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by rocqua 3119 days ago
This is a great thing. Truly, hats of too cards against humanity.

I noticed something worrying about myself when reading these stories. A small voice in the back of my head judged a lot of these people. Those who say they will use it for gifts, travel or other things I apparently deem frivolous. It is not okay of me to think these things. These people deserve happiness, and these people can make their own choices. This disdain is something I really wanna work on. :(

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I had the same moment of introspection... I remember thinking “you want to spend this money on gifts or car tires?”

And then I realized that these are the things they’re stressing about. It’s nice to think those will be one less stressor in a life full of stressful things. Which I think is good - if only for the mental win of not having to worry about X.

Way to go CAH - you got me thinking. And this time it wasn’t about something I had to go look up on urban dictionary.

Yeah honestly I think it’s good that some people spent it on gifts, travel, etc. rather than spending it all on bills/debt.
Reminds me of this classic track: http://www.metrolyrics.com/g00/underwear-goes-inside-the-pan...

Before you judge, ask yourself how you would spend the $15.