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G-Mach
Feb 6, 2011

Silly Hippie posted:


e: WOW. Whoever recommended The Queen of Versailles, thank you. Holy mother of god, a 90,000 square foot house. I lost it at the stuffed dogs. Everyone watch this. It is beautiful.

I just started watching that documentary. The "Queen" takes a huge black limo to McDonalds (with only her in it) and holy crap that 100 million dollar house. Now she is complaining about having to take a commercial plane.

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G-Mach
Feb 6, 2011

grack posted:

I had a client cash in all of his investments and buy in to an emu farm.

I wish I was joking, I really, really do.

It's amazing how many people don't realize that any kind of profitable farm is a poo poo ton of work and requires a lot of knowledge to even stand a chance of succeeding.

G-Mach
Feb 6, 2011

kissekatt posted:

I've missed you, zaurg.

That truly was one of the greatest threads to ever grace E/N. I think it was in E/N anyways. It was a disaster that you just couldn't not watch.

Which brings up the point that you need to be on the same page as your partner financially before you increase the seriousness of your relationship whether it is having a child or marriage.

G-Mach
Feb 6, 2011

FrozenVent posted:

zaurg was an homegrown BFC treasure. Probably the most visited threads in BFC ever, too. I kind of wonder how things ended up sometimes.

It probably isn't ending well. I'm going to take a wild hunch on that.

G-Mach
Feb 6, 2011

melon cat posted:



Where the gently caress is their money going. :psyduck:


Often on stupid little poo poo that adds up. Some people never cook at home and always eat takeout. Then, they have to go clothes shopping weekly. Then, they have to get their hair done weekly. Then, they commute in their 17mpg Ford F-150 for 100 miles a day. Then, of course they have to spend thousands of dollars on a vacation each year. (Do you know that there are LOANS WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE ARE TO PAY FOR VACATIONS NOW?) Then, they got out to the bars on the weekend and blow $100-$200 easy. Then, they only make the minimum payments on their credit cards and student loans so they proceed to get raped on interest. The amount of money some people blow monthly on stupid poo poo they never use will make you shake your head sometimes.

Sometimes people take out loans at stupid interest rates on car/houses they can't afford.


Often someone is doing all this at once.

G-Mach fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Oct 17, 2013

G-Mach
Feb 6, 2011

TLG James posted:

I have a friend of a friend type that is a new doctor. Huge student loans. Had his wife take out a loan so they could get the downpayment on a house, while he took out the main loan. They already want to move in about a year to a bigger house because of all the future kidz.

Doctor's are one of the high income/high debt careers in which this happens a lot. Growing up in a town whose main employer was a hospital/clinic let me see how some doctors would have to go to payday loan stores every week to stay afloat.

G-Mach
Feb 6, 2011

Knyteguy posted:



Just another example of companies showing the monthly payment instead of the cost. Plus it's probably not a great idea to finance a jet ski.

An even better idea is to finance a snowmobile as well.

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G-Mach
Feb 6, 2011

canyoneer posted:

I decided to have children because I need someone to inherit my lands and titles, as well as avenge me if I am slain in battle.

At least back then that made a lot more sense than how a lot of people rationalize it today.

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