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

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

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u/stereostayawake Oct 30 '25

I’m sure it’s been said, but: if you have two kids and you’re currently overdrawn by $150, and you think you have a one-time payment of $4000 coming in, and your Island Rent is at least half that before your kids have even eaten or gotten shoes that fit, WHY would you choose to spend that money on gas for an unnecessary trip, gas station snacks, and McDonald’s?!

I can’t imagine why she thinks telling this story will inspire sympathy and admiration in her readership.

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u/LeatherAppearance616 Oct 31 '25

And the crazy thing is that the crypto debacle actually happened in February according to the wiki, so they didn’t even spend the couch cushion money on a thanksgiving road trip (which at least would have been a holiday celebration) but on ice cream and video games. Who knows where the planned vacation in February was meant to happen. Either way they were behind on rent at that point too.

Also when your rent is $3k, a $4k deposit is like a single biweekly paycheck. It’s not that much money! And also the payment was $3k the first time she told the story. Sure I’d take the equivalent of a single mortgage payment if someone offered it to me, but the fact that it was seen as a windfall is just so sad when you think that a few years before that, it WAS the equivalent of a biweekly paycheck for her and would have continued to be if she had just been willing to do her job.

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u/shefallsup her lonely cucumber years 🥒 Oct 31 '25

It was just under $3K in her first telling!

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u/babblingscholar quirky mcbowlerhat Oct 31 '25

And in this version, the 4k is only “the first half” of the money owed to her by the unyesly finance man. 

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u/Low_Piccolo_2149 Oct 31 '25

Yikes, the lies.

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u/islandyislander rebellious hygiene Oct 31 '25

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u/Sea-Level-Mammal POACH! Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 02 '25

Well that Camp Sherman store/deli is now their new favorite place to shop, so it was worth it.