“Just get it at Rent A Center”
Tbables
"I had a coworker that got pretty much everything there.
“It’s only $20/week, and they’ll replace it if it breaks.”
$20/week for how long? Oh cool, so you’re paying more than double for it? Got it."
homomomoatx
See Lewis Black description of that time here:
https://youtu.be/CnN8nKSzIBU
I clearly recall lying in bed, I think as a high schooler so early 80s, having a serious contemplative moment about dying and came to peace with it. It was also then that I came to the conclusion that there was no point in having ambition. We were all going to die soon anyway. If I made it to 20 years old, that was good enough. Any additional years would be bonus.