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adjl posted...

It's really quite baffling how many people blew their stimulus cheques immediately on luxury purchases. I can only presume they're people that were in denial about the gravity of the situation and figured it would all blow over in a couple weeks, but even that assumption is quite monumentally stupid.

He's 17 and was likely living with his folks. How did you expect somebody his age and in his circumstance to spend the the money? And this is less a luxury than other things he might have done.

That said, is that really the price they run for?

adjl posted...

Presumably his parents do pay for his cost of living, though, so it would only be reasonable to use his stimulus to help support that. At least, I'm guessing that was the reasoning behind giving stimulus cheques to any minors. If we're going to accept the premise that minors don't have significant expenses and are therefore making a reasonable choice to blow their cheque on luxuries, then minors shouldn't be getting stimulus cheques.

Again, he's 17. Have you ever met a 17 y/o? Or remember when you were 17? They're not terribly likely to just hand over large amounts to their parents if they can avoid it. And most parents wouldn't ask for it if they could avoid it.

Shadowbird_RH posted...

Waaaiiit. So it was a recent acquisition? I hadn't been following the story closely enough to know that, but that makes it pretty conclusively damning that it was a case of having a shiny new toy and just dying to use it.

Which is just shitty reasoning.

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