# Interesting deals. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092 "2015-10-19T02:38:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/21 "2015-10-20T00:20:32Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > Should I try? Why? What you’re doing now doesn’t seem to be working out very well for you. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/22 "2015-10-20T00:24:19Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > What you’re doing now doesn’t seem to be working out very well for you. I do not know if there are better options. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/23 "2015-10-20T00:34:31Z")
You sure it’s not just straight up self absorption, to the point of utter stagnation? Unhealthy self absorption sometimes accompanies some of the conditions you often mention. Something to think about, just sayin’, is all. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/24 "2015-10-20T00:41:04Z")
You have mentioned your mental issues multiple times in multiple threads and every time you say, “Why should I change? How do I know it will be better?” So you’re apparently satisfied with the status quo. So why do you keep bringing up these issues? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/25 "2015-10-20T00:46:05Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > You sure it’s not just straight up self absorption, to the point of utter stagnation? Unhealthy self absorption sometimes accompanies some of the conditions you often mention. Something to think about, just sayin’, is all. It’s hopelessness and emptiness. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/26 "2015-10-20T00:48:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > You have mentioned your mental issues multiple times in multiple threads and every time you say, “Why should I change? How do I know it will be better?” So you’re apparently satisfied with the status quo. So why do you keep bringing up these issues? I am not satisfied with status quo but I can not change it. – I wish I was the President of USA – I wish I could fly – I wish I could be the first multitrillionaire – I wish I could put bad charms on people by saying bad things about them ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/27 "2015-10-20T01:08:15Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > I am not satisfied with status quo but I can not change it. How do you know this? You’ve never even bothered to try. You are going on 50 and still live with your parents. That is not some inevitable predicament that is out of your control, that is **your choice**. Start owning it. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/28 "2015-10-20T01:09:41Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > You’ve never even bothered to try. Tried very many times before 2003 and then gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/29 "2015-10-20T01:15:14Z")
So if you’ve given up, why do you keep opening threads about your situation? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/30 "2015-10-20T01:17:00Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So if you’ve given up, why do you keep opening threads about your situation? Everyone talks about their normal life. Every thread is about normal interests of normal people. I can not relate. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/31 "2015-10-20T01:29:06Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > When I was doing my PhD, I was ready to quit many many times yet my therapist promised me that after I get my PhD I will earn many dollars. I earn about $240/month plus some occasional earnings in my internship I have since 2009. Now I will truly get a lot of money. Please look at these deals: > > [Quintillion Pengo.](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Banknote-1946-Republic-Hungary-Hungarian-1-Million-B-Pengo-Pengo-Hyperinflation-/321874862846?hash=item4af13ca2fe:g:4sYAAOSwQTVWA~0Z) > > [Billion Marks.](http://www.ebay.com/itm/1923-100-Billion-Mark-Germany-Very-Rare-Vintage-/301771260125?hash=item4642f800dd:g:PssAAOSwT5tWIvFc) > > [50 Trillion Dollars.](http://www.ebay.com/itm/ZIMBABWE-50-TRILLION-DOLLAR-BANKNOTE-UNC-PAPER-CURRENCY-/391018170951?hash=item5b0a7fca47:m:mVREWWkszpE6LuyWdBG810Q) When your therapist promised your PhD would allow you to earn more money, how did you think it would do so, if you are uninterested in making a change in employment from your internship? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/32 "2015-10-20T01:32:23Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > When your therapist promised your PhD would allow you to earn more money, how did you think it would do so, if you are uninterested in making a change in employment from your internship? I found an internship when I could not find a paying job after I got my PhD. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/33 "2015-10-20T01:32:44Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > Tried very many times before 2003 and then gave up. Could you give me just one concrete example of you trying to change the status quo in your favor? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/34 "2015-10-20T01:33:45Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Could you give me just one concrete example of you trying to change the status quo in your favor? I tried leaving my family many times since I was 13. I prefer not to share my family problems. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/35 "2015-10-20T01:37:51Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > I prefer not to share my family problems. Ok, looks like we’ve got another “no go” subject. As you wish. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/36 "2015-10-20T01:40:36Z")
I am sorry – I have already told too much about myself. I should have been slaying dragons in [Runescape](http://www.runescape.com/). My parents would think I was working on my internship either way. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/37 "2015-10-20T03:26:25Z")
**CCitizen** , your topics are all starting to form a pattern and turn into the same thing. Just a small note, therefore: Let’s try to stop that from happening lest your topics start to be closed due to all being about the same thing (or turning into the same thing time after time) ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/38 "2015-10-20T03:55:35Z")
I apologize. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/39 "2015-10-21T11:40:22Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > – I wish I could put bad charms on people by saying bad things about them Doable. Go to [Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo](http://voodooneworleans.com) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tell them **kayaker** sent you. Tell them you need a voodoo doll, fully functional, with a seperate blessing placed on the pins (sold seperately). It’ll be under ten dollars total, but you should tip $5 for the blessing. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092/40 "2015-10-21T15:07:50Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > What’s stopping you? Then he couldn’t play Runescape all day. He’s had the same “internship” since 2009 which means he hasn’t looked for a job in 6 years. > [@friedo](#): > > By your own admission in a dozen other threads your hopelessness and codependency are your choice. Yes, they are. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So why do you keep bringing up these issues? Look at all the attention he’s getting. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So if you’ve given up, why do you keep opening threads about your situation? Look at all the attention he’s getting. > [@raventhief](#): > > When your therapist promised your PhD would allow you to earn more money, how did you think it would do so, if you are uninterested in making a change in employment from your internship? Magic, apparently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-deals/735092.md?page=1)