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The Subreddit Teeming with Crime, Complaints and Candles

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The Conspicuous Consumption of Candles

"I check the subreddit probably every day. If there's a sale like SAS or Candle Day, I am checking it every other hour," he says. "There is a bit of voyeurism of just looking at people buying things and looking at products that I cannot buy." The author has been poverty-stricken his whole life but found couponing two years ago to help him cope with not having what he wanted.

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