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Maybe you guys can take your doomsday prepper fantasies to another thread and post some BWM instead. I'm looking through reddit but nothing juicy so far today.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 15:56 |
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Barry posted:Maybe you guys can take your doomsday prepper fantasies to another thread and post some BWM instead. I'm looking through reddit but nothing juicy so far today. Ok, I'll cross post something - BWM: All of Canada. http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/drowning-in-debt-is-the-new-normal-in-canada/ There are some throwaway examples of how much debt Canadians are pickled in, but holy poo poo: quote:Let me share a scenario of someone who is self employed, as it highlights how a debt problem can spiral out of control quickly. I met recently with a woman in her 50s who owns her own company that furnishes and decorates high-end businesses, like big law firms. Or at least it did. With big firms shrinking to meet reduced market demands and trimming costs, her business had dried up. Canada is so hosed. I know that's just an example of an extreme situation, but this stat from earlier in the article is the scariest part for me: quote:The normalization of excessive debt is reflected in the data that Statistics Canada regularly releases. The household debt-to-income ratio now stands at 169.4, up 23 per cent from a decade ago, and on par with what the U.S. saw at the peak of its housing bubble. Of course, such figures are averages. According to the Bank of Canada, close to half of all high-ratio mortgages originated in Toronto were to borrowers with loan-to-income ratios in excess of 450 per cent. 450 percent. If my math isn't poo poo, that's like 30% GDS, just shy of the 32% "limit". Add in a few car payments and pretend these people don't have lines of credit or student loans or credit cards and you're looking at 37% TDS. People are borrowing to the loving hilt.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 16:02 |
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Barry posted:Maybe you guys can take your doomsday prepper fantasies to another thread and post some BWM instead. I'm looking through reddit but nothing juicy so far today. Ok then I guess i'll tell y'all about my BWM confession: last year I kinda got a bit consumption-addicted and spent much more than I should on frivolous bullshit. Luckily I make enough that I didn't really drive myself into any worse debt than I'm already in (and that's just an almost-paid-off student loan and car and stuff like that) but I definitely wasted a bunch of money. I only bring this up cuz the way I broke the habit was to block access to ebay.com and amazon.com from myself (in my case I edited my hosts file) so I have to do something awkward and inconvenient to get back into it, which gives me a few extra seconds to go "wait no I put that lock there for a reason you loving moron." I can still do it if I need to but just having that initial barrier there has helped a ton.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 16:11 |
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Did you buy that horse lamp?
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 16:15 |
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Ah, a cosigning story where the cosignee is the one getting screwed over.quote:A bit of an explanation needed, a family member agreed to help me get a car as I had no established credit and had trouble getting a loan. Found an ideal vehicle listed for right around $10k.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 16:16 |
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Ashcans posted:Did you buy that horse lamp? Naw it was mostly frivolous hobby poo poo, either i'd see a cool bullshit thing on ebay (man wouldn't it be great to have an atomic clock i'm gonna buy that surplus atomic clock!!!) or I'd get it in my head that I'm totally gonna build a project and then buy a tool or some things to build it with and then they arrive and I poke at them a bit and decide that i'm not interested anymore or it's too hard and then put them in the closet forever. I've at least managed to repurpose a bit of the stuff in other more practical things and i'm sure i can eventually find a use for most of it but yeah. Also I got these which, while kinda pointless since i already have ladles, are at least really cute I just leave them out on my counter so it looks like they're kissing
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 16:19 |
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ate all the Oreos posted:Naw it was mostly frivolous hobby poo poo, either i'd see a cool bullshit thing on ebay (man wouldn't it be great to have an atomic clock i'm gonna buy that surplus atomic clock!!!) or I'd get it in my head that I'm totally gonna build a project and then buy a tool or some things to build it with and then they arrive and I poke at them a bit and decide that i'm not interested anymore or it's too hard and then put them in the closet forever. I've at least managed to repurpose a bit of the stuff in other more practical things and i'm sure i can eventually find a use for most of it but yeah.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 16:30 |
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ate all the Oreos posted:Naw it was mostly frivolous hobby poo poo, either i'd see a cool bullshit thing on ebay (man wouldn't it be great to have an atomic clock i'm gonna buy that surplus atomic clock!!!) or I'd get it in my head that I'm totally gonna build a project and then buy a tool or some things to build it with and then they arrive and I poke at them a bit and decide that i'm not interested anymore or it's too hard and then put them in the closet forever. I've at least managed to repurpose a bit of the stuff in other more practical things and i'm sure i can eventually find a use for most of it but yeah. This owns, keep posting cool stuff I should buy until it's me that's bad with money.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 16:39 |
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They're called "Nessie Ladles" if you can't find them
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 16:48 |
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Jake Mustache posted:Ah, a cosigning story where the cosignee is the one getting screwed over. What an absolute rear end in a top hat of a family member. Pretty GWM however to get rid of $5k of debt for ~$700. If OP wasn't such a pushover they'd just stop paying altogether but I don't see that happening.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 17:49 |
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Double post because this is good stuff: https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/679xz4/first_time_homebuyer_considering_8_bedroom_5/quote:House: 8 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, with 4300 square feet of space on 3 levels (ground floor, upstairs, and a finished basement). It was originally built in 1951, but it's had a ton of renovation and expansion work completed. The place looks immaculate inside (at least to my untrained eye). It could honestly house 20 people without feeling cramped. First time home buyer wants to buy an 8 bedroom, $750k house for just him and his wife.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 17:54 |
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Yes, spending $750k instead of $650k is just the same as spending an extra buck to get a gently caress-off sized bucket of popcorn I also like how he doesn't for a moment consider how much it will cost to heat/cool/maintain 4300 sq ft
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:00 |
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Barry posted:First time home buyer wants to buy an 8 bedroom, $750k house for just him and his wife. Sounds like they could split it into three spacious apartments and rent out the other two.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:01 |
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ate all the Oreos posted:Naw it was mostly frivolous hobby poo poo, either i'd see a cool bullshit thing on ebay (man wouldn't it be great to have an atomic clock i'm gonna buy that surplus atomic clock!!!) or I'd get it in my head that I'm totally gonna build a project and then buy a tool or some things to build it with and then they arrive and I poke at them a bit and decide that i'm not interested anymore or it's too hard and then put them in the closet forever. I've at least managed to repurpose a bit of the stuff in other more practical things and i'm sure i can eventually find a use for most of it but yeah. I have these too!
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:04 |
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BWM: Seriously loving tempted to buy those goofy ladles. GWM: Resisting urge so far.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:11 |
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ate all the Oreos posted:They're called "Nessie Ladles" if you can't find them But that's the problem, we can never find Nessie! BWM: Cryptid ladles that can't be found
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:14 |
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8 bedrooms i have a friend who lives out in the burbs in a 4 or 5 bedroom house with his wife and they dont even want kids...i dont get it
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:23 |
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crazypeltast52 posted:But that's the problem, we can never find Nessie! Appropriate, because I am 100% if I bought those ladles my kids would vanish them and I would never see them again. At least not until we're moving house or something and they'd turn up in a pot under a bed.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:25 |
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BraveUlysses posted:8 bedrooms I have to move in July because my roommate wanted to "get on the property ladder before it's too late" and thinks that once you turn 30 you can't live with roommates anymore. We all had our own bathrooms and bedrooms and had our rent down to $480 a month (average rent for the area is about 1.3k a month) with utilities split 3-ways. He bought a 4-bedroom house for $420,000 to live in by himself because he "felt weird after I turned 30 and didn't have a house of my own." Edit: And for bonus BWM points, the 420k house was a foreclosure and needs significant repairs. He's going to try and do all of it himself except for the roof and is estimating another 50k (but I'm guessing he is low-balling this.) Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Apr 24, 2017 |
# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:27 |
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The unyielding insistence that every single person should buy a house regardless of circumstances or goals is one of the greatest financial frauds perpetrated on the public. Owning a house can obviously be a very good and very desirable thing, but there's a dogma about the greatness of ownership (and, conversely, the awfulness of anything-but-ownership) that is really toxic and leads to sooo many people making bad financial/life decisions in order to "fit in". People are so conditioned and convinced that owning is the greatest thing ever that you can't even have a rational discussion about the real, objective pros and cons of owning vs. renting with most people. The number of people who are house-poor and have their entire life beholden to their mortgage that they are one missed pay day away from defaulting on is really depressing and unhealthy.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:39 |
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Guinness posted:The unyielding insistence that every single person should buy a house regardless of circumstances or goals is one of the greatest financial frauds perpetrated on the public. Yeah, it's up there with "you must get a 4-year degree".
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:46 |
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Maybe BFC can put together a Nessie Ladle group buy and get a nice bulk discount.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 18:54 |
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ate all the Oreos posted:Also I got these which, while kinda pointless since i already have ladles, are at least really cute For the first time this thread is threatening to make me BWM rather than the opposite
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 19:00 |
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Barry posted:Maybe BFC can put together a Nessie Ladle group buy and get a nice bulk discount. Put me down for 2 sets, or 3 depending on final price.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 19:04 |
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BraveUlysses posted:8 bedrooms That way when the midlife crisis hits and they want to quit their jobs and open a Bed and Breakfast, they'll already have the house for it. Barry posted:Maybe BFC can put together a Nessie Ladle group buy and get a nice bulk discount. But why? https://www.amazon.com/RioRand-Dishwasher-Kitchen-Utensil-Cookware/dp/B00ZBEVROI https://www.amazon.com/Tailbox-Premium-Colander-Creative-Tableware/dp/B01NGYK3G8
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 19:10 |
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BraveUlysses posted:8 bedrooms I would love to have 4 bedrooms, but I'd use one as a gym, one as an office, and one as a man cave. No I don't need this, I just would like it.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 19:45 |
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Real talk I got those ladles as a gift this past Christmas, and yeah they are cute but they kind of suck as ladles.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 19:44 |
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they really are nice, I like the smaller one though. That link got dropped a year or two ago in GWS and drilled a straight hole through everyone's wallets.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 19:47 |
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ate all the Oreos posted:They're called "Nessie Ladles" if you can't find them I have not found these to be of particularly good quality ours is very floppy.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 19:55 |
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Nail Rat posted:I would love to have 4 bedrooms, but I'd use one as a gym, one as an office, and one as a man cave.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 19:59 |
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John Smith posted:But the more poo poo you have, the more poo poo you need to maintain. Which is tiring, unless you reached the level where you got people to sort that out for you. I already have most of the stuff that would go in said rooms. It would be about the space. Which I'd then have to heat and cool and maintain of course which is BWM of course but whatever
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 20:00 |
I live in a 4BR house with just my wife and dog and no plans for kids, AMA.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 20:10 |
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quote:I [27 M] just found out that my wife [27 F] has been spending some of our savings on League of Legends
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 20:23 |
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Nail Rat posted:I already have most of the stuff that would go in said rooms. It would be about the space.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 20:36 |
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:I have not found these to be of particularly good quality ours is very floppy. There seems to be a bunch of different manufacturer knock-offs and various sizes, the ones I got are "normal size" and they seem to work fine but yeah the plastic doesn't feel all that sturdy so if you're gonna get one I'd treat it as more of a novelty than anything
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Ornamented Death posted:I live in a 4BR house with just my wife and dog and no plans for kids, AMA. How come it's not 8BR, pleb?
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 20:51 |
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I live in a 2BR apartment with wife and cat and I consider that downright opulent, gently caress you big house-havers
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 20:52 |
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I wish my house were 1 bedroom smaller, but I loved everything else about it so I went for it.
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# ? Apr 24, 2017 20:53 |
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ate all the Oreos posted:I live in a 2BR apartment with wife and cat and I consider that downright opulent, gently caress you big house-havers We could get by with a 1+1 and if we decide to move back to toronto we'll probably have to haha.
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I was texting a group of my mom friends to ask if anyone had a Coverdell ESA and was satisfied with the brokerage firm (TD Ameritrade is driving me crazy). This is what I got:BWM Mom posted:We are not conventional. We just signed up for a cancer insurance plan. We are paying a rider on top of premiums, so that in 20 years, if neither of us gets cancer then we get all that money back. We considered it a win win. We are protected and get cash benefits to help pay for expenses if we get cancer, or we get a lump sum of cash back right when BWM Baby will be in college. This couple is in their early 30s and no family history of young people having cancer. They're both fairly successful professionals with employer-provided health insurance. BWM Dad even works in banking (of course). One of those cases where someone seems fairly competent and then
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