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As a parent the "you have to stand up for yourself because no one will and I won't always be around to do it for you." hit me somewhere sensitive.
Recently a bit raw for me too, but from the other perspective, and after the fact. He left a fighter in me though.
Pain is real!
I miss my dad... 😭
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Here's my "one trick": While there IS some good advice to be had out there, many people on the internet are self appointed "experts", bullshitters, or even outright liars that don't really know what they're talking about and will relay bad information as fact or a "secret trick"... use your head and judge these advices accordingly, especially if sounds morally dubious or possibly illegal. Rule of thumb is if it sounds too easy or too good to be true... it probably is.
The power of self. Use your own mind and figure out if these people are lying or not. Novel idea in this day n age. Most humans are dull because that’s what they’ve been bred to be, plants in a farm.
Truth.
Sometimes tho, they truly are neat tricks. They're just not morally right and can feel like it should be illegal but isn't. That's all that's needed for some people to not do it.
If you wanna try something but feel it may be bs, then google will be your best friend in research
All those "IT" expert CZcamsr's, I watch them in horror every time they say "Private" not "monitorable" or if they are right for once they start talking about the Sponsor of the video a second later which offers the exact oposite of what the Video was all about.
Thank you MrWrestling3, but I don't think I believe you
-cheaper items at stores aren't at eye level, look above or below
-making your own laundry detergent, dryer sheets, and i think fabric softener are all really easy and cheap to make (i'll post the recipes if anyone asks)
-plastic isn't actually recycled. its far cheaper to just make more, and you know how companies are. this isn't really a trick, but i feel like its good to know
i'll remember more stuff later, im really tired rn lol
Hold off on the recycling bit, husband actually works at a 3rd party bottle manufacturer for coca-cola. They actually do break down and recycle, and it is still easier to do this and ship it than to do it in house for cola.
Theyve (cola) tried it, and they fell behind in timing other processes which only created issues with molding of the bottles, creating back-log and warping of the plastics.
Now, I can only say that this is only one 3rd party shop, but that is still something of note.
Please post the recipes!
I’m interested in your links.
Recipes please!
says theyll post recipes if someone asks
doesnt
Especially if you have a larger family, order groceries online. It’s much easier sticking to a budget when you can see the tax and price as you fill your cart, won’t have to worry about picking snacky items as you wander the store, don’t have to worry about kids wanting x and y, and most stores will even load it in your trunk for you.
That worked brilliantly during covid. I was picking groceries on walmart's site, they would pick it all for me, have it ready at a scheduled time, and I just had to pick it up. I don't do that anymore, but it would still probably work if someone had a budget that needed to be strictly adhered to.
In the US, is tax added on the total??
@@Stellar-Cowboy added to the total after everything’s rung up in store
@@Tototoron weird
Given what I buy I don't trust people to bag my items , I can look at what's on sale easier when I'm at the store .. I also gotten into a habit of not really liking snacks or soda anymore , so it's easy to walk pass them .. you'll find it all taste funny when it's overly processed
Such a dad we all needed
"What's your car worth?
"1085$"
"What's your car worth??"
Uh, I don't know..."
I felt that.
Ouch.
The one about leaving things in your online cart oddly works for a game called Warframe too. If you don't know, every day that you log in, you get a login reward. If you haven't played the game in a few months, they almost ALWAYS give you a discount on their premium currency. It's honestly great marketing but I wish I didn't have to log off for months to get a coupon.
This isnt proven yet, but yeah. Got a 50 off on my 728th or something
I had like 1 pl lol
I think I've seen that.
Warframe is one of those games to which I keep coming back after breaks. I tend to get good premium deals offered shortly after I get lured back to the gorgeous sounds of my Lex and Tigris.
Yeah I'm guilty of taking advantage of those coupons, I have many pretty things now.
We had free pizza coupons we used like 100 times cause they never asked for them until we did it like four time in one week then they was like alright we need your card we was like ok but we had two of them we tipped really good so they didn't care until we overly abused it
I used to do this! I was a big time hustler, once upon a time. Platinum was the game and ripping people off was my aim.
Smelling rubbing alcohol in 15 to 30 second increments, (then removing the smell for 30 seconds to a minute, and repeating) can help with nausea and preventing vomiting.
Or, if you can do it early enough that you can get it down, take a ginger supplement
@@eiostithat doesn’t work
@@kittymeow90 for you? You've tried it? It's so tried and true that Dramamine sells a "non-drowsy" formula that's just ginger
@@eiosti not when you have severe nausea trust me I’ve tried everything
You don't have to hate your body.
The fashion and beauty markets are constantly telling you that you're ugly and undesireable, and that your features are imperfect. But you don't need to "fix" your skin, hair, eyes, body shape, etc. You can accept yourself as you are and love your body as it is, and not let yourself be manipulated by an multi billion dollar industry that preys on your insecurities.
These words are something that everyone needs to hear. I have body issues, I look in the mirror and see an ugly woman. Those words are needed, I need to remember them.
Man I tried, but I get reminded daily by people even strangers that I'm not the ideal build for a guy, I'm not tall enough, I'm not enough of this or that. I tried but people feel the need to remind me I'm not some ripped tall dude who be a master of all. Just a 20 year old ginger with a dad bod
@@Nzzertral It sounds cliche, but it's true. Relax and just be you. Your "miss right" or "Mr Right" (I am not judging) will eventually come along and you will connect to them on a level deeper than looks.
@@zombiedoggie2732 it's 2022. That's never gonna happen. Forget love and learn to be happy on your own
I'm too lazy to change it :/
Why do people omit the names of companies and work places? Why protect the identity of people that wronged them?
It's a rule in a lot of subreddits that you can't explicitly name companies or businesses. Keeps the website from being sued, I think.
America is infamous for its frivolous lawsuits, it's completely reshaped reality
Fair play I suppose
One word: _lawsuits._
That’s how “they” keep us from grouping together to stop it
It's interesting how information is so readily available to us, yet we don't care to take time out of our day to read it because we are too comfortable with what we would rather do. For example, that last post about the kid trying to sell his car, or even the couple moving out of the apartment. Knowing the laws that are relevant to you can seriously impact big decisions, and starting with me, we should make an effort to become more aware of them. Otherwise, we get scammed and lied to by "them"
Funny how this is mysteriously absent from school. Such as actual useful life things such as local laws, taxes, and field trips to the local city hall to sit in on how things really work.
Couldn't agree enough. Schools and the parents annoy me with how they can't agree and also don't really care. So much wasted potential because of the need to generalise.
@@impishrebel5969 School was never about education.
@@impishrebel5969 Thats because schools like to get away with things too, and if they taught students their rights it would be more annoying for them. Not to mention all the kids who will suddenly try to incorrectly "lawyer" their teachers.
Nah its one thing I have had several cops, one of who is my uncle say, just as general advice, is you need to know any and all rules you can be breaking at any time. Donut Operator a while back on I think a person with power interfering or being traffic stopped he states that you, as in the viewer, should be aware of any and all rules you may be breaking at any given moment, as cops, at least in the US can pull you over if they think something is illegal, like a broken tail light, even though its not and if you go to court and get it resolved nothing happens in the end, but it doesn't hurt to know your rights also.
Actually it mighta been Attorney Tom who said the thing about the laws but still it stands, Make sure you know what laws you could be breaking, and don't break them or bring it up to a judge in court about it.
10 seconds in and I’m reflexively yelling “WELL THE FCC WON’T LET ME BE OR LET ME BE ME SO LET ME SEE, THEY TRIED TO SHUT ME DOWN ON MTV, BUT IT FEELS SO EMPTY WITHOUT ME”
…but that could very well just be a personal issue
If that is indeed a personal issue and not someone else's personal issue... Please stand up. Please stand up.
Re the one about FCC. This is a PSA for younger Australians. A lot of groups of service providers have an “Ombudsman”. If Telstra, or your bank, your electricity supplier are stuffing you around a lot of times you just have to say,” I’m reporting this to the Ombudsman, can you tell me the contact details for the best person with whom his office can communicate ?” And they cave. The Ombudsman can investigate cases, can fine the service supplier if they’re at fault and has quite a bit of power. And reports to parliament.
Just thought I’d post this because I find many younger Aussies don’t know this free service is available. However, be sure if your facts, as when the Office investigates, they can refuse to act if they think you don’t have a valid complaint. Although, I always think it’s worth the threat!
Also, not positive, but I believe if you ask a company,” Does your industry have an Ombudsman, and what are the contact details?” They are legally required to tell you.
The story at 14:53 reminds me of my own experience. 19 and first moved out to a new province for school. My landlord and I had an agreement that 30 days notice was required from either party in order leave. Eventually he was selling his house and notified us he was doing so 60 days in advance. We found a new place in about a week and he refused to give us our damage deposit back because though he gave us 60 days notice, we did not give him 30 days notice and thus violated the agreement. I tried to look into B.C tenancy laws to save me only to find out the agreement that I had with him fell under shared accommodation and not proper tenancy. Thus I wasn't protected by B.C tenancy laws and he had all the power. This was not my understanding when I made the 20+ hour drive with my roommate when moving there and not how he advertised the place. Unfortunately he was able to take advantage of our ignorance and lack of confidence and the only thing I gained from that experience is that I won't be taken advantage of in that way again.
Wanna book a hotel room for the weekend but they tell you they're sold out? Call back an hour later requesting a 5 night stay, Fri - Wed. They'll magically have a room! Then check out Sat.
read the fine print, sometimes there is a penalty in the amount of one night's stay.
That dad just taught me more than my dad ever did 😂
LOL.
the dad and son with the insurance company was a great lesson
Loved that one about the FCC! Back in the '80s, I moved into an apt (which had been occupied previously) and I came home every day and picked up my phone only to discover New England Telephone had once again NOT turned my service on and I went across the street to a pay phone and had a melt down on someone at their business office. I needed that phone. On Friday, someone I spoke to let the words "appeals office" slip out and I asked What's that? and she didn't want to tell me, but I pressed and I got the number and on monday I called the appeals office - apparently something they used to have at the state dept. of public utilities - and by that evening my phone was on. It was like, every call to the appeals office generated a ton of paperwork for them and now I knew this. N.E.T didn't mess with me after that.
The dad in the last clip was great. He's setting up his son for success
it's weird but I go to these video's just to hear this robotic soothing voice when I'm stressed out. Helps every time!
Really? A lot of people dislike that voice.
Play it at 1.25x speed and you got Jermaine from Flight of the Conchords, it's the music too. Robot voice is the sound of your God now.
I love them for background noise while I'm doing something else. Unfortunately, sometimes the stories & tips are interesting tho so I get distracted.
Funny. I actually won't watch the videos with the uploader reading it. I like the inhuman... ness of the robotic voice
@@gmmartines7331yeah
The "stay black and die" is a line from the movie "Lean on me" with Morgan Freeman. Very good movie. Guy's dad probably saw and loved that line.
Never fart if you're scared it's a poop
The establishment wants you to poop your pants.
Hanes and fruit of the loom
If you are having a dream of urinating or dedicating you better wake up quickly . If you poop in your dreams you poop in reality.
This isn’t as good as some of these suggestions, but I’ve found it useful. When you’re at a car lot shopping for a car, and the salesperson wants to show you the inside of a particular vehicle, don’t get in on the driver’s side. Always get in on the passenger side instead. It throws the salesperson off his or her game because he or she is still forced to show you the car. More importantly, the salesperson can’t hand you the keys and pressure you to take an impromptu test drive. That test drive is a powerful way for them to seal the deal, so sidestep the temptation until you are ready to make your final decision.
This is pretty funny actually and sounds like some kinda skit/part of a movie Will Ferrell wrote. I guess you know if you have a good salesman or not because a good salesman would wait u til youre on the drivers side to tell you to get in or insist you sit behind the steering wheel of what could potentially be “your new car”. Lol @ the salesman sitting in the driver’s seat and just being like “Yeah well….it’s all leather. And this is it….its nice….check out the roomy glove box. You could keep a file cabinet’s worrh of paper in that thing…ya know?”
After I graduated, I went to buy a car. I had been driving the family station wagon, and wanted something easier to park and with better fuel economy. They convinced me to take Geo metro for a test drive. The Geo Metro had three cylinders, my station wagon had 8. Also, the car was subcompact. Too big of a change. When we got back, the salesman started the pressure. I was trying to be polite, " i still want to look around" etc. He finally asked " what can we domto put you in this car today" . My reply : Nothing. You cant make the car bigger.
If you have a problem with youtube, spotify, etc not working on your phone, go to your settings. Next select default apps, then go to the problem app. Now force stop it. Select Data next. Go in and clear your cache. Now restart the phone. Should fix a lot of issues you may have been having with the app.
Apprenticeships actually pay for your college and to work straight away, I don't know why more people don't give them a shot
That is extremely common in France, for plenty of jobs like butcher, marketing manager or even notary.
I’m always surprised when I talk with foreigners that is not a thing in their country, it solves both the problems of inexperienced when being a junior and the cost of life during the studies + the school fees (as the company you are an apprentice in will cover the whole price of the school, when it’s not already free of charge)
its often very difficult to get an apprenticeship, at least here in the UK. I had a look on ucas for computer science; hundreds of uni courses and ony a small handful of comp sci courses and they were all irrelevant
Vitamin C and D are crazy vital for wellbeing. I suggest doing some research into it, and reading books about it too! I believe one is called "Curing the Incurable".
ALL vitamins are crazy vital for wellbeing.
But vital does not mean you should stuff yourself with it to a brim.
A guy who discovered vitamins belived that they are the key to bwing basically forever young. He died because he ovedosed vitamins. Any vitamins can be overdosed, just so happen that wit C and D are hard to overdose. Also, your organism can and do use only a given amount of given vitamin, and anything extra is simply flushed out with your urine, so if you take a lot of vit C compared to a normal intake,theonly effect you will have is your kidney are gonna make your piss rich in vitamin C and thats it.
@@HidekiShinichi No, you need to take other things with the vitamins so your body can absorb it properly. There's information all about it if you look.
@@katherinebaker8088 and again you are kinda right but wrong.
Yes, there are things that will help you absorb vitamins. But anything over what you need is pissed out anyway, and in a worst case scenario can damage you.
Hypervitaminosis is a thing and a dangerous thing.
@@HidekiShinichi Youre right, too many people buy into this crap. The "great secret" is to eat a balanced diet with a big part of it composed of (but not limited to) various vegetables and a small part of various fruits, with a good amount of dietary fiber, prioritizing drinking water rather than drinking sugar, that way you get all the vitamins and minerals you need without ANY need for supplements whatsoever (any exceptions i. e. deficits should be consulted with a doctor). Exercising can also go a long way and it doesnt have to be gym or anything intensive like that, it can be walking, stretching or just muscle flexing. Healthy relationship with food should also be encouraged, people shouldnt starve nor eat all the time but most of all - we shouldnt shame ourselves and other people.
Lastly, people should learn that the best change is a change that you wont revert immediately, thats why small steps are the best way to change anything and should be encouraged. Dietary supplements are a scam majority of the time.
@@HidekiShinichi Hey, my original comment didn't say OD on vitamins. I suggested looking into those ones and gave a source. Why are you saying that I'm telling others to OD?
Regarding the landlord problem- so many slumlords try to pull that crap. Always look up the tenants rights in your city. I lost a couple security deposits before learning that my landlord had no right to take them according to my city’s tenant laws because normal wear and tear like repainting was the slumlord’s responsibility.
Work at one of the big three retailers: yes, cashiers do not stop shoplifters. It is entirely outside of our paygrade and, while the potential for a shoplifter to get violent is low, it is NOT 0%. Plus, given that an average human life in America was rated to be worth about 1.7 million back in 2017, even as trash of a person as I am, I consider myself very valuable. To me.
Oh, plus, they usually keep track of repeat offenders and wait for said offenders to steal enough to make it worth prosecuting them, but when they come after said offenders, it's usually ironclad.
And you'll get no inclination they're actively watching you.. and counting
"it costs money to produce the news"
Never heard a more real statement
I tried the NYT paywall skip with incognito mode but it doesn't work
90% of things can be cleaned by boiling it in water for a while.
Gun parts, engine parts, bongs, yard sale items, the list goes on
The ducks at the park are free
There are so many geese around in America... I wonder how many people have killed and eaten them. Squirrels too Also deer that live in wealthy neighborhoods... So much protected food wandering around that is only there to be hit by cars.... guess that's why we have sooo many vultures here :(
I don’t know where people get this idea that good smells are pumped into grocery stores. Every one I have worked at smelled like hot garbage. If you smell bakery it’s because there is a bakery baking.
15:10
This. Our old landlord (Middle Eastern male) was "okay" to deal with most of the time, but I (male) had to lay down the law with him on more than one occasion.
One time he got mad that I had replaced a light bulb with halogen bulbs, and he wanted us to use more expensive fluorescentbulbs. I understood him wanting to save $ (Our utilities are included) and had no problem installing the fluorescents, but had to actually tell him that HE would have to buy the bulbs if he wanted us to use certain ones. (It was a bit of an argument.)
The next notable occasion was when I left to Vegas for work training. I had been gone a week, and he decided THAT was the time he would come down to our apartment and chew out my wife for doing more than two loads of laundry a week.
He pointed out where it said in the lease that we were only to do laundry "two times a week." So I told my wife to just forget about what he said and live like normal till I got back. When I got back I got several people, (including a tenants rights lawyer) from a fb group we're part of to agree in writing that "two times a week" is not legally the same as "two loads a week." I told him we were willing to compromise and hang clothing to dry during the summer if he built a clothes line. He never did, so we went back to doing laundry as usual.
Our new landlord is WAY better. He once left us a gift box of rum from Guyana when he got home from visiting family.
The one challenging a debt collector to provide documentation (proof) that you owe money to THEM 💯 works to clear the debt.
A friend had to go to court for a long forgotten debt from a collection agency. So I drafted a simple motion requesting proof that he owed the agency (instead of Macy’s) and what they produced to the court - the original credit card agmt + sign page - wasn’t adequate so it was dismissed and the debt wiped out.
I’m terms of generic vs name brand pills…just cuz the ingredients are the same, doesn’t always mean they do the exact same thing….in terms of pills, one pill could breakdown in your system a different way based on how the manufacturer coated it, causing you to be able to feel a difference, cuz your body is absorbing it slightly differently or at a different rate🤷♂️ I don’t mind taking most generic things but there are some that I just can’t cuz the texture is so different it affects me differently
In many cases however, it IS pretty much the same medication, just that one costs far more.
The Budeprion generic vs. Wellbutrin brand anti-depressant thing was an exception because the Pharma company making an illegally faulty generic to replace the more expense generic Bupropion depressant. They got the ban hammer from the FDA but a bunch of us got these garbage pills.
I’ve noticed this with inhalers- same active ingredient, different delivery system. There are clinically proven differences in side effect rates between Vent**** and Pro*** albuterol inhalers in the US, for example.
name brands usually have more forms to choose from (e.g. gelatin capsules, syrups, flavorings) compared to generic white pills that sometimes are harder to swallow or have repulsive taste, depending on the medication.
The thing that worries me about generics is not that the actice ingredients are the same, it is anything else thats in there. What is the quality control ?
That is why when we go shopping for clothes, I NEVER think, "I am saving money.' I always think "how much am I spending or want to spend."
That competing offer trick works between dealers when trying to sell a car too. First dealer offered $2200. Told them I already had an offer for $4000, then they matched the $4k. I then took it to another dealer and they offered a “today only” price of $4500. I went back and forth between the two dealers who really wanted it and I eventually sold the car for $5400 to the dealer who initially offered me $2200 😂.
If you suspect you are ill you should get insurance before getting a diagnosis.
Bonus: Any time you are deceived for financial gain you can sue for fraud, even if you lose the case, they probably spent $18000 on a lawyer anyway and wasted their time and money
I know a guy who got away with a ticket using the reasonable and prudent clause talked about at 24:08. That guy was my cousin. 1 night about back in 2011 he got a ticket for 127mph in the express lanes on interstate 90 in Chicago at 3am heading northbound. He got arrested and the whole 9 yards. His lawyer went to court about it, and asked for the studies regarding the speed limit since he couldn't find any studies regarding the speed limit on that section on the freeway. And the judge actually told him that they didn't exist. So he declared reasonable and prudent and ended up getting it dropped entirely because it turns out that in order for a speed limit study to be conducted, those express lanes needed to solely constructed to operate in the northbound direction. And since Chicago built those express lanes to be omnidirectional with only designated hours of the day operating either northbound and southbound, the state couldn't legally do the study. And at the time since there weren't any speed limit signs at all along the medians that the express lanes run through, it technically didn't have a speed limit and it was fully legal to go 127mph. But since traffic constantly built up so much on those freeways, nobody seemed to notice and everyone just assumed the speed limit was 55mph, when there was nothing ever declared.
12:20 as a debt collector I can tell you that this is horrible "advice". Because companies are responsible for validating the debt, the original creditor is responsible for providing the documents for the loan that was sold. There's also federal regulations that must be followed. It's information like this that makes people surprised or upset when they attempt to dispute a debt and my company is able to validate it and they're still responsible for the debt. We legit have a whole database with docs scanned to the accounts, not just some spreadsheet.
I'd say it seems as a good early part in the process though
I've seen collectors take someone $10k in fees into a lawsuit and then just fold the company and fuck off when asked
@@angrydragonslayer there must have been specific circumstances in that case. That doesn't happen that way for most people. Disputing or requesting validation as a way to delete doesn't work for the majority of people.
@@justSunny7 i guess so, you are the expert on the topic after all ;)
Thank you for sharing your insight with us!
@@justSunny7 Wait.... so now you are saying there is an actual possibility that this can work?
I mean, it sounds like it really worth the trying.
I can’t get over the way that The Voice™ pronounces Benadryl during the story at 05:11. It’s almost like bananadrill.
That one "You don't HAVE to stop for receipt checkers" one sounds suspicious.
lol like why would you seek to avoid it unless you're stealing
What if the cashier forgot to scan something (or you did) and it ended up in your bag? Hope the police are going to take your word for it.
@@keithangstadt4950 So in this scenario the reason you're avoiding people checking your receipt is so they can't find out that you stole something by accident?
No worries. Unless you leave the building with the unpurchased item you haven't stolen it yet. That's why they have to wait until shoplifters reach the parking lot to ambush them with security or the police.
If anything them finding out you haven't paid for something (on accident or otherwise) by checking your receipt in the store is like a second chance.
A little _"Are you absolutely sure you want to do this?"_ moment.
Every time I grocery shop wearing a hoodie I get stopped at the door. A regular coat, a sweater, tee, no stop. Hoodie? Stop. I just say "no thank you!" And wave my receipt in the air.
Funny, though, if I'm with my husband we're never stopped, even if both of us are in hoodies.
@@9_of_Swordswhat's awful about this (assuming you're a woman) is it implies we expect women to shoplift more because supporting another human is damn near impossible in this economy
If there's one thing I learned from this, it's this: I would make a lot of money if I sold an AI-powered app that reads the numbers on price tags and the weight/volume on packaging and automatically calculates price per unit in your choice of measurements. That would be so useful. On vacation in the USA from Mexico? Can't convert pounds to kilograms or dollars to pesos in your head? No problem.
Grew up in the US and were failed by the education system? Not an issue. Trying to decide where barrel of whiskey to buy online to sate your alcoholism for another few months? There's an app for that.
5:30 sometimes seemingly unnecessary medicines are mixed for their potentiating effect on the primary medicine
About the flights: with most airlines your return Ticket will be cancelled since they want to charge you for a rebooking fee . Out of sequence flying is “ not allowed” anymore . So read carefully
You have to be careful about the melamine sponges. If they aren’t meant for household cleaning, they can be manufactured differently
The one about her kid stealing reminded me of being a little kid less than 5 probably and I took a roll of gum that kind that u pull out and rip off a chunk and I remember taking that because I kept seeing commercials for it and thinking it was so cool but my mom wouldn’t get me any so I took a piece one day and whenever my mom was putting me in the car I started trying to open it and she marched me into the store and made me apologize for taking it all while thinking she was going to jail and screaming at me as the people working there said I could keep it because they couldn’t sell it now but my mom made me give it back anyway
Never stole after that though so good job mom
Quite a while back I had a 1996 Buick skylark Olympic gold edition. Only about 20,000 made. Totalled by a deer and some mailboxes. The insurance adjuster didn't think it was worth more because it was a limited edition. He'd "never heard of it ". A hole
I went through a long battle with USAA over their value of my car. It was an Alfa Romeo 164, which isn't overly valuable, but worth way more than the $1200 they were offering me. They couldn't find any comparables in the area, so got quotes from junkyards, but here pay here lots for trade in value, and an internet post from ten years previous that was a guy offloading parts cars. They kept refusing to budge, so I filed a small claims case against the guy that hit me. They finally settled for the $3500 in quoted repair costs, and I got the check the day before the court date. They knew it was a losing case, the person they were supposed to be representing was pissed, and the lawyer they had as an intermediary probably cost more than the settlement amount anyway.
In most states, if you sue the at fault person, an awarded settlement is on the insurance company.
Wow I wish I knew about the FCC one.
When I was in community college (aka hella broke) I upgraded my iPhone to the next one up, which included turning in my old iPhone. Next billing cycle told me I never turned in the old phone so they were charging me hundreds of dollars for it. I went to the Verizon store I got my upgrade at and told them what happened they said they didn’t have my phone & couldn’t find it. I asked if they could check the cameras and they said they didn’t have access to that :(
I wasn’t being a jerkoff customer (I worked at Walmart at the time too so I know how to treat the minimum wage employee) so I felt completely shafted by all this. I called the corporate office/HQ of the company and they said they didn’t have my phone on file and I had to keep bugging the store I turned my phone in at. Like what??? So I did and to not avail of course.
I ended up canceling my plan and mistakenly kept the newer iPhone and lost it after a while. If I wasn’t so begrudged I would have turned it in because of course it all went to debt collectors eventually who still call me every other day to remind me I owe this debt thanks to the stupid store that stole my old phone. 🙃
And I still feel like paying it would be bs so my prideful ass would rather take the credit hit, fuck you Verizon.
18:39 that seems about right. The last time I had a problem that required HR was when I got in an accident and had a bad shoulder and needed to transfer departments.
They basically told to to admit to fraud or lose my job for giving them documentation of my injury. They also said that 2 working arms and legs were required to work there…and later employed 2 amputees. Like I know ADA, and I don’t hold it against the people, but wtf guys?
Also they tried to get rid of a coworker for being uncooperative because she went to them because she was too short to reach the top shelf in her department.
In my case and hers we ended up just going to our managers and they were more than happy to help.
The FCC one is accurate. Used it twice. Changed rates from what associate said in store. I ended up paying more. So I went to the FCC website. Wrote out what happened. They ended up refunding me and paying for all 3 phones that I was still making payments for.
A couple quick ones, from when I used to work at McDonald's. If you wanted to add Mac sauce but didn't want to pay extra. Just ask for it on the side they don't charge you, at least depending on who's giving it to you.
Also if you want fresh fries every single time, ask for it without salt. Fries are salted every single batch that's made, so they have to make a new batch if you want it without salt, and I assume this is the same with all fast food places. 😉
"rustled my jimmies" takes me back to 2013, these must be really old reddit posts
for a car lease specifically:
1) find out MSRP for the car
2) ask for the residual after the lease is up
3) the MSRP minus the residual is how much you should pay for the duration of the lease
4) divide that number by the number of months you're leasing for and you have your monthly payment.
I handed auto claims for ~5 years and can confirm, the last story is almost definitely embellished into absurdly.
I suspected as much and I thought the whole story sounded extremely implausible. Could you share any legitimately valuable tips? Thanks so much.
5:40 not all manufacturers of bupropion are the same, i took generic for months then unknowingly switched to a diff manufacturer of the same generic and it made me feel worse, then i was better again when i switched back. stay informed, it could literally cost u ur mental health.
As a local licensed insurance agent (not for a carrier, but for a "middleman" that does the shopping for you), that last story evoked a feeling of pride out of me and I dont even know the guy. What a chad.
If a doctor refuses care, just ask them to put that in your dossier. They can not really refuse to do that, but it will be proof of medical neglect. They often will be too scared of getting sued and help you anyway.
Also, switch to a better doctor.
Maths they don't want you know because you can tell bs.
Bro, the news outlets WANT me to read their news, I'm not paying them for it, lol.
Diphenhydramine is Benadryl
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) is in every medication that says PM. It’s cheaper to buy Benadryl and if you need the other med separate like acetaminophen (Tylenol)
It is even cheaper to buy generic diphenhydramine, same thing but you pay more for Benadryl because it's a name brand.
Also I know I'm splitting hairs but you have it backwards, Benadryl is diphenhydramine. Not the other way around.
I worked at hotels for years, screw the website, call the front desk staff. You will never get a better deal on a hotel stay than if you ask for a discount directly to the front desk staff. A hotel only gets a percentage of the hotwire/expedia money, the front desk staff knows EXACTLY how much the hotel is getting for your stay and I guarantee it's far lower than any room is worth. They don't want you to use hotwire to book your room and will gladly give you a deal over the phone. Don't bother with the hotel's website, that's what ordinary people pay who don't bother to call the hotel directly.
“More focused and less hungry” no I’m pretty sure you were taking vyvanse, my friend
Wellbutrin is used as a secondary drug to treat attention deficit symptoms, usually in tandem with a primary antidepressant. This path is pursued whenever prescribing a Schedule II drug like Vyvanse isn’t on the table, such as when your prescriber is an APRN instead of an actual doctor.
@@broses9038 well good and goddamn! I learned something today. Thank you! 💜 have a good day, and please take care of yourself… For you are worth it and deserve it.
The comment about Chipotle and the beverage cost was only true when they had the old soda fountains. Now that they have Coke freestyle machines the profit on soda has been cut significantly because the flavoring cartridges being separate from the corn syrup make it much more expensive than just the soda bibs with the corn syrup already mixed in.
Probably something like 'they seriously underestimate my ability to tune all of them out on a whim'😂
😆I like how vinegar is pronounced- "vine gar" to the voice speller.
The Gar of the Vine!
That if we stopped drinking, eating badly, doing drugs and procrastinating, nothing in life could stop us from achieving our dreams.
You underestimate life’s ability to beat a person down.
How to calculate the time to burn a body, the amount of bodies a furnace can burn per day, and the amount of ash a cremation produces over the course of say... 4 to 6 years.
Just Go visir the Camps, Look the pictures hear what the People Who suffered and survived have to say... Dont believe everything you read at 4chan
The real thing they don't want you to know about Mr. Clean Magic Erasers (aka melamine sponges) is that while they seemingly dissolve during normal use, they're just fragmenting very finely into non-biodegradable particulate and microplastics.
17:42 I've known people try this on UK trains. Unfortunately, it is against the rules and you can end up being fined. You are likely to get caught at the ticket gate because the destination on your ticket doesn't match the station you are trying to exit.
4:30 incognito around paywall
12:17 dealing with debt
13:11 dealing with automated phone waiting
Listened 1:14am 26/🎆/23 🇬🇧
Here is one, some stores, specifically discount stores and thrift shops, hate when people "pop tags", in fact, when its caught either it gets you kickedo ut, or if their feeling devious, they will charge double what they had on it originally and give you a new tag with that price. And don't think they don't recognize price tags, bigger stores have that written down somewhere and smaller stores like mine usually have the same people pricing the items running the registers so your not gonna pull a wall over anyone. SO unless you like paying 10 dollars for $4.50 Tshirt, keep the tag on it.
How do I know? I own and operate a thrift store and regularly work with Goodwill and Arc.
7:13 I was gonna say. Benadryl is no joke man.
19:36 That's called- the long con.
About that breakdown for soda; OP got their conclusions wrong in their breakdown. Restaurants really don't want you to steal the soda, because that's where all the profit is. It's not that you're stealing $0.16 of soda, it's that you're stealing $1.44 of profit off a very small investment (numbers based on example in reddit post.) It's the sale of sodas that allows the business model to really work. Pretty sure none of the rest of their menu has close to the same margins as soda. Believe it or not, the movie "The Other Guys" got it exactly right.
The hotdog guy gives the badass cops "free hotdogs... FOR LIFE! ...I can't do soda though 🤷🏼♂️I'm sorry, I can't do it. Can't afford it. I can't do it..." he trails off, muttering about him not being able to afford the free sodas.
_THAT'S_ the real consequence for stealing from food services. Especially the high margin stock. Again, its not the low dollar amount on that single serving. Its the giant differential in profit they lose out on. In aggregate they really ding the business. You're screwing over the stock and costing the profit opportunity. Tons worse than simply not having sold that syrup.. at least it would still be an asset. Stolen inventory is stolen profit, is stolen potential buying power/future inventory.
If he gives the cops free hotdogs, Chances are good they buy a soda. And lots of dogs get tossed if they aren't sold; a certain amount of shrink is built into the cost. But they aren't what's really stacking cash. Not the way sodas do. Don't steal soda. Or else McDonald's will collapse. You don't want to be the guy who erased the Big Mac. I hope.
So what you're saying is, stealing soda is sticking it to the man far more than I thought, and I should do it every time, despite not even liking soda
The power that the people have if they banded together
All the stuff about European markets vs. American stores is a great example of why capitalism as a concept can go get fucked sideways by a cactus.
3:50 I did the plane ticket thing when I worked booking travel and mixed a name up. Totally worked! They didn't even question the weird transition names
A large cup of soda costs 11 cents. That takes into account water, ice, cup, co2, syrup, and even the straw. The cup is probably the biggest expense.
Say the dress is going to be "on sale for 55". They first mark it 65, then up it to 75, then wait awhile and up it to 85, then now this "big sale" comes along with a deal where you will save 30$. They almost always ramp up prices in the weeks preceding a sale.
you dont wipe a razor on a towel, you wipe it on jeans.
I cannot confirm this will always succeed, but if the cookies at Subway are a day old you can get them for free. I’ve managed to do it twice by asking “are these fresh.” If they say no then you can push the issue and bargain for a free one.
Dude, that parent at the end is the bomb. Could use more like him out there.
RIP I'm ded. "Orange manly store place" 😂 rotfl
10:28 - as someone who worked at Kohl's, I swear, it's what we were trained to do. Point out savings due to Kohl's Cash, Coupons, things appearing to be on sale, etc etc.
But there is some good stuff that can come out of promotional events (Thursday thru Sunday usually) like, we had "take an extra 50% off clearance" thing going on. Then again, I'm an associate, not a big corporate person so... I mostly only know what I've been told.
Half of these are: "Here's a way to be aware of tricks so you're not taken advantage of" and the other half are: "Here's how to break the law" lol
If you make just over the baseline threshold for poverty to get food stamps, but just under working conditions to improve your life; place extra money you get into a retirement fund or CDs and live off food stamps.
It is not considered income and wont be taxed as usable by IRS therefore dropping you into a lower tax bracket (depending on the investment vehicle oc).
It will help you get your future going while you balance out your present and accrue interest.
You can also borrow from your own 401k and have a low interest loan that you pay to yourself. Very useful when you want to make the jump out of poverty level, or use for a down payment on a house.
Go to subway and order a stage 3 pizza.
What is that
@@jamaalsjourney idk it just sounds cool
"My god, he's too powerful to be stopped"
I never go to Subway. MAGA Country lives there and they throw bleach on me
@@IHateNicolasCage youre lying send a link
8:45 Costco does this!
Some stores will let you shoplift until you've taken a certain amount value from the store so they can slap you with a heavier charge.
When buying a car, having a check on-hand that matches the value of the car you're looking at gives you so much leverage in terms of negotiating a price. For my very first car, I had them drop the price from 11,000 down to 8600. Out the door price too, so they ate the taxes instead of me eating them. The check doesn't even need to be your money either, if your bank can offer you decent financing, they'll mail you a check specifically for a vehicle. It's how I bought my first car.
You'd think they'd want you to finance the car because long-term they'd get more money, but they also run the risk of just not getting that money at all, depending on whether the dealership finances it themselves, or through another company.
Preferably buy your cars out-right, as hard and unrealistic as it can sometimes be. The power of having a check / cash when negotiating a vehicle is phenomenal
I'd bet the screw you over insurance company was Progressive.
Jury Nullification. 'Nuff said.
Big companies will collude with governments to PREVENT zero unemployment.
When unemployment is low, workers can ask for higher wages.
Large companies and governments don't want that.
They prefer people to be poor and desperate to work for a pittance.
Poverty leads to crime.
So when your government is giving tax breaks to billionaires while slashing social security benefits, you can also blame them for rising crime figures.
At 14:40 that's good advice for our military-affiliated folks here. Just avoid financing through them as a first choice though, because their interest rates for auto loans are generally going to be pretty high.
It’s not a “trick” that you can ignore the law when you’re supposed to enforce it. It’s just you don’t believe in the rule of law.
the “stay black and die” is apparently a Morgan Freeman quote from Lean On Me
My insurance company paid me a pretty decent amount when my car got totaled. Had I not had the deductible, I actually would've made all that money I spent on the car back. USAA's a good company, they totally could've stole my money and they chose not to. Glad that story didn't happen with me
When you shave, after you pull the blade, you're supposed to push it back in the opposite direction to loosen the hair.