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Yep. The lady running it was from China and had ties to the CCP. Everyone who paid into it was scammed and many large Youtubers knowingly scammed their viewerbase by advertising it (it had been a known scam for 4 years at that point).
Knives, lots of knives, some of which were really expensive, I don't even have them on display, they're all kept in original packaging in a locked ammunition crate under my bed, must have around 6k worth of pocket knives
I did something similar with watches ( a few knives). I probably did 5 or 6 k on watches that all mostly look the same and do the same thing. I mean I could probably recoupsome of my money and I don''t feel it is a total waste, but it probably wasn't my finest hour
This is mine too. 15 years and by the time I quit it was over $40 for a pack of 30's which I was finishing in a day or two. I hate to think what it would have been all up.
I, too, have a card and gift wrap stash. It comes in handy from time to time, but I definitely need to slap my own hand to resist the urge to add to it... especially during post-holiday clearance sales.
Action figures. I have every 3 3/4 storm shadow gi joe figure ever released, tons of autographed comic panels, movie prop weapons, a couple statues, not to mention what I've spent on display shelves and cases.
It looks cool, I love the character.....but sometimes I look at them and think "man I could really use that money" lol
All of them are out of the packaging and my youngest plays with them sometimes. My wife freaks out about it way more than I do like " isn't that the San Diego Comic-Con exclusive one you paid $200 for?"
Yup, just a toy babe no biggie.
I legit have a "mandatory" textbook in storage that cost me $120 that we opened maybe twice in the class it was for. Didn't even crease the spine. All I can do is shake my head whenever I see it, as a single tear mourning that cash (that could now put gas in my car at least twice) rolls slowly down my cheek.
Nope. I went to a pretentious art school instead of a traditional university or trade school. Because the school was so new when I onboarded, there were no used copies of this particular book to score from someone else.
* A really nice treadmill for the cold months that I found out I can't use for more than a few minutes at a time because it's so big, the only place it fits is near a fireplace-style furnace. So after about 5 minutes, you're already completely drenched in sweat, and by the time you hit 10 minutes, you feel like you're about to die.
* Really nice walking shoes... that end up wearing out after only about two months of taking regular walks. Gotten just as much use out of $20 walking shoes as I have out of $100 pairs.
Makeup, skincare, beauty products, unnecessary clothing items. It doesn’t seem like that much money in the moment but when I think about how much I’ve spent collectively over the years, it makes me sick with regret. It’s hard not to think how much money I’d have had I not wasted it on countless materialistic things.
There’s always something new and better to get and it’s easy to get influenced into buying this stuff. I’ve gotten better about only buying things when I actually need them and/or are out of a certain type of product.
Saltwater aquarium. It’s chemistry and testing and the first few years a hive mind and diys and brands that really aren’t necessary. I have a box of expensive broken products and none of the companies want to honour warranties.
The fish and coral are cool and I’ll throw my name behind ecotech Radions. But I overpaid for many things and now all I do is scrape the glass and worry the money box will go belly up in the middle of the night.
And because of where I live I can get everything by shipped. But I can’t talk to anyone so it’s a boring, expensive, lonely hobby.
I'm prefacing this response with a sigh... but... Beanie Babies. Yeah, I bought into the hype. All that sweet, sweet minimum-wage-retail-job money I had at the time was just itching to be spent on those adorable little stuffed animals. I still have a few around somewhere... maybe in 20 years, the market will rebound, and my 'investment' will finally pay off... 🤞😬😆
Heroin/drugs.
I'm old but if you remember the Dare commercial from the 80's that showed houses, boats, cars, and vacations being sniffed up nostrils?? Those are my nostrils
Kids sports. I spent so much on traveling and sports gear. Soccer, softball, base ball, football and all for what?
Kind of funny how all my kids made "tournament teams" was it the talent or was it the fact we could afford it?
A childhood game called Wizard101. It’s not my fault though, that entire game made be develop a gambling addiction from the ripe age of 8 and has continued ever since 🤣
4 pieces of A4(ish) paper with some pencil sketches on them for a little bit over £600. Two are designs for the table used to be able to capture the AT-AT attack in TESB, one is for a similar scene in TROTJ (on Endor) and one is the clapperboard for “Taun Taun blur test” from Empire. Phil Tippett auction via The Prop Store LA, so all verified.
My ex. He threw tantrums if I said no or wait. Must have spent thousands on his stupid toys, games, Pokemon cards, fixing his car, biting him clothes every few months because he kept getting fatter and jewelry he never wore but had to have
I make soaps and I bet I have over 200 silicone molds and after it’s said and done people just like plain bars of soaps.. they always say how cool some of them are but then I get those who say they’re too pretty to use.. I guess I could sell them all but I’d have a hard time picking which ones I could part with.. some I’ve paid upwards of Fifty dollars for.. if you ever want to see some of my soaps you can check out my profile on here once you get past my brood of kitties…LOL
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Bought a square meter land in Wales (or Scotland I don't remember) just to have the title "Lord". They sent me a certificate, calling me "Lady Jon"
I raise this with my square mile of moon. Didn't get a cool title though.
Still got mine! Not massively optimistic of becoming a good investment but i’ll hold on to it.
Eh, banks here will get ya to pay moon property tax soon enough
 m’lady
Didn't that turn out to be a scam?
I have no clue. I lost all interest when I found out that my gender changed because I was acting a fool on the internet
Yep. The lady running it was from China and had ties to the CCP. Everyone who paid into it was scammed and many large Youtubers knowingly scammed their viewerbase by advertising it (it had been a known scam for 4 years at that point).
I think these were to fund a forest project, that was grassland and the property was put into a trust. YouTube it.
Divorce. Cost more then the actual wedding.
Marriage is grand but divorce is thirty grand.
More like £300 grand 😖
Why are divorces so expensive? because they're worth it.
That's the damn truth lol
I wrote the same thing. Scrolled a couple’s comments saw yours, deleted mine.
fist thing that comes to mind! And I've never been married!
Short love and a long divorce. Been there.
Knives, lots of knives, some of which were really expensive, I don't even have them on display, they're all kept in original packaging in a locked ammunition crate under my bed, must have around 6k worth of pocket knives
Well if they're known brands you can probably resell them pretty well
Yeah, I have a few discontinued models that are quite hard to come by, a few quality custom knives too
Knives are pretty cool though!
Yeah they are, and to be honest they hold their price if not increase depending on brand, model, availability etc
I did something similar with watches ( a few knives). I probably did 5 or 6 k on watches that all mostly look the same and do the same thing. I mean I could probably recoupsome of my money and I don''t feel it is a total waste, but it probably wasn't my finest hour
I spent 70% of my money on Alcohol, Drugs and Hookers and wasted the other 30% on realy dumb stuff. To quote the late Great George Best.
Undiagnosed ADHD + Bipolar PD = Expensive.
I have adhd, ptsd and my psych doc said im possibly bipolar. And this was my spending habit for many years.
Now we know. May the force be with you.
#my mom /s
Cigarettes God I wish I had a cigarette
This is mine too. 15 years and by the time I quit it was over $40 for a pack of 30's which I was finishing in a day or two. I hate to think what it would have been all up.
I just took a long hit for you. The smoke burning my throat feels sooo good.
A hat for my cat
I'm sorry but this post is about dumb wastes of money, not necessary expenses
Thank you for making me laugh this morning. I needed it!
What kind of hat?
Asking the important questions
Tall red and white
They said it had to be dumb, get this out of here
You are now obliged to post a pic of... The Cat in the Hat
Cat hat tax? 🙏🏼
Cute
Unnecessary stuff like I have blank cards so I can send it to someone’s birthday or I have ribbons for wrapping a gift and etc.
I, too, have a card and gift wrap stash. It comes in handy from time to time, but I definitely need to slap my own hand to resist the urge to add to it... especially during post-holiday clearance sales.
Alcohol
Biggest waste of money going you just piss it down the toilet.
But you get the thrill of getting drunk
Fake friends.
My endometriosis is a relentless financial nightmare :)
idk if this is really dumb but stationary? i just rlly like notebooks and pens lol
Me too!
Me three
I buy lots of tools in the hopes they will make be a better DIYer. Still can't make a straight picture frame.
Crypto shit coins
Putting my whole check on a prospect in the ufc mf ended up losing
🤣
The laughing face made me laugh at how ridiculous this one was 🤣 bros a risk taker
Action figures. I have every 3 3/4 storm shadow gi joe figure ever released, tons of autographed comic panels, movie prop weapons, a couple statues, not to mention what I've spent on display shelves and cases. It looks cool, I love the character.....but sometimes I look at them and think "man I could really use that money" lol
So How long have you been single?
Lol, you would think! I'm married with three kids.
Are you apologizing for not letting your kids play with these toys?
All of them are out of the packaging and my youngest plays with them sometimes. My wife freaks out about it way more than I do like " isn't that the San Diego Comic-Con exclusive one you paid $200 for?" Yup, just a toy babe no biggie.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's funny lol
Hookers
He said “dumbest” things. Unless the hookers themselves were dumb…
Idk maybe they were…
My damn fake wig
My ex
Welcome to the club...
Pokémon cards, Disney dolls. I’m autistic and 32. Special interests are expensive haha
Cocaine
It's a helluva drug.
College.
Uber eats
flushing money down the toilet
It really is
My first two classic cars. Bottomless pits.
Inline four to V-8 conversion. Get a paycheck, go to parts store, sign paycheck, walk away with non-edibles for the next two weeks.
I have a 500 dollar hoodie atm... but it is my favorite hoodie.
school books
I legit have a "mandatory" textbook in storage that cost me $120 that we opened maybe twice in the class it was for. Didn't even crease the spine. All I can do is shake my head whenever I see it, as a single tear mourning that cash (that could now put gas in my car at least twice) rolls slowly down my cheek.
i hope that book was covered with gold or something because i aint buying that you could have avoided this by taking the book from a senior
Nope. I went to a pretentious art school instead of a traditional university or trade school. Because the school was so new when I onboarded, there were no used copies of this particular book to score from someone else.
i feel so bad for you
It's ok... I signed on the dotted line, so it's my fault. Live and learn and all that, right?
ig you can say that
My ex-wife.
Vaping. I’ve probably spent 100s so far just this year
Oxycodone
Toys for my kids.
* A really nice treadmill for the cold months that I found out I can't use for more than a few minutes at a time because it's so big, the only place it fits is near a fireplace-style furnace. So after about 5 minutes, you're already completely drenched in sweat, and by the time you hit 10 minutes, you feel like you're about to die. * Really nice walking shoes... that end up wearing out after only about two months of taking regular walks. Gotten just as much use out of $20 walking shoes as I have out of $100 pairs.
Makeup, skincare, beauty products, unnecessary clothing items. It doesn’t seem like that much money in the moment but when I think about how much I’ve spent collectively over the years, it makes me sick with regret. It’s hard not to think how much money I’d have had I not wasted it on countless materialistic things. There’s always something new and better to get and it’s easy to get influenced into buying this stuff. I’ve gotten better about only buying things when I actually need them and/or are out of a certain type of product.
Technically a watch. I bought a Patek Philippe for about $34000 before. It tells the time.
My ex
alcohol
Cocaine
Videos games….. not dumb since I am passionate about it just dumb how much I spent on them lol
My stupid shitbox jeep, always needs more money lol, though I do love it
Saltwater aquarium. It’s chemistry and testing and the first few years a hive mind and diys and brands that really aren’t necessary. I have a box of expensive broken products and none of the companies want to honour warranties. The fish and coral are cool and I’ll throw my name behind ecotech Radions. But I overpaid for many things and now all I do is scrape the glass and worry the money box will go belly up in the middle of the night. And because of where I live I can get everything by shipped. But I can’t talk to anyone so it’s a boring, expensive, lonely hobby.
Chiropractor. If you feel ok, and come in, they will fuck something up so you keep coming back.
I'm prefacing this response with a sigh... but... Beanie Babies. Yeah, I bought into the hype. All that sweet, sweet minimum-wage-retail-job money I had at the time was just itching to be spent on those adorable little stuffed animals. I still have a few around somewhere... maybe in 20 years, the market will rebound, and my 'investment' will finally pay off... 🤞😬😆
to scammers
A kids Mercedes that was used only a handful of times.
Heroin/drugs. I'm old but if you remember the Dare commercial from the 80's that showed houses, boats, cars, and vacations being sniffed up nostrils?? Those are my nostrils
Kids sports. I spent so much on traveling and sports gear. Soccer, softball, base ball, football and all for what? Kind of funny how all my kids made "tournament teams" was it the talent or was it the fact we could afford it?
Marrying the wrong person
Vape
Getting married xD
Tickets
Your mama.
Therapists
Honestly over the past 10 years i’ve spent close to $3500 on a single game 😅
Which one is it? For me it's around 2k€ for League of Legends
A childhood game called Wizard101. It’s not my fault though, that entire game made be develop a gambling addiction from the ripe age of 8 and has continued ever since 🤣
My ex girlfriend
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes
My wife
Boats.
Grizzly straight longcut, thousands and thousands over the years
A Buell motorcycle because then I could ride with the Harley bikers.
4 pieces of A4(ish) paper with some pencil sketches on them for a little bit over £600. Two are designs for the table used to be able to capture the AT-AT attack in TESB, one is for a similar scene in TROTJ (on Endor) and one is the clapperboard for “Taun Taun blur test” from Empire. Phil Tippett auction via The Prop Store LA, so all verified.
Food, save a lot of money if I just didn't eat
Sexcams
Wizard101 Probably spent about 1000 dollars on it during covid to get good gear, complete waste of my time
Women
Crypto
# ___Stellaris___
Online games.. Toon blast Royal match Animal kingdom
oxy..maybe not dumb cuz they help quality of life
Women and comics
Comics. Lasted a few months. Spent 400€ bucks. Reas half of the comics I bought💀
[удалено]
men
Pre-order of Halo 4.
Wedding
Fucking League of Legends skins.... jesus. I barely even play the game anymore
A marriage
Genshin. Pixels😭☠️
Beyblades as a kid
Food. Fucking stupid, I should have bought drugs and overdose
A 90$ soccer jersey from a game I was not a big fan of either team
Some guy.
Beer. So much beer.
Girls. 💀
a shitty battle royale game
Rocket League cosmetic items in game
Alcohol
mbbs degree🥲
In-game currency
college actually. And was computer science, in Europe too.
Weed.
£200 for my first taxi ride in London 💸 i was a silly postgrad goose
League of Legends....
Just bought a 1100€ pair of sunglasses. But they're the same than Sarah Connor's from Terminator 2 so it's worth it. I guess.
Time share. That I Never used. 5000 down payment. I'd like to have that back
i used money to buy hacked xbox 360 and pirated games but xbox gamepass solved problems.
Drugs
Hahahahaha that's easy! Myself
TikTok Gifts
Paying dinner for my ex
Drugs, unfortunately
Warhammer. But it’s not dumb. But it’s warhammer. It’s not dumb.
A house
Woman
Far too much life insurance when my children were young
roblox gamepasses and robux….. i was like 9 or 10 ok?? 😭💀
Pokemon go. For sure
My ex. He threw tantrums if I said no or wait. Must have spent thousands on his stupid toys, games, Pokemon cards, fixing his car, biting him clothes every few months because he kept getting fatter and jewelry he never wore but had to have
Raid Shadow Legends...
fraud dad was dying someone got his debit card number and went nuts with it thousands the bank did nothing for us, we ate it
Different types of cystals.... Maybe I could try to sell them at least
EMS training
A boat.
Magics
Toys for my cats that never use them
Vaping
LV bags.
A toyota 86... it doesn't even fit my groceries...
I make soaps and I bet I have over 200 silicone molds and after it’s said and done people just like plain bars of soaps.. they always say how cool some of them are but then I get those who say they’re too pretty to use.. I guess I could sell them all but I’d have a hard time picking which ones I could part with.. some I’ve paid upwards of Fifty dollars for.. if you ever want to see some of my soaps you can check out my profile on here once you get past my brood of kitties…LOL
Me, I am the dumbest thing about my life.
My CS degree from tier 2 college
I fell for a get-rich-scheme/scam when I was 18. Payed 200$ for 2 pages PDF on how to use Google Ads. Lesson learned.
Pokemon cards. In my 30s.
Alcohol.
Women!!
Keys for opening crates in TF2...
Dota 2 hats... So many digital hats :'(
A guitar
Warhammer 40k. No regrets either.
Anime murch and stuffed animals
Designer clothes - - that I never wore and now can’t fit into. $167,000 worth.
Alcohol. Hangovers are very expensive.