Some purchases are so frivolous and unnecessary that it literally feels like you're throwing your money away on them.
U/dring157 recently asked the people of Reddit, "What's the biggest waste of money?" Take note, maybe you'll be able to save a buck or two off of some of these suggestions:
1. "Donating to rich Twitch streamers. I’ll probably never understand why people do it."
—u/dring157
2. "NFT artwork."
—u/mila_OF
3. "Buying pro-grade stuff you don't need is wasted money. My dad once told me to not spend excessive money on tools at first. Buy them for dirt cheap, learn which tools you really need, and when they break, replace them with quality ones."
4. "Credit card interest."
—u/DweeblesX
5. "Buying ridiculously expensive clothes to flex."
—u/PinkLemon4
6. "Cigarettes. $13 for a pack of cancer."
—u/Myzx
7. "Celebrity meet-and-greets. I have a friend who is not very well off financially, and is complaining about money to me once a week. Yet she always seems to have money to pay for a celebrity meet-and-greet at least twice a year. Some of them are only a couple hundred dollars, but some can get really expensive, really fast. For what? A picture next to a famous person? They neither know you, nor do they care about you."
—u/PuddlesRex
8. "Gambling."
—u/snazyfragz
9. "Weddings. They're crazy expensive, and it's guaranteed at least one relative will kick up a stink. There's massive pressure for it to be the happiest day of your life. Everything doubles in cost if you say it's for a wedding (dress, suit, cake, venue). Just do the quick registry office paperwork, have a surprise party. and run away for a long honeymoon with the money you saved."
10. "Any online game currency. Yeah, it's cool at first, but afterwards, you realize you spent $20 for basically nothing."
11. "Twitter verification."
—u/Ev_anaga
12. "Food that's covered in gold leaf. Sure, the food looks fancy, but at the cost of a ludicrous amount of money! And with the gold having no usable nutrients at all, it's just not worth it to buy such expensive food."
—u/ScopeRicrit
13. "Coronations, and monarchies in general."
—u/Fife_Flyer
14. "'Organic' and 'clean' products. A big freaking marketing joke. Paying for a feeling, basically."
—u/nancellal
15. "Donating to politicians."
—u/__Arty__
16. "Fireworks. I love them, but it's, like, $50 per second for the good ones."
17. "Diamond rings."
—u/stoned2life
18. "Pod-style coffee makers."
—u/LOUDCO-HD
19. "Playing the lottery."
—u/Jon__Snuh
20. "Brand new cars."
Agree? Disagree? Have your own additions? See you in the comments!
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.