do you want nice clothes? thrift your suits and get them cleaned and tailored, they'll look great and most likely be higher quality than new stuff this is my entire wardrobe
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if you must have a fast computer build a desktop yourself parts are cheaper and better than prefab stuff and you will learn something about your Tools, there are few scams greater than
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never pay for an OS learn to use linux or learn to pirate windows microsoft will not notice your nonpayment really
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after a certain point its more about the mindset than about the specifics not wasting money on scams is a Way not a flowcharthttps://twitter.com/yashkaf/status/1338582520741367809?s=19 …
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"oh you maxxed your credit card to take a $10k trip to Europe that's cool I had a great time this month with my $15 WoW subscription and some audiobooks"
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im dead serious about this there are few things more fun than this and you learn so much cultivate a taste for cheap hobbieshttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1259372865742200833?s=19 …
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apparently there was an influential Thiel fellow lecture about this dont remember where I read this but the guy just went on a tear on this "never drink expensive whiskey! its genuinely better and you dont want to have to pay for that taste! good coffee is fine, its cheap!"
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conventional wisdom is that spending a lot on a mattress is fine and I used to believe this but I've learned too much see link (old Slate) its all Scam i currently sleep on a custom futon mattress on tatami linen sheets are actually worth it though https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate.com/human-interest/2000/11/going-to-the-mattresses.amp …
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you can get a lovely hardwood platform bed on Amazon for a few hundred bucks, they are extremely sturdy and disassemble for moving https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000KV3B14/
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here is my favorite pair of shoes (need to be polished) they would have cost several hundred of dollars new i picked them up for $15 at Value Village in 2012 and once paid $50 to have them resoled im still on my first tin of polish Amortize Thatpic.twitter.com/hMP5PZbsfB
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favorite sport coat, like new condition $25 at thrift store in 2014(?), $70 for tailoring full canvas fits like a dream would have been at least many hundreds buying directly from brookspic.twitter.com/3ASbCG3iWN
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dont put anything on your phone you wouldnt want shown in courthttps://twitter.com/The_Equationist/status/1386951775941365764?s=19 …
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dont buy absurdly expensive clothing unless you (i) are going to a party where everyone is and (ii) you can pay for an expensive ensemble. if this describes you you do not need to read this threadhttps://twitter.com/lporiginalg/status/1412875783522054145 …
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under nearly all circumstances no one is impressed by a branded handbag and if its the only obviously expensive thing you have on you people are going to assume its a knockoff anyway
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if you make six figure you have no excuse for not maxing out your yearly allocation of tax advantaged retirement accounts $56000 annual cap FILL IT UP your not gonna be able to grind foreverhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1419851479469285381?s=19 …
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>$495 annual fee if you get this you are a fool. why would you do this citi has a 2% back card with no fee just get that no one cares about your stupid weighted credit card. you are not goku. this does not help you Train dont lie to yourselfhttps://twitter.com/chaosprime/status/1445878662151254016?t=zCQgGdhMfrtNbgfBwGO29A&s=19 …
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