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(AP)   Another tear-jerking, heart-wrenching account of how the economy is forcing people to make coffee at home instead of going to Starbucks and drop expensive gym memberships in lieu of jogging for free. The horror, the horror   (ap.google.com) divider line
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Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute
2008-06-22 5:09:27 PM  
Sorry, always wanted to do that.
 
empchang
2008-06-22 5:11:05 PM  
That's just so terrible.
 
Cold1s
2008-06-22 5:11:18 PM  
My job gives me all the free coffee I can drink. And I bike to work.

I guess I'm saving...about $225 a month or so.

That's a lot of PBR
 
drharmful
2008-06-22 5:11:23 PM  
Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute: Sorry, always wanted to do that.

And you shall pay a heavy price
 
BMFPitt
2008-06-22 5:11:36 PM  
Next thing you know, people will stop buying houses that they can't even remotely afford.

I fully expect to see Congress pass a law that gives everyone in foreclosure a free house the day before I close on one.
 
ericbo84
2008-06-22 5:12:14 PM  
My work has a free gym, and I get free coffee from my mom's work next door...

It's crappy gas station coffee, but still.
 
limbodog
2008-06-22 5:12:36 PM  
On the one hand, I agree, it's silly what people pay for coffee (don't even get me started about bottled water), on the other hand, I'd be happier if people had the money to blow on stupid crap like that.
 
oldebayer
2008-06-22 5:13:53 PM  
It's not quite as side-splittingly funny as you seem to think, soontobesellingapplesmitter.

Once people start doing things for themselves and not paying others to do them, our economy goes straight to third-world level.
 
berylman [TotalFark]
2008-06-22 5:14:09 PM  
Lilly Hovis, 3, gets some help from her mother Michelle, as they cut lunch meat into shapes for a picnic at their home in Iron Station, N.C.

And this saves them money how? Is Hormel selling luncheon meat precut into little cutesy shapes or something?

/weird stuff
 
Mike_LowELL [OhFark]
2008-06-22 5:14:22 PM  
Congrats to subby, who can't understand the practicality of lifting weights as part of a fitness regimen. Your legacy as "skinny nergin" will not go unnoticed.
 
limbodog
2008-06-22 5:14:58 PM  
BMFPitt: Next thing you know, people will stop buying houses that they can't even remotely afford.

I fully expect to see Congress pass a law that gives everyone in foreclosure a free house the day before I close on one.

Congress isn't in the business of protecting Americans. Only American businesses who contribute to their campaigns. The lenders will be protected.
 
RandomKeyStrike
2008-06-22 5:15:35 PM  
BMFPitt: Next thing you know, people will stop buying houses that they can't even remotely afford.

And it's attitudes like this that keep this economy from really taking off. I suppose next you're going to suggest paying off your credit card bill in full every month, Mr. Negative...
 
the_wanderer
2008-06-22 5:15:43 PM  
FTA: Workers' wages, meanwhile, dropped for the seventh consecutive month.

This is a lot more important than the "giving up lattes." Wages are going DOWN, not up, and inflation is bad. I vote we start eating CEOs.. All in favor, raise your hand.
 
espiaboricua
2008-06-22 5:16:06 PM  
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/required in any thread like this.
 
bobbette
2008-06-22 5:16:06 PM  
Hey. In the bobbette household coffee is serious business.

Which is why I don't actually drink it at Starbucks. I go to a better expensive coffee shop...
 
TigerStar
2008-06-22 5:16:33 PM  
The USA is becoming more like China...oh, my!
 
Norad [TotalFark]
2008-06-22 5:16:33 PM  
Mike_LowELL: Congrats to subby, who can't understand the practicality of lifting weights as part of a fitness regimen. Your legacy as "skinny nergin" will not go unnoticed.

Yeah, cause you have to pay gym fees to do that.
 
KidDisaster
2008-06-22 5:16:56 PM  
Omarion? Is he.....
 
Supercheeks
2008-06-22 5:17:01 PM  
bew hew
 
ragnarqk
2008-06-22 5:17:45 PM  
I don't drink coffee and I don't exercise, so I guess I'm safe from these terrible economic cripplings.
 
ElwoodPDowd
2008-06-22 5:17:49 PM  
FTFA A $1.50 bottle of soda for each weekday of the year, for example, would add up to about $390. Now at $2 in some parts of the country, the habit comes with an annual price tag of $520. Over five years, that's $2,600

And over 1,000 years you could save more than half a million dollars!

/hates when they show small costs over a long period of time for impact.
 
paulieY2J
2008-06-22 5:17:54 PM  
I have switched from Gordons to Barton gin.
 
King Something [TotalFark]
2008-06-22 5:17:56 PM  
the_wanderer: I vote we start eating CEOs.. All in favor, raise your hand.

*raises hand*
 
Hiymenator
2008-06-22 5:18:09 PM  
Oddly enough, my gym ran "the economy sucks special" wherein you could join for $99 for the year. Not a bad deal at all.
 
ElwoodPDowd
2008-06-22 5:19:15 PM  
FTFA A $1.50 bottle of soda for each weekday of the year, for example, would add up to about $390. Now at $2 in some parts of the country, the habit comes with an annual price tag of $520. Over five years, that's $2,600

And over 1,000 this habit could cost over half a million dollars! OMG!

/hates when they show minor costs over long periods of time for impact.
 
markie_farkie [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-06-22 5:21:05 PM  
Our automatic "everything" coffee maker FTW...

[image from homepage.mac.com too old to be available]

$600 purchase about 7 years ago, worth every penny since. Do the math, all you daily Sbux visitors!
 
wmoonfox
2008-06-22 5:21:59 PM  
Yeah, because the gaping and growing rift between the upper and lower class, resulting in the rapid disappearance of the middle class, is a silly thing to talk about.
 
rocketkitty
2008-06-22 5:22:49 PM  
Holy crap! Parents are being forced to spend time with their children and plan social activities instead of relying on TV and Chuck E Cheese!
/the end is nigh
 
fat boy
2008-06-22 5:23:33 PM  
Dutch Bros coffee is superior tp Starfarks, and, they know what I want when I pull up to the window. and they are very generous with the stamps on the card
 
mybulkaddress
2008-06-22 5:23:54 PM  
ElwoodPDowd

Wait.. what?
 
Mike_LowELL [OhFark]
2008-06-22 5:24:17 PM  
Norad: Mike_LowELL: Congrats to subby, who can't understand the practicality of lifting weights as part of a fitness regimen. Your legacy as "skinny nergin" will not go unnoticed.

Yeah, cause you have to pay gym fees to do that.

Where did I say that? He compared the gym, a place you typically go to build muscle mass through lifting weights, to "jogging for free", which is medium-intensity cardio which builds very little muscle mass. That's the comparison. Don't victimize me. T.T

/Paul Anderson disapproves of your expensive weight shenanigans

I'm no meathead, but implying that jogging is a substitute for the gym is pretty stupid.
 
TempusRob
2008-06-22 5:24:37 PM  
ElwoodPDowd: /hates when they show small costs over a long period of time for impact.

Um ... why? How else are you supposed to manage your money except by understanding your cash flow over time?

There are people I work with who easily spend $5 a day on coffee and vending machine crap, and if they stepped back and looked past the next 8 hours they'd there are a multitude of things they could do with that kind of money.
 
gutter_ca/fl
2008-06-22 5:24:51 PM  
ElwoodPDowd: FTFA A $1.50 bottle of soda for each weekday of the year, for example, would add up to about $390. Now at $2 in some parts of the country, the habit comes with an annual price tag of $520. Over five years, that's $2,600

And over 1,000 years you could save more than half a million dollars!

/hates when they show small costs over a long period of time for impact.

It's a good thing you worded this slightly differently, so as to not be repetitive.


/over two postings, it makes half as much sense!
 
Godscrack
2008-06-22 5:25:07 PM  
Try jogging in my neighborhood outofshapemitter
 
Life_is_a_carnivore
2008-06-22 5:25:40 PM  
berylman: Lilly Hovis, 3, gets some help from her mother Michelle, as they cut lunch meat into shapes for a picnic at their home in Iron Station, N.C.

And this saves them money how? Is Hormel selling luncheon meat precut into little cutesy shapes or something?

/weird stuff

I guess you haven't seen the snacky lunch kits for kids complete with cheese, meat, and crackers ??

Shapes !!
 
CaptainBeer
2008-06-22 5:25:44 PM  
Running on a treadmill isn't as good as ACTUAL running. You move NONE of your mass forward. You're just moving your legs ( Ialmost wrote kegs there. Funny, that)

Not saying you're not exercising, but you get a better workout when you mve your position in the world.

/lazy slob
//was once in peak condition
///100 years ago
 
Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute
2008-06-22 5:25:48 PM  
drharmful: Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute: Sorry, always wanted to do that.

And you shall pay a heavy price

It's like sky diving or surf boarding right?
everybody has to try it once.? no?
 
medius [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-06-22 5:26:06 PM  
i just don't think i'll be able to afford a new mink love glove this year
 
TempusRob
2008-06-22 5:26:08 PM  
TempusRob: they'd there are

Meh...

they'd see that there are ...
 
captain_napalm
2008-06-22 5:26:13 PM  
my god - HOW WILL WE SURVIVE AS A SOCIETY?!?!?!?!? this is, like, so much worse than when people donated beds to make bullets!

/wait... no it isn't.
//leftists STFU - we're the greatest nation and will remain so despite you.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-06-22 5:27:06 PM  
Mike_LowELL: I'm no meathead, but implying that jogging is a substitute for the gym is pretty stupid.

That's funny--I was just thinking it was pretty stupid to assume there's nothing you can do at a gym but lift weights.
 
Rye_
2008-06-22 5:27:18 PM  
markie_farkie: Our automatic "everything" coffee maker FTW...

$600 purchase about 7 years ago, worth every penny since. Do the math, all you daily Sbux visitors!

That's pretty and probably makes delicious coffee, but my $30 model plus a container of French Vanilla CoffeeMate is about all I need. Foam is overrated.
 
Oznog
2008-06-22 5:27:38 PM  
Didn't they do a bunch of connoisseur blind taste tests and come to the conclusion that McDonalds coffee was actually better than Starbucks?
 
janks369
2008-06-22 5:27:43 PM  
ElwoodPDowd: FTFA A $1.50 bottle of soda for each weekday of the year, for example, would add up to about $390. Now at $2 in some parts of the country, the habit comes with an annual price tag of $520. Over five years, that's $2,600

And over 1,000 this habit could cost over half a million dollars! OMG!

/hates when they show minor costs over long periods of time for impact.

it's b/c many americans are too dumb to do simple math. they don't realize that wasting 5 or $10 a day on dumb sh*t adds up to a lot of money over time.

/f*ck vending machines, starbucks, and most fast food
 
dave2198
2008-06-22 5:28:38 PM  
Godscrack

Try jogging in my neighborhood outofshapemitter

They have these wonderful new machines that will let you jog in any neighborhood:

treadmilladviser.comView Full Size
 
Adolf_Hilton
2008-06-22 5:29:36 PM  
King Something: the_wanderer: I vote we start eating CEOs.. All in favor, raise your hand.

*raises hand*

At 30 or so pounds of good meat per person (trust me on this one), the two of you will need to eat about 1 CEO per month (12 per year, 120 per decade). You'll go through the whole Fortune 100 list before the end of the Obama Administration, and that includes Buffett, Murdoch, and Ballmer - blech.

You'd be better off eating the poor. They're more numerous, so you'd get a better selection, and tend to be softer and flabbier, for easier chewing.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-06-22 5:29:55 PM  
dave2198: They have these wonderful new machines that will let you jog in any neighborhood:

Does it come with the hot brunette? I'll take two.
 
Atypical Person Reading Fark
2008-06-22 5:30:09 PM  
First, they came for the Starbucks workers, but I didn't care. Then all the gyms closed down and the personal trainers went on unemployment. Then, people stopped getting haircuts and the salons all went under.

Almost no one noticed, of course, the disappearance of the pool cleaning boys, home delivery of pizza (always a favorite occupation of the suddenly employed - now gone!).

The want-ads are full of jobs: prison guard, code enforcement worker, part-timer pothole fixer.

There was, however, one occupation that seemed to never dry up, never go out of business - a bit impacted by the number of new and eager workers, but still...

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Bohemian
2008-06-22 5:31:30 PM  
But but if your not driving around in your H2 with a Starbucks in your hand in between leaving the gym, going to the mall and taking your kids to Chuck E Cheeze you must be poor or failing at your career!
 
mrapier
2008-06-22 5:31:33 PM  
Our nightly news just had a segment about more "pasta and potatoes" being purchased, similar to what Americans did during the Great Depression. I swear to gawd.
 
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