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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:Selling them for $20/box seems bad with money when you could charge per cookie. Hell, charge for the smell. One type is so rare that no other cookie compares according to Blackjack2000's findings thus far.
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On the contrary, I was corrected via PM from a helpful goon. It was, incidentally, my first and thus far only PM. I'm so glad I signed up for PMs. Good with money.
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Boot and Rally posted:This guy is so hosed it is stressing me out. That ought to be the motto and/or title of this thread. Wickerman posted:My stomach feels queasy thinking about that situation. I feel sad for the parents and angry at him. They were thinking: "Anything to get him out of our loving house." MJBuddy posted:I'm pretty sure enlisting adorable children into your MLM is good with money. I was leaving a NASCAR event this past weekend (don't go to NASCAR races, they suck), and outside the track, where traffic was backed up, there were women dragging around wagons full of Girl Scout cookies. They were running right up to the cars that were waiting to get on the freeway. I think I saw one actual girl, about 200 feet away. Everyone else involved was a grown woman. They were aggressive. I bought a box of Thanks-a-Lots.
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Blackjack2000 posted:On the contrary, I was corrected via PM from a helpful goon. It was, incidentally, my first and thus far only PM. I'm so glad I signed up for PMs. Good with money. E: Google says: Keebler Coconut Dreams Also says not in my area. That's probably good for my health.. SiGmA_X fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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SiGmA_X posted:Please post/PM me said info! Actually saw stop and shop branded cookies that were clearly girl scout knockoff ploys. Didn't buy due to calories.
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Mar 10, 2015 08:54
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"Now we've decided in all of this we don't want to live like we're poor"
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When you have house equity you can't be poor, even when you have a net worth of -19k.
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quote:Prior to marriage she handled all the bills. Went delinquent on a couple of her CC's without my knowledge, I didn't know she needed help. I've offered to take the finances over since I'm a little better with numbers. quote:I don't know the exact interest rate on these cards, not sure how to find this information out. The total lack of financial literacy among this crowd is staggering.
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Mar 10, 2015 12:55
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I find it funny how many people think living frugally is the same as living like you're poor.
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"We've taken on some healthy eating and it's become kind of expensive." lol
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Mar 10, 2015 13:06
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In the follow ups he's really fighting to defend the fact that he needs cable TV. 
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Why do people put eating healthy with food costing more? Last I checked fresh veggies are cheaper than a frozen pizza... heck even organic. Maybe Organic frozen pizzas?  EDIT: Is 20k in CC debt really that bad? When I bought my first home I think I racked up somewhere in the neighborhood of 18-19k in CC debt, plus new car and of course the mortgage. That debt was gone in maybe 3-4 years? Got a signature loan from a local bank so the interest rates were 3-6% between two loans and just slowly chipped away at them. In the end I got some inheritance money and when 2-3k on each was left I paid them off just to wipe them clean. Key factor here might just be living like a loving hermit during most of that stage and spending as little as possible each month because I was a single dude that didn't do much besides xbox. dietcokefiend fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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Mar 10, 2015 13:52
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Yeah, but how much did you spend on Diet Coke while paying it all back?
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SpelledBackwards posted:Yeah, but how much did you spend on Diet Coke while paying it all back? 1-2 cases a day... eventually migrated to store-brand soda. Currently sick of the taste of soda in that quantity and migrated to sugar-free juice packets.
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AgrippaNothing posted:who the gently caress buys a box of lovely cookies for 20 bucks? That's straight up bubble poo poo on a beenie baby scale. Girl Scout cookie business is a crazy racket. I believe they sell $400 million a year in cookies. Fake Edit: Just checked I was wrong. It is $700 million.
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dietcokefiend posted:Why do people put eating healthy with food costing more? Last I checked fresh veggies are cheaper than a frozen pizza... heck even organic. Maybe Organic frozen pizzas? Healthy eating to some people means paying $30/lb for organic grass-fed steaks and buying the organic, hand-picked apples at $5/lb, then buying $10 organic frozen pizzas.
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baquerd posted:Healthy eating to some people means paying $30/lb for organic grass-fed steaks and buying the organic, hand-picked apples at $5/lb, then buying $10 organic frozen pizzas. While they let the steaks and apples go bad in the fridge. That thread should be called "Help, I lived well beyond my lifestyle and need to fix it without making any difficult changes!"
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If you work out a lot (which you should if you want to be healthy), you'll need to eat a fuckton of vegetables to make a dent in your caloric needs. Veggies are for micronutrients, not really worth mentioning in terms of how many calories they'll make up unless you're a sedentary 130 pound person. That said you don't need to buy everything organic either.
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Nail Rat posted:If you work out a lot (which you should if you want to be healthy), you'll need to eat a fuckton of vegetables to make a dent in your caloric needs. Veggies are for micronutrients, not really worth mentioning in terms of how many calories they'll make up unless you're a sedentary 130 pound person. That said you don't need to buy everything organic either. To hopefully put a dagger in this tangent before it goes off the rails, no one is bulking up on veggies. This guy is fuuuuuuuuuucked: quote:Title says it all. For most of the years since college I've been mentally unfit for work, so not only have I let my loans default, I've lost most skills that would get me an income anywhere near allowing me to make regular payments on the defaulted credit, which is still accruing interest at 2.5%. Most of the last few years I've been stuck in jobs paying $15/hour or less, so covering my loans had never been an option. I'm teaching myself web development right now, because I've heard you could be making near $100,000 after a few years, when I figure I'll actually be able to put a dent in debt. Until then, is there anything anyone could suggest I investigate? Or am I just generally hosed?
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quote:I'm teaching myself web development right now, because I've heard you could be making near $100,000 after a few years Dude really is crazy.
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baquerd posted:Healthy eating to some people means paying $30/lb for organic grass-fed steaks and buying the organic, hand-picked apples at $5/lb, then buying $10 organic frozen pizzas. I think that it's also a problem about not knowing how to cook so you don't have an stocked kitchen. Lets make our own pizza: 1.5 cups flour: $0.15 ($2 for 5lbs) 2 tbsp olive oil: ($0.40) ($5 for a jar) 1 can crushed tomatoes: $0.70 ($.70 - double for organic) 2 tsp garlic: $0.?? ($whatever - I can't remember this one) Salt Negligible (negligible) Cheese $2 Pepperoni $1 Pizza: $3.50 ($8 to $10) OMG you guys, grocery stores are so expensive. It actually costs more to buy food there than to just order a pizza. AND you have to clean up!!!
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Less pizza recipes, more bad with money. From reddit: quote:Background for reference. I'm 30, married, no kids. Wife has marginal income and I earn roughly 55k before taxes. Government job with benefits. 5k in savings. Nearly 180k in federal student loan debt. Have been on IBR for last 1-2 years and paid nothing due to lower income (then, soon to expire). Goal is to get forgiveness in 10 years for public sector work. I'm 180k in debt and want to buy a house, halp
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Folly posted:I think that it's also a problem about not knowing how to cook so you don't have an stocked kitchen. Woah there, not so fast. You didn't include the $10 bottle of ultra purified Antarctic glacier water you need for the dough.
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baquerd posted:Healthy eating to some people means paying $30/lb for organic grass-fed steaks and buying the organic, hand-picked apples at $5/lb, then buying $10 organic frozen pizzas. You're forgetting gluten free snacks and "super foods." Its very important to buy two pomegranates that will sit on top of the microwave for two months before being thrown out. They also need a juicer.
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Barry posted:Dude really is crazy. Well, it is possible to be making $100k+ in web dev or other related tech if you're quite good and have a few solid years of experience, but not if you're a mental case and "unfit for work". Also you need to move to SF/Seattle/NYC, in which case your $100k is not as rich as it might seem.
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Guinness posted:Well, it is possible to be making $100k+ in web dev or other related tech if you're quite good and have a few solid years of experience, but not if you're a mental case and "unfit for work". Also you need to move to SF/Seattle/NYC, in which case your $100k is not as rich as it might seem. Oh totally. It's just weird how he says so matter of factly that he's going to make that much in a few years after being a self-taught web developer and will then be putting a dent in his debt.
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Barry posted:It's just weird how he says so matter of factly that he's going to make that much in a few years after being a self-taught web developer and will then be putting a dent in his debt. Yeah, it's almost like he has mental problems.
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Eating organic/natural doesn't have to put you into debt. Buy organic at Costco - organic wheat is cheap as gently caress, and now you've got organic bread. Organic rice, quinoa, eggs, veggies/fruit, preserves, peanut butter, etc. etc. are cheap as gently caress there, too. Non-organic, but high quality natural food like Kerrygold butter, Tillamook cheddar, and thick cut uncured smoked bacon is all there too. The only thing you need to stay away from is the snack aisle - lots of very delicious but expensive stuff in there like teriyaki pork jerky, chocolate-covered fruit, etc. Bad with money is buying the artisanal organic glacier water... at Whole Foods or a local supermarket.
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I love the don't want to live like I'm poor guy. Most of his posts have been downvoted into double digit negatives. A shame that conceals most of the stupidity.
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Devian666 posted:Most of his posts have been downvoted into double digit negatives. A shame that conceals most of the stupidity. Welcome to reddit.
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Nocheez posted:To hopefully put a dagger in this tangent before it goes off the rails, no one is bulking up on veggies. Step 1: go back in time to the dot com bubble
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cowofwar posted:How to make $100k/yr as a self taught web developer: You guys realize this isn't some impossible thing right? I make the equivalent of six figures in the bay area and I'm a self taught developer (web, software, etc).
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It's definitely possible but he shouldn't act like it's some automatic, for sure thing. Not everyone can handle serious* programming. * meaning, programming non-trivially-sized projects
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Dessert Rose posted:Welcome to reddit. PRAISEBOT posted:HELLO I AM PRAISE BOT IT APPEARS YOU HAVE NOT PROPERLY PRAISED REDDIT IN THIS POST SO I WILL NOW BE THE FIRST loving POST YOU SEE IN THE THREAD HOW BOUT THAT
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Knyteguy posted:You guys realize this isn't some impossible thing right? I make the equivalent of six figures in the bay area and I'm a self taught developer (web, software, etc). +1 - I crossed over from our operations to our IT group when I had the chance & the skills they needed for some projects. Farsighted, maybe, but certainly realistic.
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Cicero posted:It's definitely possible but he shouldn't act like it's some automatic, for sure thing. Not everyone can handle serious* programming. You'd be suprised maybe. In Pheonix we have a low cost of living and entry level WordPress theme devs can make $40k+ our of the gate. It does seem to cap around $65k for PHP developers and bump up a bit for more experienced application/software development. Median home price is 1/4 of the bay area so $60k a year is pretty drat good considering. I guess my point is jobs are still somewhat plentiful for lovely small scale developers like myself :p I'm at $60k with 4 years experience and a Bachelor of Arts. But you are right, it's not automatic.
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BossRighteous posted:You'd be suprised maybe.
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Knyteguy posted:I make the equivalent of six figures in the bay area What does this mean?
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Mantle posted:What does this mean?
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Mantle posted:What does this mean? quote:A salary of $100,000 in Sunnyvale, California could decrease to $40,229 in Reno, Nevada
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