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GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Hope she doesn't sue the dog owner, but I wouldn't put it pasture

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GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Will criminal records be expunged now that BWM Self-Own Posts are legal? Asking for an attractive and cool friend

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Not a Children posted:

Hey, don't ask, don't get. What really sucks is that way too many people think they can succeed in the overcrowded field.

I was surprised at how high the "about 10% of requests for free stays are worth looking into" quote from the Maldives manager was. It's a gold rush like any new advertising medium. They're already getting wise to Bot Followers, it looks like!


KingSlime posted:

At least it leaves plenty of bread for us boring nerds with "technical skills" or "the ability to do poo poo that requires some degree or effort" or whatever you want to call this mythical X FACTOR

Course in the big picture it's probably not great if an increasing slice of the population is unable to make a living without falling into yet more scammy bullshit, but for now poo poo's cozy

For as long as there have been attractive people, there has been a legitimate career in "using [Product] while being attractive".

Their followers aren't really getting scammed, either. People get genuine happiness from using the same brands or staying at the same hotels as their idols. Call it dumb if you want, but sometimes people just want to convert some $$$ to happiness without too much thought.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Krispy Wafer posted:

My kid's got 2700 followers and she's been approached twice to advertise clothing. Influencing is the least common denominator for marketing.

And just in case that's construed as a humblebrag I've got 8 followers and couldn't influence my way out of a paper bag.

Bragging about your kid is literally the same as bragging about yourself. And saying "my kid's even more talented than I am!!" just makes it worse.

BOOOOOOO!

But fine, since you brought her up, what's the deal with your hot daughter? Gym/fitness influencer or more like bathrobe in a fancy hotel room #blessed?

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Krispy Wafer posted:

Eh. The discussion was about influencers and I was showing how little you have to do before people offer you free poo poo. And maybe she isn't hot. Maybe she has a really cute dog and it's doggy wear companies calling her up. If I eat a prob I eat a prob.

Like the guy whose spent millions on influencers through his job. That isn't a humblebrag. It's interesting and sheds light on the economics of it all.

That's fair. And yeah I really want to hear more about Influencer Millions Guy. If I'm remembering his username correctly, I think his previous employer was Online Poker?

Also sorry if your daughter is a minor and I sounded like a pedophile!!!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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baquerd posted:

Just going to leave it here that you can buy 2700 followers for less than $100, maybe $150 if you insist they are real and American.

Holy crap, dude. I was about to call bologna and say I'd buy 2,700 followers for $150 if you could send me a link, but it's even CHEAPER than that?!



Costs jump up to those prices per month if you want them to be real and engage with your content.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Hoodwinker posted:

I don't think you needed to self-probe on this but I admire the integrity.

Check his rap sheet for the last two probes!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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If I were a professional Gambler, I would do exactly that, to build up hype about what a huge gambling Enthusiast I was.

Tune in this Friday to watch a tournament featuring the guy who's so dedicated, he passed up $100,000 to get back at the tables

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Devian666 posted:

What I'd be interested in seeing is how the $2m per year income is spent each month. How do you even spend that much money?

If you want to see BWM I've been watching Consumed on Netflix. It's a cross between hoarders and family relationship problems. Often a family of hoarders.

What country are you in? I can't find this on USA Netflix.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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SpelledBackwards posted:

This thread: advocating guillotines like the French Revolution, but not being able to spell common French loanwords.

At least we get "mortgage" right!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Gotta buy low if you wanna sell high, dog

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Gambling is pure entertainment so I don't sweat the Expected Loss Per Hour metric of a game, but I can't imagine wanting to play Roulette. Roulette is a pure, slow transferring of your money to the house without even really DOING anything.

Craps is fun, social/interactive, and actually has the best odds in a casino.

Blackjack is also acceptable.

(but all Casino Games are BWM)

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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It's called retail therapy, and the unemployed need it more than anyone.

Treat yo self

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Switchback posted:

What bugs me is people saying they bought a house for $X, but they don’t include the additional $100k or whatever that it will cost to finance.

Does anyone do this at all?

If I bought a house for $120k down and $480k financed, I would definitely say I bought it for $600,000

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Guinness posted:

I think he means the total cost of interest payments.

If you finance $480,000 at 4% for 30 years you actually end up paying $825,000.

I follow, but that seems weird as hell to me and I've definitely never seen someone say they bought their house for N, where N = down payment + loan principle + loan interest.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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I think it's less Bad American Financial Savvy and more that it's a dumb way to describe the amount you're paying for a house.

You're paying $120k in today dollars and ~$705,000 in today-through-30-year-from-now dollars. Your final $2,292 payment is worth $691 today.

It doesn't account for how much less valuable Payment 360 is compared to Payment 1, and it doesn't account for the offset from mortgage interest deductions.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Not to be snarky at all, but does anyone here place much importance on how well their car will hold its value? There's a lot of overlap between BWM and people frequently trading cars.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Just lol if your compensation offer isn't written on a post it note, face down slid across the table during the interview

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Small brain - you own a house once you buy it

Medium brain - you own a house once it's paid off

Galaxy brain - you literally never own property because local, state and federal government control how you can use it

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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https://www.cnbc.com/2014/11/07/a-start-up-that-wants-to-make-atms-obsolete.html

gently caress it, we're just gonna do Uber ATM

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Cacafuego posted:

She offered to let us buy the 2004 911 that they were selling and I said no.
...
we don’t have anywhere to put an extra car and can’t afford the maintenance on a Porsche, so we dodged that bullet.

Sir this is the BAD with money thread. You need to go buy that Porsche and update this story immediately!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Oh God, the bay area. I was on the Los Altos planning committee for a few years and you can straight purchase FAR from the city. Not a transfer from another site but just an outright Defy The Zoning Requirements for $$$


Let it all burn

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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I don't know the significance of red text!

Here's an example of how easily the uber rich can do whatever the hell they want. Take this piece of of the municipal code we worked to pass

"For projects with ten (10) or more units, affordable housing units shall be provided as follows: 1. Rental units. Twenty (20) percent designated as affordable at the low-income level or fifteen (15) percent designated as affordable at the very-low income level."

I wonder how well this has been doing, given Los Altos' recent boom in multiple-family housing. Computer, status report!


Los Altos Planning Committee Website posted:

As of June 2016, the City has 105 affordable multiple-family units, which includes 32 rental units

God dammit

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Retirement accounts are to secure your future. Is a religious tithe not the same thing on an infinitely grander scale?!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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DeadFatDuckFat posted:

If you're making that kind of money, there's a chance that you work in a setting where people (men) actually don't wear dress shirts more than a few times. I think its something about the collars not being the same even if you're only doing dry cleaning?

$100,000 a year is not "toss your thrice worn shirts in the trash" territory, lol.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Would those metal collar stays be strong enough to block 80kg of steel, dropped from about 8 feet in the air?

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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The rule is in place because the big offender would change all the details, lol.

Not that it matters since it's all anonymous stories anyway

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Craps is the best odds in the casino, the most fun, and the highest cocktail waitstaff traffic.

Do it

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Mods are gambling, self posts are legal again





I bought that dumb car I mentioned and I got suckered on that "prepay the first 4 years of scheduled maintenance" plan

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Did anyone ITT actually have a pow pow Power Wheels growing up?

I asked for one once and my parents made it clear that they cost like a million bucks

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Dik Hz posted:

Not going to eat the 6er on that one, dude. Hopefully mods come back from Xmas and restore law and order around here.

Why being pissy? I'm literally asking if anyone's parents made the BWM decision to buy a $400 toy that you grow out of at age 5.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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And they had an advertisement like every hour on TV, so they had to have been selling thousands of the drat things. I never knew a soul who knew a soul who had one!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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How often do these guys drive themselves around in their economy boxes? I got to imagine they keep one parked at the mansion for the image but primarily get carted around by teams of security and drivers.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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100 HOGS AGREE posted:

Most rich people don't go around with security in their day to day lives, I imagine.

Billionaires literally do! And they're who I'm talking about.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Post that immortal Calvin and Hobbs comic where Hobbs asks how the comic books (baseball cards?) will be valuable if every kid is stuffing tons of them in the attic.

"we're all counting on the other kids' moms to throw them out"



I will say that the several hundreds of dollars of Legos that I had growing up have basically held their value if not gone up, but I still think having less stuff to lug around for 32 years would have been better.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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That is the very topic at hand in D&D's Climate Change thread, right this moment!

Don't read it though. Someone is currently being shamed for getting their wife pregnant instead of adopting, and a conversation about the $50,000 "adoption fee" has turned in to pure vitriol over the cost to raise a child.

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GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Yeah but that guy has commercial-grade gently caress Me eyes.

Do YOU, Mister Business Person?!

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