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I was going to remark upon how that seems like a waste of money. But there are legitimate crazy people stalking celebrities, as was pointed out. I guess they really do need the protection.
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:Insert joke about why would an NYPD officer take that kind of pay cut?? Given the average NYPD officer's marksmanship, I think she's getting ripped off.
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May 11, 2017 04:48
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Dick Nipples posted:Asian markets are great places to get cheap produce. WSJ or NYTimes had a good article not too long ago talking about the economics of why Asian markets have cheaper produce (reduced overhead, minimal marketing, etc). The ones I go to tend to only have asian-y produce that you can't get at regular grocery stores like those anime leeks, do some of them have a full produce section?
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May 11, 2017 04:57
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potatoducks posted:Did everyone forget about this rule? It's only been 14 pages. Come on people. It doesn't help when the mod goes to Canada for four days without a computer  (sorry y'all)
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May 11, 2017 05:37
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P.S. Everyone did an excellent job with the derail bird, apart from the one with the hosed up beak that wasn't NSFL-tagged/spoilered 
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May 11, 2017 06:05
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Kroger (QFC & Fred Meyer) in the Seattle area does have bags of $1 blemished/undersized produce Usually there are always Banana's, Apples and Peppers sometimes other stuff like Garlic, Mushrooms, Oranges, and I think I saw eggplant once.
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May 11, 2017 06:27
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ate all the Oreos posted:The ones I go to tend to only have asian-y produce that you can't get at regular grocery stores like those anime leeks, do some of them have a full produce section? I think it varies. The one near me has a pretty good selection - I live in the more diverse part of the city so there's a high concentration of Asian, East African, and Hispanic shoppers. On the other hand - in the area near where I work, there's a high concentration of Chinese and Japanese people so the two markets over there cater to Chinese and Japanese tastes. Full Disclosure: I'm half Chinese and 60% of my veggie intake is anime leeks.
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May 11, 2017 07:41
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How big of a bloodsucking entourage does Johnny Depp have that he can blow through $30k in wine a month? Didn't Didn't MC Hammer and Mike Tyson both have huge entourages that all vanished when the money dried up? I still remember seeing Hammer's house on top of the hill over Fremont. Entourages: BWM.
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May 11, 2017 12:34
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:In the era of Uber etc how in the world does a stupid car and a couple security guards for hire possibly cost $1000+ an hour If it's a big gala event the stars may be getting a security budget as part of their appearance contract. If it's something like the Oscars then celebrities are probably required to pay for a certain level of security for all the loaned jewels. Either way those are infrequent events so it's not like they're paying a guard $1k a hour on a lazy Sunday morning. I have no idea if Kim Kardashian cheaped out on her security, but that robbery/kidnapping cost like $2 million and probably scared the poo poo out of her. So good security is GWM once you're that rich/famous.
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May 11, 2017 13:03
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Careful out there, gambling fans:Jingleheimer posted:Last year when I went to Vegas I got drunk and sat down at a pai gow table in the Bellagio. I was betting stupid and eventually got to the point where I was betting a hundred bucks a hand, and I lost a bunch of hands in a row. Even the dealer told me to stop being stupid and walk away, but I wasn't satisfied until I had lost a thousand dollars. I still love the game, but god drat do I hate myself for being such a dumbass that one night.
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May 11, 2017 13:11
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Dick Nipples posted:I think it varies. The one near me has a pretty good selection - I live in the more diverse part of the city so there's a high concentration of Asian, East African, and Hispanic shoppers. Yeah now that i'm thinking about it my parents have one near them that's an "ethnic grocery" which just seems to mean asian grocery that also sells some hispanic stuff and it has a pretty good produce section, I kinda thought it was just unusual about that but I guess not
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BloodBag posted:How big of a bloodsucking entourage does Johnny Depp have that he can blow through $30k in wine a month? Didn't Well if you have a taste for wine the absolute best vintage wines are easily $1000+ a bottle wholesale, let alone restaurant markup, even post wine crash. Particularly first growth grand cru Bordeaux you could drink a different $1000 bottle of wine every day of the month.
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May 11, 2017 14:33
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Much like anything, if you want to spend a lot of money on wine you certainly can.
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:Well if you have a taste for wine the absolute best vintage wines are easily $1000+ a bottle wholesale, let alone restaurant markup, even post wine crash. Particularly first growth grand cru Bordeaux you could drink a different $1000 bottle of wine every day of the month. I certainly feel out of my depth in continuing this conversation. I was imagining him and his crew re-enacting Leaving Las Vegas every night on the $6 magnums of moscato I used to drink. I forget that fermented grape juice can get super exclusive.
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May 11, 2017 16:10
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Another amazing opportunity to post this sick reference about the ultimate GWM, a wine Ponzi scheme. https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/wine-ponzi-scheme
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May 11, 2017 16:13
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pig slut lisa posted:Careful out there, gambling fans: I love this card game; if only there were a way to play it which didn't cost $100 a hand. How many therapy sessions would that money have paid for?
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May 11, 2017 16:18
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Lol losing $1k one time in Vegas of all places isn't gonna impress anybody.
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Losing that much at Pai Gow is hard though. You can play Pai Gow for hours, sucking down comped drinks, and be only down $20.
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May 11, 2017 17:27
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Bad With Money 2.0: I wasn't satisfied until I had lost a thousand dollars
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May 11, 2017 17:36
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Jake Mustache posted:Losing that much at Pai Gow is hard though. You can play Pai Gow for hours, sucking down comped drinks, and be only down $20. On the other hand, BWM is one of the strongest forces in human behavior, and a guy named Michael Borovetz basically ruined his life on it.
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May 11, 2017 17:37
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Nick Cage won the uber rich dickhead BWM contest when he bought a stolen Tyrannosaurus skull for a quarter million dollars.
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pig slut lisa posted:Careful out there, gambling fans: I was listening to a legal help call-in show, and someone called in with a gambling story. He was staying in a casino with his brother, and he took only a few hundred with him to the gambling floor so he wouldn't lose more than that (which I guess is GWM if you are going to gamble.) He lost it all, then drunkenly borrowed a few thousand from his brother, even writing an IOU on a napkin. Of course he lost that too. So BWM. He called the legal show asking if he had to pay back the loan, because after all he was drunk and his brother made good money anyway. Now he's just BWL.
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BloodBag posted:How big of a bloodsucking entourage does Johnny Depp have that he can blow through $30k in wine a month? Didn't Yes. quote:Originally having an estimated net worth of over $33 million according to Forbes magazine ... Hammer ultimately became $13 million in debt. Also: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/11/17/nicolas.cage.lawsuit/ quote:Nicolas Cage brought about his own financial ruin with a spending spree that included two castles, 15 palatial homes, a flotilla of yachts and a squadron of Rolls Royces, his former business manager said.
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Hey, hey. What is with all the selection bias for celebrities who are BWM? Let's have some uplifting stories that reflect how wonderful with money many of them are! I will start first. Hmm...... Er...... Ah......
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John Smith posted:Hey, hey. What is with all the selection bias for celebrities who are BWM? Let's have some uplifting stories that reflect how wonderful with money many of them are! I will start first. There was a football player for either Cleveland or Cincinnati that played for a couple of years, made several million dollars, invested all of it in Washington, D.C. real estate in the 1980's and is now a 100+ millionaire real estate tycoon from a couple years of footballing.
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Keanu Reeves. No mansion, no Rolls Royce, donated millions to a Leukemia research charity.
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Marshawn Lynch has reportedly not spent any of his NFL salary, instead living off of his endorsement money and business investments. Meaning, he has at least $50 million saved up, not considering he's coming back next season with the Oakland Raiders. Marshawn 
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Keanu Reeves. No mansion, no Rolls Royce, donated millions to a Leukemia research charity. Apparently his sister had leukemia  He was her caretaker.Him doing that is not just GWL, that's being a mensch.
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Paper Tiger posted:Marshawn Lynch has reportedly not spent any of his NFL salary, instead living off of his endorsement money and business investments. Meaning, he has at least $50 million saved up, not considering he's coming back next season with the Oakland Raiders. Same deal with Rob Gronkowski: quote:“To this day, I still haven’t touched one dime of my signing bonus or NFL contract money. I live off my marketing money and haven’t blown it on any big-money expensive cars, expensive jewelry or tattoos and still wear my favorite pair of jeans from high school… I don’t hurt anyone.” But this is the BWM thread, so go read about Lenny Dykstra instead.
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monster on a stick posted:I was listening to a legal help call-in show, and someone called in with a gambling story. He was staying in a casino with his brother, and he took only a few hundred with him to the gambling floor so he wouldn't lose more than that (which I guess is GWM if you are going to gamble.) I found the BWM, it was the guy who loaned his drunk idiot brother "a few thousand" to gamble with
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A weird confluence here is Peter Ostrum; he was Charlie in the 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. After completing the film he declined a three-movie deal to go back to regular life - and used his payment from the movie to buy a horse and pursue his interests. He became a vet, seems to be happy and successful, and enjoys a little bit of niche stardom. So BWM on passing up a three-movie deal and buying a horse, but GWL for not getting sucked into some terrible child-star spiral and finding a job you love.
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I found this link which is both celebrity gossip and good financial advice so I enjoyed reading it quite a bit. http://www.moneycrashers.com/cheap-frugal-celebrities/ Contrasts delightfully with Master P, who went from being worth an estimated $600M to bankrupt. http://theboombox.com/master-p-forced-into-bankruptcy-court-over-240-000/ Sorry Master P!
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Paper Tiger posted:Marshawn Lynch has reportedly not spent any of his NFL salary, instead living off of his endorsement money and business investments. Meaning, he has at least $50 million saved up, not considering he's coming back next season with the Oakland Raiders. Steve Smith of the Carolina Panthers promised himself he would buy a Bentley, but only with money that was return on investment. Much like Marshawn, he's not spending down the money he made from football, he's making his money work for him.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Read the rest of the loving thread you loving idiot rear end in a top hat. You are the worst poster on the forums, Tiny Brontosaurus. You are always angry and you always go to personal attacks. Do you hate everyone? You are most likely a miserable, friendless person in real life. I can't imagine that anyone would want to hang out with you, let alone tolerate you and your puerile rage. How does it feel to be so ludicrously angry every day? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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CannonFodder posted:Steve Smith of the Carolina Panthers promised himself he would buy a Bentley, but only with money that was return on investment. Much like Marshawn, he's not spending down the money he made from football, he's making his money work for him. We'll likely see more and more stories like this going forward, the NFL has dedicated a fair amount of resources to trying to teach players not to spend all their money immediately after signing their contract.
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TB's posting has gotten increasingly lovely over time but I find it's best to just ignore her altogether. I know, it's hard. A friend of mine moved across the country because there are no "good job opportunities" in Austin, he's currently somewhere in Portland making $14/hr at a call center (no benefits of course). He is also paying close to $1200 for a 400 sq. ft. apartment! I get wanting to try your luck in other regions of the country, somehow I suspect that his "there are no good jobs in Austin" excuse is just another manifestation of his perpetual incompetence. Don't move cross-country for a call center gig, kids. I am a bit jealous of his access to dispensaries and all that but he's on his last warning for being too slow on the phone so I guess he should stay drug free for the foreseeable future.
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KingSlime posted:TB's posting has gotten increasingly lovely over time but I find it's best to just ignore her altogether. I know, it's hard. Portland is one of those "in places" where the rent is high but the pay is low (unless you are working at Intel/Nike/government gig.) And people willingly take it because Portland has beer, weed, and Voodoo Doughnuts.
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Ornamented Death posted:We'll likely see more and more stories like this going forward, the NFL has dedicated a fair amount of resources to trying to teach players not to spend all their money immediately after signing their contract. I think most players go bankrupt after they retire from really lovely business deals. For some reason, ex-pro athletes think they can run restaurants or make video games. Here's a good one. Some pro hockey player named Jack Johnson did everything right, except for signing over power of attorney to his parents. http://deadspin.com/how-jack-johnsons-parents-screwed-him-and-left-him-mill-1663583325 They somehow spent all his money and borrowed 15 million in name for millions more. And a BWL update, his parents sued him because he was trying to sell the home they live in rent free. http://thejasminebrand.com/2016/07/23/jack-johnson-parents-kicked-out-home/ Krispy Wafer fucked around with this message at 19:38 on May 11, 2017 |
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monster on a stick posted:Portland is one of those "in places" where the rent is high but the pay is low (unless you are working at Intel/Nike/government gig.) And people willingly take it because Portland has beer, weed, and Voodoo Doughnuts. I love beer and weed but voodoo donuts is like if someone let my 4 year old nephew go hog wild with his "designs" on a box of assorted donuts (we have a chain out here in Portland Cowboy Edition). One of their offerings is literally a creme-filled donut with bits of Capn Crunch slathered on the top. Marketing haphazardly-thrown together desserts to the drunk, stoned locals and tourists is very GWM, come to think of it
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Dillbag posted:Nick Cage won the uber rich dickhead BWM contest when he bought a stolen Tyrannosaurus skull for a quarter million dollars. If you're going to be bad with money, might as well go ham and buy dinosaur bones or have all of your pipes made of gold.
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