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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: ViolentDove on 03 Feb 2009, 18:01
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So, McTaggart's post in this thread (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22372.0.html) reminded me about the Australian Government's proposed plan to give money to everyone (http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rudds-stimulus-package-what-will-you-get/2009/02/04/1233423265116.html). Which immediately made me wonder how I'd like to spend it, and also how I'd actually spend it.
So, I'm curious as to what you would do if the Government suddenly gave you $950 to do with what you will. Be as serious or as silly as you like!
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Put it in the bank, slowly lose it to food/gas/weed/vodka/nights out with friends.
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I'm putting it towards travelling just to be a dick to the government.
(also because I really want to travel)
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Well we silly Americans don't get quite as much as you guys, but I think I'll follow in your foot steps and set up my own home microbrewery.
I'll probably do some other stupid things with it that will result in a net decrease of brain cells, but I think I'll leave those activities TBA until I actually get that money.
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Nothing. Stupid government won't give an over-full time law (11 semesters a year) student any money because I live with my parents. And, like I said before on another forum, law students are the perfect target for this thing; we need to buy about $1000 worth of books a year, all which are written and published inside Australia, if not the state in which I study.
Doesn't matter because I'd just buy myself a carton if imported lager, but still. It's the principle, people. The principal.
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every three months, for reasons i'm still not sure about but which i'm guessing are related to the fact that i'm in school, the government of ontario sends me $60. i don't really know why. how's $20 a month supposed to help me in any significant way? i put it in my bank account and eventually it goes toward food to hold off dying of starvation a little while longer.
for the purposes of this thread, i'll say i'd put that $950 toward a new laptop. this thing's six years old and has gotten so unbearably slow it'll probably go any day now.
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Currently my financial situation is such that the $950 will hardly make a difference. I mean, I know there are a lot of people who are presently worse off than I am, but at the moment my rent is doubling (to encompass half my pay) due to my room-mate moving out, I need to buy a fridge and a dryer to replace the ones he'll be taking with him, and I owe about 5k in various bills, due over the next month or so.
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I probably won't get any because I am unemployed and have never been able to get any sort of government assistance, which is a whole other kettle of fish that I will rant about if given the chance.
The $950 would probably have gone towards food and bills and car registration and other boring things like that. Or I would put it toward the eminent textbooks that need to be bought for uni. I would like to spend it on clothes that are a bit more classy and grown up than what I wear now, because I keep looking in shops or online and wanting to buy pretty things, but I can never afford to.
Hell, who am I kidding, I would go and get a kitty from the RSPCA so I had a kitty at home again. Then I would take photos of it and plaster them all online for everyone to be jealous of. I want a kitty, dammit!
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1. Approx. $200-$450 for an extravagant purchase (mixing console, recording interface, geetar, etc, musics).
2. Save the rest for day-to-day expenses.
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Yeah I will probably blow half on an extravagant purchase (probably a zoom H4 digital recorder (http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4/) for freelance radio-work and also to record some jams at home), and put the other half in the bank.
I have been toying with the idea of using it for a trip to indonesia and malaysia, though, which would be all kinds of awesome.
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Oh man I did not even know this was happening until right now. that is awesome. Providing I get it in time it will be an EXCELLENT addition to my spending money for when I go overseas. If it doesn't I will use it to get a tattoo probably, and save the rest.
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Would you fill the bath with them?
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Oh hi ampeg svt vr (http://www.ampeg.com/products/classic/svtvr/index.html) how are you today?
what i need another 1000 bucks? oh fuck you
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Either invest it, put it in my savings account, or use it to help me buy a car.
What would I invest it in? Giant. Fighting. Robots.
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Would you fill the bath with them?
He would make a trail of candies to his house.
For the children.
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Hmm...there are lots of things I could do with that money, but the most unreasonable thing I would do is put it towards a month-long beer tour of Belgium. Outside of that, various upgrades to my computer/gaming setup, maybe actually move out of my parents' place. If it weren't for school, I'd probably just move up to Pennsylvania where the rent is half as much and take 83 to work.
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I would buy a microkorg and some LSD
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last year the government gave me $300 and I bought one of these:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/sademie/ar15.jpg)
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Buy an AR-15 parts kit from J&T Distributing, with hard chrome bolt carrier and green furniture so that I can build it on a receiver of my choosing as a hobby.
last year the government gave me $300 and I bought one of these:
You posted that while I was posting. *smirk*
And WHERE can you get an A3 carbine like that for three hundred bucks? I just sold MINE for a thousand!
S
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o/
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Import gallons of liquifed bdsm furry hentai.
And an ibook g4 (mmmm vintage electronics)
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Pay my rent. :-(
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last year the government gave me $300 and I bought one of these:
The Republican Party gave you a rebate and you bought an automatic rifle.
America.
Fuck yeah!
S
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I would buy a plane ticket to go to Comic-Con this year.
I will still probably buy the ticket, without government assistance.
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Tommy you whined about and finally gave up a free Jaguar because you couldn't afford the petrol.
Europe.
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The Republican Party gave you a rebate and you bought an automatic rifle.
semiautomatic.
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The correct course of action. (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/charles_barkley_finally_gets_that)
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I'd probably get myself a nice office chair. That's about the last thing I need to have a truly comfortable home office setup.
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I am going to use it ton help pay off the large amount on bond money I just put on my credit card. Booooooo.
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Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.
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If my Govt. gave me $950 I'd take it and put it in my drawer.
US$1 : JA$83
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I can't decide what I'll do with it. I'm tossing up between using a good portion of it on tattoos, buying a laptop or putting it in my savings account to go towards getting a bike.
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"Hey, let's use this money to start paying off some our country's massive credit card debt!"
"Pfft, no way, that's lame."
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I'm not eligible :-(, but if I did have it I wouldn't know what I wanted to do with it until I was too old to do what I wanted with it.
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Seriously though I'm going to blend the money in to a fine paste and inject it directly in to my eyeballs.
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Aww Crap!
I haven't been home in 4 years, and I'll be back in Sydney in May.
Why can't my homeland just give me the money any way?
I'd buy real twisties and caramello koalas and billabong bills and.....
Now I'm homesick and still broke.
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$950/taxpayer isn't much, and it's even less considering all the money the government has to spend just to give it to them, and even less still considering that the money comes from taxes you already gave the govrernment, and even less still more considering that the money the government is spending to give you your money back is your money as well.
Of course, once you get the money, you spend it, and you pay taxes on what you buy.
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I'd buy an 11m microphone boom (http://www.soundkit.co.uk/acatalog/Ambient_Jumbo_Booms.html) (great for recording cathedral organs).
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Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.
See... I'd like to say I would use it wisely in a manner that would benefit me and others around me... but Iron Fist seems to have read right through my paltry imaginings down to the actuality of what would occur.
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either pay the rest of my Motorcycle off or my medical bills heh..
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Well I owe my parents over $20,000 for my car and my education so I will probably spend this money on tattoos, mostly.
If they are going to be disappointed I figure they should be really disappointed.
Also, you are not supposed to be paying off debt or saving this money fools, THIS IS STIMULUS.
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Well I owe my parents over $20,000 for my car and my education so I will probably spend this money on tattoos, mostly.
If they are going to be disappointed I figure they should be really disappointed.
Also, you are not supposed to be paying off debt or saving this money fools, THIS IS STIMULUS.
see I agree.. but the sooner my debt is paid the sooner I can spend more money on economies!
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Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.
See... I'd like to say I would use it wisely in a manner that would benefit me and others around me... but Iron Fist seems to have read right through my paltry imaginings down to the actuality of what would occur.
Depending on the drugs you bought, you might be able to have your cake and eat it too.
And by cake I mean MDMA
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I would probably get another tattoo if I were to get close to a thousand dollars. Or I'd buy a laptop. Or I'd buy more miniatures that I'll never get around to painting.
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Hey non-Australians, keep in mind this is $950 AUSTRALIAN, in other words:
US$608
UK£422
€470
although this is just the exchange rate and probably does not translate out to consumer prices, it is worth noting that this is maybe less money than you think it is? (my god it is still quite a bit to get for free though)
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I would probably place it in the bank so I could get some more interest. Hey, I don't want to have to work, what can I say.
Either that, or get a suit that fits and looks awesome.
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I'd fix my Xbox and finance a vacation.
I WANT A FIXED XBOX >:(
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I'd probably just put it in the bank, and then later use it to pay a month's rent over the summer, when there is no student loan coming in, or something lame like that. And the leftovers would probably just end up being spent on food or DVDs or yarn or clothes or something like that.
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Actually if it's free money maybe I'd spend it on whatever bottle of single malt costs closest to A$950.
What? Stimulating the Australian economy? Well it's being sold in Australia, isn't it?!
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Vintage silverface Fender Twin Reverb.
I don't need an 85 watt amp. And my neighbors certainly don't need me with an 85 watt amp. BUT FUCK 'EM.
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If I suddenly got US$600, would put it into fixing our car. Then we would only need another four fucking thousand to get the thing running again. And all that over again to pay off the loan. God I hate being a grown-up.
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I'd probably just pay off my medical bills. Having no insurance gets expensive, but it's still less than I'd pay each month if I had it.
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I'd stimulate the crap out of the local comics/video game/fantasy shop. Or maybe get a chainmail. I want a chainmail.
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Well my free money will only be USD$300, so you still win.
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Hmmmm I would buy a corset made of tight chain mail. This guy down the street makes amazing chainmail crap and I asked if he could do a corset and he said yes! So that is what I would do! I would look so hot!
I think...
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It got through the House of Representatives early this morning, like 5:30 AM, and is now headed for the senate. Basically, you're still not going to see it for a long time.
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Hmm. For that amount I could:
1. Pay off my very small credit card balance (Minor Car repairs).
2. Buy some new running shoes.
3. Spend some cash in the local pawn shops and thrift stores. (people are selling A LOT of nice stuff nowadays)
4. Buy some raw milk cheese from the local food coop.
5. Put some money in the "whatever" drawer.
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It got through the House of Representatives early this morning, like 5:30 AM, and is now headed for the senate. Basically, you're still not going to see it for a long time.
Well they wern't going to be sending it out until April anyway yeah?
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Hee hee hee "stimulate". They were talking about this the other night on the tv and they were saying "stimulate" so much and I was giggling and it got pretty ridiculous.
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Hee hee hee "stimulate". They were talking about this the other night on the tv and they were saying "stimulate" so much and I was giggling and it got pretty ridiculous.
Much like watching an (American) football game with the word "penetration."
600 bucks? That's rent and a truck payment. Thanks, government!
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I'd put it towards my "buying a pony" fund.
I want to buy the horse I'm currently training at school. She's pretty much perfect.
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Hey, apparently I will probably be getting this, awesome.
I'm either going to combine with my brother to buy a giant TV (yay, save the economy, fuck the enviroment) or on some nice cloths for myself.
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Hookers and blow seems like the appropriate response...
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Powerizers, use some for a car fund, and some for a laptop fund. Also maybe a PS3.
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I'd buy a neck, and a bridge, and get this done (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22213.0.html).
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Fantasy answer: Tattoo/PS3
Actual Answer: Resident Evil 5, Left 4 Dead and keep the rest for rent/food/elect/water.
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pay off my parents (leeds fest, my sisters uke, and Death Cab For Cutie concert)
new pair of jeans
a shit load of vodka
and then one crazy night out
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I'd ask the government who they stole that $950 from.
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Probably your mom.
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I just realised that I put in a 2007-2008 tax return (because I worked in 2007/start of 2008), so that would mean I might actually get this money if it goes through?
I really hope I am thinking right, because really that would be awesome.
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Some friends and I were thinking about all pooling together a small portion of the payout to have some kind of massive economic stimulus party. Basically hiring out a venue, setting up a decently sized bar tab, and maybe get some bands to play. Whether or not we were all just talking shit remains to be seen!
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Probably your mom.
Very witty retort. How long did it take you to think up that scathing comeback?
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About two seconds. It was the first thing that popped into my head that was scathing or totally bitchy.
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Probably a little longer than it's worth for you.
Ooooh
Damnit, Liz beat me to it.
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D'awww, sorry Dicky. Didn't mean to steal your thunder. Do you want me to delete my post?
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Ideally one of these cute little bastards (http://www.musictoyz.com/guitar/amps/orange.php). More realistically, rent; maybe some clothes, and alcohol.
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About two seconds. It was the first thing that popped into my head that was scathing or totally bitchy.
The sad thing is, now that I look back on it, you were right. They did steal it from my mother... and my father, and your parents, and every other taxpayer in the country. So I apologize.
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I want $950. You Australian fuckers.
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Tommy I had previously blocked Clocker Bob from memory, fuck you.
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But you see, they're not stealing it from us, because we already gave it to the government. It's not like they are hacking into our bank accounts or mugging people on the street.
But if you want to think like that, all this money going towards schools and housing and business and people in general is going to put the budget into deficit, so they'll be stealing from our children, too. The Bastards.
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Hey non-Australians, keep in mind this is $950 AUSTRALIAN, in other words:
US$608
UK£422
€470
£422 would just about cover my share of the rent for a month....though £950 would be handy right about now! Got my car going in for its MOT next week so think I will need any money I can pull together :-(
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drugs. that's what i spent my stimulus on
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I'd use the money for the deposit and the rent of a new flat or house for me and my girlfirend so we can be poor and have domestic arguments all the time.
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Put it towards a car.
Or rent, or eat something other than rice and lentils.
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Man, rice and lentils?
Luxury!
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True story. I just moved for school and haven't got a call back. Applying everywere I can find. No job kind of sucks right now.
And that's a little bit of an understatement. I had tortillas today! And I think i"m going to make pasta. And I bought some good cheese that is delicious. Also, my roomate made chocolate chip cookies. That was nice.
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This is not my litature, but I think it's kind of funny..
Stimulus Payment Info Q & A.
Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.
Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From taxpayers.
Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
A. Only a smidgen.
Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.
Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China ?
A. Shut up.
Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the US economy by spending your stimulus check wisely:
If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China.
If you spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs.
If you purchase a computer it will go to India.
If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala (unless you buy organic).
If you buy a car it will go to Japan.
If you purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan.
If you pay your credit cards off, it will go to bank management bonuses and they will hide if offshore. Same with stock investment.
Instead, you can keep the money in America by spending it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, or spending it on prostitutes, beer and wine (domestic ONLY), or tattoos.
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Hey now the Australians are definately getting this?
Kind of a kick in the balls that you can't rebuild a burnt down home with $950. I dont mean that in a harsh way. Just sayin'
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The Opposition are still arguing about it, so it's not a certainty that we will be getting it. A lot of people are saying that the money should go towards the victims of the fires, and over $31 million has been donated to the appeal. There is a lot of discussion about whether people should rebuild in those areas or if they should move somewhere less of a risk, what with global warming and all that Jazz, so who knows how that will effect communities. I mean, some people have been living in that area for generations, so it would be hard for them to move, and they may stay there even after the warnings.
But uh, this should probably go into the fires thread, because it's not really that much to do with the government's potential handouts. Again I say, we still don't know if we'll be getting any money; it's still all up in the air.
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If you spend it on gasoline it will go to the Canadians.
fixed
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Actually a lot of production in the oil fields is stopping because the low cost of crude makes it too expensive to extract the oil from the sand. Newfies are still rollin' though.
Oh right, if I got $950 it would probably be spent on tuition and food. Or tuition and booze. Likely the latter.
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If i am eligible i will spend half on getting a a couple of shiny new lenses, probably that new 35mm prime that Nikon just released, and a cheap telephoto lens. The other will go towards traveling.
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Except that the senate blocked it. No more stimulus package. But they are trying for another one, right?
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Given all the economic and business advisor-type people that have come out in support of the package, I can't help but feel the Opposition is voting against it to just be contrary. Fuckers. I don't know why, either - voting against a cash handout will make them massively unpopular.
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The bank bailouts should of never happened, period. There shoudln't be any stimulus checks either. It's only postponing the enivetiable.
But hey, i'm up for free cash whenever so. :evil:
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The government is renegotiating for a $900 payout for workers, saving about $45 million dollars. Apparently families with the Medicare Plan B thingy will also be getting less money but I couldn't find out how much less. I'm fairly certain they've given up on getting the opposition's support and are instead trying to sway the Greens and the Independant parties.
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Being that I`m in japan, I`ll only get 20,000 yen [350 dollars Canadian/american ish.] That won`t last too long, I`ll probably just spend it on food and going out with my friends in Shibuya n` Harajuku, or maybe buy some clothes or something. I like clothes. Mm.. Fashion.
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If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China.
If you spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs.
If you purchase a computer it will go to India.
If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala (unless you buy organic).
If you buy a car it will go to Japan.
If you purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan.
If you pay your credit cards off, it will go to bank management bonuses and they will hide if offshore. Same with stock investment.
Instead, you can keep the money in America by spending it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, or spending it on prostitutes, beer and wine (domestic ONLY), or tattoos.
Good thing I'll be buying locally-made gun parts and building a gun.
Go USA!
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I am normally not a one who is lost for words, but this time...
Wow. Just wow.