/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>1930416
Some from my own experience with the people I grew up around

>Buying bullshit on eBay
>Cigarettes
>Renting indefinitely
>Financing a new car
>Crystallized Methamphetamine
>Buying small purchases like a TV or Computer on a financing plan
>Using credit card too often
>Buying shit at Sears using a fucking Sears card
>Cable TV like OP said, not even remotely worth it in the year 2006 + 11 AD
>Divorce / Child Support
>Brand new shoes and clothes frequently
>Going "barhopping" or "clubbing" every weekend

You don't even need to be well-educated or even have a great job to not be fucked in life. You just have to understand how much you can afford and just live slightly BELOW your means and do some basic 4th grade math.