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Nine Extreme Ways People Are Saving Money

The cost of living crisis is making some people go to great lengths to reduce their budget.

2 weeks ago · 17.5k reads ·

It's apparent to everyone that the cost of living situation is out of control in the US. People are struggling to pay bills and eat — saving for retirement is unthinkable for many. As such, behavior is shifting as people try to keep costs down.

Redditor u/GotTheC0nch asked for some outlandish ways that people are lowering their fiscal burden, and we're so glad the internet had a lot to say. We'd like to say that these stories are hard to believe, but they're not. They're all too believable.

The Reddit thread has nearly 2,000 comments on the eye-popping ways people are trying to offset the high rent and food prices. We picked out all of the best ones to help save you time. Time is money, after all.

Warning: These activities are of varying levels of safety and legality.

Hopping trains like it's the great depression

Living at work is bad for everyone

Certainly better to be handed the spare food than having to dig it out of the dumpster

Jumping through hoops to get reward points is usually only worth it at scale

Going off the grid sometimes means getting wet

Turning your lawn into a garden is working smarter, not harder

There is nothing more nauseating than the smell of cat food, so eating it is wild

Creative theft is still theft

Freezing in your own home is pretty far from optimal

Via u/GotTheC0nch.

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The Discourse

Nine Extreme Ways People Are Saving Money

Hopping trains like it's the great depression

Living at work is bad for everyone

Certainly better to be handed the spare food than having to dig it out of the dumpster

Jumping through hoops to get reward points is usually only worth it at scale

Going off the grid sometimes means getting wet

Turning your lawn into a garden is working smarter, not harder

There is nothing more nauseating than the smell of cat food, so eating it is wild

Creative theft is still theft

Freezing in your own home is pretty far from optimal

Comments

The Discourse

Hopping trains like it's the great depression

Living at work is bad for everyone

Certainly better to be handed the spare food than having to dig it out of the dumpster

Jumping through hoops to get reward points is usually only worth it at scale

Going off the grid sometimes means getting wet

Turning your lawn into a garden is working smarter, not harder

There is nothing more nauseating than the smell of cat food, so eating it is wild

Creative theft is still theft

Freezing in your own home is pretty far from optimal

Comments

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