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This type of lifestyle is terrifying to me. You're one emergency away from total financial ruin. I mean good on you if you're happy, and I'm sure the house will end up being a good investment, but I just don't understand this being a measure of "success". | ||||
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So I didn't see the purpose of using an analogy comparing meeting one's agreed upon financial obligations to suffering from polio (truck payment is 300/mo, if I fail to meet it they repo the truck. Any home emergency I have homeowner insurance, for example I had to use this when my tree fell on my house in a storm. For medical emergencies my health insurance will cover 80% after my deductible, granted open heart surgery would still be catastrophic. It's more like a series of bad events rather than 1 that would ruin me) | |||
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I pondered buying a nice car when I moved to the NL, but cheaped out and bought a lame ass 2015 Nissan instead. I really hate making payments. | |||
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I am definitely not a super success story but the original quote by the other poster I responded to had set a very low bar implying “everyone here is a virgin basement dwelling degenerate” type of attitude, so you give me a bar THAT low and I’ll step over it. Now if the claim had been something to the effect of “everyone here has below average long term financial planning and a terrible investment portfolio” I wouldn’t say shit [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Long story short I loved my old 2011 frontier and had been using the same (formerly) trusted service company until they left the cap off my radiator and it caused my engine to fry, then they denied responsibility. I was using a loaner vehicle from a family member until that started to break down and I knew I had to replace it. I wanted to go with a Tacoma this time for the reliability and was exclusively looking at pre-owned up to 5-7yrs old, but in the crazy vehicle market that happened to exist in June 2021, pre-owned Tacomas were like the same price as new. So I ended up driving 150 miles for one of the last new ones on the lots. Later I had the frontier fixed (was a complete engine re-build so it took a long time), and since it was paid in full I still made $ on the sale, despite having to eat the cost of the repair. Had the repair been able to be done sooner or the loaner wasn’t breaking down things woulda turned out differently. But at least thanks to this fucked up car market I think the new one has actually gone up in value, which should never happen for a vehicle. I guess that’s not a short version… Nissans are great though too, not lame at all. It’s all about the reliability | |||
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People like to bitch about money but also think they need an Escalade when they make $60,000 a year. | |||
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So many people aren't understanding what's going on. Not necessarily here on this mentally ill forum, but go check out Imgur or some other woefully misinformed site.
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It pains me to hear that unsung is stuck in a viscious cycle that is the result of the western economic system.
No reason for someone like unsung to be in debt, or not investing in his future at this point in his life. Guy goes canoeing and plays video games, and yet he's stuck paying off debt, living paycheck to paycheck? It makes me sick. Not that I think you're doing anything wrong unsung, its that your entire life has been stolen from you. You shouldnt even be thinking about this shit living the life you live, but here you are, telling us you're not investing?? It makes me so sick, because you're paying lenders?????? death to america DEATH TO AMERICA DEATH TO AMERICA DEATH TO AMERICA DEATH TO AMERICA DEATH TO AMERICA | ||
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It's what this corrupt stupid system is. Ive had it. It results in 299 million angry Americans angry on the news tv and all social media every day ranting about how pissed they are I'm sick of it!! The system SUCKS! | |||
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