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WCDT Strips 3821-3825 (3-7 September 2018)
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 03 Sep 2018, 01:02 ---Cheese whiz on toast.
Yum....
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Vegemite with plenty of butter, especially on sour dough. (Thank you, my Australian Brothers and Sisters.)
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Of course Jeph is setting up conflict in Marten & Claire's relationship - without it they're static characters and static characters are boring. For cryin' out loud, he's writing them like real people in a real relationship! A bump doesn't signal a breakup. Further, I read 2807-2808 to mean Jeph intends their relationship to be durable.
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While searching for the cite above, I stumbled across #2836. Claire may already know about the circumstances of Marty's promotion.
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 03 Sep 2018, 10:21 ---
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 03 Sep 2018, 09:52 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 03 Sep 2018, 07:18 ---So either Marten is terrible with money or he has no plans in case there's a big emergency.
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Because yes, that is the only reasons possible that someone doesn't have a savings account. :roll:
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Well, let's see. Marten is impulsive when it comes to money, best observed when he bought a very expensive guitar after coming into some money.
Also, unless the apartment was something of a steal, until recently most of his money would have been going towards rent or bills or food.
But go ahead, sit back and contribute nothing to the discussion.
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Idk man, I'm not the person saying that anyone without a budget isn't "really an adult" and that anyone who doesn't have a savings account is bad with money or just isn't planning.
More than likely, he makes enough to get by and not much more than that. The time he got the guitar is one of the few times he has ever seemed to have any money, it isn't showing a pattern of behavior when the sample size is 1. And yeah, it might have been a good idea to save it, but poor people get told all the time "Hey you can never have anything nice, remember that one time you bought something nice, that is why you are where you are."
He seems to get by and pay his bills and not be going into debt. I know a hell of a lot of adults, even with budgets, that don't seem to manage that.
themacnut:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 03 Sep 2018, 11:56 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 03 Sep 2018, 10:21 ---
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 03 Sep 2018, 09:52 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 03 Sep 2018, 07:18 ---So either Marten is terrible with money or he has no plans in case there's a big emergency.
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Because yes, that is the only reasons possible that someone doesn't have a savings account. :roll:
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Well, let's see. Marten is impulsive when it comes to money, best observed when he bought a very expensive guitar after coming into some money.
Also, unless the apartment was something of a steal, until recently most of his money would have been going towards rent or bills or food.
But go ahead, sit back and contribute nothing to the discussion.
--- End quote ---
Idk man, I'm not the person saying that anyone without a budget isn't "really an adult" and that anyone who doesn't have a savings account is bad with money or just isn't planning.
More than likely, he makes enough to get by and not much more than that. The time he got the guitar is one of the few times he has ever seemed to have any money, it isn't showing a pattern of behavior when the sample size is 1. And yeah, it might have been a good idea to save it, but poor people get told all the time "Hey you can never have anything nice, remember that one time you bought something nice, that is why you are where you are."
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The problem with making "enough to get by and not much more" is if you lose your job, you're scrambling to find another before next month's bills come due. And if you can't find another one within a couple of months (and one with income roughly equal to the one you lost), then you're facing eviction and/or foreclosure; in other words, homelessness. Having roommates helps forestall this, but they can only carry you so long - if they could easily afford rent by themselves, they'd likely be living by themselves.
A good way for Marten to start a savings account IMO, is to have his employer direct deposit his check into a bank with low of no minimum balance requirements. Such banks are not easy to find, but are worth searching for. Long as he's not spending every cent of his paycheck every time, he'll gradually build up a balance in the account.
Emperor Norton:
Man, if you believe the only thing that is needed for people to stop living paycheck to paycheck is for them to make better choices, then you live a much more privileged life than most people I know.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 03 Sep 2018, 10:21 ---
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 03 Sep 2018, 09:52 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 03 Sep 2018, 07:18 ---So either Marten is terrible with money or he has no plans in case there's a big emergency.
--- End quote ---
Because yes, that is the only reasons possible that someone doesn't have a savings account. :roll:
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Well, let's see. Marten is impulsive when it comes to money, best observed when he bought a very expensive guitar after coming into some money.
Also, unless the apartment was something of a steal, until recently most of his money would have been going towards rent or bills or food.
But go ahead, sit back and contribute nothing to the discussion.
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I think the point was more how judgemental your post sounded against people with no savings account. Either he is bad with money or doesn't plan for emergencies - saying that kind of thing tars a lot of people. I don't think you meant to, mind, just a way of interpreting what you wrote.
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