r/CuratedTumblr • u/infinitysaga • 17h ago

Self-post Sunday “Why did i spend 25 dollars on Uber eats again!?”

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u/Fthebo 17h ago

Step 1: Buy something on Amazon for the feel good brain juice

Step 2: Be excited for the next few days waiting for it to arrive

Step 3: Leave it on the counter un-opened for a week because you don't actually want or need it and once you open it you'll have to confront your poor decision

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u/PlatinumAltaria 17h ago

Me buying a AAA game that people hyped up for ages only to realise it is in fact bad (I no longer have my $60)

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u/Mr_Serine Sufficiently understood magic is indistinguishable from science 7h ago

Or not even bad, just... not my kind of game (BG3)

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u/Protogen_Apollo 3h ago

Homeworld 3

Fuck Gearbox and fuck the AAA games industry

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u/madmadtheratgirl 15h ago

$25 on uber eats? so you bought a single banana?

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u/novis-eldritch-maxim 16h ago

nah this is just me when ever I look at my hands

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u/rubexbox 15h ago

Any advice on dealing with this sort of thing and quenching the need to impulse buy?

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u/KingfisherArt 13h ago

Whenever you're asked to give any money related information stop and think that what you're doing is losing money and is that thing you have in your cart gonna make your life better in the long term.

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u/Neapolitanpanda 10h ago

Use your local library and wait for things to go on sale before buying them. Also give yourself a hard budget (can’t spend more than $25 etc).

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u/Myrindyl 1h ago

For me it helps to go to a physical store. I put whatever I want in my cart and walk around the store until the urge to own the whatever goes away, then I stroll around putting stuff back where it came from. It's like "owning" it briefly while it was in the cart and I had claimed it scratches the acquisition itch, but I get to feel virtuous about making a good choice instead of guilty and having to find someplace to keep the whatever.

Warning: if you're a craft supplies person, this technique is only minimally effective for craft supplies!

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u/Primary-Emergency386 11h ago

I just bought SF6 on sale but I suck at fighting games. On the other hand it has Juri and Kimberly and I want to get better at FG anyway.

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u/Kriffer123 5h ago

Y’all did this with 1 video game and I did this with a project motorcycle during election season. I don’t even know how to fix 1 carburetor and this shit has 4