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The worst part of stories like that is that it's obvious they've never stopped for 5 seconds and thought about how much pain they're putting their pet through. Losing a pet sucks, but I can't imagine wanting to see one suffer for months instead of putting them down so they can die peacefully. Even if money was no object, there comes a point where you have to let the pet go for its own sake.
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I watched a video on YouTube that worked out it costs an average of something like 20k a minute for the president to travel anywhere
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I'm waiting for the day when a President's travel expense winds up being so big it becomes an Omnibus item that lawmakers threaten to shut down the government over.
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Bird in a Blender posted:Let's see, we can raise money to try to extend a dog's life for maybe 6 months, or we can feed and house like four homeless people for a year. Money well spent I say. The poor will always be with you, but Sparky shall be among you only a short while.
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Moneyball posted:I'm waiting for the day when a President's travel expense winds up being so big it becomes an Omnibus item that lawmakers threaten to shut down the government over. Well, what is that $100k travel budget actually used for? Surely not matters of state, since a standard 747 costs something like $25k/hr to operate. Not getting very far on Air Force One on that budget (if it even gets him to the airport).
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Motronic posted:Well, what is that $100k travel budget actually used for? Surely not matters of state, since a standard 747 costs something like $25k/hr to operate. Not getting very far on Air Force One on that budget (if it even gets him to the airport). For this President? In-flight McDonalds?
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They need extra fuel to carry all the diet Cokes.
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Lowness 72 posted:They need extra fuel to carry all the
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Motronic posted:Well, what is that $100k travel budget actually used for? Surely not matters of state, since a standard 747 costs something like $25k/hr to operate. Not getting very far on Air Force One on that budget (if it even gets him to the airport). AIUI it’s basically not used at all.
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People with real jobs generally don't post when they fill up their car with gas like it's a big achievement... Trees are the new pyramids  also: COOCHY  (how does shaving cream double as a hair conditioner?)
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Youth Decay posted:(how does shaving cream double as a hair conditioner?)  Youth Decay posted:People with real jobs generally don't post when they fill up their car with gas like it's a big achievement...
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I can’t wait to spread coochy all over my face. Artefacted, pixelated coochy.
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quote:Coochy for men is also available heh
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If you buy one, why tf would you want another one?
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Youth Decay posted:also: COOCHY What, you put shaving cream where you DON'T have hair?
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Youth Decay posted:Trees are the new pyramids $200 weekly? That's like a $5/hour job! Where do I sign up?
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Haifisch posted:"Even though it isn't pay day", said as if managing to not spend yourself to $0 before each paycheck is impossible under normal circumstances. Please no.
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Youth Decay posted:COOCHY "The More You Use, The Less You'll Shave" Yeah I apply 4 whole bottles on my coochie every morning, but I only shave once a week because its always so red and inflamed!
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Youth Decay posted:(how does shaving cream double as a hair conditioner?) I'm not endorsing this dumb product, but the marketing all makes sense; it's just not for you. It's for shaving your cooch. It's easy to irritate your lady junk by shaving, but regular shaving foam can cause yeast infections and irritation. It's advertising itself as something moisturising but which won't gently caress with the pH of lady lips like most regular washing products, so you can use lots of it to get a closer shave and thus not have to shave as much. "Won't make your vag itchy" isn't good marketing though.
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Bad With Money: It's not a pyramid thing, it's a tree thing
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evobatman posted:Bad With Money: It's not a pyramid thing, it's a tree thing Bad With Money: Won't make your vag itchy" isn't good marketing though.
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Phanatic posted:$200 weekly? That's like a $5/hour job! Where do I sign up? Yes the pay is low but you get to alienate every person you know with your constant sales pitches.
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I'm honestly curious and would love if posters outside the US could chime in: Most everyone in the US has one or more social connections to MLM rubes, which means that it's pretty pervasive in our society. Are you likewise afflicted, or do people outside the US generally have a better sense of dividing social and economic activity?
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Dwight Eisenhower posted:I'm honestly curious and would love if posters outside the US could chime in: I can't comment on the relative prominence of it, but MLMs are certainly present in Australia. My mum was huge into Nutrimetics in the 90s; and I've had multiple colleagues pitch me, one pitch was actually just a pyramid scheme. I also remember my parents joking derisively about Amway, but then getting into Nutrimetics (and timeshares), so 
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Dwight Eisenhower posted:I'm honestly curious and would love if posters outside the US could chime in: From what I've heard, after the US market got saturated Avon and Amway and the like set their eyes on Asia, particularly, China, where they've been extremely prolific
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Dwight Eisenhower posted:I'm honestly curious and would love if posters outside the US could chime in: I don't have any friends or coworkers or general acquaintances involved in MLM stuff, or at least none that I know of. I'm sure there probably is MLM activity here, just not as in your face or pervasive as in the US
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Bad With Money: I thought it was, but we both are incorrect
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Youth Decay posted:People with real jobs generally don't post when they fill up their car with gas like it's a big achievement... My man, have you ever filled your tank up at Costco?
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Dwight Eisenhower posted:I'm honestly curious and would love if posters outside the US could chime in: I grew up in Grand Rapids, MI, home of Amway, and despite being taken out to their HQ for a class trip one time (yeah, they tried to pitch cleaning products to 10th graders, I still have no idea what my Chemistry teacher was thinking), I've never had anyone try to sell Amway or any other MLM to me. I don't think it's as pervasive in real life as Facebook makes it appear to be.
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disjoe posted:My man, have you ever filled your tank up at Costco? God bless the people that spend 15-20 minutes idling their cars to save $3
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Dwight Eisenhower posted:I'm honestly curious and would love if posters outside the US could chime in: Singapore? Nope. Scams, however are exceedingly prevalent. Almost every day some guy loses 5 digits of money to some lame cop impersonation scam. BTW it's frankly shocking how you Americans get the short end of the tax and healthcare stick compared to us. People who earn $40K/year here easily pays effectively a <1% income tax rate, and a ~$450/year health insurance plan (for 30-39 year age bracket) is a zero deductible, all expenses paid at any hospital of your choosing (with some minor caveats, of course).
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Risky Bisquick posted:God bless the people that spend 15-20 minutes idling their cars to save $3 I have seriously never understood why people do this to themselves
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Risky Bisquick posted:God bless the people that spend 15-20 minutes idling their cars to save $3
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Hoodwinker posted:Explain. Are there long lines or something? Club savings on gas prices means lower pricing, and thus extremely long lines, moreso in the summer.
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I live near the border between 2 states, and the state to the south has much cheaper taxes on gasoline. I've known people who will drive their gas guzzler 40 miles round trip to save $.25/gal. Assuming they are getting 15 mpg and they are filling up 25 gallons, they were actually wasting an hour+ driving back and forth to basically come out even.
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Sirotan posted:I grew up in Grand Rapids, MI, home of Amway, and despite being taken out to their HQ for a class trip one time (yeah, they tried to pitch cleaning products to 10th graders, I still have no idea what my Chemistry teacher was thinking), I've never had anyone try to sell Amway or any other MLM to me. I don't think it's as pervasive in real life as Facebook makes it appear to be. I used to live in Michigan and we were friends with a couple who were big into Monavie welp that's my story. That stuff does exist in the UK but I don't think it quite fits our culture as well. Pushing things on strangers is kinda uncomfortable for a lot of people for one thing.
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feedmegin posted:
A remarkable contrast from the UK's conduct through much of the last several hundred years! 
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Risky Bisquick posted:God bless the people that spend 15-20 minutes idling their cars to save $3 Huh, I go to the Costco near me before work and never have that problem.
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Dwight Eisenhower posted:I'm honestly curious and would love if posters outside the US could chime in: Isn't Herbalife a huge soccer sponsor worldwide? I assume they wouldn't do that if they weren't raking in money in those countries. My dad bought a starter package of herbalife a few years ago.  disjoe posted:Huh, I go to the Costco near me before work and never have that problem. The ones around here are complete shitshows. Easily 50 cars
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Go Fund Me: I need to "rescue" this puppy from the pet store by buying it for $1,700. Other people should give me the money! https://www.gofundme.com/save-the-golden-retriever-puppy There is a somewhat happy ending. By the time she has the money, someone else has bought the puppy, so she gives the money to the SPCA instead. Go Fund Me: I want to start my own semi-self sustaining pet store. Give me $5000. https://www.gofundme.com/starting-my-own-pet-store I'm not sure if "semi-self sustaining" means that she is going to breed the animals she sells, or if she knows she will be broke again in no time.
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