What are the new Luxuries and Necessities in life today.

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Parasondox

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You know what I love? I will tell you what I love. When someone shits on the bus that you need to travel to work on in the early morning at 6 am on a Sunda, where the bus comes every half hour and had to be sent to the garage to be cleaned up. Fuck you Romford!! You are not Tottenham so behaviour yourself!!

The way we live our lives has changed. You can debate on whether it's a good or bad thing but a lot of things in life are different and will be different.

The necessities and luxuries of life. What are they exactly for you living in 2016? The needs vs wants in this world.

Example. Sky TV. An obvious luxury. You don't need it. It wouldn't change your health and life but it's someone to enjoy for that extra large cost.

Drinking Water. We all need it. It's part of life, keeps us healthy and going and a large percentage of us is made from it. Or has it, something something biology.

A car? Thats a bit of a blur. If you live in the city with frequent transport then it may bit be needed. If you like in rural parts, it would be hard to get around without one. More can be added to that.

So what do you think? Think of anything and decide whether it's a luxury or necessity in today's world.

Broadband?
 

The Philistine

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Broadband internet and cell phones definitely rank as a necessity nowadays. I'd even say smartphones are becoming a necessity. You can technically get by without them, but you're at a pretty significant disadvantage to do so.
 

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The Philistine said:
Broadband internet and cell phones definitely rank as a necessity nowadays. I'd even say smartphones are becoming a necessity. You can technically get by without them, but you're at a pretty significant disadvantage to do so.
I disagree. While Broadband internet has become a necessity due to things you need in day to day life that require it, and a cell phone is needed due to simply being expected, a smartphone not so much. If there is something a smartphone is necessary for, I'm unaware of it.

As for other necessities, well as someone who lives in a rural area a car is most definitely one. For someone in an urban area it may be less so, but out here it's a must. There is no public transit, the closest bus stop is 7km away and the hours make its use impossible for where I need to go (assuming its destinations go anywhere near where I'm trying to get)
 

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Honestly, I've been tethered to using those really cheap phones for 7 years now and I would love to upgrade to a smartphone. The amount to time one saves and lack of stress when you have access to Google maps or email would be well worth the extra money.

A luxury would be the portable devices (Hovertrax/Solowheel) that I see people use every now and again instead of walking.
 

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I definitely need internet in my life.

Let just say having no internet for a month (I made the mistake of cancelling the internet from my IP when whiching for another instead of letting them do it for me) made me go crazy like the Shining guy (no internet make Scarim Coral a dull boy). In hindsight I should had gone to the Library for my internet fix for that month. Also FYI I have no TV as an alternative.

Smartphone of a mobile phone on the other hand is more of an luxuries for me. Yes I know it got internet but considering I am a pay as you go customer (a contract is just a waste for me since I don't make alot of phonecalls or texting) I can't afford it. I just really got no one to talked to or text alot and I am ok with that.
 

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Internet...

An entire generation and half the world's population remained in some way keyed into it. We've gotten used to being able to look up anything, anytime, anywhere. We don't let our brains get bored nor do we have the patience to work for mental stimulation through books or crossword puzzles.

Whether we like it or not, I think if the internet just disappeared one day, apart from the economic disaster that would represent, most of us would end up likely displaying withdrawal symptoms. Whole lot of people suddenly without a mental fix.
 

veloper

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Smartphones aren't too big a deal yet, but internet access is required for decent service in many sectors nowadays. Doesn't need to be fast and available 24/7, but without e-mail and webbrowsing you're severely handicapped in today's world and it's likely to get much worse.

Although...give it another decade or so and THEN kill the internet and we might have a pretty convincing zombie apocalypse to play in.
 

Sleepy Sol

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Internet access is both a necessity and a pretty significant luxury. The sheer volume of information we have access to simply by having an internet connection is kind of staggering to think about sometimes. I wish I could come up with a different answer than just about everyone else here but I'm not going to wrack my brain for one.
 

Wrex Brogan

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Internet, running water, access to food, access to transportation and access to medical care are all pretty important necessities. Luxuries are just extras on top of those things. Internet since it's become such a staple in regards to communication and information finding, running water for obvious reasons, access to food for obvious reasons, access to transport so you can get around easily (whether it's a car or a donkey, whatever works) and access to medical care for... also obvious reasons.

With the weird debate around Smartphones, I'd say It Depends on the situation - Smartphones are often cheaper than computers (and depending on ones electricity bills, also cheaper to maintain) are much smaller and much easier to move around, so I wouldn't necessarily classify a Smartphone as a luxury. There's definitely luxury smartphones (all the ones that cost an arm and a leg to buy, then come with 200 dollar plans or whatever), but there's also a semi-necessity with them given they can often be the easiest access to the internet and communication for people.
 

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The Internet is a necessity carved out of a potential luxury and the smartphone is a luxury carved out of a potential necessity...

OT: I'd say global unity is a necessity because the last thing we want is an Independent's Day-like scenario with, like, either the Thanagarians or, glob-forbid, Darkseid...

Other than that, the Kardashians are a total luxury in the modern world...
 

Shoggoth2588

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Parasondox said:
A car? Thats a bit of a blur. If you live in the city with frequent transport then it may bit be needed. If you like in rural parts, it would be hard to get around without one. More can be added to that.
I used to live in the DC metro area and say what you want about the public transit system, when it worked it worked. It was fairly reliable 3 out of 5 times, it was affordable...I miss public transit. Where I live now, having a car is a necessity. It takes an half hour to get to work but if I just want a burger or need to get something for home...that also takes about a half-hour drive. I miss being able to walk to work.

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For me, eating a full-on meal more than twice a day has shifted into luxury territory. Water is definitely a necessity and I'm going to put another Internet in there since it's the only way I can really keep in touch with a lot of people.
 

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Ezekiel said:
Computer, internet and privacy for me. I could live without a cell phone.
I tried it once travelling at that time through Asia. I ... didn't last a week. Correspondence with the embassy in Hong Kong was awful without constantly having a phone on standby. Unless you cloister yourself in your home, I don't see how anybody can go without a monile and not expect a whole lot of necessary correspondence with accountants, doctors, broker, liaison officers for governmental affairs, people cancelling meetings, contacting friends on the go, provide a modicum of soul-saving instant entertainment in the drudgery of life... all that stuff that just pile up.... mobile saves you time, money and sanity in an increasingly complex world.

Probably why it has so easily become the whole center of our social existence.
 

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Ezekiel said:
I don't travel, I don't correspond with accountants, I don't have a doctor or broker, I have no governmental affairs currently, the closest things I have to friends are a few co-workers with whom I haven't exchanged numbers, I don't arrange meetings, I get instant entertainment with my computer/debit card and when I need to communicate with my mother or brother I do it by email. I hate refilling my minutes. I barely use them by the time they expire. Nobody ever asks for my number. If I needed to apply for jobs again or do one of the things you mentioned, I might refill them, but right now it would be pointless. I've been without minutes for two months. I don't know what I'll do when my provider no longer services 2G in a few months. It's not like I can't afford it, but I don't like wasting money on things I don't use.
Oh, hrm. Well, yeah. But I'd imagine in the service industry heavy world that we're in, where jobs are moreso a temporary affair rather than lifelong one ... constant connection is a good thing, too. But if you manage to evade all that garbage I envy you?

I think I rely on my mobile as I avoid social networks, also.
 

sanquin

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For me the necessities are:
1: A roof over my head.
2: A form of transport. Luckily I live in the city and have a bus stop close by. And I have a bike and motorbike. Though a bike alone would suffice here.
3: Food and water. Obviously.
4: Internet.
5: A phone.
6: Electricity. (otherwise internet might be difficult. :p)
7: Medical care.

And that's about it for me I guess.