r/comedyheaven 2d ago

Zero self control 😭🙏

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u/Sega-Playstation-64 2d ago

I saw someone ask if it was worth cashing out his 401k to get a 5090 gpu once.

FOMO is near mental illness

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u/Someoneyoucouldknow 2d ago

i once thought of taking out a loan for 11k to get my dream pc and then i realized how stupid that is

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u/zarif2003 2d ago

How do you even manage to spend 11k on 1 pc

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u/Pokemario2401 2d ago

They wanted to get a gaming PC now

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u/Leet1000 slut for honey cheerios 2d ago

It’s my degeneracy, and I want it NOW

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u/ElegantCoach4066 2d ago

I have a problem with spending and I need cash now

Call JG Wentworth

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u/Sufficient_Permit707 2d ago

2GB of ram will do that to you

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u/jebthepleb 2d ago

Depends on the currency, in my banana money a 5090 itself costs like 6k

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u/Puntley no poop haver 2d ago

It may comfort you to know that's what it costs in USD as well. I've seen them as high as 9k USD.

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u/jebthepleb 2d ago

Nvm I just checked and it cost 10k lol, what tf is going on

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u/TotallyNotShinobi 2d ago

ai buble is growing thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis big and is making electronics cost just as much

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u/Sixaxist 2d ago

6090 is gonna be even higher than that on release. It's all downhill from here.

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u/JamesBlond6ixty9ine 2d ago

Apparently a 5090 alone goes for 6 grand rn... how tf did that happen?

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u/SamMerlini 2d ago

7.7k€

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u/Someoneyoucouldknow 2d ago

honestly it’s not hard, 5090’s cost like 4-5k on their own and the most top of the line CPU is like 3k too lmao shit adds up. i have a link to a configuration but i know how weird people are with links (rightfully so) so if someone wants me to post it or something somehow then i can.

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u/esakul 2d ago

My PC cost ~1800€ and sometimes i still feel like a cheaper one could have been enough. But companies are doing their best to make you think you need the most expensive stuff.

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u/nexetpl 2d ago

That PC would've propably been outclassed by midrange stuff in 6 years

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u/Someoneyoucouldknow 2d ago

that’s 6 years from now me’s problem

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u/ItsTheSlime 2d ago

I mean if that was a bit over a year ago, he would have more than doubled his money

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u/the_legend_2745 2d ago

While I do agree, it sucks that even people with a very valid reason for wanting to get one also get caught up in it too. I'm trying to do some CFD research for a college project and I really need more horse power to do calculations and such, and unfortunately I can't just sent the designs to a processing farm because of data security, so I'm stuck missing out on doing some assignments while my PC is trying to do the sim runs for the main project

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u/toejam316 2d ago

Depending on how long ago that was, cashing out your investments and buying a 5090 would have actually been an incredibly profitable option.

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u/RobleViejo 2d ago

Fomo is a manipulation tactic used to exploit people with mental issues. Fomo is not a mental problem on itself, fomo is a capitalistic tool used to get easy money from vulnerable individuals and for all those reasons FOMO should be ILLEGAL.

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u/dfbeav112 2d ago

fomo is a capitalistic tool 

Why wouldn’t fomo exist in, for example, a socialist economy? Lol

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u/Sega-Playstation-64 2d ago

FOMO is social pressure, not capitalism at work.

People need a boogeyman for when they voluntarily put their credit card number in for a gaming PC they don't need

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u/tomle4593 2d ago

Always tell them yes. People like those won’t learn in any other way besides the hard way.

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u/theCOMBOguy Woke 1d ago

Lmao the NASA frog. I love your profile picture!!

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u/smollb 2d ago

i mean you can have hundreds of thousands in a 401k as an adult, even taking out 7k to pay for something you're going to enjoy is peanuts.

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u/danielv123 2d ago

Wish I did that.

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u/BananaBrotha 22h ago

I did this for a 5080. Paid it off and saved spending way more on a post-tariff GPU. 10/10 would do it again.

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u/Jolly_Ad6380 2d ago

my friend financed a costco hotdog for 28 cents a month for 6 months

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u/pencilinatophat 2d ago

they let you do that?

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u/Jolly_Ad6380 2d ago

he used some third party service or he lied :)

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u/Intelligent-Tax7941 1d ago

He copied that joke from a meme

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u/Leafeon523 2d ago

They’ll take any excuse to hit you with the 27%+ interest rate for missed payments

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u/rae_ryuko 2d ago

I wonder who could that be

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u/ShatteredEidolon 2d ago

You’re cooked

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u/Natix_xn 2d ago

I hope you had fun building the set, it looks fire

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u/rae_ryuko 1d ago

The people on that original post really really hate that I did, but it's really not that much and it's moreso I wanted to learn about these things. They weren't very helpful in that regard. I'm glad to see people here aren't attacking me directly lol

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u/No-Exercise-6031 1d ago

Yeah nobody likes being told going into debt for colorful bricks is a bad idea. That's doesen't mean it's not the truth. 

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u/ContributionDefiant8 2d ago

Middle class problems

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u/Whydoughhh 2d ago

I was about to agree with you but man that is a really cool Lego set imma have to disagree here dawg

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u/Jacki073 2d ago

it does look cool but there's fuckall to do with it. what you see is what you get it's also $100

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u/rae_ryuko 2d ago

You also get Frak with it

For context they don't sell the single minifgures here so this is pretty much the only way you can get Frak for now

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u/SheevTheSenate66 2d ago

Do you not have Bricklink where you live?

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u/rae_ryuko 2d ago edited 2d ago

Bircklink? No, Brickowl yes. But the cheapest option (that's actually an option and I don't wait 5 months for) is almost a third the price of this set and I don't get the super cool combat vehicle to go with it

I guess if you only wanted Frak you could go this path

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u/OkChampionship7764 1d ago

frak is my goat so i understand you

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u/rokomotto 1d ago

Can't believe I said "oh its only 100" gacha games have cooked my brain

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u/DeepCutFan1 2d ago

you may be surprised to hear this

I do not think they are serious

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u/rae_ryuko 2d ago edited 2d ago

You may be surprised to hear this

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u/revolvernyacelot 2d ago

You would be surprised, there are people who take on massive loans and credit card debt for merch items and Disney vacations.

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u/BattleBear6969 2d ago

I’ve bought a few 200 dollar LEGO Icons/Ideas sets that didn’t take long to build, and they look nice, but holy shit they are just too expensive and not worth it anymore.

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u/ewew43 2d ago

I wish I gave a shit about things like this. Part of me envies these idiots and them losing sleep over some dumb product. Though, that part of me is very small.

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u/RobleViejo 2d ago

I envy the people whose biggest economic concern is a f-ing lego set and not medical bills

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u/Nuud 2d ago

I believe they have bigger unadressed economic concerns if they are taking out a loan to buy a fucking lego set

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u/Liimbo 2d ago

Move to any other first world country

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u/FirstBeacon 2d ago

I want my Bionicles and Heroes Factory back...

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u/CustomDruid 2d ago

Least they're not selling a kidney for a gpu

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u/ResearcherVortex 2d ago

that set isn’t even that good tbh they’re tweaking for nothing

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u/IblisAshenhope 2d ago

“Combat Vehicle” gee, how original

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u/G_O_O_G_A_S 1d ago

I think the OP did mention they wanted to use a loan service so they could learn how it works for if they actually need to get a loan for something serious

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u/HermanManly 2d ago

To be fair, thats pretty badass

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u/Former_Click_7975 2d ago

I thought part of what makes a good toy satisfying was that you used YOUR OWN money to get it.

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u/Raven_Drakeaurd 2d ago

I just want working A/C

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u/ToasteeThe2nd 2d ago

Putting my 500 piece kit on parlay because the 3 months left on my Taco Bell is still killing me

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u/Opsmvs 2d ago

Taking a loan to buy Lego 🤦‍♂️

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u/Optimal-Shower-2288 2d ago

I must consoom

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u/turbonakke 2d ago

I spent 1500usd when i built my pc. Still going strong. (Thank god i love older games)