2012 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[SPX]

Your sword is going to come in super handy if a group of rogue ninjas attack your apartment looking to unearth your student loan refund. You might want to invest in some throwing stars and a blow gun too though, just in case you have to do any long range fighting.

I did think about getting some throwing stars. . .

[SPX]

With the recent withdrawals, how much $ is in your BM/sportsbook accounts now?

Bookmaker is basically tapped out. There's like $50 left in there, unfortunately. It will be a real task to build it back up into something.

Sportsbook is about $700.

[MMA_scientist]

I did think about getting some throwing stars. . .

I can definitely see why you would need those. In a multiple attacker scenario in your apartment, like a potential gang rape, they would be useful. Some guy tries to rape you, bam you whip open your vest which is choked full of throwing stars, use your samurai sword to slice a path to the window... throw a grappling hook out the window and you're gone in a poof of green ninja disappearing smoke.

[Mr. IWS]

Sportsbook is about $700.

You could get a pretty decent TV and a recliner with that, probably have some left over for pizza and beer too.

[SPX]

I can definitely see why you would need those. In a multiple attacker scenario in your apartment, like a potential gang rape, they would be useful. Some guy tries to rape you, bam you whip open your vest which is choked full of throwing stars, use your samurai sword to slice a path to the window... throw a grappling hook out the window and you're gone in a poof of green ninja disappearing smoke.

If I had a backyard I would definitely get some and throw them at shit.

[SPX]

You could get a pretty decent TV and a recliner with that, probably have some left over for pizza and beer too.

You've been in douche mode for a few days now, Zak. Problems at home?

[Mr. IWS]

You've been in douche mode for a few days now, Zak. Problems at home?

douche mode?

Shit, this is about as good as life has been for me, at any point I can remember.

[SPX]

I'm saying that you've seemed to be in fuck with people mode, which usually isn't your thing.

[Mr. IWS]

I'm saying that you've seemed to be in fuck with people mode, which usually isn't your thing.

Just breakin balls man, You know I love you like a fat kid love cake.

[SPX]

BOL

Well y'all seriously need to chill with that pedophile shit. That's fucked up.

[MMA_scientist]

I guess I am weird about things like that. I don't have anything just to have it. I can't think of one single thing that I own, just to own, other than some art on the walls (which is "used" in the sense that I do look at it). I suppose your ninja sword is in the same category as art on the wall.

But if I had less than $1000 in the bank--- I consider that a major fucking emergency. I would be eating rice and beans and would purchase absolutely nothing until the emergency was quelled. I see people that spend $30 on dinner that don't even have $1000 in the bank. To me, that just seems crazy. I know people that eat out multiple times per week and earn a good income, but don't have $1000.... that means that in their entire working lives, they have spent more money (much more money) on eating at restaurants than at securing their financial independence. Maybe I am too concerned with it, but I think of consumption like that as almost a mental illness that afflicts most of the people in the country.

[SPX]

I guess I am weird about things like that. I don't have anything just to have it. I can't think of one single thing that I own, just to own, other than some art on the walls (which is "used" in the sense that I do look at it). I suppose your ninja sword is in the same category as art on the wall.

Well I did buy it as a decorative item. Luke tried to convince me to video tape myself chopping some fruit with it, but I declined.

But yeah, you are weird about a lot of things. I remember you telling us that you didn't understand collecting things. I actually think you're kind of odd in a lot of ways, like your interpretation of the world is clearly a little farther from norm than most people's.

But if I had less than $1000 in the bank--- I consider that a major fucking emergency. I would be eating rice and beans and would purchase absolutely nothing until the emergency was quelled. I see people that spend $30 on dinner that don't even have $1000 in the bank. To me, that just seems crazy. I know people that eat out multiple times per week and earn a good income, but don't have $1000.... that means that in their entire working lives, they have spent more money (much more money) on eating at restaurants than at securing their financial independence. Maybe I am too concerned with it, but I think of consumption like that as almost a mental illness that afflicts most of the people in the country.

If I have MORE than $1000 in the bank then that's about as good as it ever gets for me. I feel like I'm living high on the hog.

[poopoo333]

Yeah, eating at restaurants frequently is a fucking killer. When I first got with my gf we were always going out to eat...that shit adds up quick. Especially with me at the dinner table, I eat like Roy Nelson.

[MMA_scientist]

Yeah, eating at restaurants frequently is a fucking killer. When I first got with my gf we were always going out to eat...that shit adds up quick. Especially with me at the dinner table, I eat like Roy Nelson.

If I go out with the wife, we rarely escape with less than $40 tab. Do that twice a week, and you have spent over $4000 just eating out at places you can't afford. That is more than most people save in a year (the average salary is around $40k, and the average savings rate is less than 5% IIRC). IMO, unless you have at least a year's salary saved up, eating out is a special occasion thing. I do it way more than I should too though. People really are pretty ridiculous spenders. We live in a time where it is way easier to save than it ever has been ever, yet people still can't make it. Incomes vs. costs of goods is a huge gap compared to the past (thanks to modern farming and production). We live in a time where a person can realistically work 10 years and quit forever. The only catch is that they have to avoid the trap of believing that consuming = happiness.

[Mr. IWS]

But yeah, you are weird about a lot of things. I remember you telling us that you didn't understand collecting things. I actually think you're kind of odd in a lot of ways, like your interpretation of the world is clearly a little farther from norm than most people's.

I agree with most of his philosphies on shit like this. But I think we look at it different because we have families.