Keeping up with the Jones’

I found an article that describes settling for something other than the best. Again, there is nothing wrong with living this way, I just call it keeping up with the Jones’ which is almost impossible! 🤑

You can only afford the standard iPhone and not the Pro Max: How do people even live under these conditions? Why would you talk to someone with an older phone as they are broke!
Your vacation cabin is single-story: And it doesn’t even have wifi.
You’re forced to buy generic Dijon mustard instead of Grey Poupon: Now every time someone asks you to lower the window on your Rolls Royce to ask if you have any Grey Poupon you have to sadly say, “No, all I have is French’s,” and everyone will laugh at you.
You have to watch Netflix with ad breaks: We thought this was America.
You had to downgrade your Disneyland annual pass to the lowest tier: Now you can’t go on weekends and holidays, significantly reducing your quality of life.
You can only afford the $7000 nosebleed seats for a Taylor Swift concert: Capitalist bourgeoisie oppression.
You have to turn off ray-tracing on Cyberpunk 2077 because you can’t afford the new GeForce graphics card: The graphics aren’t as realistic now, because you’re poor.
You can’t afford to go out to eat more than three times a week: This is what food insecurity looks like.
When you do go out to eat, you still have to order from the value menu: $18 dollars for a combo meal is just too much for you.
You can only afford a “Gold Star” Costco membership: Plebians of the world, unite.
You can only afford a 2,500-square-foot house: You might as well be homeless.
You can only afford to buy a Porsche on Black Friday: Pathetic.
You can’t afford anything larger than a 55-inch TV: How could we allow such cruelty?
Your gardener only mows and edges: He doesn’t even bother to sculpt your topiary.
You couldn’t get the Full Self-Driving add-on for your new Cybertruck: Driving your car manually is for peasantry.
You can’t afford to get extra whipped cream on your morning latte: No one should have to live like this.
You can no longer afford the credits to offset your carbon emissions: The guilt is real.