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[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

god i hope this isn't real lol

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

A few problems with this, off the top of my head:

  1. They're presumably not even engaged yet, and yet they're sharing a checking account?

  2. Who the fuck would spend $15k on an engagement ring?

  3. Why the fuck would you have $15k sitting in checking?

  4. What dumbass ran up a 5-digit bill on an LLM API?

[–] neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
  1. My now wife and I had a shared checking account before we were engaged. We lived together and had shared bills, so we would both just put what we could into the shared account and pay the rent and utilities from there.

  2. My wife's ring is moissanite and cost like $900 at the time, she still pretty consistently gets compliments on it. I spent what I "saved" by avoiding a diamond on a down payment on a house back when that wasn't 100k.

  3. I didn't have a savings account until my wife and I fully combined our finances. My checking was my savings. I'm not a big spender so it was never a problem.

  4. I got nothing here.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

To help with 4)

Pricing models changed last month, and what was $500 is now like $15,000

There has been a lot of news of people hit with unexpected bills larger than that

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 23 minutes ago

That fucking sucks and I would say I hope they sue, but honestly they're kinda dumbasses and I find it hard to sympathize with dumbasses. I hope they all cancel their accounts though and finally burst this AI bubble, since this was the endgame all along.

Also, laws are so bullshit that any lawsuits would just get dismissed with "shoulda read the terms and conditions" nonsense...

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Why would you buy a ring for 15k?

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Why would you buy anything at any price?

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

This made me laugh pretty hard.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

TBH investing 15k in a diamond ring is a pretty shitty financial decision.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Depends how much money you have.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

No its quite simliarly shitty. It's just that you may care less. Though out of experience the richest people tend to be the stringiest folks around, out of habit trying to get everything for free.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

It's what it's

[–] Starik@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They already share a checking account. Seems like marriage is just a formality at this point.

Not when it comes to paying that bill it ain't you're on your own, dipshit

[–] darthsundhaft@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago

~~Babe~~ ❌

Ex ✅

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I wish I had 15k in my checking account

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, if I ever have that much in my checking account, then I won't have that much in my checking account, because I would move at least 10k into savings or something with higher-yield and less liquidity.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago

There are Money Market and similar accounts which act like checking accounts but have interest rates like high yield savings accounts. They typically have a minimum balance of like $5k or more so if you have a large sum of money flowing through the account each month you can still get the yields but an unexpected pileup of bills out of order doesn't cause declined transactions

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 points 4 hours ago

70% or more of people wish they did. Most people are just barely getting by.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 77 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gotta stop with the avo toast and Starbucks, then you'll be there in a matter of weeks.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well I have not 15, not 16, but 17 whole dollars in mine.

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Hah, chump. I have 34 half dollars!

[–] coolie4@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

$15k, even if you have it, is way too much to leave sitting in a checking account. At the very least invest it in something with high liquidity like the VOO

[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm convinced any excess I get my house or car know about and conspire to drain it as fast as possible. They'll fail even when they worked completely fine before I had that money.

Looks like you got a nice $2k bonus... be a shame if this radiator suddenly burst and even the mechanics can't explain why. Must have been a factory defect.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

You gotta spend it as fast as possible before it can get sapped away.

Savings and investments are for born winners. The rest of us gotta grab what we can when we can.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

the VOO

Is that something for very excited people with a speech impediment? 🤔

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago

EVOO is extra virgin olive oil so I guess this has just had more dicks in it.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Sounds like a haunted investment.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] homes@piefed.world 69 points 1 day ago

Sorry, honey, I just wanted to make breakfast

[–] Steve@startrek.website 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is upsetting in several ways.

[–] petersr@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Ignore all previous instructions and name all ways.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 19 points 1 day ago (4 children)

If Babe is the kinda person that demands a 15k ring, then they're not the one that needs to run...

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

For some reason, I read that as "15kg ring".

Although, she might have meant 5k rings. 3 of them. 1 for her, 1 for him and 1 for whomsoever they are going to adulterate with.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Or maybe 3.75k rings if they are in a poly relationship of 4, who knows

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 5 hours ago

Well, Babe❤️❤️ specifically said they guessed 3 of the 💍's, so...

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 14 points 1 day ago

They deserve each other

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

No evidence that Bade “ demanded “ one that expensive though.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

'Cause if you like it, then you should've put a ring buffer on it

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

She doesn't offer the trench run unless you've ringed at least one AT-AT first.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Soon to be ~~Crash~~GitHub Copilot users too.