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Gold has been a medium of exchange for thousands of years, through good times and bad. I can't see it becoming worthless in the event of Apocalypse 20__. I'd still rather have food, bullets, and booze.
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Subjunctive posted:What's a "red candle"? It's a satanic thing I think. Goats, red candles, pentagrams, etc.
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MrKatharsis posted:The whole "is 100k rich" debate requires a distinction between "rich" and "bourgeois." It's easy: decide the lower limit of "rich" and put everyone over the cutoff against the wall, or we can work our way down from the top. I think either approach has a lot going for it. The best option is probably somewhere in the middle.
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 Nominations for the 2016 Golden Wonderhangers are live! BWM thread was on page 477 on 1/1/16 btw for those of you planning on submitting.
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Hi yes I would like to nominate derail bird as best bird but you don't have a best bird category please fix this thanks
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ate all the Oreos posted:Hi yes I would like to nominate derail bird as best bird but you don't have a best bird category please fix this thanks lifetime achievement award
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Subjunctive posted:What's a "red candle"? Dog penis
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What category would Just Wait Till We're Diamond fall under? It's not a redditor or else I'd nominate it for that.
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H110Hawk posted:Where does a house keeper for a few hours every other week fit in the equation. You will be eaten last.
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Haifisch posted:What category would Just Wait Till We're Diamond fall under? It's not a redditor or else I'd nominate it for that. Paybuddy Award
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Guest2553 posted:You will be eaten last. Hopefully by then I won't be so well marbled. Live discussion with my wife thinking about our baby's first birthday at 7.5 months old: "I guess if you're already putting things in the amazon wish list for decorations we should discuss a budget." "YOU WOULD THINK WRONG." See you guys later in the thread.
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Dec 24, 2016 16:53
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MrKatharsis posted:The whole "is 100k rich" debate requires a distinction between "rich" and "bourgeois." It's easy: I agree with this. For me, 'wealthy' is "can you afford to stop working without significantly affecting your lifestyle?" If so, you are rich, no matter where you are in the world. I consider 'rich' to mean "no longer has to make budget a consideration when purchasing anything other than large/capital investments (houses, businesses, yachts, etc) - if you don't need to look at the price tag when shopping, you're rich. You can be one and not the other. Most professional athletes and famous musicians are rich but not wealthy - the minute their income stops from working, their wealth cannot passively provide for their lifestyle. I consider people making a lot of money like doctors/lawyers/etc "high earners" or "very well off," and I guess you could call them 'bougie' even if that isn't the original meaning of the word, but for the most part these technocratic/white collar yuppies aren't wealthy/rich. I think it's pretty possible to make well north of 100k and still have to worry about money, and still be in a situation where your investments cannot support a reasonable facsimile of your previous lifestyle.
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TheQuietWilds posted:I agree with this. For me, 'wealthy' is "can you afford to stop working without significantly affecting your lifestyle?" If so, you are rich, no matter where you are in the world. I consider 'rich' to mean "no longer has to make budget a consideration when purchasing anything other than large/capital investments (houses, businesses, yachts, etc) - if you don't need to look at the price tag when shopping, you're rich. You can be one and not the other. Most professional athletes and famous musicians are rich but not wealthy - the minute their income stops from working, their wealth cannot passively provide for their lifestyle. I consider people making a lot of money like doctors/lawyers/etc "high earners" or "very well off," and I guess you could call them 'bougie' even if that isn't the original meaning of the word, but for the most part these technocratic/white collar yuppies aren't wealthy/rich. I think it's pretty possible to make well north of 100k and still have to worry about money, and still be in a situation where your investments cannot support a reasonable facsimile of your previous lifestyle. These semantics arguments are tiresome and not how language works. Words already mean things.
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There's something about the holidays where everyone starts talking/posting all loving stupid. Like bizarre rambling semantics arguments where every statement isn't really true but seems kind of like folksy wisdom at surface level. I think being around stupid old relatives this time of year just sinks in a little bit, everyone seems affected.
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rich riCH/ adjective 1. having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy. If you judge rich/poor solely based on income without any consideration for location/cost of living/expenses then you're an idiot H110Hawk posted:See you guys later in the thread. Blinky2099 fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Pryor on Fire posted:There's something about the holidays where everyone starts talking/posting all loving stupid. Like bizarre rambling semantics arguments where every statement isn't really true but seems kind of like folksy wisdom at surface level. I think being around stupid old relatives this time of year just sinks in a little bit, everyone seems affected. It's called alcohol and it's how you deal with relatives.
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I just need to post so I can get a link to my own posts in the thread so I can find people I've quoted to nominate for the GWs.
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Blinky2099 posted:rich Sorry, but having the ability to live in a city like San Francisco, even if you're not driving a Ferrari, counts for something.
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TheQuietWilds posted:I agree with this. For me, 'wealthy' is "can you afford to stop working without significantly affecting your lifestyle?" If so, you are rich, no matter where you are in the world. I consider 'rich' to mean "no longer has to make budget a consideration when purchasing anything other than large/capital investments (houses, businesses, yachts, etc) - if you don't need to look at the price tag when shopping, you're rich. You can be one and not the other. Most professional athletes and famous musicians are rich but not wealthy - the minute their income stops from working, their wealth cannot passively provide for their lifestyle. I consider people making a lot of money like doctors/lawyers/etc "high earners" or "very well off," and I guess you could call them 'bougie' even if that isn't the original meaning of the word, but for the most part these technocratic/white collar yuppies aren't wealthy/rich. I think it's pretty possible to make well north of 100k and still have to worry about money, and still be in a situation where your investments cannot support a reasonable facsimile of your previous lifestyle. This conversation was awful on page 712 and it's still awful on page 715. We have flown by some great topics in the past week why is THIS dumb one getting so much air time? This isn't the thread for endless pages of MY OPINION. Content- any bad Christmas presents to share? I bought my husband a bitcoin. It's a retarded 'investment' (not an investment) but he's been talking about it for like 2 years and I'm sick of having this conversation and the value in that time has gone up Up UP so now he is "right". The first year I was resolute that it was idiotic; the second year I said "ok fine, open a wallet and put a couple hundred bucks in bitcoin." Then he's had a bizarre obsession with owning ONE bitcoin, saying things like "it's too late we can't buy one now they're too expensive" and I explain you don't have to buy in denominations of one but he ultimately never tried to set up a wallet (just talked about the price every few weeks). Sometimes it's BWM to be GWM(arriage), maybe this is simply the cost to get him involved in our finances.
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After months of me making fun of Bitcoin my husband sold the stock or whatever he had in BTC and made like $250 so I stopped making fun of him. Our marriage is built on mockery and spite which is exactly how I like it. I don't get Christmas. I'm not a children, so I buy my own toys. I get the whole concept of giving gifts, I just don't understand the idea of someone buying me something I could buy for myself. I want people to make me something or spend time with me. I hope someday before I die or am completely senile and/or totally alone, someone gives me the greatest gift of all and actually listens when I ask to please not exchange gifts this year. My dad died this October and the ask didn't fuckin work this year so I guess I can try again when my mom dies and see if anyone listens then.
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Dec 25, 2016 05:43
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No, I really love getting stockings filled with absolutely useless poo poo. Thanks for the pen on a retracting lanyard. 
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I thought my loved ones listened this year about no gifts (I buy for their kids only) and then I saw they ordered me a bunch of shampoo and cleaning supplies on Amazon since my filthy teenager is stinking up my house. Might actually be the best Christmas gifts I've ever received. So practical, so thoughtful, it's perfect.
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Christmas gifts are incredibly inefficient. Everyone spends somewhat similar amounts of money buying stuff that's often either just slightly not quite what they'd buy themselves or bought at a much higher price than they'd pay. I'd much rather have everyone give me a check for what their budget was for me the week before thanksgiving so I can spend it all during holiday sales. Hell, I essentially bought half the stuff that I was on my wishlist because I got it much cheaper in the last month. The only people benefiting from Christmas are children and retailers of lovely products that people's distant relatives think they'll like.
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Switchback posted:Content- any bad Christmas presents to share? I bought my husband a bitcoin. It's a retarded 'investment' (not an investment) Christmas gifts are awful, especially physical useless crap items. Food is ok, clothes are ok, experiences own but are expensive. I bought a few family members a helicopter ride for $400, bad with money/expensive but it'll be cool and they'll probably remember it forever so whatever
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Blinky2099 posted:It'll be cool and they'll probably remember it forever so whatever They probably will. I flew a helicopter a few weeks ago and despite having to cut it short so we could land for me to barf on the tarmac, I'm considering pursuing a pilot's license which is VBWM. It was great.
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Christmas gifts are good if they're homemade and/or consumable. Maybe a gift card if you're desperate. Everything else is poo poo I could buy myself, expensive enough that I wouldn't ask someone else to buy it for me, or poo poo I don't want & that'll take up space until I can get away with donating it. On the other hand, if you reach the point where you're contemplating giving gift cards & food to each other, it gets a bit too on the nose about what's really happening with gifts. 
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Switchback posted:Content- any bad Christmas presents to share? I bought my husband a bitcoin. It's a retarded 'investment' (not an investment) but he's been talking about it for like 2 years and I'm sick of having this conversation and the value in that time has gone up Up UP so now he is "right". The first year I was resolute that it was idiotic; the second year I said "ok fine, open a wallet and put a couple hundred bucks in bitcoin." Then he's had a bizarre obsession with owning ONE bitcoin, saying things like "it's too late we can't buy one now they're too expensive" and I explain you don't have to buy in denominations of one but he ultimately never tried to set up a wallet (just talked about the price every few weeks). Your husband is an idiot,  before he converts your 401k into bitcoins
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ate all the Oreos posted:Your husband is an idiot, Lol @ him knowing what a 401k is. My in-laws are big on showing their love through gifts, so every time I see them I get some trinket or scarf or sarong or handbag or something. Great, now I have another thing I didn't want that I now have to either dispose of or keep and eventually move. I'm more a "show love by doing" person but that's a hard gift when you live apart. I am actually really excited about Christmas this year, we got them concert tickets with a night at a vineyard hotel (so they don't have to drive home) to see James Taylor. But on our side, we will see how much extra baggage I have to buy for our return flight...
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We have kids so Christmas is a thing for them. We also made an agreement with most of the family to not do gifts between adults because we're traveling and its pain, so that's good. We get our kids to make things for family, I always hope people aren't bothered by crude kid paintings and know they can ditch them and we won't care.
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Here's a personal BWM story. I have Lego Batman equity. A few times a year, Lego releases series of collectible minifigures that come packaged blind bag style, so you can't tell what you're getting unless you spend a while feeling the bags. They recently released a Lego Batman movie series and I wanted all of the figures. I also didn't want to spend an hour in Target feeling bags in the toy aisle so I bought every one they had. I now have about 140 tied up in the toys that I can return within a 90 day period but I'm waiting for the movie to release to see if they shoot up in price at which point they're all going on eBay.
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Cloks posted:Here's a personal BWM story. Go to the Lego thread and sell them to a goon. There will be someone who wants the set without the work.
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 Merry Christmas, and Happy Other-holidays-that-just-happen-to-occur-around-the-same-time-as-Christmas! EDIT: bonus reddit post quote:Am I being unrealistic? monster on a stick fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Dec 25, 2016 |
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There was a thread on a prepper board that circulated about a decade ago about a middle class Argentinian (?) living thru a currency devaluation and economic crisis. Apparently swap markets and money changers only paid scrap gold prices for ingots etc so you were better off buying sacks of chains and rings etc instead of 99.9999% Mint proof sets.
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PCjr sidecar posted:There was a thread on a prepper board that circulated about a decade ago about a middle class Argentinian (?) living thru a currency devaluation and economic crisis. Apparently swap markets and money changers only paid scrap gold prices for ingots etc so you were better off buying sacks of chains and rings etc instead of 99.9999% Mint proof sets. That was probably FerFAL.
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Christmas is awful and bad with money and I buy everything I want for myself and  and if my friends truly knew me they would know I am a pleasure to hang out with while I bitterly open their presents.Speaking of BWM christmas gifts I forced a GC to these fine forums upon a "friend."
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H110Hawk posted:Christmas is awful and bad with money and I buy everything I want for myself and
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Looks like Planet Money wss wrong; homo economicus do exist, and they post on these forums. Lol at bitching about giving receiving gifts, a very old and important social bonding behavior, because it is not a perfectly efficient use of money and resources. There is a lot more going on than exchange of trinkets.
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I only gift my relatives IOU coupons for Roth IRA contributions the next tax year and sensible shoes every 7-10 years
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My uncle has good gift giving/receiving advice: "If I can't eat it, drink it, or smoke it, I don't want it." I have subscribed to his plan and received zero complaints so far.
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MrKatharsis posted:My uncle has good gift giving/receiving advice: "If I can't eat it, drink it, or smoke it, I don't want it." The great thing about consumable gifts is that you have a pre-made gift for next year.
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