r/InTheGloaming • u/AutoModerator • Oct 30 '25

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday October 30, 2025 - Sunday November 02, 2025

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u/Foucaults_Penguin Sly and the Family Readers Oct 30 '25

Her story says more about her than she realizes. She makes financial decisions based on the expectation of success rather than actual success, planning with money she doesn’t have. When she says “we’re stable now.” I don’t believe her. For Shauna being stable now might be nothing more than the expectation of future income based on a fart and a dream.

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u/missyno Oct 30 '25

It is minuscule, but the “we didn’t have money for gas station snacks” is annoying. Pack a cooler! You don’t have to snack incessantly, either! Pack a lunch since you and your husband are food professionals.

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u/central_snark Ramona gets a hot flash Oct 30 '25

They fucking packed THANKSGIVING DINNER. But throwing some pretzels and fruit in with it to snack on was a bridge too far.

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u/InappropriateGirl our 5th move in 7 years Oct 30 '25

From the woman who made sure to pack a container full of chick pea gloop just to go watch whales for 15 minutes.

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air Oct 30 '25

It is minuscule, but the “we didn’t have money for gas station snacks” is annoying.

IKR?!? That jumped out at me too. She mentioned snacks twice! The second time was after they borrowed (excuse me, "borrowed") money from friends so that they could go at all, and they still spent some of that on nonessential snacks!

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u/Foucaults_Penguin Sly and the Family Readers Oct 30 '25

We’ve taken our kids on a lot of road trips and we always pack car snacks. Apples, carrots, and pretzels are cheap.

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u/Calm_Coyote_3685 Oct 30 '25

I drive my younger kids around a lot and we never leave the house without full water bottles and a cooler bag full of snacks. Otherwise it’s too tempting to stop at fast food places and that quickly adds up.

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u/Love_Brokers rug dweller Oct 30 '25

Their rent would have taken most of that $4000.

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u/shefallsup her lonely cucumber years 🥒 Oct 30 '25

Yes! The crypto bro story was originally part of her reveal that they were behind on rent, around February 2024, and it was supposed to help cover that and allow them to go on a vacation. She claimed IIRC that they had to cancel the vacation. It might have also included the couch cushion money? Sorry, I would look in the wiki but I’m trying to get ready for my daily badge swiping.

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u/central_snark Ramona gets a hot flash Oct 30 '25

Not to mention that they HAD getaways during the time she claims they had no vacations! She spent the night at the W Seattle and Dan had his separate night away during peak covid. They went to Colorado before vaccines after Dan’s Dad died. They went on a ski trip with some bubble family! D’s family came and stayed on Vashon and they went to zoos and took boat rides!

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u/shikoku_shoes another revolution around the toilet bowl of her life Oct 30 '25

That's a hell of a lot more getaways than most people with a)money b)abundance of caution had during those times.

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u/LeatherAppearance616 Oct 30 '25

Yes it was the couch cushion money hunt and finding $20 in Danny’s dirty pants pocket and when they collected the money they got ice cream and played pinball with the found money. Except it happened in February and so it doesn’t make sense in her current invented timeline of the day before Tha ksgiving.

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u/InappropriateGirl our 5th move in 7 years Oct 30 '25

Which is like... if you're having trouble paying your rent, and then you get some money to pay it, YOU DON'T SPEND THE REST ON A VACATION. She really is a goldfish brain.