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!

I'm trying to buy tickets, I'm paying via credit card. I'll also pay it off immediately and can afford it. Not everyone is struggling financially, some of us are doing ok. Hope that helps.

There are 65 million people in the UK,

If fourteen million of them want oasis tickets and therefore according to you are not suffering from the cost of living crisis

That leaves 51 million that are?

Not everyone is going to be suffering from COL. People with investments/savings would have done quite well from the higher interest rates over the last few years. Not everyone has a mortgage and rent to pay.

@AnonymousBleep I think Bosenquet’s categories of “deserving” and “undeserving” poor should be used more in present times - especially with scenarios like this. If people get in to debt buying these tickets then they only have themselves to blame.

OK Nigel Farage.

So almost 67 million living in the UK and 14 million of them have no music taste ... honestly I thought the figure was higher..

I hated Oasis from word go almost broke dh and I up..

I woild have loved to take dd to the Eras tour. It would have been a dream come.true for her.. however our finances didn't allow that. And I unlike many am not allowing that to go to a. Credit card. 10 years ago I could have afforded it.

I'm not on the breadline having to live of food banks etc but expensive music tickets are off the menu at the moment for us. I hope that will change..

'Rant over' tells me all I need to know about you, @MaryWils24

The OP probably goes to airports and shakes their head, muttering that if people can go abroad on holiday there is no cost of living g crises. Just for the bants.

This is such a stupid comment peoplemise credit cards for other reasons too

1. added protection
2. airmiles or other points

I always stick what I can on amex, rack up airmiles and end up getting free flights every yr ...it's called being smart with your money. And I always clear my card off the next day.

More fool you if you don't take advantage of credit cards like this.

Only if we also apply that to deserving and undeserving rich as well.

They likely are, the middle knows how to save a £ or 2. The COL crisis affects everyone different from those buying a BMW instead of a Porsche to those not able to eat. I'm not waiting for Oasis tickets but if The killers or Green day tour I will be yet we still moan about the cost of living as I don't want to pay more of our disposable income on essentials just because we locked down when we shouldn't have or we left the EU when we shouldn't have. I don't twist about the price of gas as frankly I would pay even more of it meant it was 100% Russian free.

Especially since the rant was, evidently, not over at all.

MaryWils24
Thank you for your first post OP! It reminded me so much of my late father! He held similarly robust views.

So you don't want oasis profiting but will happily give your money to energy companies that are making a ridiculous amount of profit on something that is a basic human need?.... OK then.

😂

This! The financial situation of others is really none of your concern.

Yeah because the millions of people who are using food banks because they can’t afford food will be first in queue to get tickets. im sure they’ve got a couple of hundred quid to spend on tickets but no be able to feed themselves or their kids

OP, why do you think it's so appalling that people want to spend a bit of money doing something purely for the enjoyment of it (your agreement that they might find this enjoyable is not required) and not particularly want to spend spiraling amounts of money purely to keep themselves alive and out of prison (food and taxes).
Is that really all life is allowed to be for?

I'd personally rather chew my own arms off than go and see Oasis, but if that's what floats people's boats good luck to them, and I hope they have a fab time.

On the wider point of whether or not the COL crisis is a thing, yes, yes it is, and it is creating a growing section of people with less than is required to maintain a basic standard of living. The unequal distribution of wealth will eventually have much wider consequences. On a simplistic level, a good proportion of people will restrict energy consumption because they can't afford higher prices. Energy companies will raise their prices again to cover the shortfall because the goal is not to help people keep warm and feed themselves, it's to create profit. It's a zero sum game.

The cynic in me thinks it's a stealth move to cull the population, especially those perceived to be any sort of drain on society, because our capitalism is without compassion, unless there's a cause du jour with tax breaks attached.

The psychology of poverty is well known. People live in the present and may "waste" a tenner at MacDonalds rather than buying a tonne of lentils and a Clove of garlic, because that tenner gives a moments pleasure and the illusion of normality for a few seconds. It's called short termism because sometimes a better future just seems out of reach, one gets depressed and resentful that because you're poor, society thinks you should never be allowed nice things. Worst case scenario, you end up in addiction.

So the people I judge least are those who do make poor spending decisions on the bottom rung, because we're not long on this earth and without a bit of frivolity from time to time there's little point in existence at all.

You’ve got people who will happily prioritise fags and vapes over feeding their kids decent food but that still doesn’t disprove sudden inflation having a negative impact on household income.

@rainingsnoring Yes, credit. A took that has kept the poor impoverished for centuries now. As far back as the 1800’s families would live week-to-week and rely on the Pawn Shop to sell their Sunday Clothes to as to get money. They would then buy these clothes back from the Pawn Shop on payday each week (plus interest). A cycle that left many dependant and impoverished. The modern day equivalent are Credit Cards for many - as well as the high street Pawnshops.

Ah I didnt realise the entire UK population was buying Oasis tickets. Makes sense why I can't get on ticketmaster now.

What a nonsensical post. Because a small proportion of the country are buying gig tickets, there is no COL crisis.

There are tens of millions of people not buying tickets, guess what? Some of those will be struggling with rising food, clothing and bill rises.

Because, whether you like it or not, the cost of food has increased to a point that people can't afford as much. That isn't opinion it is simply a fact.

Sorry, rant over. This post has really annoyed me!

I moan about the cost of living and was trying to buy Oasis tickets so shoot me now.

Things like food, petrol, bills and mortgage rates have gone up way more than wages and I have every right to moan about how it impacts me.

However the standard price for Oasis ticket isn't even near £500. And if it was, last time I checked people were still entitled to spend their money as they pleased. You may be a miserable killjoy OP but for many these tickets are a once in a lifetime event for many people and they shouldn't be being begrudge paying them.

And even if they were paying a £500. The cost of living overall has VASTLY exceeded £500 a year for most people.

I think that's bollocks as well.

I worked with a guy who had a large disposal income, but always bought from the discount aisle

I just find it baffling that 14 million people want to go….. but horses for courses and all that!!