So many headscratchings! So much wondering what species of female they surveyed, and what institution they scraped them out of to take the survey. So many questions! But I'll stick to 4....

I dunno, nothing makes me want to bang more than "Chatting with a...relative."

omg, that is the most delightful "yay, getting paid!" story ever

!!!!!!!!!! *dies of cuteness*

Look at you, doing your small part to help the worthy veterans of this great nation.

TWO BUNCHES! Your lucky bunny! I think probably I'll do something sort of similar, in that I might buy some cheese that is slightly fancier than the bargain-bin cheese I usually eat. Though if I had a bunny I'd definitely get him/her some fancy organic leafy greens of some kind.

DANG girl! Congratulations! That's amazing! What a great problem to have :)

I am a Virginia and I know a Chastity.

Did you get pregnant?

Exactly. For middle and upper class hipsters, sloppy clothes and hair is "normcore." For a poor person it's unprofessional, slovenly and trashy.

3) If you own less stuff, moving to a different country/city/apartment is way less of a pain in the ass. I won't own furniture or more possessions than can fit in a double wardrobe until I'm sure I won't have to move that shit for at least five years.

My #2 is more like: will I enjoy this item more than the amount of beer I can drink for the same amount of money?

"If minimalism is a kind of voluntary thing-poverty, then real poverty is involuntary minimalism."

It really is all about money. I ready an interview of some tiny house owners. They said something like, "We don't need a lot of kitchen supplies. We just go out to eat!" and "We spend our time traveling and going to the theater rather than staying in to watch TV."

Watching youth careen from one trend to another in search of personality and meaning in existence is one of the best things about getting old

See, I think this article kind of touches on what bothers me about this "trend", but from a slightly different angle. It is sort of like these people have the luxury of getting rid of their stuff because deep down they know that if they ever truly need a thing they got rid of, they can jut buy it again. Or they can…

I see what you're saying, and I also personally think flaunting your wealth can be super tacky. But I think there's also a classist element to thinking so. It's like an old money vs. new money divide. As a wise man once said, "If you grew up with holes in your zapatos, you'd celebrate the minute you was having dough."

Minimalism is incredibly classist in so many ways. The simplicity must have the element of restraint and asceticism but without the desperation of poverty. It's all so similar to Marie Antoinette's peasant cottage.

"Simplifying" and frugality were huge in the '90s. But these trends tend to be choices that are done by people who can afford choices, as you've pretty much pointed out.

"I want a woman who's really smart. Nope smarter than that. Smarter...smarter...NO WAIT TOO SMART!"