What on earth has gotten so absurdly expensive?
A viral "too damn expensive" thread on Xiaohongshu has users trading their own sticker-shock stories.
On Xiaohongshu, a thread asking what has become absurdly expensive lately has quietly climbed to the top of the trending list, and the comment section reads like a group sigh over modern life. One user laments a bubble tea creeping toward 30 yuan; others chime in about concert tickets, after-school classes, even a single popsicle inching up in price.
Look a little closer and the real offenders aren't essentials — they're the small daily joys that suddenly feel like luxuries. Young posters share their receipts and trade stories, half complaining, half bonding over the shared sting.
It lands less like a protest than a collective eye-roll, a tiny moment of "oh good, it's not just me." Next time something hits your wallet a little too hard, drop a note in the comments — the whole internet is apparently ready to commiserate.