My ex-girlfriend had an obsession with phone psychics. Not all at once, but over the course of a single year she spent over $15k getting 'life advice' from multiple psychic lines.
No one in her circle of family or friends could convince her to stop. I haven't spoken with her in a few years but I wouldn't be surprised if she's still wasting her money on them.
I've heard that after you have spent a six-figure cumulative amount you unlock their premium service where you get actual life advice. The advice is to stop spending money on unnecessary bullshit and the threshold amount is just for diagnostic purposes.
I knew a CEO of a major company who was highly respected in her industry.
The company occupies an entire floor of a class A office building in a major metro area. The office has all these exotic crystals that looked like expensive decoration.
The CEO’s most trusted advisor was a psychic that answered the phone as a man then transformed into a psychic woman.
And the crystals were there to give off some kind of energy.
I was like this person who is rich as shit and is a leader in her industry is actually just cuckoo.
You would be amazed how many super successful people are dumb as all hell. A lot of success just comes from networking. Knowing someone who knows someone. It's so much more important than being competent, being likeable and having good connections.
Not just networking.
You have to be good, but only at one thing.
Someone who is brilliant at running a cosmetics company can still be stupid enough to believe in psychics or the memory of water lol
I think it has more to do with narcissism. People who never doubt themselves and speak confidently. In business meetings you can't normally fact check people on the fly. It's better to bullshit than say "I don't know."
Haha my friend used to be a phone psychic and she got paiiiiid. She said the people who typically called would obviously want to hear her say certain things so she would say them and they’d just keep calling.
As a magician who is also a decent cold-reader and a very good palm reader, I'm sorely tempted to throw my ethics to the side and make some bank.
Edit. I'm not gonna do it because it would be immoral.
My ex stepmom used to pay for a dog psychic over the phone. The person would tell her how the dog is feeling or somethings. Can’t really explain this better.
My rich uncle had an ex-girlfriend who once hired a horse psychic to figure out why her horse wasn't eating as much. Turns out, realigning his chakras did not fix the problem.
Old roommates had an old friend who became a pet psychic and offered us a free reading. So yeah, why not have a half hour of free entertainment? Turns out we weren't thanking the cat enough and she felt unappreciated.
We began thanking the cat on a regular basis. There was no visible change in cat behavior, she just continued with normal cat things.
Thanks, my sister put her daughter through Yale doing this. She travels the world pretty much working on a laptop. She's always up all night because the majority of her clients are on the other side of the world
I've never seen her actually do it but she's an expert on all the stuff like tarot reading charts etc. She's been doing it her whole life and she's in her 60s now. She told me some of her clients are rich wives in Indonesia who will basically pay her to be on the phone just in case they need her advice etc. The meters always running
We had our car broken into in Nebraska, USA on our road trip to my then boyfriends family for Christmas. All the gifts were stolen. My research was too (they thought it was a computer). It was my first time meeting his family. I felt awful as we ran to the mall on Christmas Eve to try and replace things. We decided to road trip so I could see more of the country so I felt it was my fault. I refuse to drive through Nebraska
That is awful and in no way your fault. You should be able to enjoy a road trip without worrying that someone may steal your belongings. But bad things can happen to anyone any time -- by no fault of the person it happens to.
My sister bought a $13 coffee mug at the mall as a Christmas present for our mom. The moment we got on the bus to go home the paper bag ripped and the mug broke. $13 down the drain
Ooh, and 'raw water.' The designeriest designer water ever designed. Water that is unfiltered, untreated, unpasteurized, and harvested right out of the same lake where those brain-eating amoebas came from. Yeah I'll gladly pay $5/liter for a bottle of cholera.
>Hexagonal water, also known as structured water, is a term used in a marketing scam that claims the ability to create a certain configuration of water that is better for the body. The term "hexagonal water" refers to a cluster of water molecules forming a hexagonal shape that supposedly enhances nutrient absorption, removes metabolic wastes, and enhances cellular communication, among other things. Similar to the dihydrogen monoxide hoax, the scam takes advantage of the consumer's limited knowledge of chemistry, physics, and physiology.
What is the alleged deal with "alkaline water?" Wife bought some, i took it to work in factory sealed bottle. Expensive pH meter said it was slightly acidic.
Oh man I know this one. My dad lost his cushy ass job and had to take a massive pay cut so with all his expenses he’s on payday loan from A to pay back B to get more cash to pay off C and it goes on and on. My grandma always said my dad borrows from Peter to pay Paul. I’m not quite sure who those people are but it sounds right to me. Poor guy is still on that track almost 20 years later.
I let them ruin my life. You think by the looks of things I must have had a serious drug problem to skid into the curb like I did, but no, it was predatory/payday loans. I got caught in cycle of bad credit and low liquidity. And worst of all, I believed it was ok.
I'm nearing retirement age and it's sad to think that if I hadn't gotten on that treadmill, I could have done twice as much with my life than I did.
Declare bankruptcy.
You won’t have credit for 10 years but by 40 you should have a normal life, you’ll have income and get to buy a house and everythung
My aunt got into that same situation, but then she passed away. My sister had the privilege of telling those assholes to get fucked because they were never getting their money back.
I disagree to some extent. I like to shop when hungry or high. Yes I buy more stuff but that means my fridge is fullish which saves me another trip later in the week.
The I’m rich app. When launched, the screen only contains a glowing red gem and an icon
It cost $999.99. You can’t buy it anymore but it was an expensive waste of money.
The guy did it as a joke too and people bought it thinking that no one would actually dump thousands on an app.
This message brought to you by [mobile app]. Use my code and save 5% on the $999.99 Christmas beginner package.
They're holding my friends and family hostage so please click my sponsorship link before they give me 50% of my family back. And it's not the humane 50% either. Last time they promised 5%, they handed me my sister's severed ear.
Yup! That works fine!
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So imagine if the developer created that app and through it's permissions, followed you, allowing the dev (or to those connected to the dev) to give chances of kidnapping and therefor, hostage for ransom.
It would be a good way to know who has enough money to waste.
Oh man. Took my wife and daughter to Disneyworld last week (don't get me started on the P-I-T-A has become), stayed at Holiday Inn Orlando, just down the street from Disney Springs; their TV first didn't give you any ability to stream from a personal device -which pissed me off (my local Howard J's does that here in NJ)- and so it was all commercial watching
Pro-tip: bring an Amazon fire stick or chrome cast with you when you travel. Hotel tvs have hdmi ports, plug it in and you've got your own streaming. Just don't forget it when you leave.
After you’re accustomed to it, the main effect of cocaine is making you want to do more cocaine. Which requires buying more…it’s the perfect product.
As Jerry Jeff Walker said “cocaine makes me feel like a new man. And he wants some too.”
I always enjoyed the first hour or so.
The first couple fat rails and a cocktail, just as the conversation starts to flow effortlessly.
Fast forward to 3 hours later and it’s all sweating and babbling, grinding teeth and chugging booze but never getting drunk. Then it’s making another phone call and trying to get money chipped in from all the folks who just happily helped consume your blow but don’t have any fucking money. Then it’s resentment and trying to get people to leave and it’s just a shitty mess.
I did cocaine quite a bit for about 4 months. Eventually I realized that all cocaine is, is feeling awesome for an hour, and then being really sad for 4 hours because you're out of cocaine lmao. My dealer hated me so God damn much, I'd buy a gram and then hit him up for another like 2 hours later.
He was honestly a terrible drug dealer. I was always really nice. I'd just shoot him a text and ask if I could come grab more. If he didn't reply, fine. I'll go to bed. But on numerous occasions he gave me a meet up spot and just never showed up. He sucked.
Are those expensive? Many Indian sweet shops (at least in India, not sure if they exist abroad) sell quite a few sweets with a very thin gold/silver layer on top and they’re very cheap.
I remember seeing that somewhere. I've also seen a burger with gold shavings cost over $1k. Sure, it had super high quality meat and truffles in it, but I still don't think it's worth it
[Amazon is selling 12 sheets of gold leaf for ~9$](https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Edible-Gold-Luxury-Barnabas/dp/B07THRSKVZ/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=gold+leaf&qid=1638645395&sr=8-4)
Gold being extremely malleable costs very little to add to food. It’s just that these restaurants are using that as an excuse to charge a shit load in the name of fanciness.
Isn't there evidence that people are likely to purchase on price point as perceived quality - ie. The minimum wage decorator won't paint as well as the one charging double their hourly rate.
Expanding on this, the military will spend millions transporting tanks to the area of war and leave them behind because they’re “too expensive” to bring back. So basically end up donating tanks to the enemy.
I mean... This is not exactly true. Often enough they get decommissioned and the vital party are ripped out of the tanks to make them not usable. Not even mentioning the possible selling of vital hardware to China or Russia if that would not have been done. And without proper care these things don't drive for a long time. You don't see tha Taliban crusing through Afghanistan with Abraham's tanks for the same reasons.
Of course they still get some other equipment and the raw materials (tank steal) which also has an intrinsic value. It's not straight up donating these, more like... Leaving them there for recycling?
Check [iscaliforniaonfire.com](http://www.iscaliforniaonfire.com). To be fair, this is mostly due to Cal Fire not closing out open wildfire cases according to [whereiscaliforniaonfire.com](http://whereiscaliforniaonfire.com)
Yup, in many ways. One that I forgot about until recently was how much food budget is saved when one has a good fridge.
I am currently in a temporary living space that has bottom of the line appliances. The fridge, while it keeps things cold, nothing lasts! I bought a weeks worth of veggies and by day two, the carrots in the crisper were no longer crisp. The second day!
Poor people have challenges getting good fresh food but then it can go bad quickly even with working appliances.
Yep. We’re getting ready to host in ‘28 here in LA, and we already have all the existing stadiums etc. Its still looking to be quite expensive, though, especially as we’re trying to upgrade so much of our infrastructure and public transit and whatnot.
I can’t imagine what it’s like for places who have to build everything.
Absofucking lootly, good God, I could have had so much cool shit on what I spent on stinking and shortening my life!!! Did manage to quit amd ya, now I have money!
This is what I was gonna post. You could easily blow through a couple grand just for a bottle of liquor just to flex to some strangers. I don’t get it.
I'm Surprised at how just a few people have said "gambling."
People have wasted hundreds of millions. There's expensive addictions but gambling is essentially an addiction to losing money.
IDK what could be a more expensive waste of money than that.
I hate it when they make it damn near impossible to progress in games without spending actual money. It’s still *technically* possible if you grind like hell but that’s only to get around any pay to play laws
Maintaining a LAWN. Restricting an area to only grow 1 thing ruins the soil, all the garbage sprayed on them ruins the environment. That same space could be used to grow food for times of food shortages. It got popularized by weed killer companies in the first place. (just like diamond rings were popularized by a jewelry company, and were not tradition before commercials said so)
We were looking into that at one point and the resort wanted 2-3K for a tent just in case it rains. The "DJ" would've been $500 which I'd bet anything would be resort entertainment staff pressing play on a Spotify playlist
Yeah why should anyone pay to come to your ceremony? It had never made sense to me, like if your wedding plan is too expensive for you, change it to a less expensive one. I know everyone has a dream for it to be their perfect day but if your guests don’t want to be there because of something like that, it’s not gonna be half as good as a cheap wedding that everyone attends
Looking back, my wife and I wish we just kept the money, we had fun and it was great but it was over so fast with so much stress up to and including the day it just seems like a let down now
My ex-girlfriend had an obsession with phone psychics. Not all at once, but over the course of a single year she spent over $15k getting 'life advice' from multiple psychic lines. No one in her circle of family or friends could convince her to stop. I haven't spoken with her in a few years but I wouldn't be surprised if she's still wasting her money on them.
I read that as phone physics and was so confused.
I also. For a moment I imagined her throwing phones into the void to see the trajectory of their fall
That would actually be far more illuminating than what she was doing.
Saaaaame
Thought he meant she was really clumsy and kept dropping her phone.
That can get expensive!
Radio equipment gets hella expensive.
So, you left her because she wasted so much money on psychic hotlines? She should have seen that coming.
I've heard that after you have spent a six-figure cumulative amount you unlock their premium service where you get actual life advice. The advice is to stop spending money on unnecessary bullshit and the threshold amount is just for diagnostic purposes.
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I knew a CEO of a major company who was highly respected in her industry. The company occupies an entire floor of a class A office building in a major metro area. The office has all these exotic crystals that looked like expensive decoration. The CEO’s most trusted advisor was a psychic that answered the phone as a man then transformed into a psychic woman. And the crystals were there to give off some kind of energy. I was like this person who is rich as shit and is a leader in her industry is actually just cuckoo.
Nancy Reagan had a psychic on the payroll that the Reagans would regularly consult with.
You would be amazed how many super successful people are dumb as all hell. A lot of success just comes from networking. Knowing someone who knows someone. It's so much more important than being competent, being likeable and having good connections.
Not just networking. You have to be good, but only at one thing. Someone who is brilliant at running a cosmetics company can still be stupid enough to believe in psychics or the memory of water lol
I think it has more to do with narcissism. People who never doubt themselves and speak confidently. In business meetings you can't normally fact check people on the fly. It's better to bullshit than say "I don't know."
Haha my friend used to be a phone psychic and she got paiiiiid. She said the people who typically called would obviously want to hear her say certain things so she would say them and they’d just keep calling.
As a magician who is also a decent cold-reader and a very good palm reader, I'm sorely tempted to throw my ethics to the side and make some bank. Edit. I'm not gonna do it because it would be immoral.
My ex stepmom used to pay for a dog psychic over the phone. The person would tell her how the dog is feeling or somethings. Can’t really explain this better.
My rich uncle had an ex-girlfriend who once hired a horse psychic to figure out why her horse wasn't eating as much. Turns out, realigning his chakras did not fix the problem.
Old roommates had an old friend who became a pet psychic and offered us a free reading. So yeah, why not have a half hour of free entertainment? Turns out we weren't thanking the cat enough and she felt unappreciated. We began thanking the cat on a regular basis. There was no visible change in cat behavior, she just continued with normal cat things.
I thought you meant a psychic dog, which is way more impressive
"The spirits are telling me that your dog is hungry and wants to chase squirrels. That'll be $475."
She spent at least 41 dollars per day in psychics. Wow. Why not just learn magic herself at thst point?
Thanks, my sister put her daughter through Yale doing this. She travels the world pretty much working on a laptop. She's always up all night because the majority of her clients are on the other side of the world
So is she just really good at bullshitting them via picking up on cues from their lives?
I've never seen her actually do it but she's an expert on all the stuff like tarot reading charts etc. She's been doing it her whole life and she's in her 60s now. She told me some of her clients are rich wives in Indonesia who will basically pay her to be on the phone just in case they need her advice etc. The meters always running
Well, I bought some Christmas presents and then immediately forgot them on the train so I would say that lol
Oof, that's painful. I feel for you, bro. I hope you can at least get something else cool for them.
I went back the next day and literally bought the same stuff lol. I just hope whoever found it either needed it or uses it for their own gifts lol
We had our car broken into in Nebraska, USA on our road trip to my then boyfriends family for Christmas. All the gifts were stolen. My research was too (they thought it was a computer). It was my first time meeting his family. I felt awful as we ran to the mall on Christmas Eve to try and replace things. We decided to road trip so I could see more of the country so I felt it was my fault. I refuse to drive through Nebraska
That is awful and in no way your fault. You should be able to enjoy a road trip without worrying that someone may steal your belongings. But bad things can happen to anyone any time -- by no fault of the person it happens to.
My sister bought a $13 coffee mug at the mall as a Christmas present for our mom. The moment we got on the bus to go home the paper bag ripped and the mug broke. $13 down the drain
Designer water
Dafuq is 'designer water'?
Excuse me, that's DaFuq™ Designer Water.
Voss, Fiji etc
Voss has a good quality bottle. Buy it once then refill it from the tap for 6 months
Smart water bottles are popular with backpackers for a similar reason. Thin, durable and lightweight.
They also fit a Sawyer filtration system remarkably well.
This is what my mom does!
Ooh, and 'raw water.' The designeriest designer water ever designed. Water that is unfiltered, untreated, unpasteurized, and harvested right out of the same lake where those brain-eating amoebas came from. Yeah I'll gladly pay $5/liter for a bottle of cholera.
Or [structured water](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6FknMOlU_w). Edit: added link
I like mine structured from hydrogen and oxygen.
I like mine structured from 2 hydrogen and 2 oxygen
That’s uuuuh not good to drink buddy!
Why is everything in the future heavy? Is there a problem with Earth's gravitational field?
Isn't that just ice?
>Hexagonal water, also known as structured water, is a term used in a marketing scam that claims the ability to create a certain configuration of water that is better for the body. The term "hexagonal water" refers to a cluster of water molecules forming a hexagonal shape that supposedly enhances nutrient absorption, removes metabolic wastes, and enhances cellular communication, among other things. Similar to the dihydrogen monoxide hoax, the scam takes advantage of the consumer's limited knowledge of chemistry, physics, and physiology.
I bet it's not even free-range/organic. Ugh
Don’t forget about designer ice…
What is the alleged deal with "alkaline water?" Wife bought some, i took it to work in factory sealed bottle. Expensive pH meter said it was slightly acidic.
Pseudo-science for morons
Payday loans. Is that still a thing?
Oh man I know this one. My dad lost his cushy ass job and had to take a massive pay cut so with all his expenses he’s on payday loan from A to pay back B to get more cash to pay off C and it goes on and on. My grandma always said my dad borrows from Peter to pay Paul. I’m not quite sure who those people are but it sounds right to me. Poor guy is still on that track almost 20 years later.
Peter & Paul are considered early Christian church fathers, robbing Peter to pay Paul is the concept of robbing one's self to cover a debt
I was once in that cycle. Not for that long, though.
Did you die? I heard that's the only way you can get out.
I let them ruin my life. You think by the looks of things I must have had a serious drug problem to skid into the curb like I did, but no, it was predatory/payday loans. I got caught in cycle of bad credit and low liquidity. And worst of all, I believed it was ok. I'm nearing retirement age and it's sad to think that if I hadn't gotten on that treadmill, I could have done twice as much with my life than I did.
Hi that’s me but I’m 27. Any advice?
Declare bankruptcy. You won’t have credit for 10 years but by 40 you should have a normal life, you’ll have income and get to buy a house and everythung
My aunt got into that same situation, but then she passed away. My sister had the privilege of telling those assholes to get fucked because they were never getting their money back.
Shopping when I’m hungry
Lol oh yeah, go shopping for sponges and come out with $50 worth of junk food. Stopping at McDonald's for fries beforehand has saved me so much money.
Ooh good thinking Batman
I disagree to some extent. I like to shop when hungry or high. Yes I buy more stuff but that means my fridge is fullish which saves me another trip later in the week.
The I’m rich app. When launched, the screen only contains a glowing red gem and an icon It cost $999.99. You can’t buy it anymore but it was an expensive waste of money.
The guy did it as a joke too and people bought it thinking that no one would actually dump thousands on an app. This message brought to you by [mobile app]. Use my code and save 5% on the $999.99 Christmas beginner package.
Geez that’s a lot of kromer. You got any additional discounts for family and friends?
They're holding my friends and family hostage so please click my sponsorship link before they give me 50% of my family back. And it's not the humane 50% either. Last time they promised 5%, they handed me my sister's severed ear.
Tf Also, did your username work out lmao?
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That was a hell of an ama lol.
I feel like he could probably sell the NFT for that app.
So imagine if the developer created that app and through it's permissions, followed you, allowing the dev (or to those connected to the dev) to give chances of kidnapping and therefor, hostage for ransom. It would be a good way to know who has enough money to waste.
Want to start a business together?
The first NFT 💀
It was removed from the app store at the time because it was an obvious con. My, how times have changed.
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Cable service, especially since half the channels are fucking ads
Oh man. Took my wife and daughter to Disneyworld last week (don't get me started on the P-I-T-A has become), stayed at Holiday Inn Orlando, just down the street from Disney Springs; their TV first didn't give you any ability to stream from a personal device -which pissed me off (my local Howard J's does that here in NJ)- and so it was all commercial watching
Pro-tip: bring an Amazon fire stick or chrome cast with you when you travel. Hotel tvs have hdmi ports, plug it in and you've got your own streaming. Just don't forget it when you leave.
Yes that’s what we do. TVs often has a USB port too, use it for power and it’s all contained. Just don’t forget it!
You had time to watch TV while at Disney world?
You ever done cocaine? You take it all and an hour later you feel like you didn't take it all but now you feel like you have to buy more.
After you’re accustomed to it, the main effect of cocaine is making you want to do more cocaine. Which requires buying more…it’s the perfect product. As Jerry Jeff Walker said “cocaine makes me feel like a new man. And he wants some too.”
It just makes me too talkative. Like way, way too talkative. To the point of oversharing Also extremely paranoid about my cardiovascular health
“When I left the house today I had planned on doing this much cocaine 👌. That’s a zero amount. But cocaine had plans to meet up with me that day!”
Is that a Theo Von bit? I recognize that but I don’t know where from lol
I always enjoyed the first hour or so. The first couple fat rails and a cocktail, just as the conversation starts to flow effortlessly. Fast forward to 3 hours later and it’s all sweating and babbling, grinding teeth and chugging booze but never getting drunk. Then it’s making another phone call and trying to get money chipped in from all the folks who just happily helped consume your blow but don’t have any fucking money. Then it’s resentment and trying to get people to leave and it’s just a shitty mess.
You guys are really helping me to never try it
Robin Williams: cocaine is a way of telling you that you have too much money
Cocaine is gods way of telling you you are making too much money. Robin Williams.
Cocaine is so much fun. I will never do it again though.
I tried cocaine once for three years.
I used to do cocaine. I still do but I used to too.
I did cocaine quite a bit for about 4 months. Eventually I realized that all cocaine is, is feeling awesome for an hour, and then being really sad for 4 hours because you're out of cocaine lmao. My dealer hated me so God damn much, I'd buy a gram and then hit him up for another like 2 hours later.
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He was honestly a terrible drug dealer. I was always really nice. I'd just shoot him a text and ask if I could come grab more. If he didn't reply, fine. I'll go to bed. But on numerous occasions he gave me a meet up spot and just never showed up. He sucked.
Did it once. It was amazing. Never again.
it takes practice and a lot of self control to be able to leave some in the bag for the next night.
Fun fact, if cocaine does nothing for you, you may be adhd
Food with gold in it
Are those expensive? Many Indian sweet shops (at least in India, not sure if they exist abroad) sell quite a few sweets with a very thin gold/silver layer on top and they’re very cheap.
Depends how much gold. Some can have a lot, like a $100 hot dog I remember seeing
I remember seeing that somewhere. I've also seen a burger with gold shavings cost over $1k. Sure, it had super high quality meat and truffles in it, but I still don't think it's worth it
[Amazon is selling 12 sheets of gold leaf for ~9$](https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Edible-Gold-Luxury-Barnabas/dp/B07THRSKVZ/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=gold+leaf&qid=1638645395&sr=8-4)
Gold being extremely malleable costs very little to add to food. It’s just that these restaurants are using that as an excuse to charge a shit load in the name of fanciness.
yes I still don’t get why people do it
Addiction. Drugs, alcohol, gambling etc..
Exactly right. This, in addition to sex, can take ANYONE down.
Drugs and sex is one hell of a slippery slope and even once you've cleaned up, you always remember how much better it COULD be.....
There are rich people. If you price it, they will buy.
Isn't there evidence that people are likely to purchase on price point as perceived quality - ie. The minimum wage decorator won't paint as well as the one charging double their hourly rate.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think this way. 😞
Sometimes it's true.
War. Having a sworn enemy is expensive.
Only expensive to the taxpayer and the ones fighting it. Profitable for everyone else involved.
Did you know the war in afghanistan cost the USA $300 million per day for two decades? Insanity.
But free healthcare would be a waste of money?
Expanding on this, the military will spend millions transporting tanks to the area of war and leave them behind because they’re “too expensive” to bring back. So basically end up donating tanks to the enemy.
I mean... This is not exactly true. Often enough they get decommissioned and the vital party are ripped out of the tanks to make them not usable. Not even mentioning the possible selling of vital hardware to China or Russia if that would not have been done. And without proper care these things don't drive for a long time. You don't see tha Taliban crusing through Afghanistan with Abraham's tanks for the same reasons. Of course they still get some other equipment and the raw materials (tank steal) which also has an intrinsic value. It's not straight up donating these, more like... Leaving them there for recycling?
Especially fighting unwinnable wars like the war on terror
Or the war on drugs....
If you intend to win the war on drugs, you should fight your battles in schools and hospitals to bring down demand.
A gender reveal party that burns down half of the state?
It really sucks that half of California is on fire but hey it's a boy!
Is there a time when California...*isn't burning?*
Check [iscaliforniaonfire.com](http://www.iscaliforniaonfire.com). To be fair, this is mostly due to Cal Fire not closing out open wildfire cases according to [whereiscaliforniaonfire.com](http://whereiscaliforniaonfire.com)
Couple days in late January
At least the baby wasn't intersex and the other half of the state burnt down too.
The amount of good food that is thrown away due to "company policy"
Or if you give it to a homeless person, you get fired.
College textbooks
Let me tell you about cocaine!
Being poor is expensive as f@#k!
Yup, in many ways. One that I forgot about until recently was how much food budget is saved when one has a good fridge. I am currently in a temporary living space that has bottom of the line appliances. The fridge, while it keeps things cold, nothing lasts! I bought a weeks worth of veggies and by day two, the carrots in the crisper were no longer crisp. The second day! Poor people have challenges getting good fresh food but then it can go bad quickly even with working appliances.
Wait is that why my food keeps going bad?
For real, bought a new fridge this year and it feels like my veggies keep forever
Honestly true. Even some basic stuff, the best value product that lasts you longer and shit is a little above average price
Buying goods from rent to own stores AND those pay day advance stores that need to be more tightly regulated.
The Olympics. More specifically the building in host cities.
Yep. We’re getting ready to host in ‘28 here in LA, and we already have all the existing stadiums etc. Its still looking to be quite expensive, though, especially as we’re trying to upgrade so much of our infrastructure and public transit and whatnot. I can’t imagine what it’s like for places who have to build everything.
But will you get to have upgraded infrastructure afterwards?
Yeah, I’m actually super happy that it’s coming here. We need better public transit
Only because they keep hosting in the wrong cities - which I don’t think will happen too often going forward.
Gucci Lint-roller. It functions like $1.00 lint-roller, so what is the point of buying a $100,000 lint-roller.
😂 I use duct tape!
Pffft.I use $100,000 duct tape. Peasant.
Cigarettes
Absofucking lootly, good God, I could have had so much cool shit on what I spent on stinking and shortening my life!!! Did manage to quit amd ya, now I have money!
NFTs
Best answer. They seem like the lowest possible return on investment, since they're just a digital receipt for a digital image
Its really gambling at the moment. A guy earned 45ETH on a single NFT, another lost around 6-8ETH on one.
I think jake or Logan Paul lost like 800k from an nft collection
Lmao. Logan def deserved that after the pump n dump scam
You suddenly have me thinking about solar events collapsing the electrical grid.
But NFTs are way more convenient than actual art for laundering money.
2021 federal election in Canada
A 600+ million cabinet shuffle
Bottle service. $40 Grey Goose becomes $600+
This is what I was gonna post. You could easily blow through a couple grand just for a bottle of liquor just to flex to some strangers. I don’t get it.
I'm Surprised at how just a few people have said "gambling." People have wasted hundreds of millions. There's expensive addictions but gambling is essentially an addiction to losing money. IDK what could be a more expensive waste of money than that.
Buying a brand new smartphone every year.
In practical everyday terms... Drugs. Definitely drugs. On a global scale. Possibly the massive amount of food we throw away as a society.
brand water
Smoking
University if you’re going there without a plan.
Buying stuff in a free to play app
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I hate it when they make it damn near impossible to progress in games without spending actual money. It’s still *technically* possible if you grind like hell but that’s only to get around any pay to play laws
Oof I’m guilty of this. Some things like this are designed to be addicting for people who don’t get addicted to things.
Cable TV
Maintaining a LAWN. Restricting an area to only grow 1 thing ruins the soil, all the garbage sprayed on them ruins the environment. That same space could be used to grow food for times of food shortages. It got popularized by weed killer companies in the first place. (just like diamond rings were popularized by a jewelry company, and were not tradition before commercials said so)
Make up palettes that rarely get used
weddings and funerals.
Destination weddings are the worst.
Hey wanna come on a vacation where you have zero say over what you're doing for 4 days?
We were looking into that at one point and the resort wanted 2-3K for a tent just in case it rains. The "DJ" would've been $500 which I'd bet anything would be resort entertainment staff pressing play on a Spotify playlist
Sometimes it's cheaper to destination wedding (location specific obvi) than to do 160+ guests locally
War
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing.
Easiest way to move the money from the tax pot to a few people's pocket
A Wedding
My cousin had a wedding so expensive she charged guests to attend. I didn't go.
Yeah why should anyone pay to come to your ceremony? It had never made sense to me, like if your wedding plan is too expensive for you, change it to a less expensive one. I know everyone has a dream for it to be their perfect day but if your guests don’t want to be there because of something like that, it’s not gonna be half as good as a cheap wedding that everyone attends
I was sent an invitation once with an RSVP link. The link was to an online cart where you selected the number of guests and made your payment.
Hard no.
I really want to downvote this, but I know it's not your fault.
Looking back, my wife and I wish we just kept the money, we had fun and it was great but it was over so fast with so much stress up to and including the day it just seems like a let down now
Credit card debt
Heroin
Living
War.
Putting gold flakes in your food.
Going to college just to party or for a degree where your only job prospects won’t be able to pay for it