The Misfortune To Be Born In Such A Horrible Country

[GWH]

@wayoutwest

I do love how you pretend to be some wise old sage on this board, and when confronted with a real question that involves even a modicum of thought, you punt, recycle what you said only moments prior, and revert to your one liners.

Have a terrific day.

Just like the dude on the subway that grabbed the woman by the hair, you don’t get to impose on anyone.

[WuWei]

Everybody wants to be famous; nobody wants to do the work.

Kevin Hart - Philospher

[gooddad409]

@DMK

@Nemesis

You can see how quickly in a few years unexpected medical bills can quicky spiral into bankruptcy and this has zero to do with bad financial decisions.

I landed in the ER back in October when my house burned down. Fortunately, I have a low deductible and gap insurance. I didn’t pay a dime for any of it. My boyfriend, who was taken by helicopter to a ICU burn unit, didn’t pay a dime either.

Gap insurance is super inexpensive but worth every dime.

Absolutely true. I have a secondary or gap insurance to go with the medicare and i pay basically nothing for dr visits or even operations.

The medicare only pays 80 percent i think. That 20 percent could really pile up.

[SixFoot]

@WuWei

Everybody wants to be famous; nobody wants to do the work.

Kevin Hart - Philospher

Exactly. I don’t wanna do the work either though, so I settled for being able to save up and purchase in cash for just about anything that I’d actually be interested in doing. Simplicity is my philosophy. lol

[STODR]

@SixFoot

@STODR

You mean you didn’t act like feral youth on the streets and brag about stealing from your employer when you were a bartender into your 30s

I was definitely a feral youth, but only when I was poor.

But you worked out of it and not using it for an excuse to remain poor.

[SixFoot]

@STODR

@SixFoot

@STODR

You mean you didn’t act like feral youth on the streets and brag about stealing from your employer when you were a bartender into your 30s

I was definitely a feral youth, but only when I was poor.

But you worked out of it and not using it for an excuse to remain poor.

It took more than just work. I also had to alienate many of my lazy piece of ■■■■ friends, some of whom happened to be the best friends I had, but only when I was as poor as them.

The moment you start to have anything of your own…

[GWH]

Three things remain true.

1. Graduate high school

2. Don’t become a single parent

3. Get a job

/Shapiro

You do that, everything else is cream cheese.

[GWH]

Also

Never get less than 12 hours sleep.
Never play cards with a guy who’s got the same first name as a city.
Never go near a lady who’s got a tattoo of a dagger on her body.

/basketball coach from Teenwolf

[DMK]

@TommyLucchese

I always swore when I made it out of poverty I would never become one of those people who say, well I made it out so I’m clearly super special, ■■■■ all those people who didn’t make it, they weren’t as cool as me.

You are working your way out of it. Wait until some little 20 year old wants what you have and doesn’t want to work for it. Then, you’ll sound just like everyone you can’t stand.

[DMK]

@SixFoot

I settled for being able to save up and purchase in cash for just about anything that I’d actually be interested in doing

I’ve always had the same mindset. It blows my mind how my employees live “paycheck to paycheck” but can afford to fly to Vegas for a week on vacation.

I haven’t had a vacation in years

[TheRedComet]

They are living in unbelievable amounts of debt. One hiccup and they fall apart. It’s no way to live.

My vacations usually boil down to me doing work on my property or my grandparents property during the day time. And then just playing the PlayStation in the evening time while drinking cheap Mexican beer. Maybe have a get together with the friends and smoke some pork on one day out of that week off. And I only do it once per year. Usually in September or October when it’s nice and cool and I get several big projects done in one week.

I’m the definition of a homebody bachelor. I don’t understand people who take off a week from work to go blow a months worth of paychecks.

[TheRedComet]

My granddad told me something a long time ago that has stuck with me.

“Son, the reason many of those people are in poverty in the first place is because they have fine wine desires on a cheap beer budget. But they go for the fine wine anyway.”

And I’ve seen a ton of that in my life. It’s not every person who is poor. But it’s a lot of them.

[WuWei]

My Old Man used to say “champagne taste on a beer budget”

[TheRedComet]

When I worked at a Nissan dealership I saw it all the time.

People actually getting an 8 year loan to get something completely vulgar and ostentatious. People I knew from my home town that did not have the means to afford some of these vehicles we sold. Stuff like 65,000 dollar Nissan Armada Platinums. Maybe they could make the payments, but they were one step away from bankruptcy. Spending 50% of their income on a vehicle that depreciates.

Two bad months on their end for whatever reason and the vehicle would come back to the tech department (where I worked) on the back of a repo truck. We’d clean it up, check for any mechanical maladies, fix those and get it to the used lot where some other idiot would buy it immediately, once again someone living beyond their means.

[Nemesis]

Dam some of you must live miserable lives.

I travel, I enjoy life, I buy what I want, go where I want. Sure I put money awau for retirement and some savings but I sure as hell am taking all the paid time off I earn from work and see new places. Experience different cultures.

Whats the point of dropping dead a ■■■■ ton in the bank.

My kids are grown and perfectly capable of fending for themselves.

My dad died a few months ago and we got pretty much nothing. He used a reverse mortgage to spend the capital he had in his house and I am happy he did that. He spent his money on living.

[JayJay]

@Nemesis

Dam some of you must live miserable lives.

I travel, I enjoy life, I buy what I want, go where I want. Sure I put money awau for retirement and some savings but I sure as hell am taking all the paid time off I earn from work and see new places. Experience different cultures.

Whats the point of dropping dead a ■■■■ ton in the bank.

My kids are grown and perfectly capable of fending for themselves.

My dad died a few months ago and we got pretty much nothing. He used a reverse mortgage to spend the capital he had in his house and I am happy he did that. He spent his money on living.

The last check you write should be for the funeral parlor…and it should bounce.

[WuWei]

@Nemesis

I buy what I want, go where I want.

[WuWei]

YOLO, but no whining.

[TheRedComet]

I wouldn’t call my life miserable.

I’m a simple man with simple needs and desires.

People have different priorities. I mostly just enjoy being at home. I don’t like being around crowds much anymore. I like it best when it’s just me and my pit bull and I’m working on one of my cars or doing a project. Or playing a good video game. Or reading a good book on World War I or World War II. By nature of my personality I have very low expenses.

I have beer tastes basically. Going and blowing a bunch of money on some extravagant vacation trip has never interested me. Give me Modelo out of a can instead of 100 year old wine.

[Nemesis]

Thats fair enough. But I would urge you to do some travelling I have had the opportunity to travel across Europe and some of Asia not to mention the US. and my gosh so glad I did.

Get a passport, get on a plane and just go somewhere.