Ok, other guy got downvoted for this very same thought, but really, $250 a day seems like kinda a lot. I guess it you count taxes, maybe? Or maybe savings? Its weirdly too low for hyperbole but too high to sound right.
My expenses with a morgage in a major city, utils, gas, daycare, transportation, insurance, food for four, and a little to savings… and even I don’t think we hit $250/day. Even without doing the math, that’s $7500 every 30 days, we definitely don’t make that much even before taxes.
Oh wait, now I see, I spend jack shit on entertainment. A perk of being addicted to playing 20 year old games on emulators, I guess. If I had normal hobbies, yeah ok I can see how that’d probably be around $250 a day on average.
Tl;dr, moral of my thought experiment, pirate the mother loving shit out of your entertainment. Arr!
Tl;dr, moral of my thought experiment, pirate the mother loving shit out of your entertainment. Arr!
What 20 year-old games would there be to emulate in 2045?! 😉
You know, at that point it’s not even emulation, just good ol’ abandonware. That, or real patient gamer discounts… which I would make fun of except it took me like 15 years to try and love Portal. Lol
In the US, maybe x)
Because we haven’t figured out how to make it cost $251 yet.
They have actually, you just don’t know it, and you’re late on your payment. The late fee? $1/day. Congrats, its now $251/day.
Aren’t you forgetting the $1 convenience fee for electronic payments? Also, they don’t take checks or cash. $252!
If you just cut out a half dozen eggs per day from your budget, you’ll be fine. And if that’s not enough. then make coffee at home and stop ordering avocado toast, too. Did you know you can also sell your plasma for money and I think they even take gay people’s blood now, too.
Fuck it. I’mma stop paying. Come repo this shit.
2025 financial advice:
- Buy a gun and you can stop your monthly payments.
Until the SWAT squad comes around.
No that’s just called the SWAT technique. It’s the cowards way out.
$250 per day is $91,250 per year. What the hell are you buying??
$250 per day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year.
$62.5k a year. That’s just enough to pay the average rent in America if you follow the 30% thing that gets taught
If you’re getting 250/day and making $62.5k/yr and paying taxes, you’re left with about $50k. Average rent is 1550/month in the US ($18600/yr). 30% of $50k is only $15000.
Working 8hrs a day at $31.25 per hr. (that’s 4.3 times the minimum wage) still doesn’t cover the 30% rule.
The 30% rule is based off AGI (adjusted gross income) which accounts for some taxes but I don’t remember which.
That’s not to say you’re wrong, by any means. Our economy is literally failing. The average person cannot meet their basic needs to survive
I have always heard that the 30% rule is based on your gross income with no account for taxes included.
I believe I’ve actually heard both, but most recently I was taught it via AGI
Ah agi makes more sense, since that’s before tax but after alimony and student loan interest payments.
It doesn’t
I don’t think they mean they’re spending $250. Like they feel the need to earn $250 every working day, otherwise they can’t pay rent or whatever. Equates to an income of $65k.
If you have dependents and live in a city, each day might be more like $500.
Those are rookie numbers if you smoke crack and shoot heroin.
This is an “I still live in my mom’s basement” comment.
Let’s tally up all your expenses, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly, and what it costs you then Mr. Knowitall.
