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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://chaos.social/users/attie/statuses/111375262996457225">Attie Grande (attie@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 05:12:52 JST</a><a href="https://chaos.social/@attie" title="attie@chaos.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/93673-48-20230921175456.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Attie Grande" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Attie Grande</a></section><article><p>Every time I accidentally see these, I read far enough to see things like "you should be spending 30% of your income on [wants]" and have an urge to flip the table over.</p><p>Is it just me, or is that absurdly out of touch?</p><p><a href="https://www.hsbc.co.uk/financial-fitness/everyday-budgeting/spending-your-income/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.hsbc.co.uk/financial-fitness/everyday-budgeting/spending-your-income/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2298781#notice-4534904">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-11-09T05:12:52+09:00" title="Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 05:12:52 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://chaos.social/@attie/111375262996457225" rel="external" title="Sent from chaos.social via ActivityPub">chaos.social</a></span></span><a href="https://chaos.social/@attie/111375262996457225">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="http://over.Is/">Domain Registered at Safenames</a></h5><div></div></header><div></div><footer></footer></article></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1787351">Screenshot outlining the "50-30-20" rule, stating that "the idea is you'd aim to spend ... 30% on wants: discretionary spending, such as eating out, shopping trips and subscriptions" - with "subscriptions" underlined and presumably a link.The 50% is "needs", like food, bills, rent, etc...The 20% is savings or debt, hah.</a></label><br><a href="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/111/375/266/328/423/747/original/c2defdbbbcdda5ea.png" rel="external">https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/111/375/266/328/423/747/original/c2defdbbbcdda5ea.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1787352">A screenshot showing an example breakdown."So, if your monthly income was £1,500 after tax, you might spend £750 on needs, £450 on wants, £300 on savings or debts."</a></label><br><a href="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/111/375/266/549/516/844/original/719bf72ee48dabf7.png" rel="external">https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/111/375/266/549/516/844/original/719bf72ee48dabf7.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Attie Grande (attie@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 05:12:52 JST Attie Grande
Every time I accidentally see these, I read far enough to see things like "you should be spending 30% of your income on [wants]" and have an urge to flip the table over.
Is it just me, or is that absurdly out of touch?
https://www.hsbc.co.uk/financial-fitness/everyday-budgeting/spending-your-income/
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