About Not Owning Sh*t • Hacker News Board

Re: About Not Owning Sh*t

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Post by hunvreus » Tue, Feb 12, 2013, 1:19 AM UTC

sakopov wrote: post #53

Yeah, this will quickly end when he finds a girlfriend. Enjoy it while it lasts my friend, because unless you want to live with cats and dog your entire life, you're going to have to start consuming "shit" at some point in your life.

Not sure I actually "have to", it's all a matter of who that person is and how you define "needs" together.

Re: About Not Owning Sh*t

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Post by hunvreus » Tue, Feb 12, 2013, 1:32 AM UTC

parasight wrote: post #94

wbachnik wrote: post #6

Just wait till you get a wife ;-)

I don't understand why people think his lifestyle is generally incompatible with having a girlfriend. Of course it is incompatible with most people in the western world, but it seems some people think it is more so with women. Someone care to elaborate?

Society expect women to own more: beauty products, clothes, shoes... There is simply a lot more pressure on women to invest and diversify their appearance.

But there are women who live with far less too, even if more than what I depicted in this post.

Re: About Not Owning Sh*t

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Post by Nursie » Tue, Feb 12, 2013, 11:01 AM UTC

ygra wrote: post #87

jmspring wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And decide to settle and buy a house...

Is a house actually necessary? I've been content with living in a rented flat so far. Or is that mainly an American thing where outside of larger cities space is abundant?

Simplistically? Rent goes into someone else's major savings account (house), mortgage payments go into your own.