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by pavel_lishin 4909 days ago
> Movie at the theater: $12 (average)

> Popcorn and a drink: $13

> Or, Netflix/Amazon Prime, RedBox and spend $3 or $4 on the experience, plus whatever’s in the fridge.

Sure, if you have a room that is functionally a movie theater. And if the movie you want is on one of those services.

> People tell me all the time that they can’t afford something. But then I’ll watch their Twitter feed, or Facebook, or Instagram, and I’ll see the reason why not.

What they're saying is that they can't afford both thing A and thing B at the same time, and that they would rather have thing A.

Maybe they would rather have Starbucks in the morning than whatever thing they were discussing with you.