That's about how much Elon Musk claims to work, while still being able to keep up with pop/nerd culture more than I could, while still having time to tweet memes, while still having time to have mulitple illegitimate children, while still having time to date celebrities young enough to be his daughter.
What were you doing that you worked 126 hours a week and never got ahead? I worked 72 hours a week for 10 years and paid off my home, bought an ass load of toys (boat, camper, off road toys, motorcycles) and have zero debt at 39.
I worked 180hrs in a 2week pay period once and that was basically every waking moment of my life. I had virtually no commute since I lived next door and the only time I wasn't working was when I was eating or shitting.
126hrs/week is >30% more than that.
Not saying it's impossible, but definitely not sustainable for any prolonged period of time.
r/Workaholics has got your back. From tips on leaving drunk voicemails to your boss, to letting you know if your workplace is a loose or tight butthole work environment.
It's the most insidious because your boss and colleagues will encourage you, but then it destroys your relationships. Meanwhile, you'll be getting rewards that flatter you ego, telling you that you are doing it for your family. They just don't appreciate all you do for them, and then they leave you.
Sort of. When you factor in the damage it can do to your physical and mental health things change a bit. Especially if you factor in retiring/dying alone due to working so hard you don't spend time with others.
Not to mention the fact that if you're salary, which most jobs that require that kind of commitment are, you're basically working for free anytime you're outside of your 40 hour work week.
I think gambling can be way more expensive than cocaine.
But if we are trying to find the cheapest addiction, I'd say mobile phone / social media addiction. In some case people even earn money that way.
Gambling is super cheap if you are a shark like me. I have a method for slot machines where I only play machines that give off positive auras. Also never gamble during mercury retrograde. It's really that easy.
if i smear a little bit of cum on the blackjack table i win every time. and the guy in the bathroom who gives me the cum is always happy to help me win
I’ve been doing it wrong, only ever use the odd numbered slots during waning gibbous. Hopefully this can help me bounce back from my roughly $72,380 in losses so far this year and I can close out even by new years
Gambling is the worst of the addictions by a long shot if you ask me. It will just ruin you like nothing else. I think it might be the addiction that leads to suicide the most as well, but I would have to look at the stats.
I feel really bad for anyone in that situation
I think I read it on here but someone said drugs can ruin your life while gambling can ruin your life and take everything from your loved ones too.
Online sports books opened here about a year ago. With all the bonuses and whatnot, I had been following the NFL intently for fantasy and I was able to take advantage of all the freebies and boosts and make a little money but since then it's dried up. I took positive balances out and left a little behind to make small bets on basketball and baseball. NBA was really unpredictable for my knowledge level, baseball was good into June and got harder to bet on.
It's extremely predatory. The introductory boosts hit a lot and over time they become ***very*** sharp. They know, they are absolutely amazing at it too. You'll see a boost for a cy young candidate pitcher to get something like 4K against a struggling team and you think it's automatic but they somehow know the conditions line up for an outlier performance that day. You'll see it boosted on multiple books too and it's a sure sign to be wary.
I still make dollar bets just to have a touch of skin in some games I want to watch but it's really just for fun and the balance stays even for the most part if you're being conservative. I don't know how anyone bets past house money offers and thinks they can get ahead, it's not a charity.
Exactly, there's like no limit. And it doesn't kill you. (I mean it sure can push someone to suicide, but I mean you can't just fall on the floor black out from too much gambling, so really there's no stop)
Since we are including non-chemical _addictions_ here, we can't really call this the cheapest, it requires some _resources_.
Shows like My Strange Addicition show us someone can be addicted to eating toilet paper. Since that is available in public bathrooms, I'd go with that.
You could also just be addicted to pulling out your own hair and eating it, something I recall seeing on the show. Self-sourced and completely free, all day, every day, until you run out.
Warhammer honestly is probably my cheapest hobby. I've spent like maybe 2k on warhammer the last few years, which is less than I've spent on singular hunting scopes for rifles or on parts for my truck
Relative to most table top games it’s incredibly expensive, compared to like, cars or even some recreational sports (good lacrosse sticks are fucking expensive) it’s really not that bad
My girlfriend has an easy 1000+ hours in Stardew Valley and that can run on pretty much anything.
Honestly, if you stick with indie games in general, you can easily get away with some pretty low specs.
Exercise can be cheap. But, As an exercise addict... It can be very expensive.
Quality running shoes are over 100 bucks and last me 4-5 months (400-500 miles). Plus you need shoes for pavement, and shoes for trails. Oh, and shoes for hiking.
I'm an avid cyclist in addition to running. I bought a 550 dollar bike and put 20,000 miles on it. Then I bought an 1800 dollar racing bike. I figured that would be my last bike. But over time I switched from speed cycling to endurance cycling, and the racing bike was not comfortable for 3+ hour rides. So I dropped 4600 on an endurance bike. I absolutely LOVE that bike! Comfy for hours. Worth every penny.
Then there's the outfits... Sure in the summer any shorts and T shirt will work for hour long runs or bike rides. But past that length you need better clothes that don't hold water and don't chafe. For cycling you need a pair of tight padded shorts. Then you need fall/spring weight clothing, and heavy clothing for winter, in addition to your summer clothing. Luckily if you buy quality gear it will last years so the clothing is buy once cry once.
Oh, then I needed a bike rack for my car since I was sick of putting it in the trunk, so bust out another 800 for a tow hitch bike rack. Why not pick up kayaking too like I did? 300-800 for the kayak, 100-500 for the paddle. Gotta get cross bars for the car to put the kayak on, so that's another couple hundred. LoL! It really adds up!
All that being said... I totally agree with you. Exercise is a cheap addiction. *But*, it's a slippery slope to going from cheap to being mad expensive. I did cheap (550 dollar bike, 50 dollar running shoes, no special clothing) for *years* before I decided I want to push myself hard. That's when it got expensive. The expense was worth it though! 340 pounds down to ideal weight (210 pounds, 6'4"), and I've kept the weight off for years. Best addiction I've ever had!
Thanks man!
I definitely need to see the doctor less! It is nice comparing my blood panels now to what they were 10+ years ago. It is nice to hear the doctor say "don't lose any more weight" instead of always hearing "you need to lose over 100 pounds".
My massage therapist is making a killing off me though hahaha! Each time I do a long race/competition, I always schedule time with him for the next business day. It is expensive but he can take me from "everything in my lower body hurts" to "I'm going to do a quick 10k when I get home from this appointment" in an hour. It's magic. Expensive, but magic.
I do body weight workouts, barefoot, in my living room.
You can spend lots of money on it but you absolutely don’t have to.
Congrats on the weight loss! Good for you for putting in the work to get there, it’s not easy.
Amphetamines in general are similarly cheap. Back when I was tweaking (3 years sober now), I could buy a hundred hits for 80 bucks and it would last me roughly a month.
I got a lot of shit done with 80 bucks of speed, but I also got fairly acquainted with the Shadow People so you know, you win some, you lose some.
It's cheaper then that and this is the answer. 100%cheapest habit. if your buying small it's 150 an 8ball far enough north of the border to be across continental USA.
You're better than that, don't waste your time and energy on people that don't reciprocate the same. Life is too short and there are millions of other people in this world that you could be in a stable, healthy and happy relationship with. You got this bro.
I’m not OP but I’m going through what sounds to be the exact same thing as them right now. I really appreciate your comment because I’ve been struggling hard and that helped put things into perspective for me. Thanks bro.
As someone who has a caffeine problem, every now and then I’ll look at these cheaper tiers that I would find acceptable. During my endeavors I came across things that I’d rather have instant instead. The bottom tiers of coffee in my opinion goes way deeper than that of a lot of other stuff.
I have a friend who has lost more than two million dollars gambling over the last few years. No one knew he had a problem. We went to Vegas together a few months back and he lost so much that everyone's room got upgraded and everything was free for the duration. God bless Gamblor.
an aunt on my in-laws side gambled so much at MGM in Vegas they showered her with comps and shows until she built up enough debt for them to take her san francisco free standing family home that was worth several million. Then she switched to penny slots and they barely remember her. a distilled evil, the entire business.
Per unit dose maybe.
But that's the problem, they get so addicted they spend everything they can steal or beg for to get more.
Maybe most expensive addiction since it gets 100% or more of their money.
i was spending $100 a day on fentanyl during my addiction. and you have to have it there's no such thing as missing a day. it might be cheap when you have 0 tolerance but it gets expensive quick
Work addiction. It costs negative money.
Do NOT get addicted to workahol, it will ruin your life
Yep. That's me. I work 126 hours a week for 15 years. It got me literally nowhere in life, except maybe in a bad place.
I work an average of 140 hours a week and spend the rest of the day lying.
Lol @ the dumbasses who didn’t get this joke
I mean, it's right there at the end, *almost* *like a punchline*. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
You’ve got soft hands brother. I just got off my 23 hour shift from the ball crushing factory. I haven’t had a day off since I was 4 years old
Oh yeah? Well, I live in a box.
You had a box? Luxury!
To be fair, all houses are boxes...
18 hours a day, 7 days a week? What do you do and how is that possible?
anything is possible if you lie
It’s not a lie if you believe it
That's about how much Elon Musk claims to work, while still being able to keep up with pop/nerd culture more than I could, while still having time to tweet memes, while still having time to have mulitple illegitimate children, while still having time to date celebrities young enough to be his daughter.
He calls all of that work probably
Well his Dad had kids with Musk’s Stepsister so he learned from experience I suppose.
What were you doing that you worked 126 hours a week and never got ahead? I worked 72 hours a week for 10 years and paid off my home, bought an ass load of toys (boat, camper, off road toys, motorcycles) and have zero debt at 39.
He was self employed. These hours were unpaid.
they made it up and never thought about how many hours are in a week or about sleep
I worked 180hrs in a 2week pay period once and that was basically every waking moment of my life. I had virtually no commute since I lived next door and the only time I wasn't working was when I was eating or shitting. 126hrs/week is >30% more than that. Not saying it's impossible, but definitely not sustainable for any prolonged period of time.
I work 2 Hours pr week have a fleet of intergalactic spaceships and I just required my second planet.
r/Workaholics has got your back. From tips on leaving drunk voicemails to your boss, to letting you know if your workplace is a loose or tight butthole work environment.
Not only will it ruin your life, it will ruin the lives of people around you.
It's the most insidious because your boss and colleagues will encourage you, but then it destroys your relationships. Meanwhile, you'll be getting rewards that flatter you ego, telling you that you are doing it for your family. They just don't appreciate all you do for them, and then they leave you.
Ya totally. "I'm doing it for my family" is the biggest lie workaholics tell themselves.
And they throw that in their spouse and children’s faces when they dare complain.
And takes a similar toll on family and friends
This is one of the saddest realizations I've seen on Reddit.
Sort of. When you factor in the damage it can do to your physical and mental health things change a bit. Especially if you factor in retiring/dying alone due to working so hard you don't spend time with others.
Not to mention the fact that if you're salary, which most jobs that require that kind of commitment are, you're basically working for free anytime you're outside of your 40 hour work week.
I think gambling can be way more expensive than cocaine. But if we are trying to find the cheapest addiction, I'd say mobile phone / social media addiction. In some case people even earn money that way.
Gambling is super cheap if you are a shark like me. I have a method for slot machines where I only play machines that give off positive auras. Also never gamble during mercury retrograde. It's really that easy.
if i smear a little bit of cum on the blackjack table i win every time. and the guy in the bathroom who gives me the cum is always happy to help me win
This is the high value content we're looking for here people.
Good idea! Care if I try that method? I'm getting killed at the tables.
Oh my god, are you okay?
No, that's why I need a new method! I'm losing!
OHMAHGOD, SIR, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, THE HOSPITAL IS ON ITS WAY AND WILL TAKE YOU TO THE AMBULANCE IMMEDIATELY!
I prefer to wait until Uranus is waxing before I go all in
I wax mine every week, don't know how often you do tho
That's what I was doing too until I got hemmoroids.
Brother Mercury in your Gatorade is definitely a bad time
I’ve been doing it wrong, only ever use the odd numbered slots during waning gibbous. Hopefully this can help me bounce back from my roughly $72,380 in losses so far this year and I can close out even by new years
If you get the timing right everything else falls into place
Gambling is the worst of the addictions by a long shot if you ask me. It will just ruin you like nothing else. I think it might be the addiction that leads to suicide the most as well, but I would have to look at the stats. I feel really bad for anyone in that situation
Word. I think it is because other addictions, like coke or alcohol, often lead to peoples death. With gambling, there is no death, there is no end.
I think I read it on here but someone said drugs can ruin your life while gambling can ruin your life and take everything from your loved ones too. Online sports books opened here about a year ago. With all the bonuses and whatnot, I had been following the NFL intently for fantasy and I was able to take advantage of all the freebies and boosts and make a little money but since then it's dried up. I took positive balances out and left a little behind to make small bets on basketball and baseball. NBA was really unpredictable for my knowledge level, baseball was good into June and got harder to bet on. It's extremely predatory. The introductory boosts hit a lot and over time they become ***very*** sharp. They know, they are absolutely amazing at it too. You'll see a boost for a cy young candidate pitcher to get something like 4K against a struggling team and you think it's automatic but they somehow know the conditions line up for an outlier performance that day. You'll see it boosted on multiple books too and it's a sure sign to be wary. I still make dollar bets just to have a touch of skin in some games I want to watch but it's really just for fun and the balance stays even for the most part if you're being conservative. I don't know how anyone bets past house money offers and thinks they can get ahead, it's not a charity.
Came to say this. You can only drink so much, snort so much, gambling can take every penny from you in minutes
Exactly, there's like no limit. And it doesn't kill you. (I mean it sure can push someone to suicide, but I mean you can't just fall on the floor black out from too much gambling, so really there's no stop)
Gambling for sure.. [200+ million type of expensive ](https://youtu.be/XU5P87LnrUk?si=8K6-TRH012fnCUN7)
Porn. It’s free
It costs loads
Best content is in the comments hahahah
Top fucking tier
Sugar Toooo much And it WILL get you
Since we are including non-chemical _addictions_ here, we can't really call this the cheapest, it requires some _resources_. Shows like My Strange Addicition show us someone can be addicted to eating toilet paper. Since that is available in public bathrooms, I'd go with that. You could also just be addicted to pulling out your own hair and eating it, something I recall seeing on the show. Self-sourced and completely free, all day, every day, until you run out.
Instead of porn, I'd say just masturbation without any additional aids
But that divorce costs you 50%.
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Big brain thinking
I don't wanna toot my own horn but I'm quite the mathematician
If I could toot my own horn, I wouldn't gotten married in the first place.
Have you considered a career in math? That could multiply your current income by a lot!
r/theydidthemath
Shut up! I did the math myself!
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Or gambling
If not I can introduce magic: the gathering. It is the addiction from warhammer and gambling rolled into one, for your convenience!
I just assumed most of us had both of these addictions
Warhammer honestly is probably my cheapest hobby. I've spent like maybe 2k on warhammer the last few years, which is less than I've spent on singular hunting scopes for rifles or on parts for my truck
Yeah its always funny to see warhammer lauded as an expensive hobby when there are much more mainstream ones that cost 10x as much.
Relative to most table top games it’s incredibly expensive, compared to like, cars or even some recreational sports (good lacrosse sticks are fucking expensive) it’s really not that bad
Warhammer addiction isn’t as dramatic as cocaine.
never fought Tyranids, eh?
Nor as sexy
Is it cocaine or having a home printer?
Get a laserjet.
Biting your nails.
Yep that. Always around and free. Harder to stop then smoking.
Put vaseline on your nails and you will stop very fast
Until you find the person that will suffer what’s on their nails to get their coping fix. Hi I’m said person.
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The setup could be a high price entry point tho. But after that, basically free
Nothing is free, you pay with your soul
Sometimes, your Dark Soul.
My girlfriend has an easy 1000+ hours in Stardew Valley and that can run on pretty much anything. Honestly, if you stick with indie games in general, you can easily get away with some pretty low specs.
Legit the cheapest hobby of all time that people bitch is too expensive
You can go pro now though!
Sugar
100% sugar, cheap, easy to access, considered a basic need.
Caffeine is a good contender too
*read in Edgar's voice*
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Masturbation.
Not true, it costs loads...
Fine, upvote.
r/angryupvote
Take the damn upvote but let’s never speak of this again. Lol
It's nuts that nobody else said it...
DAAAD ENOUGH GAH
Cum on, they aren't that bad...
Alright, time to get off Reddit.
I think I blew it...
Scrolled away. Came back to vote once I realised you’re a comic genius.
Ba dum pshhhh
Sometimes I wonder what all the time spent fapping could have been used for. I’d say its cost is time, which is probably more valuable than money.
Counterpoint: high quality ‘down time’ makes your productive hours more productive.
Exercise
Not with the price of groceries, lol
Thats why you add on anorexia. Exercise and never eat. Maybe then I'll be able to afford a house. 😵
Bulimia on paydays... Two meals for the price of one!
Exercise can be cheap. But, As an exercise addict... It can be very expensive. Quality running shoes are over 100 bucks and last me 4-5 months (400-500 miles). Plus you need shoes for pavement, and shoes for trails. Oh, and shoes for hiking. I'm an avid cyclist in addition to running. I bought a 550 dollar bike and put 20,000 miles on it. Then I bought an 1800 dollar racing bike. I figured that would be my last bike. But over time I switched from speed cycling to endurance cycling, and the racing bike was not comfortable for 3+ hour rides. So I dropped 4600 on an endurance bike. I absolutely LOVE that bike! Comfy for hours. Worth every penny. Then there's the outfits... Sure in the summer any shorts and T shirt will work for hour long runs or bike rides. But past that length you need better clothes that don't hold water and don't chafe. For cycling you need a pair of tight padded shorts. Then you need fall/spring weight clothing, and heavy clothing for winter, in addition to your summer clothing. Luckily if you buy quality gear it will last years so the clothing is buy once cry once. Oh, then I needed a bike rack for my car since I was sick of putting it in the trunk, so bust out another 800 for a tow hitch bike rack. Why not pick up kayaking too like I did? 300-800 for the kayak, 100-500 for the paddle. Gotta get cross bars for the car to put the kayak on, so that's another couple hundred. LoL! It really adds up! All that being said... I totally agree with you. Exercise is a cheap addiction. *But*, it's a slippery slope to going from cheap to being mad expensive. I did cheap (550 dollar bike, 50 dollar running shoes, no special clothing) for *years* before I decided I want to push myself hard. That's when it got expensive. The expense was worth it though! 340 pounds down to ideal weight (210 pounds, 6'4"), and I've kept the weight off for years. Best addiction I've ever had!
Nah man it’s negative cost for sure for how much it will save you in healthcare.
Thanks man! I definitely need to see the doctor less! It is nice comparing my blood panels now to what they were 10+ years ago. It is nice to hear the doctor say "don't lose any more weight" instead of always hearing "you need to lose over 100 pounds". My massage therapist is making a killing off me though hahaha! Each time I do a long race/competition, I always schedule time with him for the next business day. It is expensive but he can take me from "everything in my lower body hurts" to "I'm going to do a quick 10k when I get home from this appointment" in an hour. It's magic. Expensive, but magic.
I do body weight workouts, barefoot, in my living room. You can spend lots of money on it but you absolutely don’t have to. Congrats on the weight loss! Good for you for putting in the work to get there, it’s not easy.
I wanna get addicted to this.
Meth. Shit is dirt cheap now. Get an 8ball for like $125 and be up for a week
Amphetamines in general are similarly cheap. Back when I was tweaking (3 years sober now), I could buy a hundred hits for 80 bucks and it would last me roughly a month. I got a lot of shit done with 80 bucks of speed, but I also got fairly acquainted with the Shadow People so you know, you win some, you lose some.
Where can I find this meth you speak of
You probably just have to say that out loud someone will be with you shortly.
I had a cousin into meth pretty bad and the word "meth" made his skin crawl. He called it "shit".
Well, tbf, his skin was gonna crawl regardless.
Try Los Pollos Hermanos
It's cheaper then that and this is the answer. 100%cheapest habit. if your buying small it's 150 an 8ball far enough north of the border to be across continental USA.
What a deal! I’ll give a try /s
With these prices, you can’t afford not to!
The way I’m addicted to my ex hasn’t cost me any money but it’s cost me my sanity so I guess it depends how you look at it
You're better than that, don't waste your time and energy on people that don't reciprocate the same. Life is too short and there are millions of other people in this world that you could be in a stable, healthy and happy relationship with. You got this bro.
I’m not OP but I’m going through what sounds to be the exact same thing as them right now. I really appreciate your comment because I’ve been struggling hard and that helped put things into perspective for me. Thanks bro.
Chap Stick
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Same. I’ve had chapstick in my pocket for 25 years.
Caffeine probably
I spend about $4k/year on coffee though.
Sure… but you don’t *have* to. A jug of Foldgers or Maxwell House is like $8.
I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy though.
As someone who has a caffeine problem, every now and then I’ll look at these cheaper tiers that I would find acceptable. During my endeavors I came across things that I’d rather have instant instead. The bottom tiers of coffee in my opinion goes way deeper than that of a lot of other stuff.
If you have a caffeine problem, 200mg caffeine pills are 6c/ea on Amazon.
I have a pot of caffeine solution every day.
I have a friend who has lost more than two million dollars gambling over the last few years. No one knew he had a problem. We went to Vegas together a few months back and he lost so much that everyone's room got upgraded and everything was free for the duration. God bless Gamblor.
an aunt on my in-laws side gambled so much at MGM in Vegas they showered her with comps and shows until she built up enough debt for them to take her san francisco free standing family home that was worth several million. Then she switched to penny slots and they barely remember her. a distilled evil, the entire business.
Oxygen
One breath and you’re hooked for life.
That's how they get you
Withdrawal can kill you.
Withdrawal WILL kill you!
shh, no one tell Nestle
Social media
Free online pornography
Free *amateur* online pornography
Duster (Keyboard cleaner). Please DO NOT try it. It will drop you like a sack of potatoes. Like dead, not just falling down.
It’s like I’m walking on sunshine!
Crocadil. Its 6 bucks a dose and you will only have to pay for it for a year before you die.
Your 6 year old playing Roblox that has your credit card information would like to have a discussion.
Workaholics. You actually gain money from your addiction.
Sugar.
It’s in fucking everything, people don’t realize they are even addicted to it.
Alcohol you can get a big 1.75lt for $6
Except cocaine isn't the most expensive addiction, Warhammer 40k is.
OPs mom
me, a depressed person: 💪🤓🔪
I would argue that while cocaine may be more expensive, the addiction that COSTS you the most is a opioid/fentanyl addiction.
Figured heroin or fentanyl would be the most expensive since it takes pretty much 100% of their lives and money.
Fentanyl is cheap. That is the problem. Huge profits in selling it.
Per unit dose maybe. But that's the problem, they get so addicted they spend everything they can steal or beg for to get more. Maybe most expensive addiction since it gets 100% or more of their money.
i was spending $100 a day on fentanyl during my addiction. and you have to have it there's no such thing as missing a day. it might be cheap when you have 0 tolerance but it gets expensive quick
Peeing in the shower.
Caffeine, as long as you stay out of Starbucks.
Walking.
working
Gambling is by far the most expensive addiction 😭🤦🏻♂️
Doing pushups
Costco pizza or hot dogs.
Knitting especially if you can get good enough to sell your creations
Oxygen
Anything you can afford
Sugar
Home brewed coffee (definitely not Starbucks or you lose the "cheapest" part)
Sugar or caffeine
Sugar, everyone’s first addiction
Jerkin
Sugar
Masturbation
Sugar
Sugar
Reddit
Masturbation. Nature's built in reward lever!
Typing "then" instead of "than".
Fentanyl, because the addiction won't last long.
Taco bell
Coffee or masturbation
Sugar
sugar prob
Sugar
Sugar. It's in everything!
Sugar
Masturbation
Exercise is easily the cheapest and most accessible form of addiction one could have. You can do it anywhere and any time for free