Vindicated

[wealhtheow]

Top 4 Money Wasters in Your 20sHaving decided recently that I'm sick of T-shirts for webcomics/cons/bands/blah and also to ditch the beer tab, I must agree with at least half of these pointers. Moreover, there's recently been a slowdown in the generally breakneck pace of marriages in my social circles, and I get no play with the ladies, so I also

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[caladri]

Man, that guy spends a lot at bars.

clearly aimed at the wrong crowd

[tanjent]

my list would be

1. car payments
2. computer parts
3. video games
4. cds

:)

Re: clearly aimed at the wrong crowd

[plymouth]

Srsly, I was wondering how video games, DVDs, CDs could be left off that list. I might add in books and call it "media".

[adularia]

*giggle*

Did you catch the "immasculate" bit? I can't help but define that as castration by fire.

also, my list would have to be:

* move to Manhattan on a whim
* go to grad school (some days I go "art school? lol wut?")
* maintain an open wireless AP with broadband out of some sort of goddamn yuppie "internets should be free" conceit
* have more hobbies than can be fully explored while keeping the dayjob that pays for them

Women are actually fairly inexpensive, but I don't tend to choose big drinkers.

[blue_estro]

have more hobbies than can be fully explored while keeping the dayjob that pays for them

++, Though I am trying to pick switch to hobbies that actually make my life cheaper in the the long run. Though they do tend to have a bit of an initial investment. (being insufficiently employed at the moment is a big help in following through with this goal

Women are actually fairly inexpensive, but I don't tend to choose big drinkers.

The dude gave a link to an article surveying straight dating etiquette which suggests it isn't about the booze. Unless one is involved in a butch/femme mirroring of heteronormative roles, there isn't generations of cultural socialization at play suggesting the male pay . Also, given the tone of his article, I suspect "dating" is "looking for booty" rather than "looking for relationship", the latter lends itself more to low cost getting connection activities while the former is easier to achieve with higher cost entertainment activities.

[stolen_tea]

Aphrodite! The "emasculate conception"!

[kushderuh]

I predict my supply of Guitar Hero/Lebowski/Office Space shirts will dwindle in the next 3-5 years.

[slackferno]

Oddly enough, I had a conversation just the other day about how the Easy Divorce culture of the last half century has destroyed the fine china industry. Seriously, when was the last time an engaged couple you actually know registered a china pattern? Maybe I'm not hanging out in tony circles, but my friends register at Target, REI, Chivalry Sports, and in one case, Spencer Gifts.

[zinnea]

The ever-growing trend of couples to register at places like Computer-Games-R-Us or Overpriced and Unnecessary Luxury Electronics, Inc., is why I now no longer even look at registries. If it's not a necessity, one doesn't ask for it but instead takes whatever the hell one gets. And if one doesn't like it, too effing bad.

The "clever" t-shirts get old fast. However many you own, reduce that amount by 50 percent, I say. I was 20 back in the 80s when we wore tons of buttons with "clever" images or slogans. So much cheaper and easier to toss without guilt when the hipness ship has sailed.

[wealhtheow]

So I went to a wedding reception last night where the groom was Brazilian. The happy couple practiced a Brazilian tradition I hadn't heard of: Instead of asking for a big pile of gifts, or the more recent American trend of shamelessly asking for cash, the groom "sells" his tie. Anyone who wants to can snip off part of his tie with scissors and pay whatever they want for their piece. The money goes to the honeymoon. This can net quite a bit of cash! Last night they got a bowlful of money (including some big bills, though I'd say a fiver was probably the average), and I got the piece of the tie with the label on the back of it (Perry Ellis). So that was fun.

I don't think anyone I've known who's gotten hitched has registered for china. I blame the hippies.