Why Going to the Movies is Financially Irresponsible

Why Going To The Movies is Financially Irresponsible

Movies are a fun date night, family event or escape with friends where you can get some popcorn and snacks and get lost into a world for a few hours. This experience has gotten increasingly expensive meanwhile the comparable at home experience has gotten increasingly better. Televisions and projectors are at all high time affordability and surround sound speakers are more accessible than ever with simple sound bars alone drastically improving sound quantity. Sofas are more comfortable than sticky movie seats, food can be whatever you’d like and much cheaper. The competitive advantage of the movie theater experience is shrinking. Yes theaters have improved their seats and nothing can beat their popcorn machines but nonetheless, the gap is closing. 

Cost of Simply Existing

 

Cost of Existence

Growing up when I didn’t finish all my dinner my parents would mention how there are starving children in Africa, so therefore I should finish all my food. Well they were right as according to World Bank blogs 85% of Africans live on less than $5.50 per day. That is not a lot to live on, but that is their cost of existing. In Canada we spend quite a bit more, but still how much someone spends per day can vary widely. Some live lavishly and some live only on the necessities. Even if you only spent $5 a meal, $15 a day for food you have already surpassed 85% of African expenditure, but humans need more than just food. We need shelter, water, and electricity and have other costs like internet, subscriptions, memberships, transportation and more. This all adds to our cost of existence.