NOT true!!!!!
@barnacleboi2595
7 ай бұрын
One of the most basic ideas in the field of statistical data analysis or macroeconomics is the fact that there is always an exception to a rule, but that exception doesn't BECOME the rule. When dealing with numbers on a massive scale, you will start to see a lot of patterns, you will also see that a small percentage of whatever those numbers are saying will contradict what the vast majority said. The exception doesn't make the rule. Just because you are different than everyone else in your class means absolutely nothing, the majority do things one way and it doesn't matter what the other 5% do, the majority will dictate the characteristics of the entire population as a whole.
@arieanna828
7 ай бұрын
If you're rich, why can't you buy a new soap? You can get it for one dollar. The water you add in also cost you money. So you're not saving that much. But the quality of life you're missing.
@homodeus8713
7 ай бұрын
@@arieanna828Waste not want not is probably something you did not grow up hearing.
@homodeus8713
7 ай бұрын
Agree. That’s why I always take pretty jams and biscuits as gifts when I’m invited to homes in the country, knowing the jar and tin can be reused.
@miriamhavard7621
7 ай бұрын
Secure people and intelligent people know this.
@onewomanandsomesongs
7 ай бұрын
I am very comfortably middle class, but I have a few of these things in my house…I’m frugal, that’s all. The narrator sounds kind of condescending, btw.
@saveyourbacon6164
6 ай бұрын
It is common sense to be frugal and you should keep doing it. I have never earned a high income but by carefully managing my family's money, we always had plenty to eat, the bills were always paid, I paid my kids' school and university fees in full, leaving them with no debt, we have had good dental care and good holidays every two or three years. We have savings which will enable us to manage okay during retirement, as long as we continue to live frugally. When people manage their money carefully and live frugally, they should be able to afford the things that matter.
@NosebergEatzbugsVonShekelstein
6 ай бұрын
These are the kinds of things a snooty privileged woman would judge you over... so you just have to have the strength to say, F yourself B, and get the F out of my house.
@KAT-dg6el
6 ай бұрын
I’m considered poor and I have none of these things in my house.
@NosebergEatzbugsVonShekelstein
6 ай бұрын
It sounds like a snooty privileged woman made this list.
@jamesfaulkner-b7j
6 ай бұрын
Tacky sheeeeetshow...
@alizcsodaorszagbol
7 ай бұрын
I don't see any harm in repurposing cookie tins, jars, plastic bags instead of buying them, and why to heat the whole house if it is only starting to get cold in the autumn? Some of these are common sense frugal hacks. Even the promo clothes one can wear for gardening or when cleaning the house or even in bed. If you don't have to spend on these you have more money left to invest. However accumulating cheap stuff I was guilty of, I had tons of cheap clothes before which I changed, even to the other extremity, I genuinely got to hate shopping 😅 it is a torture when I have to buy new clothes and if I don't find what I need in 2-3 shops I give up and go home.
@omnipotentwiz5101
7 ай бұрын
You’re poor.
@pathader4839
7 ай бұрын
The Queen of England reuse the Christmas paper.😊. And aluminum foil
@anneloving8405
7 ай бұрын
I loathe shopping...2hours and I have a mega meltdown.😅
@seameology
7 ай бұрын
Rich people are the ones larping at us about going green, etc. To me, that means REUSE. If they don't, they better look at the three fingers pointing back at them!
@Laurtew
7 ай бұрын
I agree. I refuse to throw out something that can be reused just to keep from looking poor. The ugly shirts from my husband's former employer make excellent garden shirts. We have a small farm and my goal is zero waste, so we use boxes as weed barriers and those annoying plastic air pillows cut up to tie plants up. Someone gave us 100 ceramic blocks and I could have said no and let them pay to have them hauled to a landfill, but I used them to build raised bed gardens and chicken runs and now they have a new life. Can I just buy what I need for my farm? Yes, but how is that good for the planet? If I can run my farm at zero waste, that is better than trying to look like I have money. I grew up rich. My father owned his own business and made about $400k per year in the 80s. What he taught me was that people who have real money are not wasteful. People who throw out things that are useful just to get better stuff are people who want to look rich. If you are worried that people will think you look poor for having the branded shirt from your old employer while you go out and buy clothes to get dirty in, are you really rich? If I really can't use it or I know I won't, I donate it, but throwing things out or getting rid of them just to keep from looking poor is wasteful. But, I do agree about buying cheap things. You are going to spend the money anyway, whether you are buying 20 pairs of cheap $3 shoes over the course of 5 years or one really good pair of $80 shoes that last 10 years. (I have a pair of Reebok shoes from the 80s that I still wear.) It comes down to where do you want your money to go. I try to shop with small businesses. I get my skincare from a small goat farm run by a former chemist who worked for a brand name beauty company. I get my shoes from a small company in Sweden that makes them from recycled plastic bottles. They are waterproof and have a 15 year warranty. Yes, they are $100 a pair, but it's better than paying $3 every 6 months to support companies that buy cheap goods made with slave labour.
@deedeewinfrey3181
7 ай бұрын
I'm of native American descent, and we barely had any garbage. We never wasted anything. Its a way of life.
@retiredyeti5555
6 ай бұрын
I agree - my neighbor has his garbage and recycle bins out by the curb every week. My garbage cart goes out every 2 to 3 weeks, and my recycle cart goes out once a month, sometimes every 6 weeks. I buy very little processed food, prefering to cook fresh from scratch. I also buy generic and organic if possible in most cases. My home was paid off the day I bought it in a middle class area, I own it free and clear. I was able to do it because I did not waste money, but lived frugally for 40 years and saved my money.
@AnnHopy
6 ай бұрын
@@retiredyeti5555 First off this video is so wrong on every level, the maker will meet KARMA in this life or next and KARMA can be a real witch... Me too for the garbage cans. I look around me and see everyone has put their cans out every week, many of which are so overflowing stuff falls out. To this video, I love to reuse tins and jars. I have some clothes that are pretty old but still in good shape. Being a bare footer saves lots of money on shoes as the ones I have last a long time. I have the given furniture and if I want a change I sand it down and give it a new look. I can touch on each thing in this video. How DARE you, this site, look down your nose at those who are poor, it is not by choice and we have learned valuable lessons because of it. We don't give back handed insults or look down our nose at others. We give a smile to a homeless person and buy them a meal. We are compassionate toward others down on their luck, or different from us. Yes! We may judge, no one is perfect, but it is not for lack of money someone has or lack of stuff, or what they keep or don't keep. We may judge those who think they have the right to be the way this video is being. Sadly there are to many people out there like this video is, it is part of what is wrong with the world. You do not know us, you do not have the right to judge us for being poor. I have been homeless and now I am poor, but I am rich as I do not depend on money to make me happy and I do not shame others for what ever reason. We do not know what is going on in others lives, so when your walking down the street or in a store, hold open a door, give a smile, buy a meal or hoot do it all. You never know what a kindness can do for someone as you do not know how their day/life is going. Don't ever be ashamed of having hand me downs, or lack of money, just always do the right things, make good choices, and give kindness and be true to yourself and from this you will be rich.
@chrisvandepolder6128
7 ай бұрын
Alot of these could go for people that are just frugal.
@1st-qt9ce
7 ай бұрын
And or environmentally conscious.
@gadget00
7 ай бұрын
"In this episode of HOARDERS: 'frugal' people, out of control"
@aliciamack9323
7 ай бұрын
Theirs nothing being frugal
@createone100
7 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing! On the whole, this is a very silly video.
@chomama1628
7 ай бұрын
Many frugal people become millionaires. They don’t waste money.
@davidclaro152
7 ай бұрын
Apparently, the author of this video hasn’t traveled around the world. I’m in Japan, and you can find many of these things in people’s homes in Japan. No, they aren’t poor. Many people prioritize their well earned money. Since growing up, they learned to take care of things and use their money towards things of good quality. Just a different culture.
@miriamhavard7621
7 ай бұрын
😊
@tablescissors
6 ай бұрын
Be honest, shit is hella expensive in Japan. Kids don’t go to school for free either.
@debralea5330
6 ай бұрын
Yes. As you can tell by this video alone, certain people in the U.S. believe they are sophisticated when in fact they are pretentious. It's fun getting inside the mind!
@thefreshprinceofAZ
7 ай бұрын
The entry to my house leads straight to the living room but it was valued at nearly $500,000 am I still poor? 🤔
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
Mine too. My door opens directly into my living room which opens straight into my kitchen..all on display from point of entry. I pay close to ten thousand every 4 months for this hovel.
@aliciarodriguez8046
6 ай бұрын
Me too!
6 ай бұрын
I'm the same 4-bedroom house with a pool and double-garage, double door opens to sunken living room.
@wassomebody2386
6 ай бұрын
I’m in an extended entry ‘73 split level, four bedrooms, backyard walk-out. $575K. Paid-for but catching-up after sudden disability at 56, divorced, and blood cancer. So glad I got the house in the divorce, and that my son will get it when I kak.
@victoriahicks1
7 ай бұрын
This is basically an ad. For example, “Brand names are aspirational.” No,they are not. Many middle class and wealthy people have strong enough self esteem that they don’t NEED to waste money on brand names to show off to their friends. In fact, in my experience, poor people often are very concerned with brand names and uneducated people are more concerned about appearance than about reality.
@savinghistory642
6 ай бұрын
never saw the point of buying clothes and shoes with other peoples names on them-gucci, polo, nike, etc...
@duanebouchard8736
6 ай бұрын
Ever drive through a shit hole neighborhood? Expensive new cars out front, bare dirt out back In my neighborhood we have gardens swing sets and gas grills
@vmj255
6 ай бұрын
I refuse to wear clothing that feature brand names/logos. Why should I pay 50% more for an item and then do their advertising for free. When these companies start paying me I’ll reconsider.
@zubbworks
6 ай бұрын
And she was saying brand names are quality. I mean they are quality, bad quality. I might have more rooms in my house if I had a billion dollars. It wouldn't look like a rich person's house though. I've worked on half million dollar homes. They are slapped together by retards like me, and dudes who can't speak english. I've had to renail the boards that hold the walls up. I'm not the framer btw. They got plastic floors, and if the power goes out, they melt. Cielings so high you freeze.
@sonyamatheson9246
7 ай бұрын
Our area banned single use plastic, so having a bag of bags means you are rich. 😀 You haven’t had to use all your bags yet for rubbish. 😀
@elultimo102
6 ай бұрын
Store bags are perfect to line small trash cans, and easy to dispose of when full.
@virginiaoflaherty2983
6 ай бұрын
Our area banned these wonderful plastic handled bags. They were perfect for everything. My kids cut off a bit of the bottom seam. Voila! a bathing suit, storage , packing material, trash bag. Car throw up bag, the list is as big as the imagination.
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
Us too. If I bring my sturdy ones somewhere and set them down, people make off with them. They are highly desireable.
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
@@virginiaoflaherty2983Fun for poor people.
@virginiaoflaherty2983
6 ай бұрын
@@libbyhicks7549 I became an adult in the late 60's. But even before that at my Catholic school we had contests in the mid 60's to see how many days we could reuse the same lunch bags, how small our pencils were usable, how many years we wore our ugly, ugly uniforms. I did all my growing by 7th grade and I wore my saddle shoes for 4 years. I don't know where that ethos came from, but I never knew anyone as wasteful and consumption driven as people are now. So I fit in well to the hippy environmental back to the earth moment. I still do the same things now not from poverty but from eschewing the wasteful and destructive consumption culture.
@rogerbec5766
7 ай бұрын
I consider this a slap on poor people. You don't know their past. My poor mother in law, may she rest in peace, used to brew coffee from the previous day's used ground. She'd tell us the depression of 1929 had left her scarred forever.
@savinghistory642
6 ай бұрын
i love day old coffee. make a pot just to age. cowboy coffee. barely needs a cup. fresh coffee always tastes weak to me.
@Tia-Louisa
6 ай бұрын
I still do and I'm 45. This isn't being rude to poor people! A LOT of modern poor people waste their money on junk, cigs and takeaways and wouldn't use ANY of these great habits.
@myredpencil
6 ай бұрын
@@savinghistory642 Cowboy coffee is grounds heated in a pan of water & strained. You can also make cold-brew sort of like sun tea: grounds mixed into water & left to sit, shake & strain. I'm old-fashioned and frugal.
@savinghistory642
6 ай бұрын
i like it aged for a day@@myredpencil
@markh.6687
6 ай бұрын
The "Great Depression" was like no other. Soup lines, bread lines, no work, hobo families chasing word of jobs. My late grandparents grew up during it. They bought stuff on sale whenever they could. When they both passed, my aunt found enough paper products to stock her house for months, and enough plastic containers from pre-packed food items that she threw out a 30-gallon garbage bag full of them, and still had the matching lids/containers left which were too many.
@Chahlie
7 ай бұрын
Well, the late Queen of England had space heaters.... as do most people with a large inherited house :)
@Jazna1
7 ай бұрын
Correct. Also, I removed the heat register things in the bedroom and freed up wall space so I could hang floor-length curtains and art. The space heater works great.
@miriamhavard7621
7 ай бұрын
💁
@elultimo102
6 ай бұрын
Tje Queen also went around turning off lights in empty rooms----She was a Taurus, and we tend to be frugal.
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
thats what I was thinking. The only people with space heaters anymore are old millionaires living in huge homes that are rediculous to heat.
@lavenderbee3611
6 ай бұрын
@@elultimo102 Even though she came from a long line of privilege, I believe WWII changed her for the better.
@louwvalue
7 ай бұрын
That cookie container took me back, wasn't aware storing non cookie related items in them was a world wide thing.
@jacquiollard8784
7 ай бұрын
those type of cookies are sold just before Xmas in Australia - the tins are in every shed
@gadget00
7 ай бұрын
it IS a worldwide thing indeed; all over the Americas the danish cookie tin jars have doubled up as sewing boxes for generations LOL you keep them around until they start to rust and then get the next one
@louwvalue
7 ай бұрын
@@jacquiollard8784 Growing up we had the exact one shown in the video, I'm from SA.
@louwvalue
7 ай бұрын
@@gadget00 Haha, ours was used for sewing tools too.
@lisabaltzer4190
6 ай бұрын
I use tins and jelly jars for all kinds of things. I have a jar of writing pens, Bobby pins and hair clips, safety pins, buttons, scissors and a sewing tin. It is stupid to throw such useful items in the trash. I am not poor, but I am not wasteful either.
@sueblankenship9441
6 ай бұрын
I have a nice set of dishes that I found next to the dumpster. Since they all matched, I brought the box in, picked out enough for a service for four, and left the others for someone else. My best dumpster diving experience, and no diving was required.
@DebSherr
7 ай бұрын
Poor is when you have no home, friends, or food. Be grateful every day for what you do have!
@Laurtew
7 ай бұрын
I'm going to have to disagree on some of these, Alux. I refuse to throw out something that can be reused just to keep from looking poor. The ugly shirts from my husband's former employer make excellent garden shirts. We have a small farm and my goal is zero waste, so we use boxes as weed barriers and those annoying plastic air pillows cut up to tie plants up. Someone gave us 100 ceramic blocks and I could have said no and let them pay to have them hauled to a landfill, but I used them to build raised bed gardens and chicken runs and now they have a new life. Can I just buy what I need for my farm? Yes, but how is that good for the planet? If I can run my farm at zero waste, that is better than trying to look like I have money. I grew up rich. My father owned his own business and made about $400k per year in the 80s. What he taught me was that people who have real money are not wasteful. People who throw out things that are useful just to get better stuff are people who want to look rich. If you are worried that people will think you look poor for having the branded shirt from your old employer while you go out and buy clothes to get dirty in, are you really rich? If I really can't use it or I know I won't, I donate it, but throwing things out or getting rid of them just to keep from looking poor is wasteful. We have the money to choose how we want to spend it and we don't want to waste it on things like plastic storage containers and building materials for the farm. Isn't that what really having money means? You have the luxury of choosing where you spend your money, not having it dictated by your circumstances? I get to build a life that makes me happy. I get to live in the woods and have a farm and make choices that are good for me and the planet. *That* is what having money lets me do and I honestly don't care if the ugly, old shirt I'm wearing to walk my dog makes people think I'm poor. I know I'm not. (I'd never wear it to the store or a restaurant. I have nice clothes that are event-appropriate. What I wear to the store is not what I wear to the theatre. What I wear to go the museum is not what I wear to go to a fundraiser for the museum. I'm also not ashamed to purchase second hand vintage clothing as long as it's nice and has a lot of life in it. I've gotten barely worn designer clothing for Walmart prices, supported a local charity by buying from their store, saved a nice piece of clothing from a landfill, and then I have more money to spend elsewhere.) But, I do agree about buying cheap things. You are going to spend the money anyway, whether you are buying 20 pairs of cheap $3 shoes over the course of 5 years or one really good pair of $80 shoes that last 10 years. (I have a pair of Reebok shoes from the 80s that I still wear.) It comes down to where do you want your money to go. I try to shop with small businesses. I get my skincare from a small goat farm run by a former chemist who worked for a brand name beauty company. I get my shoes from a small company in Sweden that makes them from recycled plastic bottles. They are waterproof and have a 15 year warranty. Yes, they are $100 a pair, but it's better than paying $3 every 6 months to support companies that buy cheap goods made with slave labour. I understand where you were going with this video, but it feels like you generalised and missed the mark with some of these.
@savinghistory642
6 ай бұрын
those who worry about others thinking they are poor have bigger issues than money.
@elultimo102
6 ай бұрын
@@savinghistory642 Is "keeping up with the Joneses" still a thing in the US?
@savinghistory642
6 ай бұрын
insecure people have always tried to keep up with the Jonses. it will always be there in certain people. it is good to have what you want but it is better to want what you have.@@elultimo102
@dclaet1135
6 ай бұрын
@@elultimo102 I hope not.
@bonniebickett4520
6 ай бұрын
The new generation what ever letter they are, to me are sloths, will be obese soon and don't get me started on Artificial Intelligence! I have come to the conclusion why there is no good music anymore: Sit anywhere to check phone, check all my social media with a song in the background, Mellow, long notes and boring beats. In my day any cool beat that made your foot tap immediately made one get up and dance, sing along and happy!
@jonathankattner6887
7 ай бұрын
I always say, if there's beer in the refrigerator, you're doing ok.... as opposed to keeping track of how long until you can visit the food pantry...
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
thats what I say about coffee.
@andreabradley5837
6 ай бұрын
Or whiskey in the jar😉
@awitness4jehovah
6 ай бұрын
My late husband was a successful doctor. He happily went dumpster diving if he saw a nice piece of furniture sticking up. I have 1 towel. I hate to clean. I live in an unfinished basement while my adult kids live upstairs (by my choice- I like the extra space). I keep a chihuahua and my cockatiel down here with me. In the winter, I bring in the bunny- using a dog play pen as her Winter home. A wild brown rat winters down here too- coming in through a hole in the wall that was once the outlet for the dryer vent. I consider myself financially insecure. I was married 20 years. His estate got almost everything (which I didn't fight and I'm glad I didn't and they look out for me) but they bought me this house and I get a monthly trust for 4 more years. I never let bills go to collections. I'm unwise with my money but I'm happy. MORE sauce please. Tomorrow isn't guaranteed. I hoard resources for rainy days.
@andreabradley5837
6 ай бұрын
Sounds like a lovely life. Sorry for your loss.
@janetstonerook4552
7 ай бұрын
I retired to the old family homestead where nothing ever got thrown away. Five huge buldings full as well as emptying my deceased hoarding sister's two houses and two buildings. I've fought the good battle for 18 years to try to declutter and live a minimalist style. I am just now getting it to a manageable place. But every drawer, closet and pantry in my house gets reorganized yearly and unwanted stuff tossed or given away. During Covid, i quite buying new things and we took down the old barn and granery on my property. My only matched towels are for my guest cottage. My motto is I may be poor but I'm not trashy!
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
Thats a good motto.
@Roxstar477
7 ай бұрын
The cookie tin is universal tho.
@seameology
7 ай бұрын
Great button boxes. My grandmothers saved buttons from discarded clothing. I inherited both. I can always find a button if I lise one.
@lisabaltzer4190
6 ай бұрын
@@seameologyI do that too 😆.
@22lyric
6 ай бұрын
And great for small Christmas decorations!
6 ай бұрын
They are so pretty, who can throw them out?
@phillhuddleston9445
7 ай бұрын
Most of these things should be classified as "what you find in a practical persons home".
@osoniye4209
6 ай бұрын
Yes!
@lisabaltzer4190
6 ай бұрын
Just because you are poor, it doesn’t mean you are dirty. Most poor people don’t let their dogs 💩 all over the house and leave it there. I knew a man with quite a bit of money and he let his dogs poop all over the place. There are clean poor people and some dirty rich people.
@savinghistory642
6 ай бұрын
they say elizabeth taylor had dog crap all over her place.
@TheSilvertrigger
7 ай бұрын
..... i eat generic pop tarts called toastums and knock off doritos... im not paying 6 dollars for a bag of real doritos im just not!
@trusno7751
7 ай бұрын
😂😂
@raz7573
7 ай бұрын
Right on! If the store brand is just as good as the name brand, why waste money?
@ORIGINALCRESTED
7 ай бұрын
Good job fam
@Wendy-je6cz
7 ай бұрын
The store brand is NEVER just as good!@@raz7573
@NightmareRex6
6 ай бұрын
@@raz7573 not the hot cheetos tho, exept the snack artist one is atualy better but they dont make that anymore.
@amisesang5
7 ай бұрын
I would say many of these are frugal living . I don’t see anything wrong living frugally especially when you are building wealth. Some of it could get rid of or Fix it quick for the flow of prosperity . Throw away , donation and Decluttering I agree to it but we should rather live frugally than faking to look rich with expensive items 😂
@fleetcenturion
7 ай бұрын
Problem is, for most of these (minus the cats, of course), getting rid of these things won't improve a poor person's quality of life, or social standing. It would just make them even poorer. I'm seeing a lot of criticism, with zero solutions. Your thesis here just seems to be: "Stop being poor."
@Jessa32
7 ай бұрын
It’s not a video that offers solutions. It’s a social commentary and expose’. As someone leveling up, I appreciate the effort they made to display the images and explanations of several things that I’m happy are in my past and a few in my present. Now I know what to focus on so I don’t miss anything. 🎉
@AprilHarmony9
7 ай бұрын
What do you mean? Getting rid of things does improve your quality of life. Hoarders are a perfect example of when keeping too much around goes horribly wrong
@fleetcenturion
7 ай бұрын
@@AprilHarmony9 - Absolutely nowhere did they depict poor people as hoarders.
@fleetcenturion
7 ай бұрын
@@Jessa32 - You're basically shopping at Whole Foods, simultaneously watching a video on your iPad making fun of people who have to shop at Walmart. That's not "leveling up," that's punching down.
@Jessa32
7 ай бұрын
@@fleetcenturionI don’t shop at Whole Foods, I don’t have an iPad, and I’m not making fun of people who shop at Wal-Mart. If you don’t know what leveling up is, you’re on the wrong KZitem channel.
@johnnycostilla1464
7 ай бұрын
I don’t care how rich I become I’ll always have a bag full of bags
@SibusisoHlophe-dp5lq
7 ай бұрын
Very funny. You're chasing the bag.
@renjackson3822
7 ай бұрын
So true
@TheWatcherSupreme72
7 ай бұрын
Amen!!!👍
@bumblebee_ms
7 ай бұрын
Me too!
@GoldenSkeeter
7 ай бұрын
The bag of bags
@renemontenegro6143
7 ай бұрын
This one video i dony agree with as i know some millinares who do what ALUX has said! Sorry
@hamishmackinnon2231
7 ай бұрын
Don't diss someone for repurposing a biscuit tin for storing stuff, that's being environmentally friendly, rather than trashing the planet. And those glasses that you got for free, as a promotion, you may be able to sell on ebay at some point, for a shit ton of money, to some collector, who has more money than sense. Though I'll admit that hoarding up portions of sauce that you got for free, at a fast food place is just nasty, it doesn't cost much to actually buy sauce from a shop.
@diego986
7 ай бұрын
Rich people (sadly) don't care about the environment😮
@bumblebee_ms
7 ай бұрын
@@diego986 I couldn't agree with you more. But also @hamishmackinnon - My grandmother did the whole sewing kit in the biscuit tin, and I still love that, it's so endearing.
@LilEshu808
7 ай бұрын
Facts damn near every abuela uses the cookie tin for sewing supplies
@antwanthorogood4921
7 ай бұрын
The collector glass for sale is put up and away not used for current drinking
@gadget00
7 ай бұрын
"HOARDERS: environmentally friendly, for absolutely no reason"
@louisludovicowrightuko5474
7 ай бұрын
Sometimes, keeping reused Coca-Cola glass is not being poor but just for fun. 😅
@miriamhavard7621
7 ай бұрын
It seems that wealth is equated with absolute stuffiness in this video...😊
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
Fun for poor people.
@DebiGoldben
6 ай бұрын
Not to mention that many Coca-Cola products like that were once simply used because it was being frugal and saving money are now considered collectors items and worth money.
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
@@DebiGoldben Good one, you will always find hoarding of items that the poor person doesnt need but which might make them money as 'collectables' someday.
@zubbworks
6 ай бұрын
I've had 3 coke glasses, I used em till I dropped em. Got a cool lord of the rangs glass from 2001. My glasses don't match, but I use em, not up on the dale earnhart shelf. (I don't have a dale earnhart shelf.)
@ismaelm4yo813
7 ай бұрын
Being poor does not mean being dirty or messy. You may be poor but that is no excuse for being dirty or messy.
@MishaJohanna
7 ай бұрын
What about - more kids than you're supposed to have?
@ORIGINALCRESTED
7 ай бұрын
lol
@ORIGINALCRESTED
7 ай бұрын
I got no kids
@andrewbrendan1579
7 ай бұрын
Your comment reminded me of the saying, "The rich get richer and the poor get children". I've always remembered a childless-by-choice person telling me, "Children are a one-way ticket to poverty".
@Laurtew
7 ай бұрын
I suppose that depends on what you mean by supposed to have. I grew up rich and my mother told me not to have more kids than you can afford or emotionally handle. I kept that in mind and we spaced ours so that I could give them all individual attention as well. My kids are all adults now, but I really enjoyed having and raising them. I liked (and still like) my kids. I think they grew up to be pretty amazing people. (My oldest has a masters from Harvard and used to work helping refugees learn English and helping them find employment. She's been married 10 years, Her husband works at MIT. They just had twin boys and now she stays home with them. My older son used to design solar panels, but now works helping nonprofits find funding. He's been married a couple years and his husband is a microbiologist. My younger son is studying to become a contractor and wants to build affordable housing. My youngest is going to Embry-Riddle studying computer engineering and wants to help figure out growing food in space.) I talk to them regularly and we have family get-togethers a few times a year. I'd also say to look at your reasons for having them. If you like kids and enjoy them and can care for them, have the kids. If you think you should have kids or your parents pressure you to have them or they stress you and you don't want to be around them, maybe get a pet. Never feel you need to justify your decision either way.
@Wendy-je6cz
7 ай бұрын
Supposed to have?!
@nancyholter5646
6 ай бұрын
What a condescending video. I am firmly upper middle class, but you'd never know it by this video. The front door of my paid-off house opens directly into my living room. I have MULTIPLE oil radiators, my pantry is full of repurposed containers, most of my furniture doesn't match, all of the exterior doors have their own "trick", my towels are intentionally mis-matched and that stack of fast-food napkins means I don't have to buy any for those times I don't want to use my cloth ones. There may even be an ancient Dennys or Pizza Hut polo shirt stuck in the back of a closet from my daughter's jobs 25 years ago. We had MANY transient guests when my kids were in middle and high school - kids who needed a place because their families weren't stepping up. Now I am in a financial place that allowed me to provide my grandsons with their own place when I became their guardian instead of cramming them in with us - but other wise they most certainly WOULD have been with us because that is what you DO for family and friends in need. Many of those things are simply frugal - nothing wrong with frugal habits - they can help you NOT be poor. And there is no need to feel superior if you don't HAVE to save fast food napkins or buy Goodwill furniture - just be thankful.
@savinghistory642
6 ай бұрын
they forgot the couches with bedspread or comforters thrown over them. I have 2 in my living room.
@nancyholter5646
6 ай бұрын
@@savinghistory642 well, ours have to do with having animals, not so much to cover 'issues', but "doesn't everyone?"
@alexandervonweissenfels1433
7 ай бұрын
Normally, I really like the work you're presenting; this video, however, is the first that I have watched that has a really condescending tone to it, like an amused smirk signalling arrocgance towards the less fortunate; it's almost like you think it's a shame to cherish things from humble beginnings, or to even have humble beginnings, which I, frankly speaking, find absolutely appalling and nauseating. Personally, I've had the great fortune of growing up in abundance, but, not everyone is that fortunate and that's definitely not a shame. This video disappoints me, since I know you can do better.
@miriamhavard7621
7 ай бұрын
I couldn't have said it better.
@RussellMKay
7 ай бұрын
Was blessed to have grown-up knowing all of my Grandparents, aunts, and uncles. Even meet my Great-great grandmother. All lived at the turn of the 1899/1900's. Lived in and through the depression and World Wars. I am a product off all of that sacrifice, frugalness, and respect. Money, however nice to have is not the answer to most issues. Yep, makes it go away, or makes it shinny and new again, but it always fades. Take care of yourself and what you have. Share and love. It pays better returns in the end.
@kelliryan464
7 ай бұрын
Me too. I was lucky enough to have a privileged life because my grandparents worked so hard. I was taught to be grateful, know how fortunate I am--and never to waste...and never to think I was better than others.
@misst.e.a.187
6 ай бұрын
You're a very fortunate man.
@little_miss_vintage
7 ай бұрын
Being frugal does not necessarily mean you’re poor. Sometimes I really don’t like the condescending attitude of this channel. This isn’t the only video either.
@LisaGrace
6 ай бұрын
I grew up middle class, Parents always owned their home, each kid had their own bedroom, and we had cars when we turned 16. Our home was alway spotless--mom was an RN, and Dad owned his own business-where much of the time-he was working from home even though he had an office. They donated land for a church to be built. However, we practiced many of the cost-saving tricks in this article--like not running heat/air for the whole house--they deemed that wasteful. Saving and repurposing was normal. Many of these habits helped my parents become what some would consider wealthy in retirement. All three of us siblings own our own homes and one retired early because of savings and living below their means. Being frugal but clean (staying away from clutter and hoarding) fixing your home and maintaining it so it increases in value, are the steps to becoming wealthy. Do not be embarrassed about being frugal.
@terrencemilton5088
7 ай бұрын
Why I dont let anyone in my house. They want to see how you living...being too friendly can be dangerous. Nosy people want dirt on ya.
@starwarrior7420
7 ай бұрын
Some folks carry bad energy & I definitely don't want others bad vibes in my home.
@bigdaddyo760
7 ай бұрын
I’m not poor but I live below my needs, I don’t see nothing wrong with some of these things mentioned in this video 🤷🏻 the only thing I see here is Alux criticizing the way some people live calling them poor in order for them to get rid of some of this stuff to go buy new expensive stuff to make them poorer. In my opinion some of the people that live like this tend to be hoarders which is more of a mental problem but alux assumes they are poor 😮
@antwanthorogood4921
7 ай бұрын
While I agree to some degree, the difference is more having a scarcity mindset vs a growth mindset. Not live outside your means but upgrade here and there.
@paulbrower
7 ай бұрын
Clutter is ugly and ultmately depressing. Do you reall needy 500+ DVD's? Just pay the bills and stop paing interest.
@ravenmeyer3740
7 ай бұрын
I intensely dislike this video. I dislike the narrator’s tone of voice. It’s caustic, and taunting. This is an ad. Do not take this video at face value. Really listen to what is being said and how it’s being said.
@mwin86
7 ай бұрын
I'm no longer poor and I still identify and do things in #1....one of the reasons why I'm no longer poor because i lived so frugal and invested the savings
@seameology
7 ай бұрын
That's what I thought. I can't see how someone who wastes could gain or even keep wealth.
@dclaet1135
6 ай бұрын
@@seameologyThey go into debt for impulse buying trying to impress others.
@gailrodgers3079
6 ай бұрын
What is wrong with saving extra paper napkins from take-out? Throwing them out unused is wasteful. We use cloth napkins all the time but sometimes, like whern my granddaughter visits she likes paper napkins, or when eating something way to greasy or messy that will stain your cloth napkins. We also use cloth hankies. I use about one roll of paper towels every year or two. I think our current roll is into a year and a half at this point. I pretty much only use them for draining bacon. We also use cloth dishclothes and towels. I see people checking out at the store with huge packs of paper towels and wonder why. It is so much cheaper to use rags that when they get too nasty then they can be thrown out. Nothing wrong with reusing things. If you aren't using stuff then find a way to get rid of it.
@CoolTaxiDriver
7 ай бұрын
That one “weird” tool is called a beetle. My husband has 2 of them with his workbench, and he does use them. I have cookie tin filled with cookie cutters, one for figs, dates, and raisin, and many more. Some things just seem much more practical to reuse. Now, it’s become a trend to repurpose and reclaim, while I’ve been doing it all along. My grandparents and parents lived through the depression. You learned not to waste anything.
@elultimo102
6 ай бұрын
I'm a boomer, but was raised not to be wasteful, by the two previous generations.
@maryyoung4046
6 ай бұрын
me also@@elultimo102
@chuckchizzle
7 ай бұрын
My parents did ok, we had a middle class home in a middle class neighborhood. But we always kept fast food napkins in the car and in the kitchen.
@LilEshu808
7 ай бұрын
Facts, this video is full of bad takes. I use my old work clothes for working out.
@bumblebee_ms
7 ай бұрын
@chuckchizzle - we were well off too and my mother loved collecting the salt n pepper packets from Maccas.
@chuckchizzle
7 ай бұрын
@@LilEshu808 some of these save money. The plastic bags from a store are now trash bags for the car or bathroom.
@mohammedjeffali1076
7 ай бұрын
These days, you are rich if you have fast food napkins. Going out to eat anywhere is expensive now. Back in the early 2000s I used to hate going to Roadhouse. We could afford to spend 100$ on a better restaurant. Now Roadhouse is 100$.
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
They did ok, but you were still poor.
@perfesser944
7 ай бұрын
I may not be a billionaire, not even a billionaire. If it tickles your fancy to call me poor, it's fine. I'm not insulted, as I know my worth, financial and intellectual. The bag of bags (dwindling now because of the limits set on one-use plastics) is priceless for picking up after my dogs and other assorted requirements. As for repurposing tins, they come in handy to keep some kind of order in my shop.
@seameology
7 ай бұрын
I have an oil container so I can discard it cleanly. You can't pour it down the sink and you'll have a mess if the trash bag breaks. I don't see how that has anything to do with economics status. How do rich people discard grease?
@virginiaoflaherty2983
6 ай бұрын
They eat out all the time.
6 ай бұрын
They get their butler to drink it.
@peterdarr383
6 ай бұрын
Sop it up with some bread and eat it !! - - truly poor or starving people don't waste grease drippings, look at Haiti now, millions without food !!
@marybazargani6929
6 ай бұрын
That is funny.
@marybazargani6929
6 ай бұрын
about the butler
@mistermister1006
7 ай бұрын
This video promoting the American Way of waste by shaming personal choices. Keep in mind there are people who are well off who can check off some of the mentioned points. Do what works for you without internet manipulation.
@Brap-pl2me
7 ай бұрын
I will never have enough money that I don’t have a space heater in the bathroom.
@carriehealth
7 ай бұрын
We're in a 2.5 million dollar home in Naples and the handle to open our front door keeps falling off. It's been like that for 2 months because we need to find a door handle that fits exactly into the door… does that count? 😂😂 We also save plastic bags and use paper plates when we don't have company… but we have 4 homes… 😂 to be fair, I grew up poor. It's hard to shake off that mentality.
@notjustgold
7 ай бұрын
Congrats on your home.
@ernestgreen254
7 ай бұрын
Agreed 💯 even though you're financial educated you still didn't forget how to save AND not overspend even wealthy you live below your means & you'll always stay wealthy it's actually imperative genius muscle memory
@martindavis2295
7 ай бұрын
Absolutly spot on. My parents grew up in the depression with nothing. They were poor cause the rich people f’ed up the world. I retain habits they taught me like saving left overs from dinner and reusing them creatively next day. I can afford to eat out 3 times a day 7 days a week but I CHOOSE not to and I don’t need too. If you are able and want to level up fine, but some of us CHOOSE to be frugal for many and varied reasons.
@margotbergman1
7 ай бұрын
I find your promotion of consumerist values out of the loop.
6 ай бұрын
Probably not a good idea to advertise your wealth on the internet!
@ShaneStilwell
7 ай бұрын
Sauce it up!! I’m glad you brought up the point about not having control over where you came from, but taking hold of where you are going! In the 70’s we grew up with many of these things (but always stressed cleanliness and modestly dressed in public). After getting married, my wife and I chose high standards, dress current, have matching furniture (after we got through the first year of struggle), preventative maintenance and fix things as needed (especially vehicles), bought our own properties, and generally tried to raise our brood to that higher standard. We also traveled frequently and made friendships priority after work was done. This filled our box of memories…and boxes of photos to go with! But, the one secret I would have changed would be keep it simple. Less toys, less clutter, less possessions, to help you have more time and less maintenance. Plus the extra $$$ not spent could have increased investing. It is always tough to go backwards on space or things, be warned. A few good quality things works just fine (like the clothing part of this list). Leave your past poor man in the dust!
@katsybo
7 ай бұрын
I wish I had invested more.
@myredpencil
6 ай бұрын
Watch out offering that up! You might be hit up by an investment scammer soon😂@@katsybo
@westsidebilling
7 ай бұрын
Alux - If you want to keep me as a subscriber, this isn't he way to do it. I don't appreciate being looked down on.
@bumblebee_ms
7 ай бұрын
Not everyone is poor if their house opens up into the kitchen, I have a huge house and love that I walk into my kitchen, I had the opportunity to change this during renovation time and chose not to as I love the instant access. I did not grow up poor by any means and we had a huge hallway to the rest of the house, it made NO difference.
@monicaluketich6913
7 ай бұрын
It also makes bringing the groceries into the house from the car MUCH easier!
@bumblebee_ms
7 ай бұрын
@@monicaluketich6913 Yes it does.
@angelleiva36
2 ай бұрын
You made that happen by choice. Do you think 99% of people with those set ups decided to have that set up intentionally, or were they a slave to their circumstances?
@shabazz6682
7 ай бұрын
Damn!!!! “SHOTS FIRED!” This feels like a Hip Hop diss track. And y’all dissin me. 😫
@The1stClassVillain
7 ай бұрын
What’s funny is rich people do these things too because they are frugal and they grew up this way and never forgot about how they lived
@mediaproductionpro
7 ай бұрын
Some of these are honestly middle class as well 😅
@teenindustry
7 ай бұрын
I think it is more that it’s guaranteed in a poor home
@diego986
7 ай бұрын
Middle class are just a step away from poverty.
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
Those people might think they are middle class, but they are acting poor.
@embitious630
7 ай бұрын
How about say frugal life style… it hurts when i hear the word poor. I grew up i n the Philippines and i am very resourceful. I use grocery bags as garbage bags or clear container for something else.. its not being poor i just wanna waste
@indi2174
7 ай бұрын
Nice it up anyway we like .. it's spells poor 😉.. Hey remember what alux is all about . And why we are here . ❤. So alux is not actually calling___ poor but when ones are making this to be that as the normal way and comfortable zone aka " nothing wrong with it " well that is very concerning and so that right their is a poor poorly and porwishe life and mindset .
@ravenmeyer3740
7 ай бұрын
Aluxe is an ad about making you feel bad about yourself. It isn’t informative. It isn’t constructive. It’s a put down. The narrator’s voice is sarcastic like a bitchy school girls. People buy into this because they don’t like being identified on that level. Don’t buy into this. It’s only a KZitem video making money. This which they are promoting is a very wasteful, arrogant, American way. Most of the world doesn’t respect this attitude. This is why we have so much pollution, landfill being shipped to other countries and choking their environment and rivers, and thoughtlessness of our own. You watch this crap and believe it?
@michaelanthony299
6 ай бұрын
Just want to share that we have used an old tea bag box for birthday candles for about 30 years. We just had some creme brulee from Sam's club and we are totally saving the glass dishes. We save vegetable scraps in the freezer and when the bag is full, we make vegetable broth We use other kitchen scraps as compost. We bought used bar stools. I use a tidy cat bin that I cleaned out for horse treats I save jars for leftovers I save dryer lint to start campfires We make our own lotion out of beef tallow We use washcloths and towels instead of paper towels We have a sewing kit so we can mend our clothes instead of throwing them away We save stale bread to make bread crumbs for stuffing. We re-use spray bottles and just buy or make new cleaner to refill them We use our own water bottles and don't buy bottled water We drink the water straight from our faucet. We save Perrier bottles and fill them with tea to refrigerate We decorate our window sill with pretty blue bottles repurposed from wine and kombucha We have and use China that has been in our family for decades. What a blight we are on society. Thanks for opening our eyes and letting us know we should waste our money on frivolous things to impress the likes of you - Alux.
@peternyc
7 ай бұрын
The real value of this video is that it is gently opening Americans' eyes to the fact that all the livin' large rich person mentality was fake. We need a society that rewards work with decent wages, free education, free healthcare, and low cost housing. This is the model of economics that Alexander Hamilton laid out for the new country in the late 18th/early 19th century and it worked spectacularly. Once we became an empire we an empire, we changed our economic model to that of the British empire, who starved its own people. The US is the modern equivalent of 19th century British empire. Charles Dickens wrote about the horrible poverty of his day. Hans Christian Andersen wrote his story, The Little Match Girl, about it. How much longer can the United States live in denial?
6 ай бұрын
What about the millions of illegal immigrants pouring across the southern border. Are they all supposed to get the free education, free healthcare and low-cost housing even though they have never paid a cent in taxes?
@spankynater4242
6 ай бұрын
I think you're commenting on the wrong video. This video said nothing about what you listed. It only made fun of people who re-purpose things rather than throwing them away unused or after a single use.
@dixonpinfold2582
6 ай бұрын
2) Rich people's houses are frequently old and have cold, drafty areas, not because they can't afford a good heating system but for other reasons: First, people who are vigorous, healthy and intelligent (all often marks of high caste) get cold far less easily than the listless, feeble and dull. Yes, burning a lot of glucose in the brain makes a person warmer. (Ask any teacher which kids want the windows closed in spring and fall.) And vigor and good health imply strong metabolism and good circulation, things which keep you warm. Second, people with big, old houses often dread tearing the whole thing apart for several months or even over a year to improve this aspect of it. Third, rich people are commonly quite frugal and relish the idea of spending less on heating. This is why leaving many rooms cold doesn't bother them one bit. Space heaters are an aid to this; so are slippers and sweaters, depending on the person. 6) Adding water to good-quality concentrated dish soap makes it easier to use. You can add the amount of soap you want more reliably, and when applying it to a scrubby sponge it tends to mean less of the tedious rinsing of pots and pans you need to do when you get them too soapy. Despite this, it is in fact not a good economizing tactic, unless maybe you're very careful. Dishwashing is easier and faster, but may use no less soap. 9) Having a bag of bags is prevalent across the classes now that most people seem to think it helps the planet to use them at least a twice. Moreover, bags come in handy all the time for things other than shopping, like giving someone something or throwing something away in. Besides, a lot of bags are "nice." The bags at the Apple Store, for example, are outstanding. Saving numerous cables helps one avoid the experience of regretting throwing them out when you need one and have to leave the house to go buy one. This raises something that goes against a few of your points: Many people who aren't rich nonetheless like to imitate what they think are rich people's ways of doing things, just to avoid mental reminders that they are not yet, or will never be, rich. Among these things is the habit of not "saving" stuff, in order not to "poor-shame" themselves. It's sad when this creates more expense and bother for them. Meanwhile the rich person has no qualms about it, and when he or she needs a cable, the electronics drawer is there to help them. I generally agreed with the rest of it, but you left out the awful curtains and blinds practically everyone below the upper-middle class puts up with due to the costliness of well-fitted nice ones, which provide very little practical return. Curiously, terrible art on the walls has amazingly little to do with how much money people have. Here more than perhaps anywhere else, taste simply cannot be bought, as evidenced by the shocking ugliness, ordinariness and vacuity of paintings in the homes of even unmistakably rich, well-dressed, well-educated and high-ranking people.
@dainwilliamson2451
7 ай бұрын
I don't know if the person(s) who is responsible for this channel as a different definition for rich or wealthy but some of what was said don't just aline with the poor...wealthy people know that their house isn't a ASSET so they don't waste money on the most expensive furnitures& biggest house. Use Warren Buffet& Elon Musk for examples...most wealthy people don't wear designer clothes...broke people do that stuff& their are alot more stuff wealthy people don't do...get financially educated and you'll know the do different from the don't...read rich dad poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki and join Minority Mindset by Jaspreet Singh...
@Barbara-jn2gw
7 ай бұрын
you're right. So many wealthy people don't live wealth. matter of fact, a lot of em probably do the things mentioned. 🤣
@andrewbrendan1579
7 ай бұрын
I usually travel by bike and have a backpack on me. In my backpack is a plastic sandwich bag with a disposable plastic knife, fork and spoon. I can get years of use out of those disposable one-time utensils.
6 ай бұрын
It would be healthier to use metal utensils. Try to minimize your exposure to plastics!
@djnotgeil
7 ай бұрын
SAUCE Guilty of drinking out of mustard glasses. In Germany mustard is sold in glass. These are way less expensive then the plastic squeeze bottles, plus you get a nice juice tumbler with it. Some of the sweet mustards are even sold in a smaller version of a beer stein. They are simple, sturdy, and cheap. But I only keep a couple of them.
@lisabaltzer4190
6 ай бұрын
I have some very nice jelly jars that I use as drinking glasses. Nice things like that should not be wasted.
@savinghistory642
6 ай бұрын
mason jars everyday here.
@virginiaoflaherty2983
6 ай бұрын
Oui yogurt containers: small flower arrangements, votive light outdoor evenings, sewing notions, coin catch all, pudding service.
@elizadawne3896
6 ай бұрын
I love those, I bought a couple of the mustard jars from World Market and yes they get used for drinking glasses
@user-qb8qm4mp5n
7 ай бұрын
I find it disrespectful that someone would give another person expired food. I know it's an arbitrary date, but why give it away? You eat it. Years ago when I lived in San Diego two different people gave me expired food. I told them both you know the food you gave me is expired. I don't want it and I'm not eating that and gave it back. It's not like I asked them for free food or a handout. I was able to buy my own food. If I were starving I wouldn't eat expired food. A person can live 40 days without eating. I'll wait until I get some unexpired food.
@AmethystDarke
7 ай бұрын
Add cigarettes, cheap beer, drugs, and fast food.
@island_trap
7 ай бұрын
The paradox is I know a CEO who own a medium size pharmaceutical company smoke a lot.
@bumblebee_ms
7 ай бұрын
@AmethystDarke - Fast food is a huge one, even though it is more expensive than fresh food, poor people are so lazy they prefer to eat out every day and stay poor and unhealthy. And then blame the fast-food companies for making them eat crap. Go figure.
@AprilHarmony9
7 ай бұрын
That's a a negative. Wealthy people eat fast food and smoke too.
@Chahlie
7 ай бұрын
And multiple vacuum cleaners, for some reason. Mattresses and couches that are 'on the way to the dump' but haven't made it out of the yard....
@GoldenSkeeter
7 ай бұрын
@AprilHarmony9 there is actually a negative correlation between wealth and consumption of fast food. So no
@jeffreydaniels7519
7 ай бұрын
Add to the list couches on the front or back porch, tv in every room, and multiple cars or trucks being worked on usually on the front lawn.
@davidmitchell6873
7 ай бұрын
That's just hillbilly poor.
@thestalkinghorse
7 ай бұрын
Couch on the front porch is the definitive marker!
@meowmix1023
7 ай бұрын
Mismatch curtains or towels/sheets/blankets being used as curtains.
@bumblebee_ms
7 ай бұрын
Yeah, that's ugly. I once went into a house, and they used a parachute on the ceiling to disguise their cheapness of not putting up a proper ceiling. Was really ugly.
@pseudonymshqipe854
7 ай бұрын
Wow!@@bumblebee_ms
@Jazna1
7 ай бұрын
When I was young and broke I used Ralph Lauren leopard print sheets (hey, 100% cotton!) as curtains on brass rods. They looked better than what was there when I moved in.
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
thats a great one,
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7 ай бұрын
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7 ай бұрын
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7 ай бұрын
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7 ай бұрын
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7 ай бұрын
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@klwarhouse
7 ай бұрын
I would consider our financial situation to be upoer middle class. The majority of the items on this list are happening in my household right now. My brother needed a place to stay, so i gave him a place to stay. Most of my towels dont match because who the hell cares. I have a good number of free glassware from the hard rock cafe and medieval times dinner and tournament. The family enjoys going and again, who the hell cares. We live in our home, not visit the museum of house.
@Barbara-jn2gw
7 ай бұрын
you're excellent. freak the house, you're the class !!
@devilsoffspring5519
7 ай бұрын
My father was a well-paid degreed professional who became a self-made millionaire, zero money problems. But aside from a pathological obsession with the house itself, we were basically desperately poor. EVERYTHING went into the house's appearance. Here I am at 47 and still rent a room from my millionaire father. No idea why anyone works so hard just to have NOTHING. As for everything in this video, I always thought of a lot of it as kinda luxurious!
@quazstarnight
7 ай бұрын
Sauce ...I do have to argue about the bags because I have litter boxes for 3 cats to clean 😅 better to reuse grocery bags than to buy bags specifically for it
@elhombrebilingue
6 ай бұрын
There's a lot of truth here. I've noticed many of these in poor people's homes. My wife isn't financially poor, but she thinks like a poor person, especially when it comes to throwing out expired food. I recently cleaned out her fridge and found vinegar bottles that expired in 2017 🤦. This is why I keep a separate fridge for myself 😂
6 ай бұрын
Vinegar isn't supposed to be refrigerated.
@CheshireShade
7 ай бұрын
SAUCE When my Mom died a few short months ago (still grieving 😭) it was an eye opener for everything she accumulated over the years that just cluttered up the home. Every time I would clean up space, it would just get filled up again. It was frustrating to say the least, but at the same time the sheer amount of thing we had to throw out was nothingbshort of staggering. It scared me to the point of wanting to be less cluttered, now I am already annoyed that my sister in law wants me to keep things that keep the house cluttered still. Now that I inherited the house, I am still cleaning it and decluttering it. Including the desire to sell a lot of my older things. I want this next chapter of my life to be new, fresh, and full of wealth. I am only saddened greatly that I will not be able to share it with someone that I still lowered dearly. Even though she had some bad habits. 🤣
@teenindustry
7 ай бұрын
Wow I’m so sorry
@williamellis-xd1rm
7 ай бұрын
My condolences for your loss...
@CheshireShade
7 ай бұрын
@@williamellis-xd1rm Thank you, death is never an easy thing to deal with.
@spankynater4242
6 ай бұрын
Ug, sounds like my mom. I keep telling her stop collecting garbage, and I keep telling my siblings stop giving her pointless stuff for gifts, but no one listens. My mother never met an empty space she lifed. If there's an inch-wide strip on the kitchen counter, she's find something an inch-wide to put there.
@sohrab5992
7 ай бұрын
16 things poor person watching Alux.
@marigolds49
7 ай бұрын
@tf3490
7 ай бұрын
😂
@raz7573
7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@TorePenagos
6 ай бұрын
😂😊
@southjersey10
7 ай бұрын
Frugal is the word that I use for my current lifestyle. And happy for it. 😊
@omnipotentwiz5101
7 ай бұрын
Have fun being poor 😂😂😂😂
@southjersey10
7 ай бұрын
@@omnipotentwiz5101 Well, you didn’t understand. We are not poor; top 15% in USA based on “financial” net worth. We have fun shopping around looking for deals. We have fun eating well at lower costs. We have fun going to the restore shops and second hand shops to look for items that can be reused and not look cheesy. We have fun splurging on those things that make us and others happy, fulfilled and cared for. Yep, we ARE happy but not poor. 😉😉😉
@TheDowntownHermit-xj6rq
7 ай бұрын
That "Bag of bags" gets donated to the local thrift store every Thursday. I don't have any towels. I dry off by massaging oil into my skin after my shower. My plumbing fixtures are all under five years old, And I wipe them down after use to prevent hard water stains. I don't go out to eat, So, My napkins are cloth and my sauces are home made. I have one dog, And two cats (Both male, And neutered). I don't have a stove. I live alone and cook with counter top appliances. I also don't entertain. I hate cereal. I have two living rooms, One is the public living room, The other is private ( It used to be called 'The formal parlor " My bills are paid out ahead by at least six months. I have standards, And money has nothing to do with it.
6 ай бұрын
Doesn't the massage oil mess up your clothes when you get dressed?
@TheDowntownHermit-xj6rq
6 ай бұрын
Coconut oil doesn't stain fabrics like the other oils. You only need to use a precious small amount to get dry so it's not like an oil slick.
@MrToranaGuy
7 ай бұрын
The coke glasses made me laugh harder than I should have. There are people who go absolutely nuts over them. Me, I consider them sacrificial glassware, use them and don't worry if they get broken. I've got some nice wine glasses, some beer glasses, even some spirits tumblers, that come out on occasion, but I'd rather look poor and be comfortably wealthy, than look wealthy and be just 2 pay cheque's away from financially destitute.
@beachgirl9304
6 ай бұрын
This video was a slap in the face for anyone who wants to be frugal. Being frugal doesn't mean a person is poor. Shame on you for mocking people.
@blackfishgaming7145
7 ай бұрын
Sure. There’s truth to this. But, I grew up upper middle class and we (and many of my friends’ homes) had a lot of this. I think this is more of a projected preference.
@Omonike88
7 ай бұрын
This was so shocking, I played it TWICE. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I remember lots of these. Living a minimalist life, no matter your income....you will fare better.
@elultimo102
6 ай бұрын
I am a mild hoarder, but I normally buy for ten cents on the dollar. Except for under-shorts and mattresses I have no problem buying second-hand. (There is a "yuck" factor about underwear and used mattresses).
@wzheng78
7 ай бұрын
Thanks Alux family for reminding me not to keep things that I don’t use. One thing that I learned in my house, it isn’t the size of the house. It is the unnecessary thing that I keep!!!
@moon22sister1
7 ай бұрын
Let me mention my own family. Not very poor but definitely not rich although both parents were college educated and worked. So, every time I got a new outfit for school, I wore it through a couple of grades. Then it became house lounging clothes. Then it became something we used to sop up a spill on the floor. Then it had some holes so we cut the hole off and used what was left as a wash rag. Finally, we used it as a burial shroud if a frog or lizard died in the yard and was buried with a prayer that the spirit would be reborn as a new frog or lizard. So, nothing was actually tossed in the garbage except my self esteem and my peace of mind.
@Wendy-je6cz
7 ай бұрын
I adore the life cycle of clothing in your house!
@miriamhavard7621
7 ай бұрын
Good practices.
6 ай бұрын
Brilliant! I hope you didn't forget to snip of the buttons and save them for future use.
@terryshrk
7 ай бұрын
Fun video but nothing here much to actually take all that seriously. As if any intelligent person will constantly throw away every single individual container, jar and can which comes into there home after shopping just to prove that they are not "poor" LoL. some containers will be refuse. Some containers will be recyclable . The majority will likely end up being refuse,..but its both frugal and better for our global environment to tastefully reuse whatever you can. Now the whole "posters on the wall" thing is particularly funny because the second or third thing most men ( or atleast most American men) do after getting any real amount of money is constructing some type of "man cave" or " man space" ,"sports room" "car garage" whatever they are into as a hobby and GUESS WHAT goes up on the walls ??? Which off course leads right into the whole "poor people are the only ones with clutter" thing,..LoL Again,.not everyone with a little coin is interested in hiring a interior decorator
@buckdesystem4562
6 ай бұрын
Just nitpicking a few things: We are a middle-aged couple with a kid in high school, a house appraised at close to 2 mil, with a European luxury car. My wife keeps a bag of bags. Very handy I keep a drawer of cables, because once every now and then, one is needed for a printer or whatever. In my garage, I have a row of coffee cans storing every type of fastener that I have collected over the decades. I couldn't live without them, I search through them at least once a month for anything from hanging a picture to fixing the bbq We keep a bag of condiments in the dairy drawer in the fridge, as they are very handy when packing lunches I have a lot of electrical heaters in the closet, because even though we have a 2018 model high efficiency forced air gas furnace, is malfunctions a lot in the winter, unfortunately, and sometimes it's a day or two before the HVAC tech can make a house call. You don't know the difference between preparing for something that is likely going to happen, and being poor.
@lastmanlost
7 ай бұрын
Not all true, I have a bag of bags but they are supplied by my daughter so that I have throwaway bags when I shop, keeps the berry's from leaking all over the place. Have the milk cartons too be use them just to get things off the ground for DYI projects which I enjoy, sawhorses are just not sturdy enough or too high foe what I do.
@paulbrower
7 ай бұрын
I do, but they will be donated to a ood pantry.
@danicegewiss862
6 ай бұрын
I remember the Dansk cookie tin as a sewing kit. I use the packets for camping. I don't have a dryer. I hang my laundry. I live cheaply so I can become rich. Shoes are something I refuse to go cheap on. My house is small but uncluttered. No diluted dishwasher soap. I do dilute my laundry soap. My towels do match. I buy good ones so they last. My bills arrive and get paid. You get it.
@xlerb2286
7 ай бұрын
I didn't grow up poor (though we certainly weren't rich) but my parents were very frugal so some of these are familiar indeed - but not all. Mom and Dad understood quality was more important than quantity. So we had good but not crazy expensive shoes and didn't do things like watering down the dishsoap. But no good coffee/cookie tin went without being repurposed, the fridge was full of leftovers in cool-whip tubs, and you could tell what restaurants we'd been at recently by looking at the napkins in the drawer. That's just being frugal ;)
@user-fc2xk3uv8y
7 ай бұрын
idgaf how much money i make, im not throwing away perfectly good sauce packets! not even in a triggered way, in a why waste it way hey you should definitely be watering down dish soap or using way less than you think you need. that stuff is way over concentrated. same with laundry detergents. though i grew up poor and a lot of this is true. but i live with my poor mom and give her 400 a month rent and stack the rest. i make over 60k a year..
@nedkev1
7 ай бұрын
"Everything is crammed" I feel is also a mental state of being poor. When you are poor you end up hoarding more as you place a lot of value onto physical belongings. Almost as if they offer you security
@Monipenny1000
7 ай бұрын
Wealthy folks can be hoarders too. My wealthy FIL was a hoarder, it's a mental illness called Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder OCPD, not to be confused with OCD. It took his 4 grown kids 4 months to clean out his hoard and they're still not done. I was shocked when I first learned about this disorder a year ago, it sure explained a whole lot.
@elultimo102
6 ай бұрын
I have loads of easily-sold tools---man stuff. I might need them some day, but I should sell off the duplicates.
@duanebouchard8736
6 ай бұрын
As to hoarding I can't count the number of times I just happened to have an extra "fill in the blank" to give away at church or a just starting out family needed it. Once a friends house burned down, and needed everything
@im1who84u
6 ай бұрын
According to this video I am poor.... but I do live in nice home that's paid for in a nice neighborhood, own a late model car that's paid for, no credit card debt or any other kind of debt, have money in the bank, money in my pocket, investments, pay bills as they come due, and take nice vacations every year.... Yet this video would label me as poor. Oh well.
@teenindustry
7 ай бұрын
I still keep my sewing kit in the cookie box lol
@LilEshu808
7 ай бұрын
That’s damn near an essentials for any abuela
@thestalkinghorse
7 ай бұрын
I thought that was what they were for!
@teenindustry
7 ай бұрын
@@LilEshu808 and Italian nonna
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
We all do, thats why she kicked it off with that one.
@libbyhicks7549
6 ай бұрын
@@thestalkinghorse Nice.
@kristinradams7109
7 ай бұрын
Wow. You totally nailed me on almost ALL of these. This was so true, I was actually laughing out loud. I love videos like this because of your attention to the smallest of details. Thanks, Alux :) *SAUCE* Could you please make a video specifically about excess clutter and the scarcity mindset? I would love to know your thoughts on this. Cheers.
@TooOnwura
7 ай бұрын
I'm not even American... but as a Nigerian single dude living by myself in Nigeria, I totally could relate to a lot in this list 😅😅... Well, I'm on a journey though. A work in progress 😊😊
@ernestgreen254
7 ай бұрын
No matter how wealthy you are live a little below your means that's why alot , alot of rich people go poor. And that's a realistic fact. Dead serious. SAUCE
@BlessedLPT.
7 ай бұрын
Adibas 😂😂😂😂1:58 I was triggered by the heater - excuse me! It’s great for when I’m going to an office space that doesn’t have heating I can control 😅
@lynettemiller7912
7 ай бұрын
Gotta take issue with the front door opening into the living room -- especially if that's how the house was built. I inherited my grandparents house (my late parents lived in it after them): it's MINE. I know every nook and cranny of this old place, and it's loaded with space for what I have and need, and pleasant memories, even if it's not a high-end palatial estate. Be it ever so humble ... 🏡💝
@elultimo102
6 ай бұрын
My ex-home had the front door opening into the living room. It currently "Zillows" @ $820,000.
@lynettemiller7912
6 ай бұрын
@@elultimo102 Take THAT! 🏡🙌#micdrop
@Monipenny1000
7 ай бұрын
I'm just here to see how poor I am. EDIT: as it turns out, I'm not that poor. I only save grocery bags to reuse in my waste baskets.
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