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⌈ Secret Post #6854 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

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I know this is a weird thing to describe as a "fandom" because it's not exactly, but I watch a lot of budgeting, deinfluencing, low-income videos on YT for inspiration for myself to save money, not buy junk, etc. And in all honesty I feel like some of the budgeting/saving channels just have an obsession with buying cute little pouches and binders and folders to put money in, because I swear some of these people have a dozen different organizers to put cash in. They'll use one for a few videos, then it vanishes never to be seen again, and another one takes its place.

(I mean, to be fair, I get it. I like cute little pouches too and sticking money in them and hiding them satisfies some part of my brain that likes to organize and squirrel things away. But it gets a little silly when you see it happening in these videos.)

[bannedbookweek]

It's the case with many of these kinds of lifestyle youtubers. I suppose the pouches could be thrifted but it undermines the "slow your roll on consuming" thing if you have new toys to play with in every video.

[(Anonymous)]

That's so weird to me. One, that people keep cash on hand, even if it's for budgeting purposes. Two, that people just don't... use an envelope? Just a regular ol' business envelope? That's how frugal people used to roll back in the old days, when it was more common to keep cash in your house instead of using credit cards of paying by phone.

OP, if you're interested in some old school budgeting ideas, I recommend The Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn. It's old, and not all the tips will apply but it's interesting to see just how far the mindset of saving money and budgeting can go. I found that even if I didn't want to do exactly what she did (example: can't stand the taste of powdered milk), it had this effect of changing how I thought about spending and saving money that was still very helpful.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, this is wild. I understand having SOME cash. Network can be down or something.
But house full of pouches? Seriously?

[(Anonymous)]

I guess in some extreme cases, people do it so they can't spend money they don't have i.e. with credit cards and whatnot. But I don't know how people can reasonably do it because there are so many bills you'll need to pay that can't be paid very easily in cash. I mean, I keep an emergency twenty in my purse and maybe $80 worth of cash in my house just in case but I haven't needed to touch either one for years.

[(Anonymous)]

I suspect the answer to both of these is, I wouldn’t look good for the video. Envelopes? Ugly, plain, boring. No cash? What are you going to be DOING in a satisfying manner in the video then?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, true.

[(Anonymous)]

DA
The Tightwad Gazette is awesome!

[(Anonymous)]

I don't watch these sorts of videos, but I'm guessing it's a way to keep viewers returning to look at the pretty envelopes. Or a way to get viewers to keep watching.

Similar to content creators who do restock videos. After a while, it's not so much people watching to pick up some tricks and tips, but more about watching a routine video that's visually pleasing.