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VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Ashcans posted:

As someone who immigrated to the US, the pledge of allegiance is really weird and creepy. This also applies to the fever-pitch that American patriotism can reach and the whole FLAGSFLAGSFLAGS thing. This is the only place I've ever been (or heard of) where people put up flagpoles in their yard because they love the flag so loving much.

On another website I saw a conservative refer to having sworn an oath to defend the flag.

I assume this was some military enlistment oath. When I asked "what oath was that?" I got no response. (In the US military, you swear an oath to defend THE CONSTITUTION)

# ¿ Sep 6, 2011 08:56

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 02:06

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

quote:

USS BARACK OBAMA

The USS Barack Obama set sail today from its home port of Vancouver, BC.

The ship is the first of its kind in the Navy and is a standing legacy to President Barack H. Obama "for his foresight in military budget cuts."

The ship is constructed nearly entirely from recycled aluminum and is completely solar powered with a top speed of 5 knots. It boasts an arsenal comprised of one (unarmed) F14 Tomcat or one (unarmed) F18 Hornet aircraft which, although they cannot be launched on the 100 foot flight deck, they do form a very menacing presence.

As a standing order there are no firearms allowed on board.

This crew, like the crew aboard the USS Jimmy Carter, is specially trained to avoid conflicts and appease any and all enemies of the United States at all costs. An onboard DNC Universal Translator can send out messages of apology in any language to anyone who may find America offensive. The number of apologies are limitless and though some may seem hollow and disingenuous, the Navy advises all apologies will sound very sincere.

In times of conflict, the USS Obama has orders to seek refuge in Canada.

Details are as vague as his past, his economic policies, and his credentials to lead. But don't you worry, he has a plan!

# ¿ Oct 2, 2011 06:49

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

The Flour Moth posted:

Because America never apologizes! Apologies are for the weak.

So is sanity.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2011 11:39

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

I just wish they'd stop naming ships after people who are still alive.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2011 15:47

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Sarion posted:

Right, which gets to the whole "No True Free Market" joke. You can't have a true "free market" without anarchy, because the government will always somehow be involved if it exists.

And a free market pretty much can't remain free without perfect information, regardless of that intervention. It will end with monopolies.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2011 03:57

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Guns for show, a knife for a pro.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2011 11:38

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

A Fancy 400 lbs posted:

Where did people get the idea that a government functions economically identically to a nuclear family? I've never understood that.

The same place that the idea that a rocket can't work because it has nothing to push against. Many people cannot think in terms that are not useful in their daily lives.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2011 16:11

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

PerniciousKnid posted:

Are sheep naturally penguin predators or something?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article146406.ece

myron_cope posted:

Isn't the DMZ between the Koreas the reason the US won't sign the land mine treaty? I learned that on the West Wing

No, the US won't sign because gently caress YOU THAT IS WHY.

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# ¿ Oct 30, 2011 16:21

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Countblanc posted:

She also simply didn't believe that other countries have more progressive welfare systems ("Maybe on paper, but they don't constantly cave and extend benefits for people like we do.").

What we need for that is some Dane or Swede or something to volunteer to email these people with personal stories, documentation and sources regarding their welfare programs, along with pictures of themselves holding up signs of the recipient's choosing near some identifiable landmark proving they are where they say they are.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2011 03:44

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

redmercer posted:

"Multipliers"? It's war, not pinball.

Shoot opponents for score.

Shooting accuracy increases multiplier.

AlternateNu posted:

A married E-6 at 10 years with dependents living somewhere cushy like Germany who is deployed 6 months out of the year can easily hit $50k. If he has something extra like Foreign Language Proficiency Pay...that can hit $250 a month, hazardous duty and tax free combat zone...yeah, its doable.

Maximum FLPP used to be 1000 per month. AFAIK, you can only get that if you are in a job where knowing a foreign language is part of your job. I was getting 600 per month, for two languages.

VideoTapir fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Nov 7, 2011

# ¿ Nov 7, 2011 02:58

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Amused to Death posted:

Brilliant. Mind if I steal it to post around?

The danger is that people will see that and not see anything wrong with it.

The other one was harder to wiggle out of, as it used the same picture as the original.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2011 05:13

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

XyloJW posted:

How do you have no need for a pickup truck? Do you never buy, move, or sell furniture or do yardwork?

The ones festooned with crying eagles usually show no signs of ever having been used for any of these things. Trucks are a fetish associated with a cultural identity originally based upon doing the kind of work that required a truck. But many of the fetishists no longer do that kind of work.

Furthermore it is possible to do most of these things with any vehicle.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2011 05:17

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

darthbob88 posted:

How do you propose moving a refrigerator in a sedan?

Depends on the fridge and the sedan. But you could definitely do it in a wagon.

Also, when I've moved, I've never had to move a refrigerator. I have driven cross-country in a sedan packed to the gills with crap.

I've also hauled a couple hundred pounds of pavers in one, I've hauled garbage and brush in one. My mom has hauled sand and gravel in minivans and wagons. Basically, if it can fit through one of the doors, you can put it in any vehicle. And if you've got a convertible, you don't even have to worry about that, it just has to fit in the passenger seat.

And that isn't even touching on the things i've seen people do with bicycles in China.

There are things you cannot do without a truck. But far fewer than you seem to think.

quote:

Trucks are not exclusively associated with that cultural fetish; sometimes they're associated with people who do do that work.

This is something I did not know and would never have considered if you had not come along to enlighten me. Thank you.

quote:

just please don't paint all truck-owners with the same brush.

If you'd taken a quarter the time to read what I wrote that you did to write your response you'd see I didn't.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2011 06:52

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

ErIog posted:

A welfare queen who carries a gun...

Have you heard of the 2nd amendment?

# ¿ Nov 9, 2011 10:03

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

quote:

8. If you can�t pronounce a word or name, LOOK IT UP! DON�T invent a convenient way of
pronouncin�g it.

quote:

2. Spare the rod spoil the child, �nuff said

Dominion posted:

I cannot think of a single way to pronounce any of those words other than the actual one.

Haha, trick question. They're ALL pronounced "freedom."

# ¿ Nov 11, 2011 05:33

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Kosmonaut posted:

this is NSFW unless you work at a racism factory

So, unless you're a police officer?

RagnarokAngel posted:

That story seems completely implausible, what college is still using chalk?

It's a reference to this:

http://www.snopes.com/religion/chalk.asp

VideoTapir fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Nov 20, 2011

# ¿ Nov 20, 2011 05:16

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

U.T. Raptor posted:

What is it with them and the lightbulb thing?

It isn't the government's business to tell me what i can or can't buy!

# ¿ Dec 4, 2011 12:30

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

zeroprime posted:

So when do we implement monthly drug testing for all elected officials? I mean, we're just giving them my tax dollars and, unlike people who can't afford food, if they are on drugs they can seriously cock up everything for the rest of us.

Daily. Though I pity the dude who has to watch grotesque old men piss every day.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2011 13:47

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Not the least bit surprised a bail bondsman would be a piece of poo poo.

# ¿ Dec 24, 2011 15:50

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

archangelwar posted:

This has been making the rounds on Facebook lately:

It is invariably accompanied by a remark about how America should not allow the Socialist menace to succeed.

Yes, it is from the same Thomas Paine who advocated a guaranteed minimum income and decried the advent of private ownership of property as denying every man of their natural inheritance, thus advocating everyone person upon reaching the age of 21 should receive a large sum of money from the government. The same Thomas Paine who sided with the French revolutionaries in overthrowing the aristocracy. The same Thomas Paine who advocated a heavily progressive taxation system funding extensive social services.

Conservatives sure do like falsely attributed quotations. Anything to get that good old argument from authority.

But why would you make one this loving obvious? First of all, "entrepreneur" is a 20th century term in common use, and wasn't used before the 19th. Second, attributing it not only to an author, but to a single source, makes it easy to check and find out that no, this quote is not in fact from that source. If you give just the author you leave open the possibility that the searcher just couldn't find the correct source.

But of course, the intended audience is never going to go looking, is it?

# ¿ Dec 28, 2011 05:32

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

archangelwar posted:

No, Thomas Paine wrote it. But they do not understand what it means at all, why he wrote it, or the context of the quote. It was found in Common Sense where he was specifically referring to the British monarchy and was rallying against the British Loyalists who were working for the various British government entities in the colonies or were part of the British aristocracy. Notice the phrase "kept citizen." He was not referring to social programs at all.

If he wrote it, it was not in "Common Sense." Seriously, go check. Use the phrase "kept citizen" if you like:
http://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/singlehtml.htm
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense/
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/147/147-h/147-h.htm

And the use of the term "entrepreneur" makes it highly suspect that Paine could have written it at all:
http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=entrepreneur&year_start=1700&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3

Zoom in on what LOOKS like a likely candidate time period, and you'll find only unrelated texts, mostly in French, and the remaining instances of the term are the name of a ship.

It is a falsely-attributed quotation. Probably deliberately on someone's part, but once these things start, they gain a life of their own. People repeating it use one another's repetition of it as confirmation.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2011 15:32

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

archangelwar posted:

Wow, holy poo poo, I was totally suckered. This thing has such a life of its own that even legit sites attribute it to Common Sense, and it has been ages since I last looked at it. For me, it was easy to attribute to Thomas Paine simply because of his disdain for British nobility. Wow.

Edit: Serves me right for not going to the source and checking immediately.

What legit sites? AFAIK, there are no quotation sites dedicated to more than one author that actually make any effort to keep things correct except maybe Wikiquote. They're ad farms, like lyrics sites.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2011 16:09

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

I thought up a little verse that might work in some fake forward, if someone has a good delivery vector:

I'm a fifty-three percenter,
A rugged, manly steel inventor.
If you don't succeed it's all your fault.
I'm packing up and going Galt.

Coelacanthian posted:

^^^To which he says, "there's 1,000 years worth of oil in the U.S.!"

I know, I don't know why I'm putting up with it, I should just ignore him. It's just that I have some more reasonable friends that are fence-sitting and lean slightly more conservative on this issue, so if I can whomp them over the head with some truth it would make me feel better about life. Was I wrong to take the position that humans are contributing massively to global warming? I feel the data is pretty obvious...

For this kind of person, I think something that might help would be an actual physical demonstration of dynamic equilibrium, with a radical change in the overall state coming from a small change in the input.

I'm convinced that most global warming deniers (and ALL of the ones who minimize what effect humans could have, contrasting it with natural carbon sources) do not understand the concept of dynamic equilibrium, and have maybe never even heard the term.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2012 16:51

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

quote:

or potential regulation of the Internet

Maybe we need to get conservatives thinking that SOPA is about enforcing net neutrality.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2012 06:45

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Remember conservatives were up in arms about net neutrality being regulation of political speech on the internet . they thought it was like the fairness doctrine. So without context I don't think you can be sure what they're on about.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2012 04:32

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

If you vote for a balanced budget you're voting for HITLER.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2012 05:41

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Anubis posted:

What else could the president even cut besides military pay,

You can cut military pay in ways that almost no one in the military is going to complain about : Keep troops out of combat, and their wages aren't non-taxable, and they don't get combat pay.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2012 03:48

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Dameius posted:

Low information voters still think Obama is the valiant champion of the masses but those mean old Republicans keep blocking him at every turn instead of reality.

Obama is Cartman's mom in the sheisse video in the South Park movie.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2012 10:48

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Am I imagining things, or wasn't there quite a bit of indignation about the corpse-dragging?

# ¿ Jan 14, 2012 06:10

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

I voted for Ted Stevens once.

My reasoning was like this: I don't think it's good for Alaska to get rid of all three of its douchebag reps at once. Stevens may have been the most corrupt of the three, but unlike Young and Murkowski, he was not solely in the pocket of the oil industry, but also the fishing and tourism industries. Therefore he didn't favor one critical industry over the others, and overall wasn't loving people over very hard.

My stupid idiot kid mistake there was thinking my vote mattered for poo poo.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2012 16:21

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Chunk posted:

Paying taxes does not give me the permission to tell the poor how to live. If they respond that it does, then we get ask why they get to and I don't. Maybe I want them to have actual agency in their lives. Whose desire to control them wins out?

The idea of you having agency would be just as foreign to them.

Sarion posted:

Plus, tubal legation reversals aren't even close to 100% effective. A significant number of women will never be able to have children in this scenario.

It's "ligation." What made you think someone who knows gently caress all about tubal ligation would know how to spell it?

# ¿ Jan 19, 2012 05:41

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Z-Magic posted:

Is there a reason for all the Carter hate?

He lost Iran, and tried to deny us St. Reagan. Also he caused high inflation and was a Democrat.

Equester posted:

I like this part, first they indicate they are not even sure if he is muslim. Secondly you now apparantly have to be christian to President, like it's in the constitution or something ( I know you practically ahve to be, but they treat it like it's law)

Also seems to be assuming that the pledge of allegiance and "in god we trust" are older than they are.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2012 13:13

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Sarion posted:

I do too; I recently went back and reread "A Modest Proposal", and it is eerie how perfectly it fits to today. The only thing outdated in it is that it focuses on the Irish, but you change that to "Blacks" or "Welfare Recipients" and it fits completely.

http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/PeopleOfTheAbyss/

This is also surprisingly current, and it isn't even satire.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2012 19:12

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

jojoinnit posted:

So she thinks no issues of the Harvard Law Review were published during his time there? That's easy, bring out some issues from the early 90s. You don't need to prove that, she needs to give a source for why she would think that.

I usually don't have anything to post, but this popped up in my feed.

I could get behind this image if it subtracted the conservative persecution complex and also included changes in GW Bush's handwriting.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2012 02:59

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Arglebargle III posted:

She testified about her friend who needed progesterone pills to keep her ovarian cysts under control, had them denied under her plan, couldn't afford them out of pocket, and now suffers early menopause as a result. Never let anyone forget this.

I wish that friend would post to The Plural of Anecdote.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2012 07:33

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

NEW CAR FOR DELIVERING PIZZAS.

SO THEIR KID COULD EARN MONEY FOR SCHOOL.

Jesus gently caress how do you make that much money while being that stupid?

# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 03:27

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Hey, the dumbshit wrote another of those a few months ago:

http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/first-person-50-000-salary-felt-minimum-wage-194000717.html#more-id

quote:

Combating work stress by paying others

I rarely took vacations when I was working at home because I did not have a lot of stress. With a stressful job, I needed to take expensive vacations just to unwind. I started getting weekly massages. With less time and more to juggle, I paid for someone to mow my lawn and clean my house. I was spending $100 more a week due to job stress.

When I looked at my records, I could trace a grand total of $700 a week that I was spending because of my employment. That left me with a net of $300 a week or $7.50 an hour. My high paying job equaled minimum wage.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 03:47

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

I will post some disjointed commentary about a subject that I do not understand in any meaningful way. I will get paid 50,000 dollars a year to do it.

http://voices.yahoo.com/first-person-minimum-wage-increase-good-thing-10750389.html

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COMMENTARY | My teenage son jut got a pay raise for the New Year, thanks to a minimum wage rate increase in Florida.

According to CNNMoney, eight states are adjusting their minimum wage rates to keep pace with inflation. Florida joins Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Ohio, Washington, Montana and Vermont in raising minimum wage between 28 to 37 cents an hour.

Federal minimum wage is $7.25.

Although it may seem like a small boost in pay, the increase could put an extra $500 a year in my hardworking son's pocket. That translates into the college textbooks books he needs to buy for the year.

I am a firm believer in teens getting minimum-wage jobs or completing internships that may lead to a "real job." I believe it's that minimum wage job that motivates most people to finish college or start their own businesses.

Some people depend on minimum wage jobs in order to survive. They don't have mom or dad paying their car insurance, rent or grocery bills.

Economists say the increase in minimum wage will boost the economy as consumers have more money to spend.

On the downside, the money for increasing minimum wage has to come from somewhere. Some critics argue that the increase in minimum wage will lead to higher prices.

Business owners either raise prices on products or hire fewer people. In the end, customers may have to deal with poor customer service and overworked employees.

Senior citizens benefit least unless they are earning minimum-wage themselves. Statistically, senior citizens typically lose out to young adults seeking the minimum-wage jobs. It's more likely retired people will have to deal with even higher prices.

Minimum-wage jobs, unfortunately, were not really meant for the middle-aged person with a family to support or elderly on a fixed income. They are better suited for the teenager living at home with fewer expenses.

Sadly, it's not just the teens relying on the minimum wage jobs anymore.

quote:

First Person: Why I'm Not Scared of Another Market Crash

Although I was deeply troubled by the stock market crash of 2008, I learned the problem was only on paper. Time heals all wounds and it also appears to work on financial wounds. Now, I just keep plenty of cash in reserve as a cushion in case of another stock market crash.

See, that's all you have to do, have plenty of cash! I don't know why you losers are all worrying!

http://voices.yahoo.com/how-reduced-car-insurance-premium-10401599.html

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Cutting comprehensive and collision

We had to keep the comp and collision intact for our new vehicle, but could remove it for our other two cars, which are much older. In addition, the insurance representative suggested removing emergency road service on the two older cars to save money. This saved us $539 for six months or $90/month. With cellular phones and three cars, we depend on our family to assist us if we are stranded on the side of the road.

I'm not sure how she's having such money troubles if her other two cars are old enough to drop comprehensive and collision...or is "much older" like 2008 or something?

Oh dear god:
http://voices.yahoo.com/retiring-comic-books-8684829.html?cat=3

quote:

Retiring on Comic Books
My Husband's Collections Versus My 401K
Laura Cone

I save money for retirement with a 401K and a Roth IRA, while my husband collects comic books and Magic the Gathering cards for his backup retirement plan.

Who is crazy? While companies such as GM have filed for bankruptcy, copies of his "Wolverine," "Spiderman," "Wonder Woman" and "Flash" have steadily climbed in value.

When Gary Dahlberg, a retired bus driver from Minneapolis died, he left behind a 20,000 comic book collection valued at $1 million.

Here are some of the collections we have toyed around with and how we plan to get the most retirement cash out of the investments:

Comic books

Like the retired bus driver, my husband carefully catalogues and preserves his comic books using plastic liners and cardboard boxes. Comic books that have been soaked in coffee stains are not as valuable. Since the entire investment could literally go up in flames, it's important to insure valuable comic book collections. Use an official grading guide book to determine the value of the collections.

Magic the Gathering

My husband has a collection of more than 20,000 Magic the Gathering cards, which are used for playing the strategy game. It's extremely frustrating to organize the cards so they don't take over the house. Like the comic books, it's important to keep the valuable cards organized in protective books. Keep the most valuable cards in a fire proof safe.

Antiques and artwork

It is usually free to have antique furniture or other item assessed by a professional appraiser. Always get a second opinion. While relatives are still living, make sure to keep records of the style of furniture, the country of origin, the age and any other pertinent details that may help with the appraisal. Don't store valuable antiques, old books with inscriptions and artwork in your garage.

Nostalgic collections

I keep a frivolous collection of the Looney Toons glasses from the 1970s. Nostalgic collections such as mine do not necessarily go up in value. I collect the glasses more for fun. Other nostalgic collections that I would not bank on for retirement funds include doll collections, glassware, fast food restaurant toys. A few Barbie dolls increase in value so I keep mine in the original cases.

My husband is more skeptical about whether it's safe to invest in the stock market, but I have complete confidence in it. Still, having an art, comic book or other valuable collection is a great way to diversify your retirement portfolio.

More from this contributor:

I wonder how Mrs. Cone's "girlfriend" feels about her "boo hoo my 100k = minimum wage!" article.
http://voices.yahoo.com/using-survival-instincts-become-8633519.html?cat=3

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One of my best friends from college is staying with her family at one of the National Parks right now. They aren't camping for fun. They are temporarily homeless until they find a landlord who will let them rent using a voucher from public housing.

Some experts say the average American family is just a few paychecks away from being in the same situation as my girlfriend.

So how are those pizza-delivering "Gen Y, or Zippie" sons of hers doing?
http://voices.yahoo.com/signs-teen-abusing-xanax-8578271.html?cat=5

quote:

Signs Your Teen is Abusing Your Xanax

edit: just noticed that it's "Signs Your Teen is Abusing Your Xanax." Christ, this woman is a walking stereotype.

My god, on 100k, we could hardly afford new cherry wood cabinets! People just don't understand how hard it is to make ends meet! I must share my financial expertise with the world!

BOLD THE WHOLE loving THING.

http://voices.yahoo.com/first-person-spending-domino-effect-8549641.html?cat=3

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First Person: The Spending Domino Effect of a Home Purchase
How Buying Begets Buying
Laura Cone

The more you spend, the more you spend. I've noticed the domino effect of my purchases throughout the years. It's not that the more you buy, the more you need. It's that when you buy one thing you begin to want other things to create aesthetic harmony.

The spending domino effect is especially noticeable when you purchase a home. Spending begets spending. I think it's the natural tendency of people to gravitate toward environments that are aesthetically pleasing.

Here's how the purchase of our new home had a domino effect on other purchase decisions in the past six years:

The home purchase leads to decorating

Almost everyone I know who purchases a home wants to decorate. When I sold my townhouse, I sold the curtains and lighting fixtures along with the home. In my new home, I spent money on paint, new drapes, rugs to match the drapes, new shower curtains and matching accessories for the bathroom.

Decorating leads to new furniture

After decorating, it seemed out of place to have old furniture. We bought several new furniture pieces. We wanted furniture that coordinated well with the decorating scheme in the house. It's not that we needed all the new furniture that we purchased. We just wanted it. Buying begets buying.

[b]New furniture leads to coordinating cabinets

With the new dark leather soft in the living room, it only seemed right to purchase dark cherry wood cabinets in the kitchen since it opened up to the living room. When you put in new cabinets, they demolish the old countertops.

New cabinets leads to new countertops

Since we had to replace the old countertops, we decided to get something really spectacular. Since I am into the feng shui decorating ideas and we also like to be green, I chose the recycled glass countertops. They aren't cheap, but they went beautifully with the cabinets.

New countertops leads to new appliances

With an entirely new kitchen, it seemed ridiculous to have boring white appliances. We upgraded to stainless steel appliances to create a contemporary look. We opted for the energy efficient appliances.

New kitchen leads to new floors

It did not take many years for our carpet to be worn out in the great room. In addition, our ceramic tile floors in the kitchen began to crack. But the real reason for purchasing oak engineered hardwood is that that it was more aesthetically pleasing. I feel more relaxed and comfortable in a nice environment.

Without a doubt, making one single purchase, such as the purchase of home, can lead to much more spending.

But the good new is that even though we spent thousands of dollars upgrading and decorating our new home, we are still further ahead financially than we would be if we jumped from house to house.

Because, whether you intend for it to be the case or not, each time you make another home purchase you will sink money into the house. It's not that houses are money pits. It's just the law of aesthetics that people will spend until their surroundings reflect how they interpret who they are.

After we finished our decorating, our best next purchase was a new golden retriever puppy, who is thankfully, house trained.

And she loving PURCHASED a puppy.

I am filled with hatred right now.

VideoTapir fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Mar 23, 2012

# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 04:59

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

Doc Hawkins posted:

The things you think rich people have are the things that will keep you from getting rich.

Yeah, like fillings.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 05:03

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 02:06

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

quote:

Diffuse 6 Common Calorie Bombs When Dining Out
8/25/2011
I love fine dining. It's an experience to savor every morsel, but morsels can quickly turn into pounds. How I recognize and diffuse 6 common calorie bombs even when there is no nutritional guide.

The best way to diffuse a bomb is to allow it to explode.

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Laura Cone has been writing for more than 20 years. She has a bachelor's degree in English from Valparaiso University, Indiana.

I cannot get enough of how awful this woman is in every respect.

VideoTapir fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Mar 23, 2012

# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 15:29

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