Another broke wide receiver

[TF_Titan]

2 minutes ago, NashvilleNinja said:

 

Do schools even teach kids how to "balance a checkbook"?

 

Who uses checks?

 

Anyway...as bad as the education system is, even a good education system can't replace responsible parenting. Without that kids are pretty much fucked.

[NashvilleNinja]

21 minutes ago, TF_Titan said:

 

Who uses checks?

 

Anyway...as bad as the education system is, even a good education system can't replace responsible parenting. Without that kids are pretty much fucked.

 

That's why I had it in quotation marks. It's just an older way of saying make a budget.

[nine]

Probably the single most important and valuable advice my Dad ever gave me was the importance of knowing your limitations and living within your means.   Dad was a finance guy who did pretty well for himself and was quite comfortable.....but he knew and worked with a lot of corporate bigwigs.  Doctors, corporate CEOs,  company presidents, and owners who were seriously rich:   private jets,  fleets of cars, multiple vacation homes, etc.   

 

As Dad once told me:

 

The biggest mistake people make is falling into a lifestyle of living beyond their means....buying things they can't afford and spending more money than they bring in.

 

What's amazing is that it's really not about how much they make...it's all about the mindset.   It doesn't matter if a person makes $20,000 a year or $2M a year.....every budget has a limit;   people just have to know their limitations.   But for a lot of people....any time they get their hands on money or if they get a big raise with more money coming in...instead of putting money back, they just find new and more expensive ways to spend it.

 

I've known people who never earned much and never had much money but who were still happy and content in life.....because they always lived within their means and avoided a lot of unnecessary stress.

 

I've also known people who had six or seven figure salaries...and barely had two nickels to rub together.   These people were very successful professionally and were worth millions of dollars on paper....but in real life they were flat broke, living paycheck to paycheck and struggling to pay their power bill every month just to keep the lights on.   

 

Because even though they owned multiple houses and properties and were technically worth millions.... they were spending more than they were bringing in and living well beyond their means.

[NashvilleNinja]

25 minutes ago, nine said:

I've also known people who had six or seven figure salaries...and barely had two nickels to rub together.   These people were very successful professionally and were worth millions of dollars on paper....but in real life they were flat broke, living paycheck to paycheck and struggling to pay their power bill every month just to keep the lights on.   

 

Because even though they owned multiple houses and properties and were technically worth millions.... they were spending more than they were bringing in and living well beyond their means.

 

The motto of these folks was probably "you can tell the men from the boys by the price of their toys."

[Callidus]

2 hours ago, NashvilleNinja said:

 

Do schools even teach kids how to "balance a checkbook"?

My highschool didnt have shop class, home economics, or any of those classic classes. 

[Number9]

5 hours ago, NashvilleNinja said:

 

Do schools even teach kids how to "balance a checkbook"?

Outlawed.

[Number9]

They want to be happy, so people buy things.

 

On my way out to work, I asked God to help me have a wonderful day.  Help me enjoy myself doing what I do to make a living.

 

Doesn't have to be God.  It's the commitment to enjoy today.  

[OILERMAN]

1 hour ago, Number9 said:

They want to be happy, so people buy things.

 

On my way out to work, I asked God to help me have a wonderful day.  Help me enjoy myself doing what I do to make a living.

 

Doesn't have to be God.  It's the commitment to enjoy today.  

 

 

[OILERMAN]

The funny thing is you get a much greater dopamine rush saving/investing and building an empire(trust me!) vs buying stuff. 

 

 

[OILERMAN]

Fehoko, who helped lead LSU to the 2019 national title, didn't bother sugarcoating anything. He posted a blunt response on social media saying that claiming a $100 million deal isn't enough is "the dumbest sh*t I've ever heard." He broke down the math, arguing that even after taxes, agent fees and union dues, a player could still walk away with at least $35 million.

 

 

 

[Callidus]

4 hours ago, OILERMAN said:

Fehoko, who helped lead LSU to the 2019 national title, didn't bother sugarcoating anything. He posted a blunt response on social media saying that claiming a $100 million deal isn't enough is "the dumbest sh*t I've ever heard." He broke down the math, arguing that even after taxes, agent fees and union dues, a player could still walk away with at least $35 million.

 

 

 

Thats only 7 times as much as someone making 100k a year working for 50 years would make in their lifetime, if they worked under the table...

 

 

Edited December 5, 2025 by Callidus

[Number9]

I tried to build the point that WRs suffer more CTE problems than other positions.  So, I went to find the data to prove my point.  The first evidence I found said QBs and RBs had the most concussions.  

 

Sports Injury Central

Contrary to the popular conception that players who receive a hit are more likely to get concussions, the study showed that concussions were more common in cornerbacks who initiated the hits by tackling or blocking another player. These cornerbacks' concussions resulted from helmet-to-helmet, helmet-to-body, and helmet-to-ground contacts.

[OILERMAN]

The phrase "I drink broke people's tears" is a metaphorical expression, often used humorously or boastfully by successful or wealthy individuals to imply they thrive on the misfortunes or failures of others, suggesting they "feast" on others' struggles, though it's not a literal drink but a figure of speech for enjoying success derived from others' setbacks. It highlights a mindset of deriving pleasure or satisfaction from seeing others fail financially or socially, common in competitive or materialistic contexts. 

[Number9]

8 hours ago, OILERMAN said:

Fehoko, who helped lead LSU to the 2019 national title, didn't bother sugarcoating anything. He posted a blunt response on social media saying that claiming a $100 million deal isn't enough is "the dumbest sh*t I've ever heard." He broke down the math, arguing that even after taxes, agent fees and union dues, a player could still walk away with at least $35 million.

 

 

 

 

 

Individually, there’s always more beneath the surface. Anyone can achieve success, but living it out in the real world is far more complicated. We’re born into a society that quietly shapes our path before we even understand what choice means. As soon as we become aware of our surroundings, we start imagining our future through the lens we’ve been given.

 

Then one day, you might find yourself in a “real” millionaire neighborhood—and suddenly it doesn’t match the future you pictured for yourself.  Money itself is just a material thing; it can’t create happiness. We’re communal by nature, and our imaginations build a vision of success long before we ever reach it. “Rich,” for most people, is who they dreamed they would become before money ever entered the picture. If you grew up in the projects, your idea of success still connects back to that environment—your people, your memories, your sense of belonging.

 

But now you’re placed in a different financial world. The lifestyle doesn’t line up with the one you grew up dreaming about. Your role models were different. A young Vanderbilt grows up expecting a life among the wealthy. A football player or a country singer has to reinvent their idea of what “successful living” even looks like. They might not see themselves fitting naturally into this new environment.

[ctm]

Voting is free.  It costs nothing.  Yet a significant segment of the population vote directly against their financial self-interest or don't bother to even vote. Just look at W. Virginia.  Poor people voting overwhelmingly to benefit the upper class.

 

About 1.6 million Americans have been removed from Medicaid during the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to new numbers from the health research group KFF, per Newsweek.

The decrease comes ahead of bigger policy shifts. Trump’s proposed “One Big Beautiful Bill” includes about $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Edited December 5, 2025 by ctm