tasty luxury that I don't mind indulging in now and then too.
One area we have definitely experienced lifestyle inflation over the years is groceries. I am at the point in my life where I pay for higher quality food because it just tastes better. When I was a poor student in undergrad I bought what was cheap because I needed to fuel my body. Now I am rolling in the lap of luxury with my fancy career and food is both a source of pleasure as well as the building blocks of the tiny human inside of me. So you know what, I buy the organic cherries if I feel the urge. I buy lots of avocados because I love them. I buy the organic, free-range eggs because they make me feel a little better inside and I like the deep orange color of the yolks. So be it. One of the big take-aways I get from MMM is the idea of spending $ consciously in ways that bring you pleasure. For me, that is good food at the grocery store.
As for swearing, I am typically a no- to low-swear kind of person because I subscribe to the notion that you can use your brain cells to come up with a more descriptive way of expressing outrage. That said, this forum and the blog have been changing my perspective on that. I think it is a cultural thing and you have to be sensitive to the social norms of the group. On this forum the social norm is that swearing as a way of expressing shock, outrage, emphasis, is acceptable. I still feel, and I believe the guidelines here agree, that attacking someone is not acceptable. Therefore "damn, that is a stupid idea" is acceptable whereas "damn, you are stupid for thinking that idea" is not.