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fyi my car cost sub 50k and I consider that a luxury car I dunno what the gently caress I'd be making to have a 500k car, prob at least 1.25m a year
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the lease alone on that is more than my mortgage
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spacetoaster posted:Sports cars are perks, right? CIG is a hard hat area. Or is it RSI? Nobody knows. Whoever you request a refund from is the wrong one. Seriously, though, is RSI a real world company, or an in-game ship manufacturer, or both? I'd love to witness Crobbler explaining that to a judge.
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Where's Derek? He's strangely missing. It feels so empty here without him. Alright, I'm going to stop posting so much; this morning's discussion got me into starting to watch the full Twilight Zone collection, so I'm going to go do that.
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TheAgent posted:fyi my car cost sub 50k and I consider that a luxury car There are two levels of thought here. I've had the privilege to know some wealthy people, and learned a few things; Being able to buy a 500k car, and being able to afford one are two different things. It's no different than driving through a neighbourhood and seeing everyone in 100k Range Rovers parked infront of their 5mil$ house, chances are they have multiple credit cards, and a huge mortgage LOTS of people can buy a 500k car (especially when we're talking LA) The truly rich would buy a 500k car and add it to their collection, their wealth management company would cut a draft to the dealership. Crobbers walks in like a big shot and leases (he seems like the type to lease) that car, knowing he could never comfortably afford to out right buy it, as the space ship sales could end at any moment How many times a week do you hear of 'Insert Rapper' whoever having their lambo reposed because they over spent and are no flat broke, everyone spends when the cash is rolling in never thinking about what happens when it stops
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TheAgent posted:I killed him
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Sappo569 posted:There are two levels of thought here. there's like a very small subset of people that can afford that car in LA
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TheAgent posted:with love and pies and rumors Thanks to you I am now about to drive through a foot of snow to go get a piece of french silk pie.
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nawledgelambo posted:Thanks to you I am now about to drive through a foot of snow to go get a piece of french silk pie. I'm wearing shorts and boat shoes and no jacket and there's a Pie Hole 2 blocks away Capt Crunch pie, hurts so good
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Captain Crunch pie is extremely relevant to my interests.
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gently caress now I want pie.
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Sappo569 posted:everyone spends when the cash is rolling in never thinking about what happens when it stops I'd be putting money into the Vanguard S&P 500 Admiral fund if I had money rolling in. I guess I don't have the sensibilities of a typical "new money" person.
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aleksendr posted:due to poor planning they are caught in a kind of "engineering ponzi scheme" where new sales of ships are actually paying for infrastructure and maintenance instead of progress on the game and that the only way out is to "sell more ships that wont exist for a long time" so they can hope to finish the game someday
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A Neurotic Corncob posted:Wolf Larsen presents... Aka: Wolf is looking for new suckers who can write for free while he continues to cash CIG checks and not share with the "team".
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What makes a $500,000 car ten times better than a $50,000 one? Like where do the costs go, does the chassis use iridium alloys or something? Endangered species hides for seat covers?
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uhhhhhhh when you have money rolling in you spend that poo poo on $1000/h escorts, cocaine and fast cars I'm kinda jokin, but not really a co-worker of mine ODed on coke after a long night with a teenage pornstar escort the white, rich man's struggle is real motherfuckers
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Skellybones posted:What makes a $500,000 car ten times better than a $50,000 one? Like where do the costs go, does the chassis use iridium alloys or something? Endangered species hides for seat covers?
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XK posted:I'm totally rethinking my lifestyle of being an honest, loyal, reliable, and upstanding person. Seriously right? CIG is like the poster child of a successful company based on being scummy, mistreating people left and right, and lying about everything.
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Skellybones posted:What makes a $500,000 car ten times better than a $50,000 one? Like where do the costs go, does the chassis use iridium alloys or something? Endangered species hides for seat covers? considering I'm stuck on the 405 and 55 freeways at sub 10mph wouldn't really be an improvement
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I'm in. I'm already filling out acting applications in LA now so I can properly play the role of not giving a drat about the backers and pursuing an impossible career path. I'm prepared to make my millions now.
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Skellybones posted:What makes a $500,000 car ten times better than a $50,000 one? Like where do the costs go, does the chassis use iridium alloys or something? Endangered species hides for seat covers? In the case of a car like a Porsche, it will be tuned and outfitted like the track variant, but intended for super rich yuppies to buy to live out their racing dreams on the commute to work, stop light to stop light. Debating the semantics of how rich people spend money is kind of silly though, considering Chris is still in the 'I have money, but I'm still a pleb' class of citizen, he drives himself to work? What a chump
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The Titanic posted:I'm in.
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Skellybones posted:What makes a $500,000 car ten times better than a $50,000 one? Like where do the costs go, does the chassis use iridium alloys or something? Endangered species hides for seat covers? High-end cars are awesome, but the stress of worrying about someone door dinging them reduces the enjoyment, unless you're rich enough to not give a poo poo, or you understand high-end cars are just tools for joy. I'd daily drive a 20 year old piece of poo poo, and drive an expensive sports car into the ground on the track. If you daily drive a high end sports car, you're just a loving poser. TheAgent posted:uhhhhhhh when you have money rolling in you spend that poo poo on $1000/h escorts, cocaine and fast cars I'd divert some of my S&P 500 fund for this, except for the coke thing. The one and only time I had a tiny bit of coke I spent 15 minutes in abject horror because I felt my heart was about to blow up and I was on the verge of death. That other part sounds pretty cool.
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I'll gladly drive a 4 door, front wheel drive, 4 cylinder sedan as my daily car for the rest of my life, no matter how rich I was. I'd still love to have a carbotanium chassis V-12 to throw around a track.
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TheAgent posted:cool, come have some pie when you get here I will eat all of your pie, and it will be delicious. 
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The Titanic posted:I will eat all of your pie, and it will be delicious. 
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it's rare to find internet strangers into that kind of thing, awesome
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TheAgent posted:fyi the "hobby" community knows about Sandi lol ... go on
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Sappo569 posted:In the case of a car like a Porsche, it will be tuned and outfitted like the track variant, but intended for super rich yuppies to buy to live out their racing dreams on the commute to work, stop light to stop light. So it's the equivalent of using plane wings for work desks.
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TheAgent posted:I guess you can argue if SC development is progressing or if it's a scam or if I'm full of poo poo or whatever Within 5 years he has increased his income almost 8 fold? Most major and established companies only offer 3%. What is Brabens salary again? Around $200k? Aren't gaming salaries generally on the lower side?
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Skellybones posted:What makes a $500,000 car ten times better than a $50,000 one? Like where do the costs go, does the chassis use iridium alloys or something? Endangered species hides for seat covers? Eventually costs go way up for diminishing returns, and yes it's mostly due to exotic materials. That and expensive tooling for low volume cars, research and whatnot. Believe it or not a lot of these cars are loss leaders for the brand. But remember a 500k car will dip in value then shoot right back up astronomically within a couple years. The McLaren p1 at over a million is the first car that appreciates right off the lot. The McLaren f1's from the 90's are hovering around 12 mill if you can find one. Mr bean totalled his twice and it still sold for over 12.
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XK posted:I'd divert some of my S&P 500 fund for this, except for the coke thing. The one and only time I had a tiny bit of coke I spent 15 minutes in abject horror because I felt my heart was about to blow up and I was on the verge of death. "start with a bump or your heart'll thump" is another age old truth
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DapperDon posted:Within 5 years he has increased his income almost 8 fold? Most major and established companies only offer 3%. What is Brabens salary again? Around $200k? Aren't gaming salaries generally on the lower side? The backers will never know
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Skellybones posted:What makes a $500,000 car ten times better than a $50,000 one? Like where do the costs go, does the chassis use iridium alloys or something? Endangered species hides for seat covers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glf_k4qGBAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3cFfM3r510
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