Golf, soda, cigarettes, newspapers, and beer. Seriously? I've never felt so disconnected from the typical "American Male", nor have I ever been so proud to feel that disconnected.
Maybe if "soda", "cigarettes", "beer", and "bars" were a bit farther down the list, "gyms" wouldn't need to be so high?
For Golf there's large costs involved to get going and then continue, hence not that many people could be playing it, but still it has a high cost. Off the top of my head the costs would be something like: course/club membership fees, round fees, golf equipment (clubs, bag, clothes). So you can easily end up spending $1000's per year on the activity.
ever go to a "book club" meeting - mostly women, rarely a guy to be seen.
My bet is the newspaper is mainly for the sports section.
Side note: One of my coworkers had no money for food, but he still had money for his cigs and soda. At first I wanted to give him food, then I thought he needs to figure this out himself. He made more than me. And I saw buying the stuff every day.
Is it useful to speak of a person without bracketing the age? I feel pretty safe in saying that the spending of a 20-something is different from a 30-something is different from a 40-something, etc.
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 36.3 ms ] threadMaybe if "soda", "cigarettes", "beer", and "bars" were a bit farther down the list, "gyms" wouldn't need to be so high?
(Who still reads newspapers?)
My bet is the newspaper is mainly for the sports section.
Side note: One of my coworkers had no money for food, but he still had money for his cigs and soda. At first I wanted to give him food, then I thought he needs to figure this out himself. He made more than me. And I saw buying the stuff every day.