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Mem

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It's said that Albert Einstein had this to say about compounding interest -- but only if you can learn how to get it to work for you, and not against you.

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Susanna hasn't said if I would be considered for an enforcer position in this thread, so I'd better post something fun, just in case I wind up having to report myself -- to myself. :p



Exactly, this is why banks lend to you, because they are well aware that their interest will be compounded over the amount that they have leased out. Granted the part about them coming to collect your firstborn if you don't pay sounds like a primary inspiration of grim fairytales, so, there must be a wood cutter in there somewhere to provide the happy ending?...right?... :unsure:
 

Lynx

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It's said that Albert Einstein had this to say about compounding interest -- but only if you can learn how to get it to work for you, and not against you.

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Susanna hasn't said if I would be considered for an enforcer position in this thread, so I'd better post something fun, just in case I wind up having to report myself -- to myself. :p



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Susanna

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Debts are the worst thing one can do. I don’t have any debts because I didn’t care about luxury when I was younger. I only had what little I could afford.
 

Susanna

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I had to take economics in college, and I can't remember it teaching anything remotely useful.

In fact, I was taken aback when the professor specifically taught that you can take out as much debt as you want, as long you can afford the minimum monthly payments each month. All that mattered, he said, was that you could pay the minimum due. He didn't explicitly say it, but the implied conclusion was that when you die, it becomes someone else's problem, so why worry about it?

Unfortunately, I think a good number of people are taught this about money. But God doesn't tell us to take out debt up to our eyeballs and then leave it for someone else to worry about when we die.

I've listened to a lot of videos about how the entire system is designed to keep people poor -- even the notion of going to college, while necessary for some, isn't necessary for everyone, and therefore helps keep the machine running.

But alas... I just realized I wrote a very serious reply and am in danger of being reported!!



@Lynx , @Susanna, do your extra vehicles happen to look like this?

Just to let you know, I'm "borrowing" one of them, so that I can make a clean getaway.

Nah, I don’t drive fancy sport cars like that lol.
 

Susanna

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#47
It depends on how bad the offense REALLY is...

We'll have to adjust the circles/levels of punishment accordingly. :cool:

There aren't many things you COULDN'T talk about for days. :p

But that's the funny thing... You could talk for days without stopping... But I could probably WRITE for days unending, depending on whether I felt inspired.

If we can convince @Susanna to let us be the bouncers/enforcers in this thread -- faced with either suffering through you talking for days or having to read my writing for days -- or BOTH -- I'm pretty sure NO ONE will even THINK about acting up. :ROFL:
Enforce away, but remember, you’re both on my naughty list.😂
 

seoulsearch

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Debts are the worst thing one can do. I don’t have any debts because I didn’t care about luxury when I was younger. I only had what little I could afford.
Preach it, sister! Many kudos to you!



My little life won't impress anyone but what I do have, old as it may be, is paid for.

I don't currently own a home, but I'm in chats where people talk about their property taxes and insurance being doubled, paying $12,000 to replace their AC, $5000 on plumbing issues, etc... And it makes me thank God that (for now at least,) renting is working out just fine.

I say a prayer for homeowners every time they share some huge maintenance issue or expense they're needing to get fixed.

I am SO thankful to have a small group of Christian friends who all think the same way -- there is no competition, no "keeping up with the Jone's, and no feelings of, "I need to get this to impress others."

Part of the reason why I'm single is because it's so hard to find others who aren't caught in that trap.
 

Susanna

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Preach it, sister! Many kudos to you!



My little life won't impress anyone but what I do have, old as it may be, is paid for.

I don't currently own a home, but I'm in chats where people talk about their property taxes and insurance being doubled, paying $12,000 to replace their AC, $5000 on plumbing issues, etc... And it makes me thank God that (for now at least,) renting is working out just fine.

I say a prayer for homeowners every time they share some huge maintenance issue or expense they're needing to get fixed.

I am SO thankful to have a small group of Christian friends who all think the same way -- there is no competition, no "keeping up with the Jone's, and no feelings of, "I need to get this to impress others."

Part of the reason why I'm single is because it's so hard to find others who aren't caught in that trap.
Also being in the military makes you be good with salt, pepper, Tabasco and a bunk lol.
 

Lynx

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#51
Preach it, sister! Many kudos to you!



My little life won't impress anyone but what I do have, old as it may be, is paid for.

I don't currently own a home, but I'm in chats where people talk about their property taxes and insurance being doubled, paying $12,000 to replace their AC, $5000 on plumbing issues, etc... And it makes me thank God that (for now at least,) renting is working out just fine.

I say a prayer for homeowners every time they share some huge maintenance issue or expense they're needing to get fixed.

I am SO thankful to have a small group of Christian friends who all think the same way -- there is no competition, no "keeping up with the Jone's, and no feelings of, "I need to get this to impress others."

Part of the reason why I'm single is because it's so hard to find others who aren't caught in that trap.
I'mma have to report you for this...