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Re:Lifestyle Inflation. It's a wealth killer by sneeze-slayer on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @09:42AM (#25582061)
The infographic lists "fitness" as non-essential. Maybe a $300/month fitness club membership is non-essential, but honestly, if one regularly uses the membership, it is still a good deal. Sure, one could go to planet fitness for $10/month, but then you have to deal with a crowded gym that has no free weights and has a "lunk alarm".

So many preventable and expensive health problems arise from lack of fitness, including heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and general poor quality of life.

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Re:Lifestyle Inflation. It's a wealth killer by triceratops on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @12:57PM (#25584028)
Being fit is essential. Fitness spending is non-essential, in the most literal sense of the word. All you need to get fit is free time. I agree with you that spending money on fitness is worthwhile. But if you're strapped for money cutting it out is a no-brainer.
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Re:Lifestyle Inflation. It's a wealth killer by sneeze-slayer on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:57PM (#25586638)
It's true, you won't die if you stop spending money on fitness like you would for food/shelter. I would still put "reasonable" fitness spending higher on the spending hierarchy, then, say, alcohol or Netflix.
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Re:Lifestyle Inflation. It's a wealth killer by mateo411 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @03:31PM (#25585711)
Perhaps. Another strategy is to stop paying rent and shower at the gym.
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Re:Lifestyle Inflation. It's a wealth killer by triceratops on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @03:57PM (#25586012)
Being homeless or sleeping rough is likely to lead to worse health outcomes than not working out.
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Re:Lifestyle Inflation. It's a wealth killer by ris on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @01:44PM (#25584604)
Run around the block. Eat less. Somehow humans managed before the 00s explosion of gym culture.
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Re:Lifestyle Inflation. It's a wealth killer by scythmic_waves on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @12:20PM (#25583571)
Yeah my eyebrow was already up reading this article but when I saw "Fitness" as a non-essential I lost all faith. I don't agree with the premise, though I can sorta see where the author is coming from, but if you think that fitness is non-essential given the state of the American healthcare system you're out of your mind.
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