**Context:** OP posts a picture of a glass kitchenware item to /r/whatisit and gets told it’s a bacon 🥓 cooker. One user does NOT like the use of the emoji in the answer and chooses to die on that hill.
OP shares the resolution of their previously removed post in which the neighbor’s contracted landscaping company was starting their work at the neighbor’s yard at 6:00am.
OP found the 6:00am start time to be hell as the noise heavily disrupted their sleep routine.
> [UPDATE] Commercial Lawn Mowing at 6am > > Original post was taken down but a lot of you requested an update (I have redacted the offending parts). > > I’m happy to report that after reaching out to the town commissioner, they swiftly took action and I was NOT woken up at 6am today by a lawn mower. > > Thank you all for your support. > > EDIT: feel the need to clarify, I am very far away from Arizona! The AZ heat does NOT apply here
> White collar redditors crying again when real people would early lmao. Fucking sad [downvoted]
> Noise ordinances exist for a reason. Lololol at real people working early. > > U better not use a bank if you don’t like real people working. I hope all your money is under your mattress.
> I can't tell if you're trying to make a "banker's hours" reference that just isn't going well, or trying to say that people who work in banks are just better than people who mow lawns, which is just dickish
> [to the downvoted comment] Oh no you work early. And at some point you have to sleep. Would be a shame if someone was extremely loud while you were trying to sleep, knowing you had to wake up early for your job.
> That'd hit different if OP wasn't being a karen tool to the company. > > Secondly, to anyone who needs to sleep at odd hours. ear covers, and being polite and talking to others as if they where people (shocking concept) works miles better than ... what OP did. [downvoted]
> OP: The company is a contractor who I’ve had no contact with. I contacted the business who is hiring them for 6am. Again, dude get over yourself you’re all up in arms over this. It’s okay
> Honestly it should be 8am minimum and maybe even 9 on a weekend.
> Devil's advocate though, think how hard it is for the workers.
> Devil’s Devil’s advocate, the workers choose their line of work. The uninvolved neighbors don’t get a choice at all. [downvoted]
> There’s no winning here. Then when there’s not enough time in the day, the same people bitching that it’s too early will be bitching that the grass is too high. People need to mind their own business. That’s the problem.
> I absolutely love minding my own business. But it becomes my business when some dickhead fires up a 1,000 horsepower lawn mower next to my infants room at 6 am, when I just got her back down at 5:30am. > > I think there is winning here…and it’s an 8 am universal start time for shit over 80 dB
> Hard disagree. I mow as close to 7am as possible, because it's way too hot as soon as the sun makes an appearance, which is before 7am. 6am is too early, but I wouldn't be caught waiting until 8 when the sun is full force in the summer. [downvoted]
> what a selfish *****
> ”it’s way too hot” > > Sounds like you're making your problem with the heat your neighbors' issue. I strive not to make my issues other people's problems, personally.
> Love the hypocrisy of reddit. If you want to blow weed smoke into your neighbors yards and make them smell that awful stench, that's fine cause it's your property. If you want to be full nude and make your neighbors see that against their will, that's fine cause it's your property. But heaven forbid you mow your lawn at an hour within what's allowed by noise ordinances. Bet the thread would be supporting someone if they were loud at 9pm because that's their property and it's within noise ordinances, but flip it to 7am, same ass situation and they're oh so offended. [downvoted again]
> Maybe choose a different job if you don't like the working conditions?
> God forbid hard working people try to make a living and disturb your nap time.
> Way to go Karen stick it to the working man.
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Full thread with more lawn mowing takes here
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/r/pokemoncards is one of many pokemon trading card game subreddits. This one is anti scalping, so often posts will make fun of or complain about scalpers in the wild.
In particular, pokemon scalpers will wait until the crack of dawn to be the first in line to grab all the store’s ETB (Elite Trainer Box, retails for $59.99) inventory as well as single packs, leaving none for the casual fans.
OP posts to the subreddit a cooler full of scalped items like pokemon cards and action figures:
> I ruined a scalpers day 🤭 > > I went to target looking for needohs for my daughter lmao and I decided to check random places. Then I came across this !! wtf ! Not on my watch though hehe I told an employee and they took it to the front. Whooptydoo
Note: A needoh is a squishy sensory toy if you weren’t aware.
> Bull shit you decided to randomly check places for product and magically found a random cooler full of product. > > Why is there an ascended heroes tin display with zero tins in it……
> OP: Idk???? Maybe they came back for them????? Because they stashed it ?????? > > Bro go be mad somewhere else I literally did not care for those cards besides the fact some LOSER hid them instead of giving kids a damn chance > > Insane how a random on the internet will accuse you of the opposite ?????
> lol 🤡 [downvoted]
> Bitter-asswhole.
> Ftr i found a stash of tins hidden at walmart looking for a gift for my nephew a few months back, posted it and got called a scalper when i literally put products back in the aisle.
> OP: I’m convinced the people that get offended are the scalpers ;)
Calling OP pathetic for foiling a scalper’s stash:
> This is actually pathetic on the scalpers end but it’s even more pathetic that you go to stores and look in random places for Pokemon cards 😂
> OP: I was looking for a needoh for my kid. They were in stock. People hide them. Fuck off
> Still pathetic nerd [downvoted]
> Going to target for needohs and happen to find cards but you’re totally not a scalper. Idk bro that is 2 against your 1 claim of innocence. I’m leaning toward scalper lol what other proof you got?
> OP: I have a daughter that deserves to have a needoh if she wants ONE? Go be mad somewhere else lmao
> People can’t buy needohs now?? You do realize that’s for KIDS right?
Joking that OP is the scalper:
> Plot twist. OP did this himself 🤣
> OP: Bro you people are seriously idiots. It’s mad annoying
> Just randomly checked coolers at Target, which are usually in the opposite side of the store.
> OP: Yes. Which is usually where people hide shit. [downvoted]
> That scalper had perfect order in there. That is an amateur
> May God help you read descriptions.
> “If I lie and pretend I didn’t know I was stealing it, am I stealing it?”What do you think buddy?
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Full thread with more scalper takes here
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/r/pics is a very basic image posting subreddit. Basically anything gets posted here.
OP is shopping at a grocery store and comes upon a $20.44 ribeye steak, and posts about it:
> [OC] Used to think I was middle class > > [Image of a ribeye steak priced at $23.49/lb. If the shopper has a store card, the price is $23.29/lb according to the label.]
> That's the neat part, the wage gap keeps widening. Everyone below millionaire is considered poor. > > Millionaires are the new middle class.
> I make low six figures and I always feel like I’m living pay to pay check. It didn’t make sense. Six figures is rich, right… upper middle class, right? Then I looked up average income in my area (northern New Jersey). Nope, making 150k a year is considered just barely being middle class
> Post your budget or quit bullshitting
> [not the one asked] I make 100k with about half that in take home after taxes, 401k, medical, pet insurance, FSA, emergency fund, 2800/mo rent, $250 car, $200 insurance, $200 gas, about $800 for food, clothes, entertainment, and household items. Thats it. All gone. > > Could I spend less on food, clothes, entertainment, and things like shampoo and laundry detergent? Sure, but it feels like with a 6 figure income that shouldn't be extravagant. My car was half the average cost of a new one, I only eat out once a week or so. My big entertainment for the week is going to the driving range with friends and having a couple beers. Nobody is living large on 100k, end of list. [downvoted]
> 401k is retirement savings. That is not pay check to paycheck. You are voluntarily doing this. A sensible savings rate should not be creating cash flow issues. The same applies to your emergency fund. > > Also the federal marginal tax rate is 24% at 100k. There is NO state that will get you to “half” for an effective tax rate at that rate. > > It’s just as I suspected, a lot of creative accounting to cosplay poor.
> Did I say I was poor? I said half is left after all those deductions, not just taxes, and yea, those are the minimum you should be doing if you can. You are also aware there is more taxes than just federal right? My state has a lot of them. None of this is elaborate or over the top savings. It's exactly what any financial advisor tells you to do. The fact is, after normal deductions and a very reasonable budget for everything else, there is nothing left over. > > If you read what the guy said, he said "it feels like living paycheck to paycheck" not "I'm broke" or "I'm poor". Quit feeling so sorry for yourself. Nobody is cosplaying shit, except maybe you, as a victim of other people who are just getting by.
> ”more taxes than federal” > > No shit, that’s why I said there’s no state that will get you to half. > > You mean after all of your discretionary spending, and saving the rest you have nothing left over? Wow, truly living paycheck to paycheck.
> You seem incredibly bitter. I'm not the one eating your lunch dude. I'm not in a contest to be the most pathetic. You can run away with that one. > > You asked for the budget of a person who is just getting by on 100k and I gave it to you. I never said I was broke, but I sure don't have money to throw around, I stick to a modest budget and that's all I can do. > > Being angry at people who can't afford a house for "cosplaying poor" isn't going to help you. I suggest getting a job with room for advancement and working harder than the next guy so you can climb the ladder. Nobody is going to do it for you.
> You’re not “just getting by” though, to pretend as such is ridiculous. You’re living a perfectly normal middle class life with savings for the future. I believe your perceptions are heavily warped by social media
> *conversation continued here
> I earn $370k gross and $144k net. Day to day expenses are really tight for me. I have a mortgage which is $4k, I have alimony payments which are $6500. So all said, after those two expenses I'm basically broke. > > Of course the first question is why is my net so low on a gross that high? I save $97k ($72k 401k, $25k ESPP) before I even see my paycheck. > > This is how a lot of high earners end up feeling, like they have no money because they save aggressively. It's very much self inflicted and I know I can resolve it. However, I'm choosing to pull money out of cash savings because putting the money in the 401k is better than having it in other savings for retirement purposes.
> No one told you to get a 4k mortgage. High earners seem to be really bad with their money management. [downvoted]
> It's a cheap house for where I live, I would literally have to move to a completely different city to find something cheaper. > > Edit: I also bought the house when married, so I had an extra ~$7500/mo for bills, because I wasn't paying alimony and I wasn't paying as much income tax.
> Nice that you can afford to just move :) [downvoted again]
> If you didn’t previously understand the concept of the truly rich and powerful turning the truly poor against the “comfortable,” so that both of those two groups refrain from uniting against the truly rich and powerful - well, you’re playing right into their hands.
> I like making fun of people who actively spit on me, that’s all. > > I guarantee bro is voting against his own interests. [more downvotes]
> You would be wrong. > > I've lived at both extremes of the income scale, I suspect I've spent time living like you do right now, I just happen to be one of the people who managed to escape poverty.
> “Escape poverty” that’s funny. Never look back right? Who cares about fixing things for everyone else if you made it, right? [downvoted]
> How did you get that from my comment? > > Attacking random people who have become successful doesn't actually accomplish anything. Assuming I was the person you think I am (which I'm not), how do your comments convince me to change? They don't.
> I’m not trying to convince you to change. This elitist tone policing is funny. > > Idk what kinda person you are. I’m a bitter leftist watching people brag about their good life while wondering why everything’s getting worse and worse. I’m just some internet troll. > > You’re funding genocide. All Americans are. And you’re worried about your mortgage. [downvoted]
> My mortgage is almost 4k but I also have a family of 7
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Full thread with more beef and paycheck takes here
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