Reply #37: For me, it was in her comments more than the main post

[noamnety]

The post was clueless, sort of "Look at me playing at not being extravagant for a day!"

In her response to some comments, though, she demonstrates her complete ignorance of how people live, and why: "the point is that the average American is overspending and there are simple ways to cut back. The average American spends $1.33 for every dollar earned, according to the Census Bureau. What’s more, the average college senior graduates with approximately $4,000 in credit card debt, according to Sallie Mae, and as a result, will spend his or her twenties paying down that debt."

The average american isn't spending $1.33 for every dollar earned because they are buying $30 dollar plates of fucking pasta and lattes several times a day. The average american is spending that because they don't make a living wage, they don't have health insurance that covers their expenses, they are being laid off, etc. Her comment implied that she is somehow similar to the average american trying to scrape by, and that if only us common folk would be more like her (on that one day) and skip a latte and figure out how to make pasta from a box and sauce from a jar (?!) we could be financially secure, too.