Serious Question: What do you HAPPILY WASTE money on?
 

Me? Online competitions and draws. Especially since the lockdown I find myself buying tickets to try and win Harley Davidsons (Even though I have not even passed a Bike test) or crazy fun vehicles, such as a pimped out 1972 Restored Dune Buggy, which would be totally impractical, but a bit of fun for a week or so before I inevitably sold it!

I mean, the comps are all above board and legit - Im NOT getting scammed - Just haven't been lucky yet - However, I'm still wasting money, chasing prizes I don't really even want, just for fun...

What about you? What are you wasting money on for fun during lockdown?

(I know we are not in 'Lockdown, Lockdown' anymore - But we are not back to normal yet either...)

Books mostly

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I have a massive Amazon wish list full of books. Every now and then I will do a sort, from lowest to highest, and just buy anything under $5. I had to stop doing that because my book collection was getting so huge and I never got around to reading them anyway, LOL.

Books for my Kindle.

Craft beer and weed.

shoes, weed, gas for the cars.

audio books for me these days. got into the habit editing stills.

travelling
but now when it is hard, I do not like to waste money on something except food

Social party entry fees.

Pussies...

+1 :thumbsup :2 cents:

And on colored pencil sets for my daughters.

But I don't think these are in the 'wasting money' category anyway.

I wasted shitload of money on weed and now I regret it :D :pimp

Last few weeks i have bought up stuff making arcade emulation systems linking usb and hdmi switches all on wifi.
X-arcade tankstick with trackball
50000 games super x console pro
10000 games usb hdmi stick
8000 games pandoras box 3d saga.
90000 games rasberry pi3b+
17000 games rasberry pi4
Hope to build up a high end ps4 and pinball machine to go with it. Have about 600 tables roms.
Have a bunch of androids i am putting emulation station etc on wasted a bit of money but not really caring.

I would have to say weed... but not sure that is really a waste. I don't like man-made medicine so I self-medicate.

I stopped buying video games with Assassins Creed Valhalla and started putting my money into learning to make that stuff LOL.

I suppose the biggest actual waste would be my Tobacco habit. Overly taxed, I'm highly addicted, and it's killing me with each one I smoke. Serves no purpose what-so-ever. Total waste! $10.15 a day... waste!

But I do it with a smile! LOL

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NEVER a waste ! These are mine :)

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my man :2 cents:

(and never a waste)

Books. For me, my son my ex, her sister her mom and a few other people. But books mean education in one way or another and thats a great thing.

used to be books, now its wine.

Lottery tickets
Cabin rentals

marijuana

Gourmet organic food.

Books.

Headphone stuff.

Bikes. I spent a lot of my free time searching the Internet for bikes and bike stuff.

I've got 5 kids so money is wasted buying games/toys/clothes for them. In the off chance my wife and I buy things for the backyard to make it more fun since the kids are under Covid lockdown. We bought a Kazeboo and set it up so that the kids have a place to go after they got out of the pool or trampoline. I wanted to buy a smart TV for my bedroom since everyone else in the house has one but realized - when the hell do I get to even have a chance to sit and watch it??

My wife and I after we get the kids to sleep around 9pm order in baskin robins or dairy queen and just try to relax - that's about it.

I think though now that you mention it I should start putting money away for when we can travel to take all of us on a trip somewhere either Disney or Cuba (wherever) just for fun.

First, I stopped buying coffee on the go. The fucking thing was like $200 a month. Now, I have been saving it for a year and gonna blow away on the first possibility to travel down south :)

Different fishing things - rods, reels, accessories and so on...
Buying hundreds of different things that I may never use :1orglaugh Really proud of my collection :thumbsup

Domains.

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Robotron!!!!! I loved Robotron!

Is that retrofitted to play multiple arcade games?

Yep. Its running off a Pi3 atm which can be a bit slow in the menus. I'm gonna put a mini PC in at some point and run a 'coinops' version but right now its all set up exactly how I like it :)

Hardly ever shop for clothes or accessories. But I have three things I spend many thousands on each month

- Education
- Books
- And mashines

I just spend $6500 on a new earthdrill(US made - could not find one from Japan that fit) for one of my mashine, so I can dig 40cm diameter holes for plants or poles, without breaking my back.

... just love mashines that can save me time and pain

Beer and smokes

Lottery tickets

Flights and hotels to nice tropical hotspots... although put on hold for now....

Hoes at tropical hotspots
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You're breaking character, CS.

Lottery tickets - did anyone manage to win at least 1000 bucks?

Virtual Machines - I used to buy tech to see how far I could push my home machine - Now I buy an hour on a super computer and see how far I can push them instead - Crazy waste of money...

And wine of course.....

bikes and bike upgrades :)

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food and drink we don´t need, just want, and partying in general...

too much enjoyment, but what else is life for! Enjoy yourself, YOLO :2 cents:

I personally hate that sentiment - It's backwards ! YOLO. You Only Live Once...

Bullshit ! You only DIE once... You LIVE EVERY Single day !

Every morning I wake up and think - OK, NEW DAY - What shall I do? And I try to make that day as good as I possibly can. As if I might Die tomorrow...

I don't mean be silly and run up huge debts, or live as if I have zero consequences... But just live every day to my best. I don't think, 'Well I'll do that because I only live once' I think 'I'll do that because I want to...'

Not really - The clue is in my sig. If I'm being serious, I don't fly my sig (Unless I accidentally forget to switch it off)

When I'm being 'CurrentlySober' Poo sig is loud and proud!

So not 'Breaking Character' so much as being myself :thumbsup

Synthesisers, drum machines, effect units. Love it!

- Food and wine, both at home and at restaurants, precovid I would happily book an international trip for one restaurant reservation

- Snowboard gear and trips, I like to drive or fly to wherever the powder is a few times a month. Heliskiing is great fun

- I go through phases with car parts, if it's been a few months since I've spent a few grand I forget

That is so awesome! :thumbsup

Ooh, yes, I love equipment and tools, don't even have to be mechanical, just anything with the potential to facilitate productivity, doing things better/faster/more comfortably.

Never figured you to be a book worm.. who woulda :winkwink:

Food, food and food :D

Don't like to waste money, most doesnt fit in my suitcase anyway. Only want a good laptop and rent a nice house at a beach without neighbours.

Eating at restaurants and outsourcing menial tasks like lawn care, house cleaning and laundry.

Online video games... these pixels cost sometimes a fortune :)

I try not to waste money, but most of my rare discretionary dollars go to solar panels and batteries these days.

There is something fun about running on 100% solar power in the bush, WITH high speed internet.

You have your own games and you still spend money on others ?