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Save Money: Join Cult of the Somewhat Delayed

Live two years in the past and watch your savings grow

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 29, 2009 1:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – Times are tough, and there's only one sure way to save money in the modern world: Live 2 years in the past. So says Lore Sjoberg, who's starting his very own Cult of the Somewhat Delayed. "If you subsist entirely on 2-year-old entertainment, and the corresponding 2-year-old technology used to power it, you’re cutting your fun budget in half, freeing up that money for more exciting expenditures like parking meters and postage," he writes for Wired.

No more hardcover books or new movies. It's time for paperbacks and Netflix. "And then there are all those people paying $600 for video cards that, six months from now, will cost less than the shiny, full-bleed folding pamphlets currently being used to advertise the hardware." He envisions his cult in an "online compound, with its own search engine," and slightly dated reviews of movies and technology. "We just want to be left alone, and we hope you and the upcoming Clinton administration understand that."

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cochiserocks

Oct 31, 2009 3:21 AM CDT

I call it living in Eastern Europe!

cochiserocks

Oct 30, 2009 12:57 PM CDT

Myspace will always be better than facebook, and there's noooo way Bush is going to get re-elected - but do we really think another Clinton in the White House isn't just ending one dynasty by creating another.

EileenRocks

Oct 30, 2009 8:16 AM CDT

I call it living just behind the curve. You're getting the stuff that's not bleeding edge, but still good enough for most of the current aps. =)

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