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[–]AClockworkPineapple 214 points215 points ago

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Not gonna lie, this is one of the saddest moments I've seen in The Simpsons. I don't know why I have such empathy for a background character in a cartoon. But I'd definitely lend Lenny some money.

[–]HMacyFan4eva 51 points52 points ago

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In a later episode when the Simpsons were looking for somewhere to live, didn't they show Lenny living in a massive fancy apartment? Only it shared a wall with a squash court or something.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

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[–]LilDrumrGrl 15 points16 points ago

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Was not expecting that to be what you were linking to which made it god-damned hilarious.

[–]AClockworkPineapple 4 points5 points ago

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Yeah I remember that.

[–]InTheZone1 2 points3 points ago

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Exactly.

[–]ReverendBlue 1 point2 points ago

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It was Jai Alai. "That's just the sound of the paloola hitting the fronton. I find it soothing."

[–]Steve_The_Ogre 22 points23 points ago

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Man, I live in a studio apartment. My bedroom is my kitchen is my closet is my bathroom. The ceiling isn't even high enough for me to hang myself. But, I'd still lend Lenny some money, too.

[–]mannetic 7 points8 points ago

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The ceiling isn't even high enough for me to hang myself.

That's the saddest thing that have made me laugh.

[–]Se7en_Sinner 30 points31 points ago

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[–]Maverick144 82 points83 points ago

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"Ah, my eye! My doctor said i wasn't supposed to get pudding in it!"

[–]altergeeko 19 points20 points ago

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I read it in Lenny's voice. Well done.

[–]hoboto 32 points33 points ago

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HOW ELSE WERE YOU SUPPOSED TO READ IT?!

[–]deflective 15 points16 points ago

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i read every single post saying "i read that in x voice" using Ralph's voice

[–]Jafit 1 point2 points ago

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I read the quoted part of your comment in Ralph's voice, but I read the rest of it using my own default internal monologue, which just so happens to sound like Leslie Nielson.

It occurs to me that you could write an "I read that in x voice" comment using a very verbose, superlatively loquacious style of speech, and thus make it difficult to render through the voice of a character such as Ralph.

[–]Sachyriel 27 points28 points ago

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In Carl's voice, right Lenny?

[–]cralledode 21 points22 points ago

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[–]Sachyriel 6 points7 points ago

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[–]Cutsprocket 2 points3 points ago

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60's spiderman has so many funny moments

[–]Koraboros 5 points6 points ago

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Damnit I spent 5 clicks trying to click a link that wasn't there.

[–]Sachyriel 2 points3 points ago

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Koraboros.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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twitch

[–]randomRedditer 5 points6 points ago

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Hey Everybody!! im self diagnosed OCD! Im special!!!

[–]Jafit 1 point2 points ago

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I read that in Dr House's voice

[–]thegodamill 0 points1 point ago

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I read this in your voice

[–]altergeeko 0 points1 point ago

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In my own voice!

[–]MorningHaze 0 points1 point ago

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I'm not supposed to get jigs in it!

[–]simpsonsquoteupvote 0 points1 point ago

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yes.

[–]BlameArticuno 20 points21 points ago

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"NOT LENNY!"

[–]Shadefox 3 points4 points ago

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"Screw the rules, I have green hair!"

[–]Skeezer1991 0 points1 point ago

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Ahh, nuts.

[–]kendrahwithanh 10 points11 points ago

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just looking at this reminds me of how sad i felt watching it... poor poor lenny.

[–]Horatio_Hornblower 1 point2 points ago

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But I'd definitely lend Lenny some money.

It doesn't look like he needs any more debt.

[–]schmeddit04 1 point2 points ago

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i feel sorry for the guy who posted this

[–]Scadilla 87 points88 points ago*

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But he is a bachelor with an engineer degree and no kids! Why doesn't he have shit tons more money than Homer? edit: I made an mistake

[–]cynnie 49 points50 points ago

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Lenny's apartment on 2 other occasions: Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4

[–]Lahad77 5 points6 points ago

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Why isn't there an origin episode in the works? Lenny and Carl obviously have a decent fan-base.

[–]FinalaniF 2 points3 points ago

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'' Thats Lenny? Aww, I wanted the black one.''

[–]No_name_Johnson[!] 1 point2 points ago

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Lenny = White

Carl = Black

[–]Scadilla 0 points1 point ago

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Wow, I don't remember those at all.

[–]MaverickTopGun 0 points1 point ago

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Your examples went in order of his success. He just got steadily richer

[–]NewHandle 97 points98 points ago

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He probably does. But he actually does work all day and doesn't have a woman to decorate or cook for him, so this is his life.

[–]heuheuheuheuh 64 points65 points ago

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Don't forget Lenny spends a lot of time in a tavern. Sure Lenny might make a decent amount of money but he's a hopelessly depressed alcoholic.

[–]itsprobablytrue 20 points21 points ago

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I dont believe he's an alcoholic, but maybe depressed. My apartment for better or worse looks just like this. This is basically from not having personal possessions or the desire to collect junk. Just wall, tv, chair, can of beans and spoon. This is why I asked my sister why she wanted the big pot thing that the last person left here. I mean, it does nothing functional, what good does it do?

[–]d7b 9 points10 points ago

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I am pretty sure a dude in a bar every evening is an alco.

If not, I feel really good about myself and ongoing alcoholism for the first time since university.

5 to the late 20's eng life!

[–]fupa16 13 points14 points ago

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The difference is, alcoholics go to meetings.

[–]Sir_Edmund_Bumblebee 6 points7 points ago

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Do these meeting have an open bar?

If so I'm in.

[–]d7b 0 points1 point ago

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Tell that to my dad and sister !hhahahaha

seriously though, it's a serious problem. I go to meetings for work. Will that count towards my 12 steps?

[–]this_is_weird 2 points3 points ago

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You can't define addiction with numbers. You're not an alcoholic as soon as you drink X beers. You can use numbers as indications of addiction, but they do not define it.

Addiction is when an activity prevents you from caring about other things that you value. You spend all your money in booze and can't feed your family; you're always drunk and you lose your job; you're always out drinking and you fail college. Those things define addiction.

In Lenny's case, I'm not aware of alcohol causing any issue with his other activities.

[–]ShittyShittyBangBang 2 points3 points ago

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A person with a drinking problem is someone that drinks more than me.

[–]d7b 0 points1 point ago

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head explodes from excitement!

"Thanks Doctor! .... oh I'm not a doctor...."

It makes sense what you say, but I smoke dope and drink beer every night. I train harder physically than anybody I know (swim, surf, climb, wrestle), hold down work as a small business owner, have good relationships with partner and friend / family.

I think I am a junkie. My friends call it a 'habitual recreationalist' which works for me as well, but despite it having no control over me itches I seem to find myself a master-oholic of all kinds.

Maybe I just have high standards? :-)

[–]spscarter 0 points1 point ago

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You're not an alcoholic as soon as you drink X beers.

Do you know anything about alcoholism? If you drink enough, you'll get physically addicted and get withdrawals if you don't drink.

An addiction doesn't have to cause problems to be an addiction.

Haven't you heard of the term "functioning alcoholic?"

[–]meeeow 2 points3 points ago

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I think the key term even when you are a functioning alcoholic is dependency, not how mch you drink.

[–]odintal 2 points3 points ago

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My mom dated one of those for a while.

He was actually a nice guy. Always in a really good mood. Always treated my mom really nice too. He was quite the bullshitter and had a lot of tall tales involving himself but I always liked him.

[–]Spatulamarama 1 point2 points ago

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and homer isn't?

[–]heuheuheuheuh 1 point2 points ago

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I never said he wasn't an alcoholic. Having a good wife and some kids probably keeps the depression at bay though.

[–]Sir_Edmund_Bumblebee 7 points8 points ago

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Having a good wife and some kids probably keeps the depression at bay though.

The single digit IQ probably helps too.

[–]ZebrasKickAss 22 points23 points ago

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This guy just summed up the lifes of males engineers in their late twenties.

[–]onionman1248 8 points9 points ago

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Hooray, I'm ahead of schedule!

[–]ZebrasKickAss 9 points10 points ago

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By late twenties I mean x>21.

[–]AngelTC 9 points10 points ago

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What about Carl?

[–]Spatulamarama 24 points25 points ago

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Don't you rush them.

[–]NewHandle 1 point2 points ago

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Carl's gay, dude.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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Maybe all of his money goes to ex women to help raise kids he isn't allowed to see?

[–]VomitEverywhere 2 points3 points ago

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The Secrets Behind Lenny's Sadness would make for a good episode. I live like like this, btw.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Are you also infatuated with a male coworker?

[–]VomitEverywhere 0 points1 point ago

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No... I guess Lenny and I aren't so much alike. I got a guitar, and some videogames... I just feel like my apartment is a shithole. [firstworldproblems]

[–]shblash 1 point2 points ago

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Oh God ._.

[–]HateComics 0 points1 point ago

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Carl?

[–]mst3kcrow 0 points1 point ago

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He probably does. But he actually does work all day and doesn't have Lenny to decorate or cook for him, so this is his life.

FTFY

[–]Korbit 11 points12 points ago

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For that matter, Homer's paycheck was shown once. He makes about $9/hour.

[–]Sachyriel 3 points4 points ago

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I'm a dish washer in Ontario, I make 10.25 an hour. I forget which state Springfield is in, but how old is this episode would you think?

[–]Korbit 12 points13 points ago

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The creators of The Simpsons are very careful to make identifying the state that Springfield is in impossible. Also, I was somewhat wrong about the pay. That was after taxes, and his pay seems to have been shorted. http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Homer%27s_jobs

[–]ThaddyG 3 points4 points ago

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The state they live in is purposely kept mysterious and has been used by the writers as the basis for jokes in the past.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)

The federal minimum is $7.25 but some states go higher. Washington State is $8.67 and Oregon is $8.50, they're the highest. Most states also have a lower minimum for certain occupations, mostly restaurant jobs where you get tips but that varies a lot more.

[–]FinalaniF 3 points4 points ago

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milhouse said (albeit in a horrible new episode) that springfield was ''Tennessee Titans country''

There is indeed a Springfield, Tennessee

[–]Biertrinken 1 point2 points ago

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I grew up there. No Simpsons, sadly.

[–]Hydris 2 points3 points ago

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Wasn't there a map of the U.S. they showed in one episode that had all the states they have been kicked out of crossed off. I know that drove people nuts when they first showed that.

[–]this_is_weird 1 point2 points ago

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But in that scene they also crossed one state because Homer just didn't want to go there. They may very well have crossed their own state right before because they similarily didn't want to visit things in it.

[–]PaidAdvertiser 4 points5 points ago

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I just imagine them living in Illinois and leave it at that.

[–]smashsmish 2 points3 points ago

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It's said to be in portland, oregon...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons

[–]lilbro93 0 points1 point ago

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Canadian, you wage doesn't count.

[–]Sachyriel 7 points8 points ago

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Canadian money is worth more than American money. We're the seventh most traded currency in the world, by population we are actually 35th and the USA would be 3rd. Because of the USA we're more important than we're supposed to be.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

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It just doesn't count because you're in Canada.

[–]Sachyriel 2 points3 points ago

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Actually we're changing the name of the country to Quebec in November, to celebrate the end of the Bloc.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago*

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I don't remember how old the episode is, but if I remember properly the Federal min wage back then was either $2.10 or $2.15 an hour. At the time every state had a much higher min wage (CA was like $5 something an hour.) so the Fed min wage didn't matter.

edit: Just looked it up: 3.10 not 2.10

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[–]whosdamike 6 points7 points ago

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Another successful redditor from r/Frugal.

[–]NathanExplosions 0 points1 point ago

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Cocaine. Sad really.

[–]SparkitusRex 37 points38 points ago

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I have a certain group of friends that are at my house all the time. If they're coming over, I'll make sure I don't have any underwear lying around the house. If it's someone I'm not like really good friends with, though, I go into panic mode and start cleaning like crazy, ridiculous things (I mean like wiping baseboards, dusting fans, going extreme). I'm always convinced they're going to judge me.

God help me if they try to go into my room to use the bathroom if the other one's occupied, and I haven't specifically disinfected everything. I'm certain they're going to think I'm disgusting and live in filth, because of my clothes on the floor.

[–][deleted] 24 points25 points ago

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I lie. "Hey do you have another bathroom?"......."No."

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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Buy a lock for your bedroom door, save yourself at least a bit of stress.

[–]SparkitusRex 5 points6 points ago

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Nobody goes in there without my permission, but I feel so guilty saying "no, hold your pee until that person gets out of the bathroom from puking. Hope they don't have to puke too much."

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Buy a plastic bucket, stash it somewhere and give it to your hypothetical puker.

[–]mst3kcrow 5 points6 points ago

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Alternatively: buy a bucket of ice cream. When you're done, you're left with a bucket and diabetes!

[–]zgh5002 0 points1 point ago

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Direct them to the balcony.

[–]Wordfan 4 points5 points ago

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I mean like wiping baseboards, dusting fans, going extreme

Some people just call that "cleaning." I'm the same as you but I still laughed at the phrasing.

[–]SparkitusRex 4 points5 points ago

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Well see to me, I do all that extra stuff about once a month or every other month. Usually when I have the whole day to waste cleaning up the ridiculous stuff. Not when someone just called to tell me they're on the way.

[–]SummerWind18 -4 points-3 points ago

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omg...I love the internet. I thought I was the only person this weird.

[–]imk 27 points28 points ago

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The last year I was in college in Richmond VA, I scored a really nice big apartment. It took me about one day to realize that it looked like I lived in the corner of an empty warehouse.

This one scene pretty much summed the whole experience up for me.

[–]helium_farts 19 points20 points ago

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Haha, that pretty much sums up my last apartment. When I moved in I had a chair, a tv, and a mattress... I put all three in the living room.

[–]Jigsus 5 points6 points ago

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Dude wall it off and run an illegal board game bar.

[–]Nyax-A 2 points3 points ago

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Unless it really was a dump, "corner of an empty warehouse" sounds good to me. How high was the ceiling?

[–]sneekr 2 points3 points ago

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Not high enough to hang myself.

[–]imk 2 points3 points ago

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Very high. Pre-air conditioning, early 1900s houses in the south are notorious for their high ceilings.

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points ago

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Hope you don't mind if I use your computer to check a few things online. I'll just open up Firefox and.....

[–]koolkid005 13 points14 points ago

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Do you people not understand private browsing wtf?

[–]RedmondCooper 5 points6 points ago

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More like do you people not understand having a guest account on their computer wtf?

Its so much easier to get to pinklab by only typing p + down arrow

[–]cristiline 3 points4 points ago

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But it seems suspicious if I force them to switch accounts!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Too bad, tell them you were working on something and didn't want them messing with your tabs. Guest accounts are the way to go.

[–]BHSPitMonkey 0 points1 point ago

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Not when they know you're a computer pedant like that.

[–]everyrainbow 1 point2 points ago

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Some people look at embarrassing things that aren't porn.

[–]ImHereToReddit 21 points22 points ago

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But please, whatever you do, don't type in the address bar.

[–]pacostaco 1 point2 points ago

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or google >.>

[–]EasyJim 9 points10 points ago

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I have two computers. One I leave out, and one I use for porn and hide under the bed.

[–]cristiline 1 point2 points ago

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Multiple browsers. Use something like Opera that no one will think to open for your porn, let them go to Firefox or Chrome.

[–]T-Luv 0 points1 point ago

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That's what I do. Except I use Internet Explorer, so none of my friends would ever use that. It doesn't work so well if one of my parents tries to use my computer, though...

[–]marsneedstowels 47 points48 points ago

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Not Lenny!!

[–]Diddomatic 18 points19 points ago

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Anyone but Lenny.

[–]socrates200X 6 points7 points ago

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Not Lenny!!

[–]omg_the_bees 21 points22 points ago

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Now that I'm old enough to have a place that's suitable for company (i.e. has decent furniture and is kept clean on a regular basis), I find that I don't want anyone coming to my apartment. All of my nice things are just for me!

[–]audiotechnica 0 points1 point ago

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Or more like, you know if your friends came over and started drinking, your nice apartment would soon look like the police just raided it.

[–]wtfxstfu 15 points16 points ago

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WHAT DID THEY TOUCH WHEN I WASN'T LOOKING?!

[–]DieWithYerBootsOn 5 points6 points ago

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Everything...

[–]Decatf 1 point2 points ago

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F that. Change the sheets. Wash everything.

[–]philmccrak 6 points7 points ago

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I visited my grad student sister today. She told me that when she gets off work she is too tired to cook, so she opened a bag of peas and ate it for dinner. This is how I pictured her looking.

[–]awox 18 points19 points ago

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I live this way. The only furniture items I own: computer desk, computer chair, inflatable mattress. I am not ashamed.

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[–]brycedriesenga 4 points5 points ago

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I bring all of my guests to an abandoned house. What is wrong with that?

[–]BenCelotil 3 points4 points ago

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Grug find furniture.

Grug clean furniture.

Grug like everybody else.

Uhg... uh, welcome Grug's Place.

/jk

I'm living pretty minimally at the moment myself, although I would like some more space.

[–]Sir_Edmund_Bumblebee 3 points4 points ago

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I live in a very similar situation but did spring for a real mattress. The other stuff is a matter of taste, but a decent mattress can actually make a big difference on your quality of life, even if you don't really notice it until you get one.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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Here is my furniture: 1) One plain rectangular table; 2) One old, squeaky swivel chair; 3) Bookcase.

I sleep on the floor and have a bedroom that I have never slept in nor used for anything other than to store clothes in the closet. Like you, I am not ashamed. I would, however, be embarrassed if the people I know from work and social activities (I will not name them for fear of saying too much!) knew how I lived.

And I make > 100k/year. I have saved more money in the five years since college than most people I hang out with make in four years.

What sucks about it is that no girl is ever going to go for me while I live like this.

[–]UptownDonkey 9 points10 points ago

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What sucks about it is that no girl is ever going to go for me while I live like this.

You're not being a big thinker here.

Invite girl over. When she notices your lack of furniture and hobo living conditions confess to her that you're clueless about design/furniture and would like her help to shop for new things. This locks you in to a few more shopping dates together. At some point make a big fuss against something she likes. Tell her you don't like it at all and would not buy it. Before you leave the store stop and say you want to go look at that item again because maybe she's right after-all. Buy the item, ideally a bed or a couch, and bring it back to your home. Put it into place and look at her and say "you were so right about this. It's perfect"

[–]BenCelotil 1 point2 points ago

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"Let's christen it together."

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Get this man a trophy and a giant check, because he fucking deserves an award.

[–]quadrasauck 1 point2 points ago

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This is how I envision myself becoming. I'm currently going to school and my ambition for success can sometimes consume my life. At the same time, I absolutely hate spending money. I'm always trying to find the cheapest possible way to live even if I have plenty of money. The whole point of having money is to have the purchasing power to get other things, but I find myself only striving to acquire money. I will go through this life without actually accomplishing anything, and die on a pile of my own bills.

God help me.

[–]beigemore 1 point2 points ago

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Get a hobby. Find something to collect.. something that you'd enjoy surrounding yourself with. Then you'll need to buy shelves to display them on.

[–]aaOzymandias 0 points1 point ago

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Or travel the world.

[–]Saxtracks 4 points5 points ago

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He has beans and a table. What more does a man need

[–]elevenhundred 8 points9 points ago

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Whiskey.

[–]AgentOfMediocrity 4 points5 points ago

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I'm Lenny

[–]gonzal61 8 points9 points ago

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"That's Lenny? I wanted the black one!"

[–]VanillaWax 9 points10 points ago

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I don't know if it's empathy or my ovaries, but this makes me sad.

[–]sneekr 0 points1 point ago

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It's both.

[–]Capn_Puddinhed 2 points3 points ago

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I hate the stereotype that because I'm a single male I probably live in filthy squalor. I'm no neat freak, but my apartment stays pretty clean. My place looks like a 36 year old grown ass man lives here.

[–]herbqueens 2 points3 points ago

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[–]The-Vajazzler 0 points1 point ago

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I think every other word would be fitting here. i.e., A 36-year old-grown ass-man.

[–]downvote_repository 11 points12 points ago

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This is me.

[–]sterling_mallory 12 points13 points ago

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Do the dishes. I'm not about to do mine, but you damn well know you should do yours too.

[–]Rock_Strongo 6 points7 points ago

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i put some in the dishwasher... then i ran out of them... so i took the less dirty ones out and re-used them.

[–]sterling_mallory 9 points10 points ago

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Dishwasher?!

[–]savingrain 5 points6 points ago

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shouldn't you be yelling THAT'S HOW WE GET ANTS!!

[–]sterling_mallory 0 points1 point ago

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Yes, sorry. I was in HR trying to convince Pam that the donuts were floor marbles, and she was a hungry hungry hippo.

[–]Nyax-A 1 point2 points ago

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There's a button you need to press on it. Then you have to wait while it does all the work. It's tough, but such is life.

[–]jgrex22 2 points3 points ago

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Not Lenny!

[–]mightbesideshowbob 2 points3 points ago

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i get everyone who enters high as shit so they don't notice anything.

[–]dirtymoney 2 points3 points ago

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[–]lividd 2 points3 points ago

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Back in the 90's I was dating a girl who had a tiny shity apt. she shared it with another chick, everything they had was old, from a thrift store or donated from friends. And that wasn't much. They cooked their meals with only a microwave and toasteroven. But I never thought less of them because they both kept the place spotless. unlike my sisters house, a 4 bedroom packed with cool shit, which she never kept clean. gave me creeps to use her bathroom and I'd always refuse coffee for the state of her kitchen.

[–]draivaden 2 points3 points ago

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you need to invest in some cooking books. also, clothes, and maybe a throw rug.

[–]WTS_BRIDGE 24 points25 points ago

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That rug really ties the room together.

[–]NewHandle 3 points4 points ago

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Yeah, but nothing ties things together like a bridge. You don't know where to find one, do you?

[–]WTS_BRIDGE 9 points10 points ago

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I have two for sale. One is yellowish, I think I left it out west somewhere. The other is down in New York, a friend is holding it for me. Your choice, cash up front.

[–]Sarkin 0 points1 point ago

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"redditor for 1 year"

Niiiiiiiiiiiice.

[–]WTS_BRIDGE 2 points3 points ago

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Was meant to be troll account; am bad at changing accounts; is account.

[–]Jeffenatrix 0 points1 point ago

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Why invest when you can run down to Barnes & Noble...

[–]latvian_gangster 3 points4 points ago

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I can relate. Up until today, and for the past 6 months, my coffee table was comprised of 2 bankers boxes, and the box for my flat screen.

[–]CylonOven 1 point2 points ago

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I don't recognize this, what episode is this from?

[–]YoshiDan 2 points3 points ago

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It's the one where marge becomes a real estate agent

[–]enmispantalonesroman 1 point2 points ago

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People ask "why are your walls so white?"...... Me: "I hung a rug"

[–]ShamAbram 1 point2 points ago

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This cap was in Leviticus it is so old and well used. Damn the reposts.

Eat it up Reddit. One day, your castle will turn to sand.

[–]Servious 1 point2 points ago

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Did anyone else wait for a second panel to load?! Just me?

[–]marx051 3 points4 points ago

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Open the picture and play this.

[–]redjimdit 1 point2 points ago

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I'm the same way. I think people would find it weird to see all my random trinkets on the bookshelves. Rocks, buttons, sprinkler heads, watches, cameras, an old safety showerhead.

I solve the problem by not really letting people visit.

[–]whileyousleep 0 points1 point ago

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showerhead? why do you keep it?

[–]redjimdit 1 point2 points ago

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My wife's dad died in 2006, and this was from his garage. It wasn't installed, it was just on a shelf, caked in dust. I took it home, ran it through the dishwasher, and it's sat on a shelf since.

I guess I couldn't say why I keep it.

[–]Panda_Brain 1 point2 points ago

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I'm 16 and there is no greater surge of motivation than seeing yourself in that situation

[–]ThatIsNotRelevant 2 points3 points ago

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Haha, Cheese Whiz.

[–]Dustinm16 0 points1 point ago

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Let them smell the dirty socks!

[–]fragilemind 0 points1 point ago

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Made my night!

[–]MechaJackson 0 points1 point ago

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hahaha

What episode was this again?

[–]funrunrecords 0 points1 point ago

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you guys have mustard?!?!

[–]Lily0koral 0 points1 point ago

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This is how i felt when a friend of mine helped me clean and pack up my room after the school year. Going to be living with him in a month.

[–]MrX742 0 points1 point ago

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i thought he lived in an apartment that shared a common wall with a jai-lai court?

[–]ignoringyou 0 points1 point ago

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Have you guys seen Lenny's apartment? Dude's gross...

[–]UptownDonkey 0 points1 point ago

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Then do something about it? I know this is supposed to be funny and all but if you're an adult living on your own being able to provide yourself a decent living environment is expected of you.

[–]hondajvx 0 points1 point ago

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After reading some of these comments I want to see pictures of redditors apartments. Inflatable matress, computer and chair seem to be the only things many of you own.

[–]jhealy7777 0 points1 point ago

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Lenny once said the line while bowling at the alley.... "SPARE ME YOUR GUTTER MOUTH"

[–]WhatWouldTrotskyDo 0 points1 point ago

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This cuts a bit too close to the bone....

[–]Stridermgn 0 points1 point ago

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The sad part is I actually live in that same apartment.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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kinda sad...

[–]n1nj4_v5_p1r4t3 0 points1 point ago

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its hurts the soul...

[–]Sc2RuinedMyLife 0 points1 point ago

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im like this too...i live in pretty shitty conditions to pay off my 200k+ student loan debt.

Did I mention I'm a doctor?

[–]iFuckedYourFather 0 points1 point ago

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I cried, damn you post

[–]originalnutta 0 points1 point ago

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I need to reap karma by reposting shit that makes me laugh. It seems too easy.

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I enjoy it.

I grew up in one of the top five richest cities (not large. more like a town technically) in the entire country. I would go into neighbor's houses and they would have piano rooms, secret entrances behind book shelves, houses so large I would literally get lost in, private security guards, and every couple months would be a new car in the $200 to $400k range.

Today I live happily with my boyfriend in a room that costs $400 a month downtown San Jose. Most studios in the area start at $1100. The room came with graffiti in it (I can't make this shit up.). I own three pairs of pants (+two skirts) and roughly 15 t-shirts/blouses. My computer I built for a couple hundred dollars.

Myself alone, I have made $96k this year already, let alone my boyfriend. People should not judge. I enjoy walking a couple of blocks to a market and driving a couple of miles to work with no traffic. I enjoy interesting neighbors. The only thing I do not enjoy is the local laundry mat.

Just because a place is ghetto doesn't make it bad. I enjoy the culture clash all around me and everyone has a story. What I hate is people who judge others.

PLUR

[–]KRATOSBRAH 8 points9 points ago*

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I grew up in San Jose, on the Eastside, in the ghetto.

And I FUCKING MADE IT MY MISSION TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE ASAP.

Fuck the ghetto, fuck the hood, and fuck poor areas.

I'll stay in this comfortable ass suburb in Morgan Hill.

You're living in the ghetto but you have money. Try living in the ghetto but NOT have money, it ain't fuckin nice.

[–]Shotgun-Sloth 1 point2 points ago

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXWEM4gZhg4

William Shatner's cover of "Common People" totally played in my head as I read this comment lol

[–]-shaughn- 2 points3 points ago

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What I hate is people who judge others.

Isn't that a contradiction?

But gosh, you sound like my sister. I don't get where acting poor is cool.

[–]songkran 3 points4 points ago

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Made me think of that great joke in Austin Powers:

"There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch."

[–]capisce 1 point2 points ago

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What's wrong with living frugally to buy more freedom and security for the future?

[–]-shaughn- 1 point2 points ago

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There's nothing wrong with it. I'm surprised my local karma is higher than hers (and she really shouldn't have negative karma for her post; she's contributing toward the conversation in a meaningful way).

What I was bemoaning was the romanticising of poverty. It's probably more a reflection of myself than anything. I have a privileged background and different members of my family have treated it differently (e.g. father likes people to have an idea, but not know for sure; mother likes to hide the idea whenever she can). My sister, all her life, has always migrated toward a social circle that is specifically low on the socioeconomic scale. With that, she's done irrational things like try to get lice (success), try to do poorly in school (failed a grade), got a drug-dealing boyfriend (they got engaged at age 18), and now she's saying she wants to have a child before completing her degree (because her social circle all had children).

She's doing irrational things that hurt her because she think being poor is cool and that's how she wants to be perceived.