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/in before someone calls you a peasant not because you were wearing a Fossil but because you think a Submariner is decadent

Seems like a silly question, what's the point.

"When you stop striving for perfection, you might as well be dead."
 
"TheBuellerBanker" Definitely don't understand some of the extremely deep-rooted insecurities which come out on this website.

Yeah seriously, I was thinking the same thing and saw you wrote it - haha

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Tangentially related to your question, but there are decent automatic watches that won't break the bank (well, they might if you're a student, but otherwise they're quite affordable if you make a middle class living) - off the top of my head, solid $200-$400 dress watches include the seiko cocktail time, tissot visodate/le locle, hamilton is in the price range too

 

I know a guy that recently got a Nissan GT-R. Not sure if he regrets it, yet. LOL.

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"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 
IlliniProgrammerBought a 1-year-used Ford Mustang when I turned 16. Still under factory warranty. 0-60 in 5.7 seconds.

Last time I ever splurged on anything.

what is the NPV of the price difference between that and an early model honda 4-banger?

see, now you're going to die poor.

 

told my wifey she gotta stop splurgin, she said well then you gotta stop sploogin and i'm like damn bish dont u know its a recession?

 
swagontold my wifey she gotta stop splurgin, she said well then you gotta stop sploogin and i'm like damn bish dont u know its a recession?

You're not married nor are you sploogin on anything then the bedroom floor you still live in at mummy and daddys house

Eventus stultorum magister.
 

Las Vegas-> Marquee nightclub bottle service followed by a night at spearmint rhino. Still makes me think twice before i use my credit card anywhere

 

I bought the first ipod that could play video, $400... I think I might have TRIED to watch a video on it once, and the battery could hold a charge for more then 3 hours while listening to music. I think I have it somewhere still, but I doubt it turns on. First and last Apple product I ever buy.

 

Opened a nightclub called the Double Deuce...ended up spending more money than ever on my Cooler...but he did cut costs by firing a bunch of people

I eat success for breakfast...with skim milk
 
Anacott_CEOThat bag of Reese's Pieces I just ate isn't sitting very well, I kind of regret that.

I don't know who this Reese girl is, or what club you picked her up from, but we could have all warned you that munching on her pieces wouldn't sit well...never does.

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"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 

Worst splurge: Like so many before me; Dropped 3/4 of my first paycheck on eastern european strippers and "champagne". Turned out to be $20 per bottle Cava sold as $200 champagne. Went straight from living large to living like a college student for a month.

Best splurge: Bought my then gf a $700 braclet which she lost two months later. Resulted in me being single.

CNBC sucks "This financial crisis is worse than a divorce. I've lost all my money, but the wife is still here." - Client after getting blown up
 

^ totally understand. i thought i was paying top dollar for russian strippers but they were just a bunch of guidettes and polaks from weehawken.

live and learn, you know.

 

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