I remember watching this show back in the day. I mostly enjoyed it, but some of those stories were really sad. There were some well adjusted people who legitimately just wanted to save money, but I remember more than a few people who seemed to have real social or mental health problems.
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We watched several episodes and I had the same reaction. Particularly the ones who would eat food from dumpsters and garbage cans and serve it to their families even though they clearly had the means to buy fresh food.