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Tuyop, have you considered a stationary lifestyle? When you tried to drive, you broke your car, when you tried to bike, you popped its tire, and when you tried to walk, you broke your back. This whole "motion" thing isn't really working out for you.
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Old Man Fancington posted:Tuyop, have you considered a stationary lifestyle? When you tried to drive, you broke your car, when you tried to bike, you popped its tire, and when you tried to walk, you broke your back. Imagine what would happen if he started swimming.
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Jul 17, 2012 18:44
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Badger Pudding posted:Imagine what would happen if he started swimming. If he is anything like his car, they will have to send in divers and get a tow truck out to the lake to rescue him.
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Jul 17, 2012 18:59
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Grok posted:If there's anything more helpful than a small pump and a patch kit, I don't know what it is. I always thought they and then there was the time I blew both tires on the same chunk of concrete in the road.
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Jul 17, 2012 20:24
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tuyop posted:I already spent that money years ago. The only thing to do now is to spend as little as possible until it's paid back. This will only last a few years or so, I'll survive. You're starving yourself while planning vacations. The post I quoted smacks of passive-agressive, pity-mongering whining along the lines of "But I'm just doing what you guys saaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiidd". Seriously, knock it off.
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Jul 17, 2012 21:19
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April posted:You're starving yourself while planning vacations. The post I quoted smacks of passive-agressive, pity-mongering whining along the lines of "But I'm just doing what you guys saaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiidd". Oh give me a break, what I said is exactly true. I'm honestly very upset about... well, everything, I keep thinking that if I had a kid now, I would have to make very hard choices about what I could feed them, what sports they could play, where we could live, et cetera. If I wasn't a tremendous financial fuckup I would also be in a better position to just quit the army (or I wouldn't have joined the regular force in the first place, but that's a long story) and then I could be with the girlfriend and we'd both be much happier, so she's miserable because I just had to have a nice car, among other things. Not to mention the lack of work once I do get out of the military, then if I do manage to find reasonable employment before going bankrupt, there's the matter of saving for retirement/kids/life and I have no idea if any of my dreams are even possible, because of how much I've screwed up. That's potentially a whole family of miserable people because of what I did wrong. In short, maybe I can stop feeling terrible about my life if I just try to do the right thing as hard as possible. I have a positive history of putting a lot of effort into things. So you say eat rice and beans, I'll eat loving rice and beans (and frozen veggies, and oatmeal, and meat if it happens to be on sale). Bike to work? Working on that. Part-time job? gently caress Fredericton, but still trying. I'm not starving myself, I'm dieting and eating cheaply. I eat about 1830 calories (1400 was really way too difficult and I plateaued after losing 15 lbs) per day. The nutritional profile of the food I eat is healthy enough. I eat slightly too much salt and cholesterol and significantly fewer carbs than I'm supposed to, but more fat from good sources and protein than usual. I'm not planning vacations, I've been invited to weddings and have to take time off of work. My friends are getting married and my family misses me, I really don't have any other good reasons to spend that money so it's hard to defend, but the total cost of the trips is like two weeks of good food. Not taking the trips will not enable me to suddenly eat avocados and grass-fed beef and become a panacea of health.
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Jul 18, 2012 01:23
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tuyop, I think asked about a month or so ago so I'm going to ask again in an attempt to give this thread some semblance of a BFC thread. How did you do financially this past month? What did you do wrong that you could have done better and what are two things you will do this coming month to help your situation?
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Jul 18, 2012 02:20
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tuyop posted:In short, maybe I can stop feeling terrible about my life if I just try to do the right thing as hard as possible. I have a positive history of putting a lot of effort into things. So you say eat rice and beans, I'll eat loving rice and beans (and frozen veggies, and oatmeal, and meat if it happens to be on sale). Bike to work? Working on that. Part-time job? gently caress Fredericton, but still trying. You shouldn't feel terrible about your life as you have your debts heading in the right direction. While you are financially stuck in your current situation it could be far worse. All of your friends will move on to creating their family life, that's what happens. There are many events that I'm not able to head to not because of finances but because of work. It's a part of life that you can't always turn up to everything. However, this does make family and friends appreciate those times you can turn up. Part of what you need to do on the financial side is think past the point where you have zero net worth. This whole process is not just about eliminating your debts, it is also about accumulating wealth. You need to find balance in your lifestyle so that you can maintain a continually improving financial situation, this leads to financial security. This means not needing or wanting to spend all of your income. I know a lot of people that don't have your debts but instead they spend all of their income and have maintained almost zero net worth for the past decade. Technically their situation is more dire that yours as their finances are going nowhere. Think that in a few short years you can be debt free and will be able to save and invest money.
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Jul 18, 2012 04:24
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tuyop posted:Oh give me a break If we do that you will literally kill yourself. And not have enough money left over to even wrap you in newspaper and toss you in a ditch.
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Jul 18, 2012 09:16
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tuyop posted:I'm not planning vacations, I've been invited to weddings and have to take time off of work. That's a vacation. Going to weddings and visiting family is a luxury. If you can really afford that, fine, but there are plenty of people in the world who have to make the decision not to do these things because it's not in the budget. Viewing this sort of travel as an obligation or necessity only works to justify bad spending habits. It's a vacation.
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Jul 18, 2012 17:35
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You made some bad decisions - you can't undo them. Just take pleasure in the smart/sustainable ones that you do take. Get a little happy thrill when you do something within your means, because you'll always be able to afford it. Like, that's sustainable. It's cool, man - don't stress out too much - if you look too far in the future you'll never make it because it'll just seem pointless. Just take it one day at a time, and make sure those days go well.
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Jul 20, 2012 14:52
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tuyop posted:Oh give me a break, what I said is exactly true. I'm honestly very upset about... well, everything, I keep thinking that if I had a kid now, I would have to make very hard choices about what I could feed them, what sports they could play, where we could live, et cetera. If I wasn't a tremendous financial fuckup I would also be in a better position to just quit the army (or I wouldn't have joined the regular force in the first place, but that's a long story) and then I could be with the girlfriend and we'd both be much happier, so she's miserable because I just had to have a nice car, among other things. Not to mention the lack of work once I do get out of the military, then if I do manage to find reasonable employment before going bankrupt, there's the matter of saving for retirement/kids/life and I have no idea if any of my dreams are even possible, because of how much I've screwed up. That's potentially a whole family of miserable people because of what I did wrong. Gonna throw this quote in the face of the next rear end in a top hat to bray against the advice of BFC regulars as nerds sperging about money instead of living life.
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Jul 21, 2012 18:03
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Old Man Fancington posted:Tuyop, have you considered a stationary lifestyle? When you tried to drive, you broke your car, when you tried to bike, you popped its tire, and when you tried to walk, you broke your back. Today I replaced the chain, seat, and did a big cleanup of some other parts. Took the bike for a quick ride and almost fell but just ended up bending my back wheel. Now I need to get that fixed. I think I'm cursed.
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Jul 23, 2012 01:55
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Tuyop,Old Man Fancington posted:This whole "motion" thing isn't really working out for you.
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Jul 23, 2012 02:01
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Just think, if you remain perfectly still, you'll need less food(so you'll spend less on groceries), go on no vacations/other trips(so less money spent on that), and will stop breaking things(even more savings!). Sounds like a solid plan to me. 
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Jul 23, 2012 03:39
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tuyop posted:Today I replaced the chain, seat, and did a big cleanup of some other parts. Took the bike for a quick ride and almost fell but just ended up bending my back wheel. Now I need to get that fixed. Hahahha how in the hell do you manage to bend the back wheel? I know you are tuyop and your powers of antilocomotion are legend but what the hell man?
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Jul 23, 2012 04:34
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If you break a spoke you can end up with all sorts of buckling issues. If it's only buckled in one direction you can often get it fixed (though not always the safest idea). If it's buckled in two directions it's best to replace the wheel.
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Jul 23, 2012 05:52
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Tuyop. I was thinking about you today and it made me angry since I feel like you've given up on everything. You used to have ambition and interests and drive, but now you're horribly in debt, eating like a third-worlder, all your poo poo is broken, and your fiancee is out banging other dudes. Bootstraps is generally not helpful advice, but Tuyop you really need to bootstrap yourself out of where you are. I know your back is broken but I present to you one Steve Stanko who got crippled by phlebitis, needed crutches to walk, and then went ahead and started pressing 300 lbs for reps. You used to be a health nut but you let it all go and now you are fat and weak, and you don't any excuse. I won't even touch on your insatiable hunger for vacations, since it's been covered repeatedly in this thread. Tuyop you suck and your life sucks, and you need to stop being a profligate and a victim. No penny-pinching or hoovering of rice and beans is going to help you until you have a major attitude change in your life. At least you won't be riddled with White Guilt anymore because third-worlders are scrappy as hell in trying to get a better life. In general, much scrappier than you.
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Jul 24, 2012 02:44
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tuyop posted:Today I replaced the chain, seat, and did a big cleanup of some other parts. Took the bike for a quick ride and almost fell but just ended up bending my back wheel. Now I need to get that fixed. lol crimezzz... (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jul 24, 2012 02:48
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Old Man Fancington posted:and your fiancee is out banging other dudes.
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Jul 24, 2012 07:10
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zelah posted:Wait, did this happen? What is with BFC dudes and this? I think there may be some connection between high levels of debt and cuckolding based on the small sample size from BFC. EDIT: Although I don't remember anything like that from Tuyop. Yet.
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Jul 24, 2012 08:30
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That's because we have an open relationship and I bang other women too. It's been working great for more than two years - not counting the open relationships I had before this one - and I don't know why it really needs to be discussed.
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Jul 24, 2012 11:58
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tuyop posted:I don't know why it really needs to be discussed. It doesn't and it wasn't before this weird non sequitur derail, but thanks for the information. Did you figure out what to do about the bike?
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Jul 24, 2012 12:06
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FrozenVent posted:Did you figure out what to do about the bike? I took the back wheel off and brought it to my
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Jul 24, 2012 12:16
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Why is it that bike shops are all like that? They're the comic book stores of the sport world.
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FrozenVent posted:Why is it that bike shops are all like that? They're the comic book stores of the sport world. My local bike shop is awesome, you shut your mouth 
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Jul 24, 2012 13:57
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FrozenVent posted:Why is it that bike shops are all like that? They're the comic book stores of the sport world. Stores run by hobbyists who are too wrapped up in their insular hobby are like this. We've discussed it at length in trad games, regarding game companies (How Not To Run A Game Business). People whose interest in their all-consuming passtime overrules business considerations, especially things like "attract new customers" and "don't alienate casual customers," shouldn't be running a business.
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Jul 24, 2012 23:05
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menieres_4_life posted:lol crimezzz... crimezzzpree!
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Jul 25, 2012 02:27
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Eggplant Wizard posted:My local bike shop is awesome, you shut your mouth The official "cool" bike shop in Oslo got called out on a local forum for how they were treating new customers, they actually changed, but before that I used to loath going in there. They didn't even have anything special going for them, I just wanted to be one of the guys at the cool shop. 
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Jul 25, 2012 16:54
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So it took those elitist jerks four days to fix my bike wheel because their wheel guy was on vacation or something. But I got my wheel back, trued, for 11 dollars.  I put everything back together, got the chain all functionally connected, stood the bike up, went to inflate the tire... and my bike pump broke. I think I should really just give up at this point.
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Jul 26, 2012 20:32
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Your life is one big joke. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
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Jul 26, 2012 20:41
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I got a month of vacation coming up; I'm going to rent a speaker truck and follow tuyop around all day playing yakkity sax and appropriate sound effects. Someone start a Kickstarter for the gas. Seriously, dude, how the gently caress do you manage to be so unlucky?
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Jul 26, 2012 20:47
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It's been obvious for a while that you are suffering from depression. Now I understand why: it's not your fault, God is genuinely pissing on you. Nothing terrible like contracting AIDS, but it's just niggle after niggle.
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Jul 26, 2012 20:52
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Speaking of AIDS, gay for pay is still on the table, right?
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Jul 26, 2012 22:24
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Dusseldorf posted:Speaking of AIDS, gay for pay is still on the table, right? Not in my physical condition. You'd have to be a pretty desperate gay to pay for this.
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Jul 26, 2012 22:41
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You wouldn't have to be mobile for G4P. I think this is a big plus considering your luck with all mode of transportation thus far.
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Jul 26, 2012 22:46
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spog posted:It's been obvious for a while that you are suffering from depression. Yeah, Tuyop, it might sincerely be better if the doc prescribes you morphine instead of prozac.
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Jul 26, 2012 23:04
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quaint bucket posted:You wouldn't have to be mobile for G4P. I think this is a big plus considering your luck with all mode of transportation thus far. Dear thread, tripped over unsecured carpet on my way to bed to record JO video. Impaled on dildo and required ambulance ride. $3000 canadian moneys to suppress video from being sold by EMT's. FML
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Jul 27, 2012 00:07
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I never thought I'd see the day when BFC would advise someone to, no poo poo, "Stop moving and consider prostitution."
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