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[BensonTT]

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I was just on a bachelor party in Vegas with 6 guys including the bachelor. Obviously 5 of us were to split all of his costs but it turned out most of the things we did were pretty even when it came to overall price so it made splitting the bill easy. The problem arose when 1 guy had to look over every bill because he thought we were all ripping him off. For example we went to Holsteins to get burgers. Everyone got a $16-18 Burger and a $15 milkshake except this friend who was being a douche about being on a keto diet so he got a $10 vodka and water. Well we told the waiter to split the final bill 5 ways and this friend made a scene about not wanting to do that because his drink didn't cost as much, but he conviently refused to acknowledge the $2 mushrooms and $3 extra in salad he bought that the rest of us didn't making everything work out in the end.

The same friend at Mr. Mikes on the way down ordered a $35 steak (because apparently that's all he could eat there) when the rest of us had $15-18 meals. The waitress couldn't split the bills so she just divided out the bachelors drinks, appetizers, and meal to all of us and it worked out +- 5$ each. Not a big deal. Except for this dude didn't want to cover any portion of the bachelor because his bill was already $20 more (after he made a scene about spending 10 minutes looking over everyone's bills trying to figure out his was so much higher than the rest of ours. I also don't think he tipped as was the theme with him all weekend.

Why do those stupid diets turn everyone into raging assholes?

I had a friend like this back in high school as well.. He would always bums cigs off everyone and when we buy weed he would never pitch.. lmao

[CUG]

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That's exactly why Canada's gonna be in trouble, debt wise, real soon. and you've hit the nail on the head, it seems everyone I know is like that today. sad. people spending well beyond their means.

Yep. The moment I started making real money, I quit giving an ounce of a fuck about impressing anyone. Brand new car every two years? Fuck off. That was a ridiculous period of time in Calgary where it seemed like everyone who looked like they had a ton of money - actually had none, or were leveraged worse than the North Korean food supply.

There's far more power in having a huge reserve than there is in trying to impress people who don't care.

[J-hop]

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Yep. The moment I started making real money, I quit giving an ounce of a fuck about impressing anyone. Brand new car every two years? Fuck off. That was a ridiculous period of time in Calgary where it seemed like everyone who looked like they had a ton of money - actually had none, or were leveraged worse than the North Korean food supply.

There's far more power in having a huge reserve than there is in trying to impress people who don't care.

I still laugh looking back at kids showing up to BS with cars worth more than what I’d buy now, and those kids were no doubt working dead end entry level jobs

[CUG]

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I still laugh looking back at kids showing up to BS with cars worth more than what I’d buy now, and those kids were no doubt working dead end entry level jobs

But made all those 17-18-19 year old girls look like they had their shit together. Knowing the kind of accounting fuckery it takes to actually pull that amount of money from a corp as a dividend to pay cash for anything expensive, pay the sales taxes and the tax on the dividend; it gives you enough time to see that number in the account is far more important. Other people's approval is in no way any kind of motivator now.

[Buster]

Why is the assumption that people buying nice things is to impress other people?

And at a certain point, numbers on the balance sheet of a corporation have no utility - they don't provide more security, they won't change your lifestyle, etc.

[killramos]

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Why is the assumption that people buying nice things is to impress other people?

And at a certain point, numbers on the balance sheet of a corporation have no utility - they don't provide more security, they won't change your lifestyle, etc.

Dude people who have money are universally rotten, of course they only buy nice things to get a rise it of other people. What other possible reason could there be.

Everyone knows that.

[max_boost]

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Why is the assumption that people buying nice things is to impress other people?

There are those out there who have a difficult time being happy for others. Live your good life is all I have to say!

[Buster]

the people who tell you they don't care about impressing other people are usually the ones that care the most about impressing other people

[J-hop]

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the people who tell you they don't care about impressing other people are usually the ones that care the most about impressing other people

Haha yup

[ZenOps]

I prefer the yellow bag potato chips to all other brands (especially BBQ) The worst I've had are the $5/bag kettle peanut oil cooked ones, that are so crispy - its like eating shrapnel. Price does not necessarily account for personal taste.

You can usually tell a diabetic, because they almost never buy the "expensive" brand names that are oversalted and oversugared.

[ExtraSlow]

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You can usually tell a diabetic, because they almost never buy the "expensive" brand names that are oversalted and oversugared.

what brand of chips do diabetics prefer?

[ZenOps]

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what brand of chips do diabetics prefer?

Low salt triscuits, and the cheap no-name ritz, aforementioned yellow bag chips (and those Zellers chips, back when they were around). Not that I'm an expert, but that's what I find a lot of old people (now that everyone I know is old) tends to get. And they all have some sort of health problem, lol.

They also tend to drink decaf coffee, which is more expensive - But I can't drink the stuff, I need as much caffeine as I can get.

On a side note: The old people tend to complain that the marijuana that they grow nowadays is "wrong", its too strong and tends to be a little bit paranoia inducing. The old stuff was much more mellow and slow - sort of like a beer compared to vodka. Or so I've heard.

[J-hop]

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Low salt triscuits, and the cheap no-name ritz, aforementioned yellow bag chips. Not that I'm an expert, but that's what I find a lot of old people (now that everyone I know is old) tends to get. And they all have some sort of health problem, lol.

They also tend to drink decaf coffee, which is more expensive - But I can't drink the stuff, I need as much caffeine as I can get.

Eat healthy young peoples.

That literally describes none of the diabetics I know.

[schurchill39]

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Low salt triscuits, and the cheap no-name ritz, aforementioned yellow bag chips (and those Zellers chips, back when they were around). Not that I'm an expert, but that's what I find a lot of old people (now that everyone I know is old) tends to get. And they all have some sort of health problem, lol.

They also tend to drink decaf coffee, which is more expensive - But I can't drink the stuff, I need as much caffeine as I can get.

On a side note: The old people tend to complain that the marijuana that they grow nowadays is "wrong", its too strong and tends to be a little bit paranoia inducing. The old stuff was much more mellow and slow - sort of like a beer compared to vodka. Or so I've heard.

I work with a diabetic and he thought this was ridiculous. Not even close.

[killramos]

You guys know who you are replying to right?

[JRSC00LUDE]

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You guys know who you are replying to right?

It is FAR more intelligent a conversation than anything involving the gestalt account though.

[Buster]

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It is FAR more intelligent a conversation than anything involving the gestalt account though.

The gestalt account is more than one person... All just trying to troll

[Sugarphreak]

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[LilDrunkenSmurf]

At least make sure it's a TTRS.

[Mitsu3000gt]

I have a colleague who retracted a credit card tip once. He didn't see there was an auto-gratuity on his bill and tipped $5.00. When he noticed, he tracked down the server and got her to refund him the tip Manager had to get involved if I recall. And he works in the restaurant industry.

As for me, I am always falling for the "2/$5" promotions or whatever at the grocery store, even though you don't have to buy 2 to get the deal...it's $2.50ea if you buy just one, but I always seem to stock up on stuff I don't need like that lol.

My thought process: "$2.50, hmm, no thanks. 2/$5? Don't mind if I do."