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the "someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this my family is dying" dril post is based on a series of something awful threads starring a poster named zaurg who always makes the worst financial decisions and it's been six years since that tweet and he still hasn't figured out how to make a budget

money, internet lore 

zaurg is a german folklore character that parents tell their kids about to scare them into being fiscally responsible

money, internet lore 

i forgot this bit

he spent $3000 on bitcoins and put it on a credit card when bitcoin was at its peak

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@commie I would say that it's a cautionary tale of buying into techbro nonsense.

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@squeakycheetah there's about six years of financial irresponsibility in there before he ever got into bitcoins

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@commie Yikes! Seriously?!

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@squeakycheetah yep, the original thread started in early 2012, and the bitcoin purchasing was late 2017 - early 2018.

he has made a string of bad decisions

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