So my girlfriend bought me a $129 coffee mug...

Hot chocolate all the way

I've always loved the smell of coffee bit can't go the taste..... That being said i love coffee flavoured sweets! I'm weird....

Sooner or later you are going to accidentally put it in the microwave, calling it now.

@Hanafuda I think most people would rather get money back than get a surprise bill once a year. You are totally right though, $4000 is way too much.

I likely will accidentally microwave it, but hopefully not. I could always use my label maker on my microwave to help me remember.

And she's a pharmacy technician/claims specialist, she makes over $18/hr, with a pending-but-guaranteed raise. We used to claim both her daughter and our old roommate, and then get back like $6,000 and give the roommate $1,000, which is more than she would get back on her own taxes from working part-time as a barista. We helped her out like that for about 3 years in a row.

That image of Mario is beautiful

Yo let people enjoy their stuff.

I’ve learned during my time doing reviews for “overpriced” tech that there’s usually a niche of people that would kill to have a given product that makes their life easier...even if it comes at a high cost. You have to see things from a perspective of someone who would want the item, and then judge if it’s good or not, at least in a lot of cases. Sometimes stuff is just priced too dang high to be of value to anyone.

Which, like holy flapjacks that’s an expensive coffee cup. But heck yeah dude! If it makes you happy then rock the heck on! It’s doing it’s job.

I’ve been eyeing that Ember^2 mug for a while. I really like tea, but I’m a slow drinker. I’ve very slowly been getting into “coffee” aka 99% milk, 1% Torani syrup, and 0.00001% caramel flavored coffee too.

I’m a cheapo though, so I went with an Arctic mug that absolutely doesn’t keep my drink even remotely warm. ...coulda been $30 towards the Ember mug. So hey, ho, it’s worth investing in something to bring you joy and not annoyance.

If you have the money, why not?

@The Real Jdbye yeah it took me many years to get my wife to go along with me on this, and she still gets jealous when her friends and co-workers get their tax returns every year. (Which they almost all spend irresponsibly lol, like it was a gift from the heavens.) Then I show her what our paychecks would be, if she wanted to get the same as her friends. Discussion ends.

We have plenty enough in savings to deal with the 'surprise bill.' (It's not really a surprise)

And @Jayro, try the Irish Breakfast sometime. Zing!

There we go.

Aw man..... I hope you labelled absolutely every fucking thing in your life with that label maker........ I would

Even the cat.....

Yeah you know the comment from earlier that got everyone ruffled about putting money into a 401k or other prudent investment ... they're not wrong. But life has to be lived in here and now, too. Could find out ya have cancer tomorrow, that's just what life is. Save money yeah, but buy some toys too, and enjoy them. Lesson not just karate only. Lesson for whole life. Whole life have a balance, everything be better.

Wax on wax off. Coffee never off now

Looks like we are all gonna get the $1400, so can buy a couple of them now!

and a new sofa. we killed her she got 2much love

damn it Scott! atleast let me hit the post reply button before putting your like on it. sheesh

I do use and abuse my label maker a lot, lol. I label all my router ports, my Raspberry Pi 4's with how much RAM they have, I label my SSDs with their storage size if the print is too small, I label my USB ports' generation if they aren't clearly marked, I label my power bricks (Power adapters? Wall warts?), I label my chest of drawers containing my computer parts and Gameboy stuff, etc. My label maker gets a workout, believe me!

I can't wait to blow my stimulus on stupid shit I don't need.
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(I do need a computer desk though, for my 3D printer)

[labels my right shoe left, and the left shoe right, looks at it, didn't seem right, exchanges labels] See, I did mine

I just built a stand for my 3D printer with wheels, so when I print ABS I can roll it outside on my porch...That stuff is nasty smelly.

[seriously thinks about buying a Switch] Hey guys, can I run psp games on it? or do i have to hack it to play them on it?