Young Money – Beating “The Man” by Spending Less

Re:Young Money – Beating “The Man” by Spending Less by swdunlop on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @09:25AM (#5170737)

Funny coming from unfinishedman.com, which is the blog people go to when they look at The Sharper Image and think "but what do you have that's REALLY frivolous?"

[1] http://www.unfinishedman.com/aviator-wing-desk-inspired-by-w... [2] http://www.unfinishedman.com/electric-hot-tub-boat-for-ultim... [3] http://www.unfinishedman.com/mercedes-benz-c63-amg-edition-5...

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Re:Young Money – Beating “The Man” by Spending Less by gnu8 on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @10:14AM (#5171017)

Plenty of irony on that site. I liked the ad for a $300 discount card disguised as another article. Promises to let you live like a "founder" by buying high priced crap from Bonobo at a discount. Very well targeted for the ycombinator crowd.

http://www.unfinishedman.com/founderscard-live-like-a-prince...

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Re:Young Money – Beating “The Man” by Spending Less by cbarnsdale on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @10:14AM (#5171014)

This is absolutely fair to point out. In many ways we try and act as "cool finders", and we do post a lot of hilariously expensive gear and gadgets, however... I think it's reasonable that people can still appreciate the tech without plunging themselves into debt trying to acquire it. These (admittedly) frivolous things could be an incentive, or something for people to look forward to for working smartly, if that's what makes them happy.

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Re:Young Money – Beating “The Man” by Spending Less by RyanZAG on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @10:19AM (#5171040)

I don't think any student's credit card is going to be able to take a limited edition C63 AMG though, so probably not the same target audience.

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