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need to vent on the prices thing bc istg people are so fucking stupid and entitled
you have no right to speak on how people live their lives and what they spend their own money on. esp if the way they are living only affects them. this whole stop asking for nice stuff when ur broke mentality is very harming and i wish more people spoke up on it
see, most of my impulsive and expensive purchases were made when i was going through a bad time. and i got a lot of backlash for the way i tried to spend my own money to make just me happy
ill give you a real life example with some screenshots: let’s talk about the time i bought myself an expensive scented candle
let’s start with this:
around that time last year that was my second year since my father lost his job and we were very very deep in debt. i was spiralling and losing control of my life and i wanted to buy something pretty to cheer me up, and then i found this
so i ordered it
but then the backlash began
some ss o what i had to deal with,
it wasn’t much at first. and it didn’t bother me too much then bc i am buying smth very pricey + i do have a lot more merch than the people in the replies so i let it slide
and it arrived in a few days so ofc i was elated
backlash continued, still didn’t care
it was funny to me too, and i took it as some light hearted fun so i didn’t let it bother me. until one day, after it did
i bought that candle to prove a point to myself - that i could be independent on myself. i spent the last of my savings on that and i was left with nothing. i wasn’t some rich entitled kid who begged their parents for some overpriced crap
day after day i took everyone’s criticism on it. this went on for so long i actually hates myself for getting it. i thought i was doing the right thing by getting it bc it made me so so happy when it arrived. but there’s no way so many people can be wrong...
when i tell you i spent way way too long dealing with this... (compare the time stamps on this w the day i bought the thing)
btw this isn’t to expose my mutuals or anything. i’ve talked it out w some of them on why their words hurt me so much even tho it took me too long to explain this to everyone
my whole experience w it was completely ruined. i was pissed at that candle, how fucking dare i spend that money when i could have used it to help my family right? bc that’s just what you do when you’re going thru a hard time, you don’t get anything for yourself
i didn’t get why my dad was so insistent i buy that copy of mots persona. dad we’re deep in debt you can barely afford my tuition why would i get an album? and all he said was that the smile on my face always made it worth it. no matter how expensive it was he would get it
bc sometimes you just need something to get you going another day
i eventually remembered why i got the candle. bc it made me happy. fuck anyone who gave me a hard time - they had no right to speak for me. it’s just a dumb candle that smells nice when i light it and warms my heart and it’s paid back its value so many times over
i light it sometimes to make prayer circles and put my photocards around it bc it comforts me. and that’s why some people are upset about how expensive the new album is. bc we all know it’s a limited edition collectors item but sometimes you do need something to make you smile
however much the album costs won’t affect you in the long run but more people should have access to buy it in the first place at least
i can afford the regular version of the album now so i’m not worried about that but i just want some of you to think twice before hitting someone with a “just don’t buy it” when they talk abt how expensive something is because some things are worth more than their price is
this is all i’ll say about this issue anymore. end of thread
