Overheard on Facebook

[WerKater]

YYYY-MM-DD or GTFO

Relevant XKCD:


DD/MM/YYYY (or DD.MM.YYYY as is the default in Germany) is not good. MM/DD/YYYY is insanity. That is like saying the number 547 is to be understood as "5*10 + 4*1 + 7*100"

Also, "friday night" is not a concept that I understand since it is not well-defined. Every night is part of two days. So in my opinion it should be the night "from friday to saturday".

[turketron]

Also, "friday night" is not a concept that I understand since it is not well-defined. Every night is part of two days. So in my opinion it should be the night "from friday to saturday".

So wouldn't "Friday night" refer to the portion of that night that takes place on Friday, as opposed to the portion that takes place on Saturday morning (or for that matter, the portion of Friday that takes place earlier in the day)?

[dragoncar]

"Hey bro, what day is it?"

"Year 2018, july the 17th"

"fuck off, wierdo"

"Does not compute, robot has no genitalia"

"fight me"

"don't make me sort you into ascending alphabetical order"

[Paul der Krake]

DD/MM/YYYY (or DD.MM.YYYY as is the default in Germany) is not good. MM/DD/YYYY is insanity. That is like saying the number 547 is to be understood as "5*10 + 4*1 + 7*100"

Right, everyone knows the right way to say 547 is five hundred seven and forty.

[ysette9]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

[Polaria]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

[TheGrimSqueaker]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

When did "quatre-vingts" die out?

[FireHiker]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

When did "quatre-vingts" die out?

quatre-vingt isn't used anymore? What's used for eighty then? Wow I'm getting old if my high school French is no longer up to date!

[Hirondelle]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

When did "quatre-vingts" die out?

quatre-vingt isn't used anymore? What's used for eighty then? Wow I'm getting old if my high school French is no longer up to date!

As you might notice, the poster is Belgian-French

[FireHiker]

As you might notice, the poster is Belgian-French

I did notice, actually; I just wasn't aware that Belgian-French differed from French-French. I was actually in both Belgium and France back in April and was able to get by for the most part with my mediocre high school French. I'm going to have to google the number differences now.

Sorry to have derailed...to get back on track here's a minor Overheard on Facebook:

My friend from high school who doesn't make the best financial choices and always has to buy STUFF posted this morning. She leaves for Sweden tomorrow (really hoping her parents paid for the trip as they usually do since she does not have the money, which is another matter entirely) and tagged me and another friend saying she is going to the ABBA museum and what did we want from the gift shop. (We loved ABBA in high school...). She knows I'm not into "stuff" and trying to minimize and be frugal, so my response was "just take a picture of yourself there for me". It's nice and thoughtful of her, but she is always going to be an over-consumer. :(

[SwordGuy]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

When did "quatre-vingts" die out?

quatre-vingt isn't used anymore? What's used for eighty then? Wow I'm getting old if my high school French is no longer up to date!

Pointing out that quatre-vingt LITERALLY means four-twenty...  :)

[TheGrimSqueaker]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

When did "quatre-vingts" die out?

quatre-vingt isn't used anymore? What's used for eighty then? Wow I'm getting old if my high school French is no longer up to date!

Pointing out that quatre-vingt LITERALLY means four-twenty...  :)

It's why the French people are so happy and why they take such long vacations.

[ysette9]

Pretty much unrelated side comment: our house number is 420 and our next door neighbor smokes pot all the time. It can get annoying having to close my windows to keep my babies from breathing in secondhand smoke. He has a lot of time on his hands though because he is retired. :-)

[dycker1978]

So I don't spend much time on Facebook anymore, and thus have not had anything to post in quite some time... but this gem rolled across my Facebook this morning.... it is pretty amazing.

Friend posts how she has spent the last 10 years digging out of the mountain of debt that she had gotten herself under at one point, now she is going to celebrate.  This makes sense to me, celebrate success right?

So I meander over to her profile to see if I could see what shenanigans she got up to.  A post that is labeled two hours later has her sitting in her brand new, financed, dodge ram 1500.  So to celebrate getting out of debt, she got into more debt on a clown car.

SMH

[Just Joe]

Yeah but she put the old debt to rest, this is new debt. Entirely different! ;)

[better late]

So I don't spend much time on Facebook anymore, and thus have not had anything to post in quite some time... but this gem rolled across my Facebook this morning.... it is pretty amazing.

Friend posts how she has spent the last 10 years digging out of the mountain of debt that she had gotten herself under at one point, now she is going to celebrate.  This makes sense to me, celebrate success right?

So I meander over to her profile to see if I could see what shenanigans she got up to.  A post that is labeled two hours later has her sitting in her brand new, financed, dodge ram 1500.  So to celebrate getting out of debt, she got into more debt on a clown car.

SMH

Oh Geeze.  It's really hard to believe someone would do that. Unless "digging out of the mountain of debt" means consolidating it and rolling over one vehicle loan to another.

[Hedge_87]

So I don't spend much time on Facebook anymore, and thus have not had anything to post in quite some time... but this gem rolled across my Facebook this morning.... it is pretty amazing.

Friend posts how she has spent the last 10 years digging out of the mountain of debt that she had gotten herself under at one point, now she is going to celebrate.  This makes sense to me, celebrate success right?

So I meander over to her profile to see if I could see what shenanigans she got up to.  A post that is labeled two hours later has her sitting in her brand new, financed, dodge ram 1500.  So to celebrate getting out of debt, she got into more debt on a clown car.

SMH

Oh Geeze.  It's really hard to believe someone would do that. Unless "digging out of the mountain of debt" means consolidating it and rolling over one vehicle loan to another.

Periodically guys come in with a new truck and brag about how they had the car dealer sweating. How they wanted the new truck while trading the old truck that still isn’t paid off and keep their payments the same. I’ve tried to tell them the car dealer is more interested in financing the new vehicle to you to keep you in payments forever. This is met with resistance. Then I get the following excuses

Our 5 year old vehicle had 50k miles on it and we need something reliable

You’ll always have a car payment that’s just a fact of life

I wanted to trade the old vehicle off while it was still worth something

These are the same guys that get upset when they don’t get called in for overtime work. I’ve given up they can live paycheck to paycheck and complain the whole time they are doing it lol

[Davnasty]

So I don't spend much time on Facebook anymore, and thus have not had anything to post in quite some time... but this gem rolled across my Facebook this morning.... it is pretty amazing.

Friend posts how she has spent the last 10 years digging out of the mountain of debt that she had gotten herself under at one point, now she is going to celebrate.  This makes sense to me, celebrate success right?

So I meander over to her profile to see if I could see what shenanigans she got up to.  A post that is labeled two hours later has her sitting in her brand new, financed, dodge ram 1500.  So to celebrate getting out of debt, she got into more debt on a clown car.

SMH

Oh Geeze.  It's really hard to believe someone would do that. Unless "digging out of the mountain of debt" means consolidating it and rolling over one vehicle loan to another.

Periodically guys come in with a new truck and brag about how they had the car dealer sweating. How they wanted the new truck while trading the old truck that still isn’t paid off and keep their payments the same. I’ve tried to tell them the car dealer is more interested in financing the new vehicle to you to keep you in payments forever. This is met with resistance. Then I get the following excuses

Our 5 year old vehicle had 50k miles on it and we need something reliable

You’ll always have a car payment that’s just a fact of life

I wanted to trade the old vehicle off while it was still worth something

These are the same guys that get upset when they don’t get called in for overtime work. I’ve given up they can live paycheck to paycheck and complain the whole time they are doing it lol

These are all ridiculous excuses of course, but that last one makes me short circuit. "But, it's not, you still... Math!"

[ysette9]

My dear friend who is otherwise really smart got into credit card debt. He and his wife started using YNAB and wiped it out by sticking to an budget. I was really proud of them and hoping that once it was gone they would then start saving that extra monthly cash flow.
Nope, he said they are now spending it all on a leased electric vehicle. ~sigh~
He has also mentioned he would like to upgrade their housing from the 2/2 condo they currently have as the kids get bigger. I mentioned something casual about using the next several years to save up for a down payment and he admitted that they don’t do that, their plan was to just hope money appeared somehow.

[Just Joe]

So wishing is a valid adult strategy? I had no idea...

[BDWW]

So wishing is a valid adult strategy? I had no idea...

Well, I don't waste my wishes on silly stuff I can actually get myself. I use my wishes for things like super powers.

[ysette9]

So wishing is a valid adult strategy? I had no idea...

For me it is. Every night at bedtime I cross my fingers and wish for a peaceful night’s sleep with no kiddos waking up and screaming. :)

Admittedly, I do a lot less wishing when it comes to my finances.

[Hedge_87]

So I don't spend much time on Facebook anymore, and thus have not had anything to post in quite some time... but this gem rolled across my Facebook this morning.... it is pretty amazing.

Friend posts how she has spent the last 10 years digging out of the mountain of debt that she had gotten herself under at one point, now she is going to celebrate.  This makes sense to me, celebrate success right?

So I meander over to her profile to see if I could see what shenanigans she got up to.  A post that is labeled two hours later has her sitting in her brand new, financed, dodge ram 1500.  So to celebrate getting out of debt, she got into more debt on a clown car.

SMH

Oh Geeze.  It's really hard to believe someone would do that. Unless "digging out of the mountain of debt" means consolidating it and rolling over one vehicle loan to another.

Periodically guys come in with a new truck and brag about how they had the car dealer sweating. How they wanted the new truck while trading the old truck that still isn’t paid off and keep their payments the same. I’ve tried to tell them the car dealer is more interested in financing the new vehicle to you to keep you in payments forever. This is met with resistance. Then I get the following excuses

Our 5 year old vehicle had 50k miles on it and we need something reliable

You’ll always have a car payment that’s just a fact of life

I wanted to trade the old vehicle off while it was still worth something

These are the same guys that get upset when they don’t get called in for overtime work. I’ve given up they can live paycheck to paycheck and complain the whole time they are doing it lol

These are all ridiculous excuses of course, but that last one makes me short circuit. "But, it's not, you still... Math!"

That one is my favorite too!! As I said before these guys beg and plead for overtime. Then when they actually get some they complain cause it’s “taxed at a higher rate”. I tried dispelling that myth once... never again lol

[Raymond Reddington]

So I don't spend much time on Facebook anymore, and thus have not had anything to post in quite some time... but this gem rolled across my Facebook this morning.... it is pretty amazing.

Friend posts how she has spent the last 10 years digging out of the mountain of debt that she had gotten herself under at one point, now she is going to celebrate.  This makes sense to me, celebrate success right?

So I meander over to her profile to see if I could see what shenanigans she got up to.  A post that is labeled two hours later has her sitting in her brand new, financed, dodge ram 1500.  So to celebrate getting out of debt, she got into more debt on a clown car.

SMH

Oh Geeze.  It's really hard to believe someone would do that. Unless "digging out of the mountain of debt" means consolidating it and rolling over one vehicle loan to another.

Periodically guys come in with a new truck and brag about how they had the car dealer sweating. How they wanted the new truck while trading the old truck that still isn’t paid off and keep their payments the same. I’ve tried to tell them the car dealer is more interested in financing the new vehicle to you to keep you in payments forever. This is met with resistance. Then I get the following excuses

Our 5 year old vehicle had 50k miles on it and we need something reliable

You’ll always have a car payment that’s just a fact of life

I wanted to trade the old vehicle off while it was still worth something

These are the same guys that get upset when they don’t get called in for overtime work. I’ve given up they can live paycheck to paycheck and complain the whole time they are doing it lol

These are all ridiculous excuses of course, but that last one makes me short circuit. "But, it's not, you still... Math!"

That one is my favorite too!! As I said before these guys beg and plead for overtime. Then when they actually get some they complain cause it’s “taxed at a higher rate”. I tried dispelling that myth once... never again lol

If your profile didn't say KS, i'd swear we were coworkers. I hear that all the time about the overtime. Killing themselves for it and doing nothing of consequence with it. Just new cars, cruises, expensive trips to mediocre parts of the world where they "live large" on the resort, and stupid club style events with coworkers with dumb dj names, for people who are way too old for that shit.

[BTDretire]

The pointers and squatters referenced here are the people who are going to use the bathrooms, not the facilities themselves. (ie: Male = pointer; Female = squatter)

It might also be phrased that way to be more accepting to transgender people. Heck, I know cis men who prefer to sit to pee.

 Ya, I doubt that, I saw these labels over 40 years ago in a hunting lodge type building.
 I think PC thinking has gone too far when these labels need to be explained!
Accepting different is fine, but you should still know the anatomical difference between
the common man and woman.

[prudent_one]

I hear that all the time about the overtime. Killing themselves for it and doing nothing of consequence with it.

Ah, this reminded me of a co-worker from long ago.  He had been working there a long time and I was a snot-nosed "summer worker" kid, May-August. He told me he squirreled away every dime from overtime pay and if I ever had the chance I should do the same. It wasn't a lucrative gig but it was unionized and for the times, it paid pretty good for an office non-managerial job, and the OT opportunities were usually plentiful (maybe another 10-18 hours/week, equal to roughly a 30-35% pay boost on average if you worked it all (and he did, for many years).

When he turned 58, he gave his 2 week notice and left. Never said he was retiring, just that he was quitting.  In those days there was no concept of ER. What were people saying? He must have gotten some terrible illness, had a mental breakdown, some scandal must have happened and made him move away, all kinds of fanciful thoughts.

I found out from friends-of-friends that he actually did simply ER, powered by those years of saved OT pay (and his pension).  But he never told co-workers he was actually retiring. It would have make their heads explode, that kind of thing just couldn't happen to a Joe Six-pack. Who could imagine someone would voluntarily walk away from a job when you're making the highest salary of your career?

It was the first I ever heard (or imagined) it was conceivable that one might not need to work to age 65.

But thinking of the other people in the office, he made the right move in not saying he was retiring early. They would have been bitter and resentful and probably accuse him of criminal activity.

[marty998]

I am really disappointed. Devastated even. I hate picking on mustachians but this cut deep for whatever reason.

On the Mustache Australia FB page of all places. Someone put up a screen cap of their TV showing the Tour De France with the caption "Ever since I discovered mustachianism I love watching this" (paraphrased). I clicked "Like" on that post.

I shit you not the first comment was "what does this have to do with MMM?"

I mean really.

BIKES BIKES BIKES BIKES BIKES BIKES BIKES

As far as the eye can see!!!

Sometimes I shake my head and wonder.

[Little Aussie Battler]

Those bikes probably cost $10-20k each, so I don't think the link is that obvious.

For me the TDF is a reminder that almost any hobby or lifestyle choice can be expensive if you let it.

[Kyle Schuant]

The TdF bears the same relationship to cycling for commuting as Formula One does to driving for commuting.


Most racing is inherently anti-frugal. You run, ride or drive in circles, coming back to where you started. Nothing could better symbolise the modern consumerist economy than a competition in who can spend vast amounts of energy and money to go nowhere the fastest.

[AlanStache]

Racing has been a good force for the development of new tech that eventually filters down to normal consumer options.  I would expect that Formula E and that Pikes Peak electric are using tech that will find there way into cars I will buy (second hand) in future years.  No doubt that conspicuous consumption plays a part in the early version of the consumer tech but I am not to opposed to letting others pay for the development costs of my stuff :-)

[The Fake Cheap]

Our 5 year old vehicle had 50k miles on it and we need something reliable

You’ll always have a car payment that’s just a fact of life

I wanted to trade the old vehicle off while it was still worth something

These are the same guys that get upset when they don’t get called in for overtime work. I’ve given up they can live paycheck to paycheck and complain the whole time they are doing it lol

I had a friend fall for this recently.  He traded in his 4 or 5 year old car because it had 98,000 KM on it or something like that, so the salesman convinced him that he should trade it in now (towards a new car of course) while "it has maximum value, before it hits 100,000 KMs.  Of course the car he was trading in wasn't paid off, so the payments were conveniently added to the new car loan!  Yay!!  *Facepam*

[one piece at a time]

On Facebook somebody got offended because they received a face punch and were forced to question why they were following societies latest trends rather than reviewing core values and doing a solid cost benefit analysis.

Facebook is the worst.

[jambongris]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

When did "quatre-vingts" die out?

quatre-vingt isn't used anymore? What's used for eighty then? Wow I'm getting old if my high school French is no longer up to date!

The always entertaining Numberphile on odd numbers from a linguistic perspective. Quatre-vingt has nothing on Danish 58.

[NorthernDreamer]

I am a member of an anti-MLM group on Facebook, and it is usually hilarious (and sad). [MLM = multi level marketing] Someone posted about a book to do with "Retiring Your Husband" written by an MLM'er - and this was a comment. The IRP are angry!

"Step 1.... Write a book and scam people into buying it. This reminds me of that idiot guy that goes by Mr. Money Mustache. He makes all his followers believe he and his wife retired at 30 or something like that and they only do the odd job here and there but never once does he admit how much money he makes from his site or from his endorsement deals. It's absolutely disgusting."

[dragoncar]

I am a member of an anti-MLM group on Facebook, and it is usually hilarious (and sad). [MLM = multi level marketing] Someone posted about a book to do with "Retiring Your Husband" written by an MLM'er - and this was a comment. The IRP are angry!

"Step 1.... Write a book and scam people into buying it. This reminds me of that idiot guy that goes by Mr. Money Mustache. He makes all his followers believe he and his wife retired at 30 or something like that and they only do the odd job here and there but never once does he admit how much money he makes from his site or from his endorsement deals. It's absolutely disgusting."

Wait, MMM wrote a book?

[barbaz]

At least, unlike MLM, MMM works as a get rich scheme. So whatever money Pete made off me probably had the best ROI I’ll ever get.

[KodeBlue]

I am a member of an anti-MLM group on Facebook, and it is usually hilarious (and sad). [MLM = multi level marketing "most lose money"]

Edited for clarity. :)

[I'm a red panda]

Those bikes probably cost $10-20k each, so I don't think the link is that obvious.

For me the TDF is a reminder that almost any hobby or lifestyle choice can be expensive if you let it.

How much of their own money does anyone in that race spend?  While some of them likely receive only a small salary- aren't all of them paid to be doing this?  If anything, isn't the message that a job you love is the one to take?

[Polaria]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

When did "quatre-vingts" die out?

quatre-vingt isn't used anymore? What's used for eighty then? Wow I'm getting old if my high school French is no longer up to date!

Huh? I was talking only about number 95, not 80? Did I miss something?

[RetiredAt63]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

When did "quatre-vingts" die out?

quatre-vingt isn't used anymore? What's used for eighty then? Wow I'm getting old if my high school French is no longer up to date!

Huh? I was talking only about number 95, not 80? Did I miss something?

You mean quatre-vingt quinze?

[Polaria]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

When did "quatre-vingts" die out?

quatre-vingt isn't used anymore? What's used for eighty then? Wow I'm getting old if my high school French is no longer up to date!

Huh? I was talking only about number 95, not 80? Did I miss something?

You mean quatre-vingt quinze?

Let me rephrase my original post: in Belgium we do not use quatre-vingt quinze (four-twenty fifteen) for 95 but nonante-cinq, which is literally ninety-five. 80 is quatre-vingts in both Belgium and France.

[TheGrimSqueaker]

Well, in French (French French at least, not Belgian French) 95 is « four-twenty fifteen » and other such fun things. :)

We're indeed using the "ninety-five" (nonante-cinq) form over here.

When did "quatre-vingts" die out?

quatre-vingt isn't used anymore? What's used for eighty then? Wow I'm getting old if my high school French is no longer up to date!

Huh? I was talking only about number 95, not 80? Did I miss something?

You mean quatre-vingt quinze?

Let me rephrase my original post: in Belgium we do not use quatre-vingt quinze (four-twenty fifteen) for 95 but nonante-cinq, which is literally ninety-five. 80 is quatre-vingts in both Belgium and France.

I like "nonante" instead of "quatre-vingt dix"; it makes the numbers easier to think about. Do you get some form of "septante" also, or are you still stuck with "soixante-dix"?

[Polaria]

Let me rephrase my original post: in Belgium we do not use quatre-vingt quinze (four-twenty fifteen) for 95 but nonante-cinq, which is literally ninety-five. 80 is quatre-vingts in both Belgium and France.

I like "nonante" instead of "quatre-vingt dix"; it makes the numbers easier to think about. Do you get some form of "septante" also, or are you still stuck with "soixante-dix"?

Yes we use septante and not soixante-dix.

[marty998]

Let me rephrase my original post: in Belgium we do not use quatre-vingt quinze (four-twenty fifteen) for 95 but nonante-cinq, which is literally ninety-five. 80 is quatre-vingts in both Belgium and France.

I like "nonante" instead of "quatre-vingt dix"; it makes the numbers easier to think about. Do you get some form of "septante" also, or are you still stuck with "soixante-dix"?

Yes we use septante and not soixante-dix.

For the untrained, this sounds like an interesting sex position  :D

Languages can be funny like that...

[barbaz]

I started learning French in the beautiful year   dix-neuf cent quatre-vingt dix-neuf, but my favorite French number is 555.

[boyerbt]

Not from Facebook but Reddit which I think is close enough...from the Financial Independence subreddit

"I probably spend $800/month on food just myself...I feel like all these lower budgets cant be correct. Or it's just a lot of home cooking I guess."

This person almost gets that 1+1=2 with his/her thinking (home cooking = cheaper) but I don't think any changes are going to be made here. $800/month for one person, we spend a little more than half of that for two people but guess what? We cook A LOT!

And to keep with the French trend - C'est la vie!

[mm1970]

Let me rephrase my original post: in Belgium we do not use quatre-vingt quinze (four-twenty fifteen) for 95 but nonante-cinq, which is literally ninety-five. 80 is quatre-vingts in both Belgium and France.

I like "nonante" instead of "quatre-vingt dix"; it makes the numbers easier to think about. Do you get some form of "septante" also, or are you still stuck with "soixante-dix"?

Yes we use septante and not soixante-dix.

My HS French is so long ago I had to google.  I knew I should have known soixante-dix.  And of course, it was easier for me to figure out by figuring septante was probably 70.

[dragoncar]

Let me rephrase my original post: in Belgium we do not use quatre-vingt quinze (four-twenty fifteen) for 95 but nonante-cinq, which is literally ninety-five. 80 is quatre-vingts in both Belgium and France.

I like "nonante" instead of "quatre-vingt dix"; it makes the numbers easier to think about. Do you get some form of "septante" also, or are you still stuck with "soixante-dix"?

Yes we use septante and not soixante-dix.

For the untrained, this sounds like an interesting sex position  :D

Languages can be funny like that...

Try soixante-neuf

[JAYSLOL]

I don't have anything from Facebook, but...

[dragoncar]