The video features Kate, a woman who has adopted an extremely frugal lifestyle, where she avoids spending money on basic necessities like toilet paper, furniture, and groceries. Instead, she uses water and soap for personal hygiene, furnishes her home with items she finds in the trash, and eats food she retrieves from dumpsters. Kate claims she has been eating dumpster-dived food for two years and has even consumed expired food. She also wears clothes she purchased decades ago and fixes broken items instead of replacing them. The video also features another individual, Tarrence, who shares similar frugal habits. The host of the video comments on Kate's and Tarrence's lifestyles, finding some of their habits shocking and extreme.
Here are the key facts from the text:
1. Kate does not use toilet paper and instead uses water and soap to clean herself.
2. Kate has never bought furniture and instead finds it in dumpsters and on the street.
3. Kate owns her home, which is paid off, and only has to pay real estate taxes and condo fees.
4. Kate's average monthly living expenses are around $200.
5. Kate eats food that she finds in dumpsters, including expired food.
6. Kate has been eating dumpster-dived food for two years.
7. Kate does not believe in paying for toiletries and gets them for free from mailing lists and freebie sites.
8. Kate has a box of free samples, including deodorants, pads, and tampons.
9. Kate has been wearing the same pair of shorts since 1999.
10. Kate got the shorts on sale for $15.
11. Kate has a binder clip that she uses to keep her shorts from falling down.
12. Kate has a collection of free rocks.
13. Kate's friend Tarrence also does not believe in paying for furniture and gets it from dumpsters.
14. Tarrence painted his house with one bucket of paint, which was meant for three buckets.
15. Tarrence saved $300 by not buying more paint.
16. Tarrence's house has a brick wall with a single coat of paint.
17. Tarrence's TV is on the ground, and he has to lay on the floor to watch it.
18. Tarrence's son has a folding chair from a school dumpster as a desk chair.
19. Tarrence's daughter's room has a desk that is ready to fall down.
20. Tarrence's house is compared to a prison.