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That urge to buy stuff (I know I don't need) • Page 3
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Tonka 31,979 posts
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Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoYou-can-call-me-kal wrote:
This is where my impulse spending seems to have got to as well.
I'm still guilty of buying stuff I know I don't need. Mostly clothes these days. And yeah, I mostly do it to pick myself up a bit.
Not necessarily as a pick me up either. Just an effort to dress a bit better..gif)
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quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agochrisp wrote:
I did it the other week - I bought a 3DS XL because I wanted to game on the sofa now and again. So I immediately bought all of the Zelda's! Like I'm gonna get through them.
@quadfather Nice to be in similar company!
Records are just as bad. If I hear a decent tune in the car or on internet radio, I write down what it is. Then I youtube it and see what else they've done. If 2-3 tracks sound good to me, I buy all of their fucking albums!! -
Tonka 31,979 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI just takes a conversation I had with a neighbor who admitted to buying more boardgames than he was able to play.
"It sucks that nowadays I have the money to buy them but no time to play them"
As opposed to the good old uni days -
Trowel 24,512 posts
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Registered 18 years agoAmazon's one click button has a lot to answer for. -
@quadfather Spotify? -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@monkehhh
Um, I like vinyl -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThis thread reminds me of that scene from Love Actually
" I don't want something I need. I want something I want - something pretty. " -
Not-a-reviewer 7,686 posts
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Registered 7 years agoIt's taken ages but recently I've started only buying things I'll use. No more stockpiling of books, games, laptops unless I'll use them and with tech if there's a meaningful improvement over what I already have.
I'll still spend £350 on a pair of earphones but at least they get thousands of hours of use.
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Tryhard 12,014 posts
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Registered 11 years agoKeep it up guys, only stop when you can't open the front door anymore. 😎 -
brokenkey 11,128 posts
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Registered 20 years agoTonka wrote:
True fact - you can get the same boost of endorphines by helping other people out. Rather than spending money, go and volunteer somewhere.
It just speaks to me. And as You-can-call-me-complicatedusername said. I'm increasingly aware of how buying some shit gives me a small, momentary, endorphine boost.
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Decks 31,013 posts
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Registered 6 years agoTHFourteen wrote:
Nothing should ever remind you of a scene in Love Actually.
This thread reminds me of that scene from Love Actually
" I don't want something I need. I want something I want - something pretty. " -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI've never seen it. /polishes man-badge. -
Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI only fast forward to the bits with Joanna Page's tits
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I'm not so bad with this anymore. I live in a modest studio flat on my own, all I have in there is a fairly large but old flat screen tv which I've got a PC I built plugged into it for games, probably about 50-60 books, which is about it really apart from kitchen stuff and a small tv which is in the bedroom (came with the flat).
Sold all my DVDS ages ago, don't have a console, pretty much just watch stuff on my chromecast, which are worth every penny.
I've had a major itch to buy a PS4 pro and VR just for Resident Evil 7, but I'm over it now I've finished the game on PC. Would be nice but not worth £800-900. -
richarddavies 8,312 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI recently ordered an LP of the soundtrack to the game snatcher. A bit of a nieche collectible I think for about 50 quid. Don't even have a record player.... -
Just stumbled upon an article with this photo. Seemed topical. Also, the guy in the photo is Swedish as well...
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All that and he didn't bother to buy a set of ladders! -
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brokenkey 11,128 posts
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wuntyate 17,493 posts
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Registered 8 years agoMy process:
1. Wake up and go to work reasonably content
2. Mid morning become aware of game/book/thing that is on sale that I had never even considered buying
3. Decide I have to buy it as it's reduced and what if it's never reduced again
4. Talk myself out of it. I don't need it
5. Think about it most of the day
6. And the next day
7. Think what the hell and add it to my basket
8. Take it out my basket
7. Think about it the next day
9. Decide I've earned it so add to basket
10. Browse to see how cheap it is elsewhere
11. Decide I don't need it
12. Remove from basket
13. Dont think about it the next day or most of the following day
14. Just before bed decide I have to have it, add it to basket and buy it.
15. Feel elated.
16. Never play/read/use it.
17. Feel guilty.
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funkstar 3,280 posts
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Registered 16 years agowunty buys pineapple tarts he doesnt need ALL THE FUCKING TIME -
chrisp 1,164 posts
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Registered 18 years ago@wuntyphyve Very similar to me except steps 1 to 14 generally occur over the course of one day (maybe 2). -
wuntyate 17,493 posts
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Registered 8 years ago@funkstar Pffff. There's always a need for pineapple tarts. Always. You tell me of a time when there's not a need, and I'll call you a liar. -
wuntyate 17,493 posts
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Registered 8 years ago@chrisp There should also be a step in there signalling the over consumption of reviews / gameplay / user reports of said item in the intervening period. To the extent that I now know eveything there is to know about this thing which I previously didn't give a shit about.
Which in turn builds up in my brain and directly results in me deciding at the last minute that I HAVE to have it and why the hell is it not in my life already?
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THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoSomeone needs to cross reference this thread with the people who posted in the "preordered a Switch" thread -
I used to do it myself. It didn't matter if I need it, if there was something fancy I liked, I had to buy it. Becoming unemployed changed that. When I could barely afford the things I need, my mindset changed accordingly. Whenever I want to have something, I ask myself "do I need it?", and if the answer isn't "yes", I move on and try to forget about it. It doesn't always work, but most of the time. I used to go into the electronics store just to browse and maybe buy something cool. Today when I stand before it, I ask myself "do I need something from there?" and don't even go inside anymore.
My advice is: lose your job.
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funkstar 3,280 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@wuntyphyve how many reviews of pineapple tarts did you read -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agobrokenkey wrote:
OUT OF IT'S SLEEVE
He's left a record lying on the floor?!!?! -
@funkstar Only the ones I agreed with.
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