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Why Your Wallet Feels Like It's in a Vice (and What's Really Behind It)

4 May 2026 6 minute read 5 comments Learn With Hatty

If you feel like you’re being gaslit every time you look at your bank account, you aren’t alone. We’ve all spent the last year watching the numbers on the gas pump climb like they’re trying to win a high-altitude marathon, while the official reports...

Paying for Getting Old

13 Dec 2025 6 minute read 5 comments WinterYeti

Ask yourself a question? Who is going to take care of you when you are so old you need personal care materials like adult diapers, help getting out of bed, monitoring in case you fall and can't get up, and assistance to get to medical appointments? T...

Is Paying More for Premium Petrol Worth It..?

6 Oct 2023 2 minute read 2 comments RealSociology

I actually ask myself this question every time I fill up the car on the garage forecourt: would it be worth paying slightly more for the premium fuel compared to the cheaper option which is what I usually go for. So I was interested to listen to this...

Current Inflation and Its Resemblance to the 70s

22 Jun 2022 2 minute read 1 comment Crypto Monkey

Inflation is just the increase in general prices. This is the increase in the cost of living. A small amount of inflation, of increase in prices, of around 2% is in general beneficial as it incentivizes people to “move” their money, to invest it. Thi...