Man I used to go out all night on maybe 1/10th that budget haha, say 10/30€ on class As, 10€ on pregame drinks, 10€ on club entrance (then on water all night). But I have a friend that spent similarly on night outs and also uses it the same way you do as justification.
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11111one11111@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I have been known to share similar budgeting justifications but instead of Pirating and video games I used the amount I would normally spend on a night out drinking. Figure $120 for a half ball. $100 for drinks and tips. Food $20-40. If I had no problem pissing all that money out my dick hole the next morning as being all I had to show for it, then I have no problem throwing that kind of money at something I’ll have or use for months or years.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 15 hours ago
11111one11111@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
And when I started drinking bars still had $0.25 draft nights and $0.10 wings. Yeah, that’s not a typo ten fucking cent wings. Used to get all sorts of fucked up for like $10. I’m not even crazy old, I’m 37. I was definitely 17-19 years old when a local bar ran twenty five cent draft night but the wings, I was 21-23 when that was running.
frozenpopsicle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
20 years ago I would go to a local bar that had free hot wings and usually some spinach cheese casserole on. Drinks were how they made money. But if you needed food, you could just drink water, you could eat free and they didn’t care. Whole place was dark and smelled like infinite cigarettes and burnt hot sauce. Good times…
Ponygirl42@lemmy.wtf 10 hours ago
Whats a half ball? Is this cocain related?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
I think it’s half-bail, meaning they got arrested every other time they went out drinking.
11111one11111@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Lol why even comment if you know nothing about bail or the context of what a ball or half ball is? It’s a half a ball of coke so 1.5 grams cuz a ball is 3 grams. As for the bail, where the fuck have you ever heard of bail being set for $120 🤣. Bail is a tool used by the justice system to combat flight risk offenders. They set it either just high enough to make sure the person shows up to their court dates so they get their bail money back or they set it so fucking high the offender can’t pay it and must remain incarcerated from the date bail was set at the arraignment until the case is taken complete. The latter is used for people with a history of not showing up to court or for people who are extreme risks to the public.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Yes, I know. It was an intentional “misunderstanding”, i.e. a switcheroo, or a joke. I guess it didn’t land for you.
Why would you set aside bail money assuming you’ll get arrested 50% of the time? That’s just ridiculous…
Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Yes, half an eight ball
11111one11111@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
A gram and half of coke usually tho I’ve heard the measurement of a ball used for other drugs. A ball is 3 grams.