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Lol he was renting out rooms. This is like the perfect outrage producing news story. This is a Rosa Parks moment people.
- Snappy : R-slur
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$30 for a hot dog is insane pic.twitter.com/CzX53csz1S
— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld_) April 23, 2024
It's Harry potter dollars tho
My local NY hot dog is like 14-18 euro without a drink.
So he should just get a job
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A couple of other details:
$320 a month for cigs and booze
$200 for "fitness"
$150 phone
$100 eating out
$80 App purchases
No car so he ubers sometimes.
2 Big dogs
How was he even approved for this rental lol that's crazy.
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Let's say the ticket on my car said if was for sale for 22k
I put a 12k down payment on it.
Walked out with a 72 mo loan and 330.00 car payment. (That includes a 72mo warranty)
2 weeks later I get the title and in the same envelope is a paper that says the purchase price was 32k.
I'm so lost someone help me.
Does that mean I actually bought a 32,000.00 2021 honda civic with 0 bells 0 whistles???
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Isaac, Houston, TX
Career:
2022 - working as Sales Rep at a Tile store, making 3-4k a month while going to school full time
- Left job to focus on classes because he was having issues
Doing UberEats/Doordash, also getting money from his father
"If I need some I'll ask and he might send it"
He stopped doing the gig stuff because he injured his knee timestamp
Can't do regular Uber because his car does not qualify
Has a 2012 Corolla - later clarifies that it's above the miles limit
"My knee hurts when I drive"
He drove 3 hours over to Caleb, driving 3 hours back later.
Something to his meniscus
Costco opening nextdoor - planning on getting a job there
Was a Solar Salesman at the beginning of this semester but the company closed down?
Education:
Studying Biotech (undergrad)
4th year but with credits he is a junior, will be finishing in 5 years
- Had some issues during COVID, didn't pass a lot of classes - trying to make up for that now
2.0 GPA overall
- "Yeah I just got to 2.0 last semester" timestamp
"Yeah I passed one class... in COVID" timestamp
Failed Intro to Biotechnology class timestamp
"I was passing that class up until the final"
Failed "Fundamentals of Chemistry"
"Why'd you pick this major" timestamp
He thought it sounded interesting
"So what's your career path"
- "What do you mean my career path?"
"A 2.0 is good though" timestamp
He's taking 26 credits this semester
Payments to "StudyPool" timestamp
Website where you "get help" on your assignments
"I would never cheat" - this site is definitely cheating
Looks like it's a per assignment basis - lots of these
$360 last month (allegedly splits with his friend)
NBS Facts timestamp
- $30 payment, he says he doesn't know what that is
Finances
Put his all tuition on his credit cards timestamp
An Apple card specifically
"I haven't missed a payment"
Spending a lot on eating out/misc bullshit
Self-rated a 5/10 in finances timestamp
Credit Card 1 ($14'715) timestamp
- $548 minimum payment
Should he consolidate his debt timestamp
- If he could actually control himself yes
Missed payment timestamp
- He says he doesn't have any but there's $40 in late fees - he paid it a day late but confused this with the concept of a missed payment
Reasoning for putting tuition on the CC timestamp
thought his dad would help pay it off
Dad had purchased a house but needed help with the down-payment - $15'000
- Father is letting him live there rent free and considers this repayment? Not sure if I followed this right
Coinbase and Robinhood timestamp
Invested in crypto?
Coinbase - $3'666 in 2021, down to $60 today
Robinhood - $6'006, down to $6?
Miscellaneous
Oracle ad placement
There's some sort of on-boarding video now timestamp
- He didn't bother watching it
Girlfriend gets time to talk timestamp
Didn't know how much debt he's in
"I think he's nervous he's not usually like this"
"He gets defensive when we argue so I think that's what he was doing with you"
Thinking about marrying him, wouldn't until he's out of debt
Guy's dad doesn't actually give him that much money
Guy applied to show through Insta
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So this is a complete compilation of all of LPG's posts on the /o/ board. He was a used car salesman and had countless examples of the most mind boggling financial self destruction. Tale after tale of poors deciding that yes, 29% apr on a car loan is perfectly fine if it means not having to be seen in a hyundai anymore.
This collection of stories is the perfect distillation of peakpoors, and I hope you all enjoy
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Exposure to poor people reduces support for redistribution among the rich. https://t.co/axsjAmLMuL pic.twitter.com/4Y37ck7gSf
— Rolf Degen (@DegenRolf) April 19, 2024
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The IRS played in everybody’s face this year. You either owed or got a small amount back. Either way, most of us were all cheated.
— BLH (@_RareDefined) April 15, 2024
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Avery, 26, Austin, TX
Career:
44k at some car company "building cars"
- paid hourly, thinks it's fairly stable 40 hours a week - 10 hours a day 4 days a week, sometimes 11 or 12
Personal Life:
Wasn't her first choice to move to Austin, she moved here because her friend already works at the car company
800ish rent
Most of this section got lumped into financials
Financials:
Checking Account
- Overdrafts
"I live above my means"
Credit Card 1 ($369) timestamp
Paid $45 on it
Made $116 in purchases
$10 in interest added
She tries to explain why she hasn't paid if off - she divides her payments between her paychecks???
- Mentions at least 5 other credit cards
Credit Card 2 ($450) timestamp
Disney Rewards Card
Minimum payment $40
because she used to go to Disney but hasn't for a very long time
Sally Beauty $50 purchase "on a whim"
Also some eating out
Credit Card 3 (2051) timestamp
$73 minimum payment
$53 interest charged
$30 in new purchases
"I needed an outfit for a concert"
Actually she went to Taco Bell and a Boba Tea place
"I'm still making my payments, that's all that matters"
Mentions that she will be going to see a couple more concerts. 21 Pilots and a band whose name I can't make out
Claims the food purchases are justified
Some weird explanation about how she couldn't use her card to get a protein bar and water so she went to get taco bell instead? (I assume she means the vendor didn't have a card reader?)
Credit Card 4 ($492) (Walmart) timestamp
28 minimum monthly payment
No new purchases on this one?
She usually uses it but didn't this time?
Credit Card 5 ($5'004) (Discover) timestamp
She bought a computer on there?
Minimum payment $125
Interest $104
She doesn't really understand how interest works and has been trying to pay slightly more than minimum on all her debts? timestamp
Credit Card 6 ($136) (Hot Topic) timestamp
There's a $3 fee on it? "What do you mean fee"
$30 minimum monthly payment
Student Loans timestamp
Something about her mother taking out student loans too on her behalf and she's paying for those as well? I didn't really understand this one
her mom's loan is on deferment but she's still paying it while on deferment (she really doesn't understand how interest rates work)
Later clarified that her mother used her brother's credit to take these loans out? He knew and approved it
Some talk about family situation, nothing super interesting she mentions that she likes to give expensive gifts, sees that as a need not a want
Didn't catch how much she's paying off for the mother but she herself has $5'162
- Was paying it off while in school - went to school for theater, got degree
Going to go back to school for "advanced manufacturing" - her job is covering it? Community college (ACC)
Caleb stimming timestamp
"So what do you do when you are low on money on your checking account but only have your credit card to survive?" timestamp
Car (Toyota Camry) (31'972 balance) timestamp
$650 monthly payment
Storytime - weird ex-boyfriend story
Purchased March 2023
6 year agreement
She thinks a 9% interest
Scratched on the side, damage to the windshield
- Heat damage on the windshield? Apparently you want to roll windows down when it's very hot?
valued at maybe 21'000
Income 3617 timestamp
- "I've never really checked my finances to be honest with you"
Checking Account timestamp
Highlights a nintendo charge, some eating out, google play, playstation network
5 overdraft charges in a row
She Klarna'd some tickets and a $100 Back to The Future Lego set
Other people borrow money from her??? timestamp
Her mother borrows money from her sometimes about $100? Not every month? Just rarely???
She overdrafts
"That's only once"
- "No"
Funny drama confrontation about her future in society timestamp
Confrontation over phone finances timestamp
Finances Pie Chart timestamp
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The unemployment ran out. Sold stuff. Feels like I'm set back about five years.
I hate the new job btw, they want me to work like a W2 employee but classify me as a contractor (I put in 65 hours last week, only paid for 40). Obv no healthcare.
Still in tech, and I didn't save as much as I should have but I've only ever made decent money for a little over two years in my entire adult life. Prior to that I think I maybe cleared 50k. When I hit six figures I finally traveled and enjoyed things.
Looks like that was the peak of my existence and now I feel like an old frick. If I didn't have supportive people in my life I wouldn't still be in it.
There's no point to this post other than I finally felt like I was living the life I imagined I would have back when I was an early 20s grindset jockey, and for what? Two years of a good life?
I threw away a lot of youth and not peepeeing around or enjoying my 20s because I thought that's what I needed to do to make my 30s easy. It didn't matter.
Maybe some of you have it figured out. I for fricking sure don't.
You learned the a hard important rule of having money. Make sure you pay the house (your savings). Saving 20k on 200k salary is hilariously terrible.
You're not wrong, I think I was increasingly challenging myself on how much shit I could buy. The work was stressful and I thought I had hit the lottery.
Definitely didn't realize how good I had it until it was gone.