Dumbest Thing You've Ever Bought

[DarkRyuParticipant 2354]

We’ve all done it before. We see an advertisement for something and we’ve just got to have it. Advertisements are tricky motherf~~~ers. They bombard you with bulls~~~ until you actually start to believe the s~~~ they’re hawking is something you need.

Case in point, I bought an iPad. What an absolutely STUPID thing to buy. It’s a big ass phone that can’t make a call. It can’t do 1/2 of what a computer can do, yet it’s more expensive than a computer. It’s mind boggling that so many people actually buy these things. I mean, maybe if it were $100 or less, but not for the prices they ask. The f~~~er went back to the store after collecting dust on my desk for a week.

What about you? Share your stupid purchases here.

[Solo MAN’S WisdomParticipant]

A trip to Cabo [with a girlfriend]. She met her eventual husband on the plane. On second thought, that was a pretty good deal — never mind.

When women lead, destruction is the destination. -- Me.

[Anonymous 42]

Dumbest Thing You’ve Ever Bought

The dumbest thing I ever “bought” was buying into the idea of community under the despotic rule of feminism combined with political corruption. Lady Liberty had a date with Jack the Ripper, and we’re expected to “man up” and have necrophilia sex with the decayed remains as they do.

One of Jacks daughters; Hellery:

[Solo MAN’S WisdomParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

The dumbest thing I ever “bought” was buying into the idea of community under the despotic rule of feminism combined with political corruption.

Well said. [Standing ovation].

When women lead, destruction is the destination. -- Me.

[Anonymous 42]

<takes a bow>

[CatsPawParticipant 423]

Oh man, If only it was one thing.
The latest “genius” idea I had was to install a Projector in my living room. Paid 700 bucks for the damn thing and I used it 10… maybe 12 times in 3 years.

I do have to say that you must make these kind of mistakes at some point in your life to start to realize you dont need that much of this crap.

I created a new system for myself: If I want to buy something, if I really want to buy something, I wait a full month and then check if I still want it.

Till today, in a 1 year span, this has stopped me from buying:
-A new 1000 dollar headphone (I started looking at used, I might buy there someday).
-A new PC.
-A new Monitor.
-2 travels.
-1 headphone amplifier.
-A smartphone.

A few smaller things as well, but nothing major.
Its not a perfect system but it helps.

[TaxGuyParticipant]

Well, the easy answer is a wedding ring. Boy did that cost more than just the ring….

Thinking about it, most of the stupid crap I have bought over the years was for the ex. Women spend money out of boredom. God can they spend. And it’s all for something you NEED. Not that they WANT to buy, but we just HAVE to have it. Like the world would stop spinning if you don’t spend money. Yeah, you’re right. 20 candles isn’t enough, we HAVE to have some in a different color and size.

Give a woman a flat surface and I’ll they’ll HAVE to buy something to put on it. When that’s done, buy another flat surface and repeat.

Order the good wine

[EinherjarParticipant 608]

Hehehe, when I was 19 years of age, I saw an advert for something called a pheromone perfume. Allegedly this perfume contained male pheromones that would just make any girl become completely infatuated with you, like in the Axe-deodorant commercials. So then, together with a friend we bought a bottle to share, and was eager to try it out in a bar setting.

And so the night came, and we were going out to get drunk and to try out our luck with the ladies. We felt confident my friend and I, since we got that secret weapon of seduction. We sprayed a generous amount of this pheromone stuff all over ourselves, just to be on the safe side. In our defense, we were 19 years old and did not have much experience to speak of.

We arrived at the bar, smiling with the uttermost glee, waiting for the perfume to do its magical work. But as the hours went by, it gradually became clear that most people were moving away from us. It was only later that night that we learned the truth of the matter. Another friend we had been partying with that night leaned in and told us “you guys stink like very old aunts, what have you done to yourselves”?. And we suddenly understood why people had been keeping their distance. That perfume smelled so heavy, such an old spinster-smell, that the pheromones counted for nothing. The only reason we had not reacted to it ourselves was because we thought it was the kind of smell that women wanted.

Never again I tell you, never again! That bottle found its way into the trash bin that very same night:)

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal - Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)

[HitmanParticipant]

TaxGuy wrote:

Well, the easy answer is a wedding ring.

yep.
dumbest thing ever .

[ILiveAgainParticipant]

Wife

[UnicronParticipant 752]

Hard to say because up until a few years ago I was terrible with money
(Honestly, I would have saved more money by getting married)

But since I learned to be financially disciplined, It would be an Xbox one.

I’m very disappointed by the current console generation and now realise I should have spent the £280 it cost upgrading my PC instead.

Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred.

[ResidentEvil7Participant 9540]

Back when I was in high school there was this TV advertised hair removal stuff called Nads, which is this really thick sticky gel that you put on your hairy surface, and with a cloth strip, you tear the hair off, and it’s suppose to get rid of your hairs forever. I wanted to look nice and smooth on my Minnesota trip in case I go into the water. So I bought this s~~~ thinking it was going to be painless and get rid of my unwanted chest hairs forever. It was not painless as I was bleeding from tearing my hairs out of my chest, and it didn’t keep it removed. It did keep my hairs from growing back for a month. But I was 18, and I hated having chest hair, so I was desperate for a permanent solution.

My current 42″ 720p HDTV Samsung that I bought from Best Buy for $950 + 5 years of card interest just 2 weeks before the 2008 market crash. What p~~~ed me off was a few things. First, the economy crashed right after, and that $950 TV then cost $700 and it was too late for me to return it and rebuy it for the lower price, and what p~~~ed me off is when they advertise “No interest for 12 months” because I didn’t know that on the 12th month, they were going to throw those 12 “no interest” months all in one statement. After a year of payments, those 12 months of “no interest” put my Best Buy card balance higher than the day I bought the f~~~ing thing. So between that and a bunch of irresistible purchases over several years I charged on several cards, it took me 5 years, and god knows how much of total debt to get out of it. Since January 2013, I never had a single month where I couldn’t pay off a charge.

$100 worth of scratch and win Illinois Lottery tickets. I like to buy $5,000 a week for Life since the odds are better than Mega Millions or Power Ball, and you get paid every week for life enough to where you don’t have to work anymore. The odds are 1/4.8 million, which is better odds than the 1/187 million in the Power Ball. Trouble is, the politicians are not paying lottery winners, because the State is having a budget crisis the Democrats can’t agree on a solution.

https://themanszone.webs.com/

[RennieParticipant]

I always laughed at those pathetic pheromones ads on the Pirate Bay in the early 2000s. It just looked so stupid and animal like.

I know I haven’t always made the best purchasing decisions either. But I’m working on a budgeting thing to help me direct my money where it needs to go and to cut costs. Although I am not in debt either.

[KeymasterKeymaster]

Interesting thread/topic and very interested to read the replies.

The second dumbest thing I ever bought was cigarettes. A smoke with a drink (or after a great meal with coffee) is one of the great pleasures in life, but I can’t justify it any other way. It was a vice and about the only thing I bought which I KNEW was dumb and did it anyway.

Otherwise I make VERY careful purchase decisions.
Even if I buy better it’s for a good reason. Like a mattress.
I wouldn’t “try to save” on that and think that’s sensible.

On the iPad, I still haven’t bought one, but I was waiting for the larger one to transfer all of my sheet music to it. I have 2 huge boxes of sheet music I can’t wait to unload and carry around electronically in something thinner than a book. Still haven’t bought one. Also for a reason, probably.

The #1 dumbest thing I bought was s~~~ for ungrateful women.
But that’s not unique. Every man can say that.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[AnthonyParticipant 2281]

I’d say the dumbest thing I’ve ever bought was a ticket to go see Mad Max Fury Road. I thought it was going to be a movie packed with action and Mad Max being a badass.

Instead, I get to see pregnant women running around in the desert with a bald dyke giving orders to Max. I left right in the middle of the movie.

The second dumbest thing I ever bought was a ticket to go see Neighbors. It was an hour filled with PUA bulls~~~ and fraternity crap. Never again…

Once you have a Fleshlight real vaginas become worthless.

[RennieParticipant]

Anthony wrote:

I’d say the dumbest thing I’ve ever bought was a ticket to go see Mad Max Fury Road. I thought it was going to be a movie packed with action and Mad Max being a badass.

Instead, I get to see pregnant women running around in the desert with a bald dyke giving orders to Max. I left right in the middle of the movie.

The second dumbest thing I ever bought was a ticket to go see Neighbors. It was an hour filled with PUA bulls~~~ and fraternity crap. Never again…

It doesn’t even have Mel Gibson in it, so it’s Mad Max in name only.

[AnthonyParticipant 2281]

Rennie wrote:

It doesn’t even have Mel Gibson in it, so it’s Mad Max in name only.

The internet is calling it Mad Furiosa.

Once you have a Fleshlight real vaginas become worthless.

[RusskyParticipant 13503]

Dumbest single thing I ever bought was a lemon car – I got “short sold” for $1500.
Other than that – all the booze and beer over the years – pretty dumb to drink alone for no reason – what a waste of money and all I got was a beer belly

proud carrier of the 'why?' chromosome

[RockmaninoffParticipant 1641]

Today I bought a $10 hot-dog at an art festival. I was so hungry. Easily ranks up there with worst purchases. Only mitigating factor was that it was $10 CAD.

". . . elle, suivant l’usage des femmes et des chats qui ne viennent pas quand on les appelle et qui viennent quand on ne les appelle pas, s’arrêta devant moi et m’adressa la parole"—Prosper Mérimée

[Oz-BlokeParticipant 3233]

Engagement ring. The blue-pill dope I was bought into the whole 3 months salary trope (while the man gets jack s~~~). If I had a tardis I would go and kick myself in the b~~~~ before I entered the overpriced jewellery store. They see new male suckers every day.

#ManOut

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