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Overheard yesterday: "I really shouldn't buy any more, I'm already up to $1000 on sunglasses this month." It's the 10th.
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The truth about horses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iSb5-X_2do wake up sheeple
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Sep 11, 2016 16:06
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Dr. Chaco posted:Overheard yesterday: "I really shouldn't buy any more, I'm already up to $1000 on sunglasses this month."  Summer is almost over why are...
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Sep 11, 2016 20:56
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:
Maybe they live in Calforn... BWM
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Sep 11, 2016 21:10
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This painfully bad car transaction came up in another thread, so I thought I'd include it for those who've never seen it: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2873673&userid=81627 quote:It was the last day of school, May of '07. I took the bus to the closest Nissan dealership and couldn't wait to buy first car, a fully loaded and brand new 2007 Altima 3.5SL. I got a great deal on it, too ... we decided the best thing to do was for me to "Smart Buy" the vehicle ... Dr. Chaco posted:Overheard yesterday: "I really shouldn't buy any more, I'm already up to $1000 on sunglasses this month." "This" month.
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Sep 11, 2016 22:23
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Dr. Chaco posted:Overheard yesterday: "I really shouldn't buy any more, I'm already up to $1000 on sunglasses this month." This really makes me wonder what's going on. I have a pair of expensive sunglasses and they didn't cost anywhere close to that. How many pairs of sunglasses does this person wear at once? How many eyes do they have?
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Sep 11, 2016 23:53
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Devian666 posted:This really makes me wonder what's going on. I have a pair of expensive sunglasses and they didn't cost anywhere close to that. How many pairs of sunglasses does this person wear at once? How many eyes do they have? Probably similar to some women and shoes. Got a whole room dedicated to shoes/sunglasses, and never actually wear the vast majority of them.
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Sep 12, 2016 00:02
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Hoarders gonna hoard.
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Sep 12, 2016 01:08
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The only thing I can think of where that would make sense would be a person with no vision insurance buying two pairs of fancy prescription sunglasses.
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Sep 12, 2016 02:01
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El Mero Mero posted:The only thing I can think of where that would make sense would be a person with no vision insurance buying two pairs of fancy prescription sunglasses. Yeah but you don't have to buy two pairs of prescription glasses every drat month. Sidenote: I work for an eye clinic and get one pair of free glasses every year and all additional glasses at cost. It's pretty great. I could also get free LASIK if I wanted.
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Sep 12, 2016 02:17
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Sic Semper Goon posted:Probably similar to some women and shoes. A couple months ago my wife came back from a bachelorette party in Florida with a brand new Michael Kors purse. I guess her friend who lives down there was getting rid of like two dozen designer purses and told the group "take what you want, I'm donating the rest to Goodwill." This same friend apparently also has a shoe room in her new West Palm Beach house. My wife said that her friend complained about her credit card debt a couple times over the course of the weekend and it was all the rest of the group could do to not grab her by the shirt and shake some sense into her.
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Sep 12, 2016 03:49
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The latest edition of New York Times being out of touch, Why You Should Tell Your Children How Much You Make The advice in the article is reasonable but the examples are plucked from the top tier of income earners: quote:(20 years ago)When Scott Parker wanted his six offspring to know more about the value of money, he decided to do something that many parents would consider radical: show them exactly what he earned. In 1996, the dad's annual pay would be the equivalent to $182,078.44 in 2016 money. The audience sample consists of terrible children: quote:Here’s the bigger problem this helps to solve: Money is a source of mystery to children. They sense its power, so they ask questions, lots of them, over many years. Why isn’t our house as big as my cousin’s? Why can’t I have a carnivorous plant terrarium? Why should I respect my teachers if they earn only $60,000 per year? The comment section points out that $60k is twice the starting salary of many teachers. Other examples from the article including finding the money for ballet lessons and $92 each day to send kids to private school.
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Sep 12, 2016 03:52
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Sidenote: I work for an eye clinic and get one pair of free glasses every year and all additional glasses at cost. It's pretty great. I could also get free LASIK if I wanted.
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Sep 12, 2016 03:55
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Not them, but as another glasses-wearer: If you wear glasses long enough, it's really hard to see them as a burden instead of a thing you get a pair of every so often, like shoes. You might also just like the look of them on you. And LASIK still has risks, which may or may not be worth it to you even if you can get it for free. Haifisch fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Sep 12, 2016 |
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Sep 12, 2016 04:17
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Haifisch posted:Not them, but as another glasses-wearer: Also to keep it relevant it's pretty BWM though - a pure luxury. I've heard some people say it's worth it financially compared to glasses but I can only see that math working if you buy a ton of glasses. Though not 1K a month I suppose.
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Sep 12, 2016 04:49
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Less Fat Luke posted:Yeah I can understand the first part; I never felt them as anything but annoying. That being said it is very much statistically safe now as best as I can tell, and at the clinic I went to every staff member had the procedure save one lady who had a left eye prescription of -15. The risk isn't so much that you become blind. The odds are very favourable for that. The main risk is that of minor complications, which runs at approximately 20% if I recall correctly.
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Sep 12, 2016 06:01
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Mojo Threepwood posted:The latest edition of New York Times being out of touch, Why You Should Tell Your Children How Much You Make I'm not really sure how dumping giant sacks of $1 bills on a table and saying "I make this much every month" teaches children the value of money. It sounds like it would do the opposite.
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Sep 12, 2016 06:03
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Enfys posted:I'm not really sure how dumping giant sacks of $1 bills on a table and saying "I make this much every month" teaches children the value of money. It sounds like it would do the opposite. Because making them do chores for money would be parenting. And we can't have that now, can we?
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Sep 12, 2016 06:11
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I find my glasses to be a giant burden but my eyes are so bad I literally cannot function without them to the point that finding my glasses is a problem if they're not on. Also I run a lot and running with them on sucks. Yeah there's contacts but they make my eyes tired. What I'm saying is not everyone likes it, even after 25 years or so Nail Rat fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Sep 12, 2016 |
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Sep 12, 2016 12:15
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VendaGoat posted:Because making them do chores for money would be parenting. And we can't have that now, can we? Some people say that chores for money is bad because it makes helping out something that kids do for money instead of doing it because they are part of the family. But I don't have kids so idk.
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Sep 12, 2016 13:28
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Nail Rat posted:I find my glasses to be a giant burden but my eyes are so bad I literally cannot function without them to the point that finding my glasses is a problem if they're not on. have you considered Kareem/horace grant goggles
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Sep 12, 2016 13:35
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:But I don't have kids Wrong thread, fella
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Sep 12, 2016 13:37
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Moneyball posted:Wrong thread, fella Damnit you're right. BWM: Big dogs. My 9 year old lab/great dane mix started getting up slower and more awkwardly a couple months ago and so now he's on doggy ibuprofen which is $50 a month from the vet or $35 a month online. That's on top of the $40 a month for food.
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Sep 12, 2016 14:06
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Haifisch posted:And LASIK still has risks, which may or may not be worth it to you even if you can get it for free. Before I got LASIK I made the mistake of looking for experiences online. So many horror stories. The worst story I found was a guy who got severe retina scarring, multiple surgeries, and incredible amounts of pain and suffering only to...keep wearing glasses. The worst example put the guy in the same spot he was before the surgery. So there are still risks, but even if poo poo goes bad you're not going to be blind. I keep waiting for my eyes to degrade, but it's been 10 years and I've still got 20/20 vision. I've probably saved $3k in that time frame, even after subtracting the cost of the surgery, eye drops, and all those awesome non-prescription sunglasses I get to buy off the rack. I do need reading glasses though. [/humblebrag]
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Sep 12, 2016 14:07
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:Damnit you're right.
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Sep 12, 2016 14:16
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cowofwar posted:Just buy a $5 bottle at the pharmacy and give it to your dog at the right dose. It's the same thing. BWM: Poisoning your dog http://canigivemydog.com/ibuprofen http://www.petmd.com/dog/centers/nutrition/evr_dg_pain-medication-for-dogs http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/ibuprofen/ https://www.vets-now.com/pet-owners/dog-care-advice/ibuprofen-toxicity-and-dogs/ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/how-the-doctor-almost-killed-her-dog/?_r=0
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Sep 12, 2016 14:25
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:The silicorn valley Silicon Prarie.
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Sep 12, 2016 14:36
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mastershakeman posted:have you considered Kareem/horace grant goggles I don't think I could pull it off because I'm not black and bald 
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Sep 12, 2016 14:43
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Nail Rat posted:I don't think I could pull it off because I'm not black and bald Maybe if you applied yourself you could be.
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Sep 12, 2016 14:51
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:BWM: Poisoning your dog It probably goes without saying that, if you're going to strike out on your own and make a medicine substitution, be drat sure you're using the precise compound and dosage of the original recommendation. It's possible the dog is getting carprofen or some other NSAID prescribed, which you could then see if you can find more cheaply by scientific name.
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Sep 12, 2016 18:58
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Since Great Danes are basically just slobbery horses I wouldn't say owning one is much better with money.
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Sep 12, 2016 20:21
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They also have very low physical exercise needs and super short lifespans.
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Sep 12, 2016 21:03
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I had LASEK done in 2010. Did all the sums, working out what my contact lenses were costing per month vs. cost of surgery from then until when your vision will start to naturally degrade anyway... ...started wearing glasses again just before Christmas last year, after catching myself squinting at roadsigns
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Sep 12, 2016 21:16
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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I got my LASIK done in 1998, which ended up being very GWM. I had just started employment with state government, during the final month that our insurance covered the LASIK procedure with only a $100 copay. Still have 20/20 vision nearly 20 years later. BWM version: My (now) wife was also a state employee at the time, but was too scared to get the surgery. She has spent thousands on glasses and contacts since then.
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Sep 12, 2016 21:27
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LASIK is the single best $5k I've ever spent. BWM? Maybe, but it being GWL far outweighs the cost.
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Sep 12, 2016 21:33
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How old were you when you had it done and how stable was your vision?
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Sep 12, 2016 22:12
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I was 22, near-sighted with an astigmatism, and my vision had been slowly but steadily declining since I first got glasses as a child. I haven't noticed any drop off in my vision since then.
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Sep 12, 2016 22:43
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I've asked my current and previous ophthalmologists about LASIK, mostly out of curiosity rather than a burning desire to have it done. Both of them recommended against it until my correction has been stable for at least 5 years. I'd be really hesitant to take the plunge before then. My dad got LASIK in his mid 40s after many years of a stable correction, and now in his mid 50s he finds that he more and more often feels the need to wear glasses, especially when doing things like driving and reading. He also gets some noticeable glare/halos/starbursts around light sources at night time. He doesn't necessarily regret LASIK but he doesn't really give it a resounding recommendation, either. Granted his operation was like 10 years ago, not sure how much it has improved since then. I'll stick with glasses and contacts for now, they really don't bother me much. I don't want to gently caress up my one set of eyeballs. 
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Sep 12, 2016 22:55
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being born with 20/10 vision that hasn't deteriorated in 30 years is GWM and GWUSAF
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Wickerman posted:How old were you when you had it done and how stable was your vision? 31 I think and it had been stable for years and years wearing contacts. I was basically blind and couldn't read my alarm clock in the middle of the night. Guinness posted:My dad got LASIK in his mid 40s after many years of a stable correction, and now in his mid 50s he finds that he more and more often feels the need to wear glasses, especially when doing things like driving and reading. He also gets some noticeable glare/halos/starbursts around light sources at night time. He doesn't necessarily regret LASIK but he doesn't really give it a resounding recommendation, either. Granted his operation was like 10 years ago, not sure how much it has improved since then. This is all completely normal. I was also told that in my mid-40s-ish, I may need reading glasses. I had halos at night with my contacts and I still have them, just not as bad.
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