AIBU to believe that the cost of living crisis is a load of nonsense

[MaryWils24]

So I wake up this morning to find that 14 million people are trying for Oasis tickets. A mediocre rock band and a “reunion” tour just to create a retirement fund for two already multi-millionaires.

The question is - where are so many people getting the money from to buy tickets? On one hand people moan about the “cost of living” but can easily find £500 to fund this nonsense.

Madness.

People should stop moaning about the cost of living if they can waste money on things like this. They are either getting too much income from their job/benefits (if they can afford this) to complain about “cost of living” or they should stop moaning about increasing food/fuel prices!

Rant over!

How does my friend with an aquired brain injury upskill or improve his situation? In your system he wouldn’t even be allowed to buy clothing.

Not bad for a lamp. Everyone’s different style wise I guess! This one wouldn’t be my style either as there is no shade for the bulb so I’d probably end up catching the exposed bulb with my eye and blinking a lot!

Why is a lamp better than a music experience?

I mean I can see why sone people might say they prefer to spend on one than the other

But why is one actually better than the other ?

Obviously those with genuine and evidenced disabilities would (and do receive) more support for these, and rightly so.

I am talking about those who are in a precarious situation due to their own poor financial choices.

Every post you've made on this thread has been judgy!

Well, suppose for people with limited means, a lamp is a physical item that serves a useful purpose (providing light) for several years. Attending a one-day concert, whilst being more expensive, offers no long-term utility. For those with limited means, surely they should be prioritising the essentials over luxuries?

I agree. One trip to the Trafford centre tells you it's all made up nonsense.

Even those people who have made poor choices aren't always totally to blame though - what makes them make poor choices?

Desperation? No self belief ?

I mean imagine you being expected to have empathy- you clearly find it very hard. Now imagine that bettering g yourself required empathy - you'd be unable to better yourself

You can buy a lamp for a tenner though and I thought poor people were only allowed food and heat?

How can someone make good financial choices if they can’t buy shoes, clothing, cleaning products, hair cuts, education costs, transport or basic home repairs under your benefit system?

It also shows how detached from reality you are that you think people with disabilities are well supported in the UK.

Also, responding to the comments which suggest that the previous government have got us in “this mess” - I would hardly call leaving office with the country as the fastest growing economy in the G7 a mess. Some people could learn some sound financial management from their example!

For me music is essential to living

The joy I get from a concert extends way beyond a single day - when I am down I can play a CD and relive the experience . Just thinking back to the last concerts I was at really cheers me up

I am much less visually motivated so would prioritise music over a lamp - you can listen in the dark after all!

Also if someone has a difficult childhood, moves around a lot, has to work a dead end job to help out her parents etc she's not going to have money to better herself or upskill. Now let's say she loses her job which happens to so many people, she's claiming benefits which aren't much but because she can't afford to train or go to college or figure out what she wants to do, your solution is to provide food and heat and blame her for not being able to afford to better herself while giving her no opportunity to better herself.

Or if I am feeling down and can read your posts !

Yes making millions of people reliant on food banks was such a great thing! Making the rich richer and the poor poorer is exactly along your line of thinking though

This thread is hilarious and disturbing in equal measure.

Well, I would argue against buying such cheap items as they wouldn’t last. Better to buy one good lamp for £55 that will last 10 years than 10 lamps for £10 that only last a year each.

Often the difference between the wealthy and the poor is outlook. Wealthy people have a long-term outlook and invest. Sadly, poorer people live more short-term (often week-to-week). This is actually MORE costly in the long run as how I have outlined above, cheaper items need replaced more often and cost more in the long-run.

Well, instead of spending hundreds on attending Oasis for one night, why not buy an iPod (even second hand) and download all of their songs so you have them for eternity and can listen to them whenever you want?

A cheap lamp is likely to last more than a year - if anything fails it will be the switch which is pennies to replace

Because if someone only has a tenner they can't afford anything else? And in your dystopian fantasy the poor people wouldn't be able to invest in anything.

But you personally want to prevent people on benefits from being able to buy a £55 lamp, so you’re here confirming that you want people on benefits to have higher living costs as you want to prevent them being able to buy better quality goods.

So to clarify

• people who don't earn enough and need benefits should get basic food and heating.
• they're not allowed to have fun, go anywhere or do anything that makes them happy.
• despite having no money they should save up (presumably by begging or selling food vouchers) to buy a £55 lamp because if they buy a cheap lamp it's because they're stupid and don't invest.

-they're not allowed to decorate or have anything but essentials. -they're to be looked down upon for not bettering themselves but are given no opportunity to.

So basically tory workhouses.

Have I missed anything?

Because ( replacing oasis with a band i actually like ) the experience of seeing musicians is part of the enjoyment and hearing what they do with the tunes, live interpretations, the band interaction , mistakes even .

And being with others who share your love and joy can be an uplifting experience

I am sad that you have never had that kind of joy and so can't understand the real value