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GoGoGadgetChris posted: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. A thread full of brags is not a single humblebrag. The only way the category works is if you pick one humblebrag. Otherwise someone could say the BWM thread and it's a stalemate (except one is brags, the other is humblebrags). The category THE WORST HUMBLEBRAG. Not which thread has the most of them.
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flynt posted:Worst Crowdfunding:  Bonus points for Tuyop of all people popping in midway through to go "your pack is way too heavy, dude".
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The most amazing redditor was in /r/wallstreetbets who sold everything to go all in to apple call options. I believe he put in around $100k and apple's price went up enough that he was in the money (an amazing turn of events), and then he held until expiry. During which apple's stock price dropped three days before expiry so the calls expired worthless. A terrible bet which he could have profited from but ran it into the ground by being greedy. Unfortunately there's nothing to link as he destroyed the OP with spam and deleted his account.
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Devian666 posted:The most amazing redditor was in /r/wallstreetbets who sold everything to go all in to apple call options. I believe he put in around $100k and apple's price went up enough that he was in the money (an amazing turn of events), and then he held until expiry. During which apple's stock price dropped three days before expiry so the calls expired worthless. A terrible bet which he could have profited from but ran it into the ground by being greedy.
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Devian666 posted:The most amazing redditor was in /r/wallstreetbets who sold everything to go all in to apple call options. I believe he put in around $100k and apple's price went up enough that he was in the money (an amazing turn of events), and then he held until expiry. During which apple's stock price dropped three days before expiry so the calls expired worthless. A terrible bet which he could have profited from but ran it into the ground by being greedy. This guy? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3555678&pagenumber=374&perpage=40#post447690703
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Wasn't there some guy in one of the Games threads that railed against a dude trolling his XBone purchase by saying that he could buy and sell his family? If anyone can find it and it was this year, I'd nominate it for worst humblebrag
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Once again, though, that's not really a humblebrag unless you ignore half of the word.
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How do you even do a financial humblebrag? It's almost always just regular-brags, whether you're talking about spending big bucks or being ultra thrifty. "I tear up every time I look at my son's 529 balance. Just knowing that someone cares so much about his future is so moving"
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pig slut lisa posted:This guy? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3555678&pagenumber=374&perpage=40#post447690703 That's it and it made watching the aapl price far more interesting. YOLO
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:How do you even do a financial humblebrag? It's almost always just regular-brags, whether you're talking about spending big bucks or being ultra thrifty. See the one from the last page. One dude in the BWM thread said "I guess I'm kind of BWM. I paid off my student loans ($9100 at 5%) so now it won't be on my credit report anymore." That's the definition of a humblebrag(I accomplished this awesome thing that's smart, but I guess it's bad with money because I have less open accounts or something  ), and the BWM thread has tons of them. Talking about how little you paid for your wedding is another example.
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Lots of humble bragging in the BWM thread. Basically every story has about five people replying how they do the opposite, usually leading to a huge derail.
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Brag: "I earned way more this year than I expected. Can't wait to see if I can beat it next year" Humblebrag: "Yikes, earned way more than I expected this year. I'm super worried about doing my taxes!"
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:How do you even do a financial humblebrag? It's almost always just regular-brags, whether you're talking about spending big bucks or being ultra thrifty. "I am really bad with money  I keep six figures in my savings account earning .85%"
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detectivemonkey posted:Brag: "I earned way more this year than I expected. Can't wait to see if I can beat it next year" I mean..."gently caress I hate doing taxes related to stock sales" might not have been *meant* as a humblebrag...
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silvergoose posted:I mean..."gently caress I hate doing taxes related to stock sales" might not have been *meant* as a humblebrag... It never is! Here, everyone go to the source. Can I nominate Knyteguy for top emotional rollercoaster?
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Funniest Redditor: "I sold my Rent a Center furniture to pay legal fees and now RAC wants their stuff back" The Reddit OP was deleted but it was posted in the BWM thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3555678&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=385#post448410522 Worst mainstream media article: I MADE A HUGE SACRIFICE TO BUY MY DREAM HOME http://www.elledecor.com/life-culture/a7367/i-made-a-huge-sacrifice-to-buy-my-home/ Specifically for this line - "My uterus literally aches despite the fact that logic suggests we can't afford it right now."
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Here is the updated list of nominations:pig slut lisa posted:Nominations as of 12/30 Please let me know if I've missed something! Also, reminder that a proper nomination includes a link to your BWM redditor/article/whatever being discussed on SA. For example, Pompous Rhombus and flynt nominated what seem like great articles but I haven't been able to find anything about them on SA outside this thread. I'd love to add them though if someone can find them! vvvv Thanks! Apologize for any confusion on my part 
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Sorry, thought I was supposed to link the article but here is where the aching uterus discussion starts in the BWM thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3555678&pagenumber=367&perpage=40#post447014936
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Slow Motion's abortion happened 11 months ago. Nominating that over Blue Story as my favorite Seattle accountant trainwreck: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3560557&pagenumber=170&perpage=40#post441397222
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I did some poking around and found the link to Pompous Rhombus' article: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3555678&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=322#post444057873 (coincidentally posted by himself!) That entire chunk of pages is full of r/personalfinance trainwrecks too, for people still looking for nominations. 
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MrKatharsis posted:Slow Motion's abortion happened 11 months ago. Nominating that over Blue Story as my favorite Seattle accountant trainwreck:  Horking Delight posted:I did some poking around and found the link to Pompous Rhombus' article: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3555678&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=322#post444057873 (coincidentally posted by himself!)
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Thanks everyone for your nominations! I'm going to close the thread for a few days while Nail Rat and I flesh out some of the categories. Check back later in the week for voting.
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 Voting for the 2015 Golden Wonderhangers is now active! Please see this post for the full slate of nominees as well as voting instructions pig slut lisa fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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I'm so first 1B 2D* 3A 4B 5B 6B 7B
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1D 2B 3C 4B 5B 6AAA++*** 7C when you try shorting penny stocks or commit insurance fraud, you can have a reasonable expectation of what the outcome could be. But horses, insidious shits that they are, will slowly but surely gently caress you in the financial a-zone as you wonder why you`re hemorrhaging money. Maybe you`ll call your accountant to help you sort it out, as soon as Peggy finishes her appointment with that horse psychic... Guest2553 fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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1A 2B 3C 4A - ahaha I missed this one, "There’s three people that have been influential for my entire life, and one was John Carmack, one was Steve Jobs, and one was Chris Roberts. " 5B 6A 7D
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1A 2B 3A 4A 5B 6A* 7C I was sorely tempted to pick Muerte as Worst With Money, but he's really bad at life more than he's bad at money.
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1A 2B 3A 4B 5B 6A* 7D - this was tough, the engagement ring humblebrag was really good too
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1D 2C 3A 4B* 5A 6A 7C Can we please have SloMo brought back for an annual update? Mods?!
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1B 2D 3A 4B* 5C 6C 7B Not a Children fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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1D* 2B 3A 4B 5A 6A 7D quote:I was sorely tempted to pick Muerte as Worst With Money, but he's really bad at life more than he's bad at money. Ditto on this.
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