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Noctone posted:I feel like I remember people talking about them coming out with some new chip that was supposed to blow everyone's tits off but I could be misremembering. Maybe if we have any computer nerds itt they can help? They made a nice chip that is finally competitive with Intel, but only at the highend.
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John Smith posted:Now, now. People in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones. John Smith not understand something simple, you don't say.
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May 31, 2017 16:56
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John Smith posted:So, shall I take it as a heartfelt general feeling that CitizenKain is indeed full of poo poo? And that I was indeed right that the trust *can* be structured accordingly, albeit at significant but necessary expense.  John Smith posted:If it was indeed properly structured, then seems to me that your dad simply couldn't be bothered despite his promise to his dead brother. If you are not willing to eat a lot of poo poo, then you shouldn't promise to eat a lot of poo poo. His brother would at least then have the option of trying to find an alternative. You are claiming this person's dad simply couldn't be bothered to try, despite him at least a year doing so. At some point she threatened to sue him. What was he supposed to do? You think she would have gone for that? I know normal human interactions are confusing to you, but figure it out. I feel bad for anyone who has to know you personally.
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Jun 1, 2017 01:40
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That sounds like an amazing thing to do with a friends wedding. Or a complete stranger's.
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Jun 5, 2017 05:04
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KingSlime posted:that's a great story but poor, naive girl I always love stories that involve someone mouthing off to the judge. That person basically threw away 2 grand because they were a greedy idiot with a naive friend.
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Jun 7, 2017 23:57
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:
Back in the day in my first job, I once spent most of a paycheck on a box of Magic The Gathering cards. Whole box of 5th edition was something like 50-60 bucks at the time. Got such poo poo cards out of it I think I stopped playing soon after.
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Jun 12, 2017 23:07
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It's hard to really be mad at that guy. He's 18, 18-year-olds buy dumb toys with the money from their first jobs. I bought a gameboy with mine and let me tell you, it made me a lot happier than whatever the interest on that hundred bucks would be now.
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Krispy Kareem posted:I know people like this. Not $17k bad, but holy poo poo the money they've spent. I've seen a few that have a regular play of something like 6 hours. And that is if everyone knows what they are doing. I can't imagine a boardgame that fun that 6 hours would be enjoyable. Local bad with money, I live in a duplex that was recently sold and purchased. The guy who bought it lives in the other half and I don't think he has any idea what he is doing. For instance, he hasn't been buy once to talk to me about paperwork, getting contact info or anything. Also, he said since his payments don't start until Oct, I didn't need to pay rent last month. I'm not complaining about saving a bunch of money, but I'm pretty sure that isn't how rentals work.
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Sep 15, 2017 05:44
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BigDave posted:Movie idea: Tom Hardy is a cowboy who breaks into stables and repossess horses from bankrupt owners. Get the Rock and Vin Diesel in on it. The Fast and Farriers.
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Oct 10, 2017 04:39
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Not a Children posted:So uh what’s the plan for handling a bunch of broke myopic seniors? It is every citizen’s final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people. —Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, “Ethics for Tomorrow”
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Oct 27, 2017 01:45
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zelah posted:Uh I’m sorry if we’ve discussed this before, but I live in Montana, a state with maybe a million people in it, and I can handle visiting a big city better then those two.
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Nov 23, 2017 20:28
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22 Eargesplitten posted:See: my brother-in-law who works in the oil fields and saves no money. A diesel F-250, a project car for drag racing, and expensive nights out with his crew, but no savings. I was doing some work down in Wyoming and mentioned to coworker there that every car lot was full of trucks. Not just the base model trucks either, full on F-250/2500s. Apparently everyone who would end up on a rig would work their first month or two, head into town and get a truck. You can just get a regular truck, what if you need to haul 3/4 ton of gear? Also you don't want to regular truck, it has to be the fancy package. So these dipshits would buy a truck, drive it for a few months and then would lose the truck. Some would get fired, others would fall behind on payments because they bought other poo poo. Or they'd get on meth. Bank would repo the truck, dealers would buy them back. On the lot they go for the next dipshit.
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Dec 14, 2017 03:23
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:That sounds BWL but potentially GWM. Not surprising. I know there are family lawyers that have a strong MRA bent to them.
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Feb 2, 2018 19:15
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:People who buy guns generally can't afford it? What? lol Sure they are only 500 bucks if you want a basic one, but one from one of the bigger named companies can easily crack 1500. After you have one $500 AR-15 style, your next one is going to be a $800 AR-15 style from a more prestigious company. Then your next gun is a $1200 gun that is a bigger caliber. Same with pistols. Sure a basic Glock is affordable, but before too long they are looking at a $1000 Kimber .45.
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Mar 9, 2018 04:01
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Weatherman posted:Im just curious: how is that sort of thing handled? Did your bank have a proper process for staff buying the coins, or did he just have someone watch as he replaced the coins with notes out of his own pocket? I asked a teller at work something like thisa long time ago, basically as long as it is witnessed and the count comes up, you are ok. They would go out of their way to make sure everything is counted up right. I think this came up because of them was collecting quarters or something and would dig through the change before it was rolled up. That was some ago though, I imagine polices changed.
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Mar 15, 2018 04:19
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Haifisch posted:Here's a couple short and sweet ones from I can kinda understand the second one. Years ago when I moved into an apartment, I didn't get a utility bill for about 8 months. They worked with a 3rd party company to handle the actual billing, and apparently paid the utilities directly. About 2 years in, every apartment got a notice that it turns out they'd been reading gas wrong and apparently that was being billed at random. So they took over all those payments and raised rent by 50 bucks. For me this wasn't great, as my heat payment wasn't much since the lady below me had her heat cranked. I guess they got the last laugh since those fuckers kept my security deposit for no reason.
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Apr 8, 2018 05:08
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WhatEvil posted:Yeah ok that's more or less what I thought. I'm sure the whole psychological/emotional connection to your own pet animal thing plays a large part in it but IMO a better option could be: buy a dog instead for that stuff and keep doing horse stuff the cheap way (pony club?). Also an important note about horses is they can live a long time. You are looking at around 25+ years of a giant animal that can cause enormous vet bills to itself in minutes. It also ties you down, as unless you pay a lot of money to have it boarded, you have to have enough land for horse related activities.
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Apr 12, 2018 01:19
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Vox Nihili posted:Looks like Musk put in some work providing primo BWM content: Musk really needs to get someone else to run Tesla while he fucks off and plays with rockets.
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May 4, 2018 01:50
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Ixian posted:I disagree, because even though he had to spend a little time locked up before he was acquitted he got off scot free with the law and bank in the end. The only BWM part is that he didn't spend more as he even has the balls to say in that story. Morals be damned, I say hats off to that motherfucker. Only real BWM part is not hiding more out in the outback.
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May 8, 2018 01:42
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Krispy Wafer posted:I've seen just as many stories about bars and restaurants that did great and still failed as bars that did terrible and failed. It sometimes doesn't matter how awesome you are at running it. I was at a family get together a few years ago, the guy hosting it at his house ran a popular bar in a resort town. Someone mention that it must be going well because he's obviously doing well. He says that the bar does ok, and for years he was only just breaking even. Then the state loosened gambling restrictions, and he put in a few multigame machines. After a few months of those going in, he cleared enough to hire more people, and was able to take vacations. If he cleared out more space for more machines, he could rake in even more, but he'd rather keep the space for tables. So the secret is gambling. In BWM news, a coworker really wanted to buy a house, and only just talked out of the first one because it was in a flood plain and had some sketchy foundation business. So he went for another one he could only just afford. I heard him saying that if he needs a lot of OT a month to have any savings. I'm sure this will go well.
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May 22, 2018 01:59
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Nocheez posted:This is literally the candles tweet, though. They know the car is a financial anchor, but they promised it to themselves so what else can they do? I don't understand how someone's dream must own car is a Mini. Unless you are a huge fan of The Italian Job or something.
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Jun 20, 2018 21:11
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Phanatic posted:It's 50% air. It's easy to cut calories when you replace the edible stuff with air. Just pick up a container, you can tell it weighs half what a pint of B&J does. If I was capable of only eating half as much good ice cream, I wouldn't need to look at stuff like Halo Top.
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Jun 30, 2018 04:34
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Raldikuk posted:Almost certainly. Most people don't track their spending to the penny and it is very easy to overlook snack purchases since their individual dollar value can be so small. It's like how spending $5.33 on Red Bull every working day will add up to $1,385.80 over the course of a year. If you're making $15/hour that represents 4.4% of your gross income. That poo poo is significant, yet most people will rationalize it away as if it were nothing. Place I work at used to be next to a little drive through coffee place, a lot of would go over frequently to get something. After we moved buildings, one person thought they got a raise because they were saving an extra 20 bucks a week.
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Jul 8, 2018 02:27
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n8r posted:I own a 2002 Subaru Forester and a 2004 Honda Element, both are good reliable vehicles, but I've had an annoying string of repairs lately. Most of which are just due to the age / mileage of the vehicle, but I can see how you can easily just say gently caress it and decide you 'deserve' a reliable new car. If that Forester hasn't had its head gaskets replaced, you are in a fun time on that soon.
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Jul 10, 2018 03:43
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SiGmA_X posted:Should I take out a personal loan to resolve credit card debt? Ahh, the "I have the means to fix this problem but won't" life choice.
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Got a fun one from work. I have a coworker that works in what is essentially a 2nd tier data entry/processing job for the last 20ish years. She seems content with the job, and that is fine, some people find a comfy groove and ride it. Its outside of work that is the real amazing thing. She is a NASCAR fan. Actually, she is a Dale Sr/Dale Jr fan and happens to like Nascar because of them. She makes important financial decisions based on who Jr's sponsors were. She adjusted her stock portfolio based on that. When another driver beat Jr on some race, she sold their stock and refused to ever use their products again. How the company is doing and if its a loss or gain does not factor in, at all. I was having lunch one day, and a couple of her coworkers were talking about something stupid she did. She owns a small home and a few years ago, had an addition put onto the house, probably a bedroom or something. Last year, there was a leak into the house because which contractor hosed up. Now, a normal person would have them fix the work. She went with call another contractor and had them tear the addition down. Once that was down, now there was exposed siding that wasn't as as weathered as other siding, so she the house re-sided. Yay, now the house is fixed, but oh no, the landscaping is hosed up because there is a huge slab in the yard. With winter coming that will wait until next year. Next layer of the onion, it turns out she's 68. She should have retired years ago, and was going to, but due to the remodeling work, can't. She will probably have to work another couple of years to pay this off. Now the real stupid part: She has a trust fund, and has been using this trust fund her entire life. Apparently she gets a set amount every month, but has spent all of it each month. If she retires, she won't make enough to go on Nascar trips and pay off the house remodel. So, she keeps working, because she can't stop doing either.
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Dustoph posted:I'm actually surprised at the lack of gun posts in this thread. I wonder if its because most guns are targeted at such a different market. They don't have the MLM background for them, they are usually targeted at wealthier people, and its possible to actually sell them if you need to. But I know people go loving bonkers buying guns though. My boss at work is currently heading to his own BWM event horizon in the near future, and part of that is his involvement with the prepper/survivalist/milfetish communities. For those guys, you don't just need a AR, you need have to have the *best* AR. You have to have the right optics, and the all the doodads. The amount of money its possible to spend is pretty amazing.
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Oct 17, 2018 06:20
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$700 a month on food for a single person?
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SpelledBackwards posted:Just saw this comment in /r/pf: That sounds like the bodybuilding forum that had issues with how many days are in a week. http://gawker.com/bodybuilders-try-fail-to-calculate-number-of-days-in-1677545788
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Oct 27, 2018 19:51
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Splicer posted:How do you make a bank account by mistake. I bet the new accounts person has been trying to talk them out of this when they found out why. Its just sinking through. Talking to people who work at bank branches, apparently it is pretty routine to see someone come in to do something similar. Occasionally it works, someone finally gets a little bit of sense drilled into their brain and they realize what is happening. Still others refuse to listen.
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Oct 30, 2018 01:33
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Krispy Wafer posted:I wonder how they drive on a highway at 70mph with a strong crosswind. They are street legal here in Montana, and talking to someone who has one, they are fine as long as you stay off the interstate or major highways. If you want an in-town truck or vehicle for a lumberyard/ranch they are fantastic. To tie this into BWM, multiple coworkers own giant 3/4 ton trucks and as far as I know have never hauled anything. CitizenKain fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Nov 4, 2018 |
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:Sit-down restaurant that isn't Chinese or Mexican or barbecue in a styrofoam box, with two dinner entrees and one drink each, plus tip? Can't remember last time I spent less than the $78 that the box cost *shrug* YMMV Let me introduce you to Applebees.
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bob dobbs is dead posted:could be leveraging up to their eyeballs I'm simply confused how they bought a house without even driving by it. Or the "there is simply no way we can live in a 2 bedroom house with 2 children!" We have to try and rush things.
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