I walk to the library to use their power, their computers with their internet. Brilliant predictable responce. Frubals! Howdya know? I cant even afford to eat ramen noodles and fill up my moped with 1 gallon of gas a week since I smoke 2 cartons of cigarettes a week and have every channel (including playboy) on my 70" Plasma TV.
When I was growing up, people rarely had a larger TV than 20" Only buisness people had computers(8088s that didnt even have capabilities to network or print files.)
People relied on a garden to feed them atleast 10% of their food, and couldnt shower everyday because the water bill would be to high. Gas was reasonable with people still were buying economical cars. People lived in houses with 30 year old washing machines and 10 year old dryers. Their homes built in the 1920s, riding pass me down bicycles that were older than them with clothes that were passed down too. You made this contraption out of coathangers and tin foil to watch TV and listen to the radio. You would hope that someone in the family was planning on upgrading their furniture to try to get first dibs on something they wanted to throw out because you still had 20 year old furniture that was falling appart with extra nails in it to keep it stable. Majority of home owners had a 1 car garage if they had a garage at all, since people parked on the street. Movies rarely ever made their money back at the box office or even within the same year, I think star wars and smokey and the bandit were the only movies to turn any profit in 1977 alone. If you had a VCR, you didnt own many movies. If anything people would copy 3 movies onto one blank tape. You didnt buy new parts for your car very often, let alone upgrades or mods. You would have to make due often with what you got from a junk yard fixing up a 10 year old car. Handwriting was an essential thing even if you owned a typewritter that costs more than a entry level server does today. People barely used their phone, and it would cost them a weeks paycheck to pay it if something happened where they needed to be on the phone for a long period of time. Gah, soo many things used to be so expensive, and it was so hard to support yourself.
People cant survive off a minimum wage job today? If you think that then you need a swift kick in the arse. In reality, you can buy food, pay rent, and have somewhere to sleep and live another day on minimum wage. People are so F--ing spoiled and cant live up to their own mistakes. Petrol is a necessity? Thats piffle. Might be hard to live w/o a vehicle, but it is absolutely not a need, only a desire and a setback to those who dont have one, but no way is it a need.