I mean, let's be honest. The "I can do anything better than you" is coming from the computer and the Artificial Intelligence it comes pre-loaded with. The humans? They are just there to carry the brains of the outfit from place to place for some reason.
*The laptop can also handle the student debt better than any of you, but it doesn't have to. Hope your boss lets you hide behind the capabilities of AI until you get at least SOME of that paid off.
Meanwhile...man, this guy is getting old. Remember when he could play big, imposing guys? I know he's had health problems, but this is not the way I need to be reminded.
No, this isn't fun. This is...sad, actually. I mean, it's not "check out me and my buddies having fun gambling on our phones" sad. But still...sad.
Last Sunday I walked into my local T-Mobile to complete the switch away from a family plan and to my own 55+ plan for which I will be paying $55 per month. While there, I asked about a possible upgrade for my old Samsung Galaxy +9, which has a broken charging port and which can no longer accept newer apps (and the old ones- like Capital One, and MLB, are dropping off my phone like flies when THEY need to update.)
I was "offered" two choices- either $250 toward a trade-in for a $1300 Galaxy 25, or a "free" Galaxy 25 when I signed a three-year contract at $90 per month. Doing some quick math, that means that the "offer" was to make 36 Easy Payments of $35 each- a total of $1230. I politely (as possible) declined and walked out with my new plan and my old phone. Currently looking for a refurbished Galaxy 25, which should be available for between $400-$600. In the meantime, the wireless charger is working fine.
Yes, this announcement is ALMOST nothing. Except, not quite, because smoke and mirrors and lying by omission isn't exactly Nothing.
So...I will have to read between the lines. Because the audio is terrible, and the acting is worse.
It seems to me that this guy was enjoying a weekend away with his developmentally disabled daughters when an insane coworker suddenly blasted up driving a stolen Hyundai. No wait- she didn't "steal" the car. She just got so thoroughly conned by the salesperson that she thinks she got something over on him and snagged a great deal. And then she had to run off and tell someone about it.
I mean, these two are not together. That would make zero sense. If they are a couple, why weren't they at the dealership together? Why is he off doing something with his kids without her, and why is she making a major purchase with no input from her partner? Why is she talking about buying a new car like she got a free upgrade on her iPhone?
Anyway, she feels like she has to whisper the amount she paid, which is so insanely small that it "feels wrong." What number does she whisper? The total amount? Doubtful. The "low" monthly payment that is "low" because it's spread out over 84 months? Much more likely.
This guy is so aroused at the idea of getting this deal that he abandons his daughters to the care of the insane woman and drives off to get his OWN Hyundai. Because buying a car these days is like taking advantage of a 2-for-$5 deal at Taco Bell. If you're one of these weird tv people.
Maybe this ad makes sense with better audio, but I really doubt it.
The guy in this video bought almost exactly the same car I did in March, 2025- A 2011 Honda Civic with a cracked windshield. Only difference is that mine is a Coupe. Also, in my area a dealership can't sell a car that doesn't pass state inspection, and a car with a cracked windshield doesn't pass inspection, so I had to wait until the windshield was replaced (at their expense) before I could drive off. Does ANY state motor vehicle department allow dealerships to sell cars that won't pass inspection?
This guy paid a lot less for his car than I did for mine, but my odometer was (is) really low and I'm not told how many miles were on HIS Honda. Mine doesn't make weird noises and the AC works fine and- again- the windshield was brand new. 18 months after purchase, I don't need new brake pads either.
(That unfixed crack in the windshield continues to bother me. In my state, a police officer will eventually pull you over and cite you for that. You can't just "ignore" a cracked windshield.)
Because this is the United States, a person faced with a $2000 repair bill v. four years of $340 a month for a new car is an easy choice- the new car. Because I think I'm a Stranger in a Strange Land, I pay the repair bill and keep my old Honda for another several years. It's a no brainer- which ought to make it obvious even to Americans.
This guy did three dumb things. The first one was not getting that cracked windshield replaced, which certainly would have resulted in a fine. The second was buying Pria a car. She's smoking hot, but jeesh. Let her buy her own car. The third was paying off his younger brother's car. Why would anyone do this? What does kid brother's debts have to do with him? That's money that could be going into investments. Kid brother is going to pay this guy back by just getting into debt again. Probably by signing up for a new car.
Overall, this guy is really smart, besides having a girlfriend who was probably way too good for him when the relationship started (did anyone else think that he was going to end up with that other girl he met at the elevator?) He made some odd missteps, but everyone does. I'd take his advice.
I don't have a car fund. I have an emergency fund that will become a vacation fund assuming that there's no emergency. If it's up to me, the car I currently own will be the last one I EVER own, because once it's paid off- in three months, more than 2 years in advance- I will NOT miss making those payments.)
First, the son calls his mom to warn her that he's been diagnosed with COVID, which means he exposed her to the disease on his last visit. Fair enough- that's exactly what he should do.
But then, two almost laughable dumb things happen: Mom abruptly interrupts to announce that she's calling her doctor RIGHT NOW instead of, you know, thanking her kid for warning her, telling him that she'll make an appointment immediately, and asking him to call him back (or maybe NOT acting like she just severed an artery and having a conversation for a few minutes before organically ending the call and then calling the doctor. I mean, come on.) Then, son TELLS his mother to ask her doctor about Xocova and stays on the line as she talks to the guy who actually went through medical school and maybe actually keeps up with the latest treatments even more than this obnoxious kid does.
Mom dutifully parrots whatever son says to the doctor, and at this point I wonder why she just doesn't have son talk to the doctor directly. No sooner does she get reassurance that son's Will Shall Be Done than she turns the phone over to dad- or dad uses his own phone, this is getting dumber by the second- and gets HIS marching orders from Son to demand a particular drug that I guess Son knows everything there is to know about which makes me wonder why the kid isn't his parents' official doctor.
So I guess the urgency comes from the fact that Xocova is only effective if it's used within three days or so of first infection- ok, but still. A few minutes was not going to make a difference. I'm much more disturbed (and amused) by the son's total control over his parents' drug regimen. Wouldn't it have made a lot more sense for the son to say something like "please call your doctor right away, tell him you've been exposed to COVID, and ask about treatments? I heard that there's this new drug out there that can be effective if taken soon after exposure, it's called Xocava." You know, instead of acting like HE'S prescribing Xocava and is just using the doctor as an annoyingly necessary middleman?
What's the truly horrifying thing about this and all Quick Payday Loan ads? Is it
A) That the people in them are so economically unstable that they feel the need to open an app and borrow money at absolutely horrific interest because they are incapable of budgeting? Or
B) Are so thrilled at the Non-Solution that is Payday Loans that they actually start dancing (in every commercial. They ALWAYS dance) at the "good news" that they've successfully taken on another debt that in reality will just be another headache added on to the mountain of stress they seem determined to die on?
