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Weatherman posted:On that note, let me post three of the four best BWM-related SA threads of all time. Where's Slow Motion's thread?  edit: I'm beaten, but at least I can answer my own question. Like a Train Wreck in Slow Motion (AKA tripping balls at the opera) Nail Rat fucked around with this message at 16:07 on May 2, 2017 |
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask / Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > Also this cat is ruining my credit score.
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Hoodwinker posted:I feel like we need some sort of mandatory government-sponsored training for everybody when they get out of school for how to deal with loving finances, contracts, and being a productive member of society. This is not in the interest of the upper classes though, so it won't happen.
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May 3, 2017 19:42
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potatoducks posted:Wait these sound great. Only if you're rooted in American suburbia. Lots of needless overhead from designing cities to accommodate cars. Everything gets further apart and more people need cars and so on and so forth. BWM
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May 5, 2017 18:08
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It pretty much is running up a giant credit card balance on a massive scale. Both figuratively (carbon emissions) and literally (the cost at a municipal and personal level of needing vehicles for everyone and the infrastructure and land to support them). BWM for sure
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May 5, 2017 18:26
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May 5, 2017 19:32
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Yeah I don't think it's so bad from a money perspective, it's some of the other implications I'm not a fan of. One big lot isn't enough for my family, let's take two. It's one of those things that's fine on a small scale but if every neighborhood does it, it increases sprawl significantly.
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May 5, 2017 19:35
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BarbarianElephant posted:I don't think it sounds crazy at all. It's cheap, and it might be a good investment after his kids grow up - they could build a house there and rent it out. As long as he doesn't keep bidding up and pay more than he is expecting. How do you follow with this when I said "Yeah I don't think it's so bad from a money perspective?" I'm not talking about whether it's a good investment. It's bad from a social* and city-planning perspective - in my opinion, but YMMV. *talking about bigger picture, not him and the 4 or 5 families that directly benefit from his underground park.
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May 5, 2017 21:00
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HR always exists to protect the company, but protecting them from lawsuits is one of the common ways they do that.
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May 9, 2017 22:36
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Where will that darn bird end up next!
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:I tried TriFecta! It was so unbelievably bad I posted some poo poo on their facebook page and their ceo apologized. 11 dollars a meal and it was horrid in taste and texture. Significantly less pleasant than a goddamn lean cuisine. Maybe they're talking about full nutrition for hobbits, you don't know
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May 10, 2017 18:50
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If you don't like the random ingredients we send you, feel free to order another box.
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May 10, 2017 20:06
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canyoneer posted:My box had canned quail eggs, a durian, 3 lbs of sea salt, frozen catfish, and 2 Ghostbusters (2016) Funko Pops. Sounds like a job for the ice cream maker!
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May 10, 2017 20:12
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OctaviusBeaver posted:Aint nobody got time for that. I just stuff all the ingredients in my Juicero and microwave the resulting paste. Woah man you can't just shove DRM-free ingredients into a Juicero quote:I don't think Blue Apron is inherently BWM. You're paying for the luxury of not having to think too hard about what to cook, good ingredients, and a wide variety of food. Yeah, particularly because you don't need to commit to six months or anything. You could just get a week here or there to get some ideas/a break on planning.
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May 10, 2017 20:22
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:not exactly but Johnny Depp did spend.over $5MM to launch Hunter S. Thompson's ashes out of a cannon That was for the whole party which was a huge gala, the actual cannon part didn't cost that much
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"I agree with you, Mrs. Redditor. You should sell these condos immediately...and buy $400k worth of full life insurance!"
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May 15, 2017 21:39
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Kotaku, shill of all things Japanese and gadgety posted:This is the sort of computer system one might expect from Computer Direct Outlet, a company with a CEO named Gary Underwood, a designer named Ty Underwood and a engineer named Dale Woodard. Seriously. These guys were born to make a wooden PC Or, OR, OR...it could be that they're fake names  Wonder if that author will sell all his consoles to buy one and get his wife a taco bell gift card again. Nail Rat fucked around with this message at 15:41 on May 17, 2017 |
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May 17, 2017 15:38
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 if you think a company that's never turned a profit will be around in 15 years. That VC gravy train won't last forever.
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I don't need a safety net. I really need a place to stay before my start ups get funded. I don't even have money for food right now. I’m literally almost always broke.
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May 22, 2017 15:10
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AmericanBarbarian posted:I thought they paid him 100k. quote:He pulled out his tattered black log book and told us we owed him $20,000—on top of the $30,000 we’d already handed over. We countered with a list itemizing the $100,000 we had paid to make up for his incompetence. In the end, we gave him roughly $6,000, just to be rid of him. The $100k wasn't to him, it was to fix the foundation.
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Rich parents.
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This family certainly seems to want attention, that's for sure.
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May 30, 2017 20:57
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Really though zero isn't much worse than 2600 do may as well have a giant banana I guess
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:The Millionaire Next Door - one of the best personal finance books in my opinion, especially because it focuses in laser close on spending - makes a really compelling case that paying for the best school your kids can get into is a really great way of keeping your family wealthy over generations. Forcing your kids to "BOOTSTRAPS!" all over again because you're too cheap to save for their education seems to me to be a decidedly counterproductive way to ensure success for your children, your grandchildren and beyond. This presupposes that generational wealth and classism is a good thing. I don't think your kids or my kids deserve a better shot than children of poor parents even if they don't work for it but hey that's me. Bootstraps is a funny thing to quote because it's used by the rich to say the poor should work harder. If the rich didn't transfer wealth and opportunity to their children, a true meritocracy would actually be possible. Just pretend I derail birded myself. Nail Rat fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Jun 1, 2017 |
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monster on a stick posted:
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Driving an hour each way for work also eats into that potential 70k salary at a healthy clip when you factor in gas, repairs, and wear and tear.
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BWM: rent-to-own cats
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Ebola Roulette posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6fwjzz/26_looking_to_leave_an_80kyear_job_so_i_can_make/ It's too bad they don't let you make art on the nights/weekends.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Do you feel that this inquisition is on-topic in the Bad With Money thread?  Why leave money in your 403b? It could go up or down! Just take the hit and BUY A HOUSE! Stop throwing away money on rent! https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6g1p0j/looking_to_buy_a_house_how_bad_of_an_idea_is_it/[/quote posted:short background: wife is a stay-at-home mom w/ our 20mo old. i work full-time (and full-time student if that matters) making 110k/yr. Both have 700+ credit scores, debt ratio fairly low. Luckily they seemed receptive to it being a horrible idea.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6gatgu/i_still_owe_what_i_paid_for_my_home_15_years/ I hate to be that guy, but this was posted 2 pages ago.
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Oh no here comes "I spent this much on my wedding, idiots  " time.(my ex-wife has a cousin whose wedding featured $250,000 in flowers. the bride's dad was loving loaded. the flower displays were ostentatious and ugly) BWM: being 10k upside down on a Civic on a minimum wage job. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6gyr5y/car_loan_overwhelmed/ posted:Hello /r/personalfinance, longtime lurker, first time poster. I need advice whether or not my situation would be better off seeking the aide of a Fiduciary or a Banker in the sense of getting my car loan conditions renegotiated or if I have to refinance it.
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Randler posted:How do you spend 250,000 on flowers? It's typical for a wedding to feature 2-3k of flowers in a major city. Do you think the flowers actually cost 2-3k? It's mostly profit for the florist. Imagine using the most renowned florist you can find, and gently caress off centerpieces that are so big that the guests on opposite sides of the table can't see one another.
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Food itself can easily be $100+ per plate from a high-end caterer, so there's 30k right there for 300 people. It doesn't *have* to be that expensive but it's certainly not unheard of. Bar packages often are extremely expensive as well from these kinds of caterers, so multiply something like $10-$20 per person per hour by six hours by 300 people...
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I think I'll die in a Mad Max style wasteland brought on by climate change.
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If you're on a vacation of any kind and the quality of internet is a concern you're doing it wrong. Stay home where there's good internet and save money.
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27k for this vintage train car with a kitchen, servants' quarters, dining room, observation lounge, and 5 bedrooms. And it won't sink. Granted it probably needs twice that in work before it would be both functional and comfortable. Really if I was stupid rich I might be tempted. http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/detail.asp?id=2143&n=Seaboard-Coast-Line-Business-Car-quotJacksonvillequot Nail Rat fucked around with this message at 15:18 on Jun 28, 2017 |
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Washing down my B12 vitamins with Russel Wilson's magic nanobubble water while getting laser weight loss therapy
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Doc Hawkins posted:I brought it up. It seemed on-topic. If you call not being fat a luxury using the above, you could also call medicine a luxury by the exact same parameters. It depends on what you mean by "need" I suppose. Ultimately you only need oxygen and a certain temperature level to stay alive for a short enough timeline.
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