That costs HOW much???

[PhDhawk]

To revive thread--

It's funny how it seems that coffee is either free or $5.

I will say - I am not a fancy coffee-based- or coffee-adjacent-drink person, but it's unquestionable that $4.60 for a Grande Whipped Hazelnut Somethingorother is a much better value than $3.80 for black coffee.

If you're paying that much for black coffee, I have some $111/kg sugar if you want to sweeten it up.

[NewtonHawk11]

If you don’t want to pay for the kids, don’t have the kids. You worthless piece of $#!t.

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[HouseDivided]

If you don’t want to pay for the kids, don’t have the kids. You worthless piece of $#!t.

This thread went dark really quick..

It just takes one a-hole.

[Cascadia]

MICHHAWK isn’t an asshole, just a really dumb motherfucker

[HouseDivided]

MICHHAWK isn’t an asshole, just a really dumb motherfucker

Potato, potatoh . . .

[zsn]

Molecular Biological Research.

I mean, I get it, a specific piece of highly engineered equipment is going to be expensive like a fluorescent microscope, especially since it's not produced in high volume. I get why that's expensive, it's other shit.

Sigma Aldrich is the company I buy most chemicals from. If I want to buy sucrose from them, it's $111 for 1 kg (which is 2.2 lbs). Sucrose is table sugar, which you can buy from a store for about $1.50/lb. But depending on the grant, going to the supermarket to get something can force you to jump through a bunch of hoops, etc. whereas purchasing from an approved vendor (simga) couldn't be easier.

You can get a 10lb bag at Costco for under $5! Depending on how much you go through it might be worth just buying and eating (pun unintended) the expense. What you’re paying for when you buy from SA is the certification and traceability of the material

[pdub]

Website hosting fees.
justsayin.

[twocoach]

well, if you DO use or need the benefits, get ready to pay even more.

hell yea it's overpriced. The only thing I spend more on on an annual basis is rent. Except I actually use my apartment regularly. Insurance is literally just as much, and it's not even for a product or service I actively use. It's just in case.

and again, if I do use it, it's not like I've paid it forward. That's even more out of pocket -- and all assuming insurance doesn't try to wiggle their way out of covering it.

I was blown away by what I walked into - something like the mutant cantina in Star Wars - full of morbidly obese individuals who have abused their bodies for years by eating like crap, smoking, drinking, refusing to exercise, and blowing what money they do have on stupid stuff. Then, when their health goes down the toilet, they expect miracles to happen.

You just described what I think about most of the shoppers around me every time I would go to Sam's Club for toilet paper and granola bars.

[HouseDivided]

well, if you DO use or need the benefits, get ready to pay even more.

hell yea it's overpriced. The only thing I spend more on on an annual basis is rent. Except I actually use my apartment regularly. Insurance is literally just as much, and it's not even for a product or service I actively use. It's just in case.

and again, if I do use it, it's not like I've paid it forward. That's even more out of pocket -- and all assuming insurance doesn't try to wiggle their way out of covering it.

I was blown away by what I walked into - something like the mutant cantina in Star Wars - full of morbidly obese individuals who have abused their bodies for years by eating like crap, smoking, drinking, refusing to exercise, and blowing what money they do have on stupid stuff. Then, when their health goes down the toilet, they expect miracles to happen.

You just described what I think about most of the shoppers around me every time I would go to Sam's Club for toilet paper and granola bars.

They were stopping off for economy-sized tubs of Oreos and Cheetos while waiting for their Metformin and blood pressure prescriptions to be filled.

[Shirley]

Pretty much:

(Warning, he says "fvck" in the video.)

[jfish26]

How do you even pronounce "fvck"?

[TDub]

How do you even pronounce "fvck"?

Lagerald

[HouseDivided]

How do you even pronounce "fvck"?

Lagerald

POTD

[jfish26]

cell phones, in particular the flagship models from the major manufacturers

Considering what and how much they do and how much we all use and rely on them, they're actually a bargain.

My 6S+ seems to be on the way out, today.

I can't tell whether I want an 11+, or can settle for XS Max, which is almost $300 cheaper.

I DO want the biggest screen possible, because what matters to me is reading.

I DO NOT care to spend an extra $300 for a slightly better camera.

Is the marginally-better processing power worth the $300?

[PhDhawk]

I DO want the biggest screen possible, because what matters to me is porn.

[CrimsonNBlue]

cell phones, in particular the flagship models from the major manufacturers

Considering what and how much they do and how much we all use and rely on them, they're actually a bargain.

My 6S+ seems to be on the way out, today.

I can't tell whether I want an 11+, or can settle for XS Max, which is almost $300 cheaper.

I DO want the biggest screen possible, because what matters to me is reading.

I DO NOT care to spend an extra $300 for a slightly better camera.

Is the marginally-better processing power worth the $300?

No.

[ousdahl]

I DO want the biggest screen possible, because what matters to me is porn.

Where’s his hands?

[PhDhawk]

How 'bout how porn is, unless you WANT to pay for it, essentially free.

I mean, a bottle of water is like 2 bucks, and no one cares.

[TDub]

Tractors. Good lord.

[3rdGenJayhawk]

Pappy Van Winkle