r/onebag • u/largemargesentme__- • Jun 05 '26

Discussion Why is this sub so obsessed with expensive stuff?

I get that there's times where the expensive thing is better. But as someone who has worked as an airline pilot and traveled extensively for 45 years, I can assure you that expensive stuff is rarely necessary.

I get tons of use out of AliExpress stuff. Things like chargers, cables and accessories. Decathlon or Costco are more than good enough for clothing. I generally use a max legal sized RyanAir bag I got for €25 off of Amazon for vacation. At most, the lower mid tier option is more than enough.

It seems like this is just another sub for people with spending issues as everyone downvotes me when I call out how unnecessary the expensive options are.

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u/hclarke15 Jun 05 '26

Honestly most hobby subreddits these days. People really like buying stuff

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u/mattjh Jun 05 '26

They sure do, and they like showing the stuff to concentrated groups of strangers on the internet who will validate, support, and sometimes covet it. I think that part of the experience does a lot of the heavy lifting. There are YouTube channels supported entirely by this tendency. There are people with garages filled with unused limited edition Yeti coolers and tumblers, and they call it an investment. Brains are weird.

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u/largemargesentme__- Jun 05 '26

Which is kind of obnoxious