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 This year's winners can be found on Page 3 Hello, and welcome to the first annual Golden Wonderhanger* awards! Modeled after D&D's Gay Abortions Awards, the Golden Wonderhangers are BFC's opportunity to commemorate the year in Bad With Money. There are 8 categories, including the Worst With Money grand prize  The Process Anyone who wishes to submit nominations has until 23:59 Central on Voting will begin immediately after the submissions are compiled into the post below this one. The votes will be tallied and results will be announced by uhhhhh whenever I get around to it in January. Vote for each category by naming the category and the letter indicating that item (you'll see what I mean when I compile the nominations). The Judges Your judges are me and Nail Rat. I'm deputizing Nail Rat even though I didn't ask him (her?) because (s)he is my favorite poster in the BWM thread. If (s)he doesn't want to do it then it's just me  The judges may agree to veto any submission, or trim a list if there are too many nominees. Please ask me if you have questions about the Golden Wonderhangers Awards or any part of the nomination and voting processes. What to do Please quote or link posts from 2015 for each of the categories you want to nominate in. Remember, you don't have to do every category if you don't have nominations for each one. Please save discussions, advocacy, etc for until the nomination period is complete. Nominations must connect to something that occurred on SA in 2015. For example, a blog post from 2013 is fair game if it was discussed on SA in 2015. A crowdfunding plea from November is invalid if it was not discussed anywhere on SA before I posted this thread. The Categories
OK, get to nominating! I probably hosed this OP up since I cribbed heavily from D&D plus I went out and had some drinks tonight, so please tell me if there's anything you don't understand and I'll fix it. *If you don't know, search "zaurg" pig slut lisa fucked around with this message at 06:03 on Jan 16, 2016 |
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Voting for the 2015 Golden Wonderhangers is now active! The nominees are as follows: 1. Biggest BFC trainwreck thread
2. Funniest Redditor
3. Worst mainstream media article
4. Worst social media/crowdfunding/personal anecdote
5. Worst BWM from elsewhere on SA
6. Best derail
7. Most eyerolling humblebrag
Please vote by listing the alphanumeric combo for your favorite nominee in each category. Additionally, please put a * next to your vote for the overall grand prize of Worst With Money. Here is an example of a properly formatted ballot: 1D 2A* 3A 4B 5A 6B 7C If you want to discuss why you made your picks that's fine, just please have a properly formatted list somewhere in your post. I will be closing the thread sometime at 10 PM CST on Friday, January 15th to tally votes. Thanks, and let the voting begin! pig slut lisa fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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Biggest BFC trainwreck thread: Blue Story (it still counts since it started in BFC, right?) e: link added Haifisch fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Dec 21, 2015 |
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Dec 21, 2015 07:05
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Haifisch posted:Biggest BFC trainwreck thread: Blue Story (it still counts since it started in BFC, right?) Blue Story is eligible for both Biggest BFC trainwreck thread and Worst BWM from elsewhere on SA I'd suggest linking to that thread in your post so that people who aren't familiar with it can check it out themselves
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Dec 21, 2015 07:17
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EDIT: nevermind, I don't think I've seen it discussed here, sorry! I'll make a different nomination in a bit. Funniest Redditor: Souvenir Checks Best Derail: Cheap Eats Chat (with recipes!) Worst BWM From Elsewhere: quote:"Dear, we really need to cut back. Due to routinely cooking food for 80 other people and never charging a dime, we'll need to leverage the house." Worst Crowdfunding: Doobie's Dog House. Goons funded it in 2013, but it still gets referenced semi-regularly (here's some URLs to SA threads). http://doobies-doghouse.wikia.com/wiki/Doobie%27s_DogHouse_Wikia Worst Mainstream Media Article: quote:TL;DR: Author spends more than 10 years and his publishing advance researching a book that he does not even begin to write for 5 years, goes completely flat broke doing it including looting retirement accounts Colin Mockery fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Jan 4, 2016 |
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Dec 21, 2015 09:54
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This post will be edited several times as I remember things about this year. Worst Mainstream Media Article: If You Have Savings in Your 20s, You're Doing Something Wrong Please nominate someone other than Blue Story for worst thread because that whole spiel seemed fake as hell Not a Children fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Dec 21, 2015 |
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Dec 21, 2015 13:54
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Worst train wreck: Blue story. I want to put Houseboats in here somewhere, but I'm not sure what category it would fix in. Can we add a worst idea category? For reference: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3748155&perpage=40
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Funniest Redditor: trying to pay for spring break via insurance fraud, foiled by dash cam. Discovered by canyoneer link to Reddit post Hyrax Attack! fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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Dec 21, 2015 16:07
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There doesn't seem to be a most depressing job category, and there should be.
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Dec 21, 2015 17:13
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Duckman2008 posted:Worst train wreck: Blue story. hahaha, good luck. posted:I have a long term girlfriend, who is not on board with this idea at all but I'll talk her into it once she sees how cool the boat is. Oh, BFC, thank you for this wonderful thread.
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Dec 21, 2015 17:29
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Blue story has basically no real competition for worst trainwreck. Horse Equity and the ensuing stories of how horses are stupid and make people crazy for best derail
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Dec 21, 2015 19:53
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pig slut lisa posted:[*]Most eyerolling humblebrag This whole thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3687865
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Dec 21, 2015 21:31
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I think BS should simply be nominated to "Worst BWM from elsewhere on SA" because there are some pretty great BWM BFC threads this year. I wonder how SloMo is doing... Can a mod demand a update?
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Dec 21, 2015 23:25
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Slow motion was a ruse right? It had to be. I don't think it counts for much besides most annoying BS thread of the year.
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Dec 21, 2015 23:29
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Worst Crowd Funding Anecdote Link to the posting by Im_drunk in the Star Citizen thread Meet a fan who has spent $30,000 on Star Citizen ships quote:That development money has come from the largest crowdfunding campaign ever, which has been going since 2012, offering packages and individual spaceships that range from 20 bucks to a thousand dollars or more. And if you've ever wondered who would spend a thousand dollars on an unfinished game, here's someone who's spent 30 times that. Virtual boat equity! quote:Some people buy real boats; I buy pixel boats. I haven’t financed anything or put anything on credit cards. Everything is clear in the up, disposable income. I wasn’t stupid in that regard, you know. Putting things on credit cards, that’d be dumb. I want to believe. quote:This is real. It’s not vaporware. And I believe in it. I think the danger is they would understand perfectly well. quote:I choose who I tell it to. Like, I haven’t told hardly anybody outside of my wife and kids, and my immediate family. My parents don’t know. They wouldn’t understand it. They would think it’s a crazy, stupid thing. Merry Christmas! quote:My Javelin was a $2,500 pledge from Christmas last year. Hyrax Attack! fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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Just a reminder for everyone:pig slut lisa posted:What to do Really enjoying seeing the nominations so far!
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Dec 22, 2015 18:34
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MrKatharsis posted:This whole thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3687865 Hey! Big meanie
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Dec 22, 2015 19:19
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It was somewhat tongue in cheek. I posted there too.
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Dec 22, 2015 21:15
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pig slut lisa posted:Just a reminder for everyone: Gotcha, I edited my posts to include links to SA discussing the subject in 2015.
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Dec 23, 2015 01:36
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Just wanted to second the nomination for Blue Story's thread as Biggest BFC Trainwreck Thread.
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Dec 29, 2015 03:28
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Biggest BFC trainwreck thread - Blue Story Worst With Money (overall grand prize) - Blue Story Most eyerolling humblebrag - Financial Goals 2015 thread on BFC Worst mainstream media article - "If you have savings in your 20s, you're doing something wrong" http://elitedaily.com/life/savings-20s-something-wrong/1214445/
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Dec 29, 2015 20:22
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I personally think the humblebrag should need to go to a post/series of posts, not an entire thread from different people (some of which are humblebrags, some of which aren't). While that may be a little helldumpish, otherwise it's a pointless category because of course the financial goals thread will win. That's kind of the whole point of that thread. Nail Rat fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Dec 29, 2015 |
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Dec 29, 2015 22:00
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Nail Rat posted:I personally think the humblebrag should need to go to a post/series of posts, not an entire thread from different people (some of which are humblebrags, some of which aren't). I agree with this. Also we need more nominations. I've been traveling the past several days so I'm behind on the main BWM thread but I'll go obnoxiously shill in there a couple times.
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I'll add some nominations of my own tomorrow as well, just to try to pad out the field.
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Nail Rat posted:I personally think the humblebrag should need to go to a post/series of posts, not an entire thread from different people (some of which are humblebrags, some of which aren't). 
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Worst Crowdfunding / Worst With Money: The guy with the naked short on KBIO that blew up in his face and then went begging for money. Help! My short position got crushed, and now I owe E-Trade $106,445.56 First mentioned in the stock trading megathread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3259986&pagenumber=563&perpage=40#post452923045
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pig slut lisa posted:Blue Story is eligible for both Biggest BFC trainwreck thread and Worst BWM from elsewhere on SA Wow, so I just spent a few hours getting up to page 30, should I continue? So entertaining... I have not been in BFC for a few years but I'm glad I came back  What ever happend to Cornholeo and Zeuag (not sure of the spelling on the last one) I'm still not sure if Blue Story is real or not. Also, fill me in on the Wonderhanger thing?EDIT: I guess it's related to zaurg.
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Here are the nominations as of the evening of 12/30. Nominate more things! I'm extending the nomination period through Sunday, January 3pig slut lisa posted:Nominations as of 12/30
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Biggest BFC trainwreck thread Houseboats! Funniest Redditor My best friend inherited control of a trust fund for her minor nephew. She invested 95% of the money in RadioShack stock, paying between $3 and $4 a share. She sold it for a fraction of that after that company announced bankruptcy. Could she get sued over this? In NY Dumping a trust fund 95% into Radioshack in TYOOL 2015 takes a special, dare I say Olympian kind of BWM. Worst mainstream media article Here's the budget of a family who feels like they've 'made it' earning $142,000 a year (That "no savings in your 20s" article seemed like deliberate flame/clickbait.) Worst social media/crowdfunding/personal anecdote Help! My short position got crushed, and now I owe E-Trade $106,445.56! Worst BWM from elsewhere on SA ??? Not Blue Story though. Best derail Horse Chat (not even close guys, c'mon) Most eyerolling humblebrag
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i didnt read much of the bwm thread but http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/2qu211/oh_police_took_my_life_savings_without_charging/ amused me
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Here's a loving Humblebrag nomination for a post by Switchback: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3555678&pagenumber=426&perpage=40#post451500472 Sorry for the formatting but I'm phone posting. I nominate this one because it's a derailing humblebrag followed by an example of "now let's end this derail (now that I've said my piece)".
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Weatherman posted:Here's a loving Humblebrag nomination for a post by Switchback: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3555678&pagenumber=426&perpage=40#post451500472 Heh, from the top of that page is my current favorite humblebrag _areaman posted:I make $200k a year. I'm going to propose to my girlfriend in a few months. I'm not buying her an engagement ring, the rings we do eventually get will be under $1k each, and I refuse to spend more than $10k on the wedding. Ceremony in a college chapel, and party later with booze bought myself and bartenders hired independently. My money is better spent on property, experiences, investments, etc. Weddings are about love, not appearances, and I would never marry someone who disagreed.
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froglet posted:
Add a vote on these two for me, I don't think I voted on either category get. Holy hell I forgot about Souvenir check and how hysterically awful an idea that was.
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Dec 31, 2015 18:41
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Pompous Rhombus posted:Biggest BFC trainwreck thread Links?
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Dec 31, 2015 19:32
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Worst Crowdfunding: Muerte's thread where he quit his job and raised around 3000$ on a crowdfunding site to hike across America and "raise awareness" about mental health issues. The cart he was using to carry his supplies broke after 6 miles, he only ate raisins, passed out on day 4, and had to get an Uber back to the start. Then someone reported him on the fundraising site and he had to return all the money. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3714480
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Duckman2008 posted:Add a vote on these two for me, I don't think I voted on either category get. Not voting yet, still nominating. Also nobody needs to say "Blue Story" again since that's been nominated a billion times already. Don't worry, you'll get your chance to vote on it.
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Dec 31, 2015 21:29
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Why can't I nominate the 2015 financial goals thread for worst humblebrag? I know that's the point of the thread, but the thread is boring, pointless, and humble braggy. And totally non-interactive. I nominate the piece of poo poo 2015 financial goals thread for fulfilling its goal of being awful
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Dec 31, 2015 21:31
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I thought Nail Rat's explanation was pretty good. An additional reason is that the Financial Goals thread is primarily populated outright and undisguised brags, not humblebrags. That said, I bet there are some excellent individual humblebrags buried inside that thread!
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The financial thread is the sanctioned bragging thread. The BFC Bad With Money thread is the one full of humblebrags.
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