The cost of Stuff
Offline Some things that occur to me. The cost of things based on a month of exactly four weeks:
one large coffee 5 times a week : $45
Gas for a 40 mile daily commute to work: $200
movie for 2, twice a month, plus popcorn n stuff: $50
netflix: $20
beer, wine, rum, and vodka not including pubs, restaurants: $50 (and I'm a pretty light drinker)
Online games: $15
other, ehem, online services: $15
When you think about it... what's $25 a month? What's $3 a month?
On your own, not so much. When 50 people do it, quite a bit. Help the cause.
((This is my opinion and an appeal to the members of the community, unsolicited by the site admins and all that ))
If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. - JP Sartre
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45 BUCKS FOR COFFEE??? what the hell are you drinking??? If I was to spend 45 bucks on large coffee's I would have to drink 21 large coffee's (then again I don't need the StarCrap coffee that are massively over charged...change coffee provider)
That's exactly right... one large coffee a day for five days each week for one month..
$2 x 5 days x 4 weeks
[edit for poignancy] The surprise in that math is a point for my original point... less than a large coffee a day helps this site and the cause behind it...
If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. - JP Sartre
I was expecting a "priceless" line after one of those
I'm dissapointed, but I'm going to guess that Online games is WoW 
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"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a religion, and he'll starve to death praying for fish." - Anonymous
"If God doesn't like the way I live, let him tell me, not you." -Anonymous
Dude, you pay for internet porn? Sad.
Sigh.. yeah.
And may I just add, your avatar makes me laugh every time I see it.
not sad, easy. Why the judgement? I try at least to pay sites that aren't degrading...
Also, you seem to have missed the point of the post...
If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. - JP Sartre
It's ok....I play WoW too.
Cenarion Circle, Brion - 70 hunter..if you've been playing long enough you might know me as the Busted. Grounded. kid.
and Aegwynn - Blackstrike - 70 rogue, Alwysop - 70 warlock..
So don't feel bad.
"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a religion, and he'll starve to death praying for fish." - Anonymous
"If God doesn't like the way I live, let him tell me, not you." -Anonymous
My bad, i was reading while tired, I thought it was for a week, see what happens people you look like a fool, read, read and read.....oh and I spend 25 a month tops on coffee, I just get medium at a 1.25 a cup
As for the gas I wish I could spend 200 a month.....I spend close to 1000 a month some months alot more, but always close to a 1000.....wait company pays for it
See, now if you used that valuable canadian money to buy me coffee it would be, like, a dollar.
Really? That's an RP Server.. I have a lvl 2 rogue there that I rez and run to Ogrimar and dance. Weird. Kudos for RP. I'm a tabletopper, myself.
If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. - JP Sartre
What the hell are you driving...a GMC yukon or a 18 wheeler?
My rule, since it's not my gas money...(go spoiled childhood!!!!!), is I fill up every 2 weeks, which is around...maybe 60 bucks per fill up. My mother thanks me for it every day.
"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a religion, and he'll starve to death praying for fish." - Anonymous
"If God doesn't like the way I live, let him tell me, not you." -Anonymous
Yeah. I only wish I could give RRS millions of dollars!
I drive a Dodge Dakota, and pull a trailer with a skyjack with it and lots of equipment. With that said I also do on average 300km every 2 days if not more, I have put on it in 2 years 180,000km
Ah, I have a Dodge Dakota sport myself, seen here. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=124260706. Love that truck, got it for my 16th birthday
Go ahead and add me if you'd like....I would like to have more than 8 friends, 6 of which I don't know at all 
"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a religion, and he'll starve to death praying for fish." - Anonymous
"If God doesn't like the way I live, let him tell me, not you." -Anonymous
Dont' have a myspace account
I swear I'm destined to have like no friends
but good for you, my ex dragged me into predatorspace
"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a religion, and he'll starve to death praying for fish." - Anonymous
"If God doesn't like the way I live, let him tell me, not you." -Anonymous
Wow its seems im not the only one who plays WOW... did you guys pre-order Wrath of lich King?
I cant subcribe at moment, WOW takes the last of my money for the month...
Im hoping in the next couple of months to subcribe, hoping to get a raise(ya, right...)
I have last time i looked 25 different chars 3 in 60's 5 in 50's and the rest are all of various lower lvls... Too many servers to try and name...
You know you can buy a coffee maker for 45 dollars, right?
I know this has already been hashed out, but if you really do pay $9 for a cup of coffee, your tombstone should read "Here lies Balrogoz: he paid $9 for one cup of coffee."
No. I didn't. I actually found the point of your post admirable. Your paying for porn, however...
Nobody I know was brainwashed into being an atheist.
Why Believe?
Over a two week period:
$250 (rent, $500/month), included water and electricity
$100 (groceries from Trader Joe's, including coffee and half and half)
$60-80 (non-grocery food consumption, including alcohol not otherwise listed under heading of "Whiskey"
$35 (Whiskey)
$50-75 (Herbage)
$50-100 (Household stuff: soaps, paper towels, shaving supplies, etc...)
$40 (public trans)
“It is true that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. It is equally true that in the land of the blind, the two-eyed man is an enemy of the state, the people, and domestic tranquility… and necessarily so. Someone has to rearrange the furniture.”
I'd like to contribute, but I never have and most likely never will use a credit card, I don't like them.
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In an effort to be kind, I'm not going to say something like 'as a theist I know you need a little more help figuring things out'.
Instead, I will simply quote myself...
Yeah, I'm aware. The point wasn't really to get help with personal finances, but put into perspective what things people don't think about actually cost. In view of donating a few dollars a month to this site.
If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. - JP Sartre
To be fair, it was worded in such a way that suggested you paid $9 a day for coffee. I get it now. Also to be fair, plenty of atheists misread it the same way I did. Why single me out?
yeah, fair enough. I singled you out because I had already addressed the exact same misconception but I did do the math as a per week basis, then multiplied by four elsewhere. Honestly, an easy mistake if you're just browsing.
If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. - JP Sartre
I've been waiting to see if anyone notices that 2.5.4 = 40 not 45. Not that $45 isn't a bad estimate overall since there are sometimes closer to 5 weeks in a month and/or you could pay $2.50 for a coffee some days, but, anyway, 40 bucks for one coffee a day each month is pretty high, caffeine junkies like me,
, could easily waste a couple of hundred at that rate...
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I make my own - buy it ground at the local market. Ends up costing about $40 for 2 months.
i dont drink coffee so i seem to save the most!!! I also only buy pop with caffine in it and thats not diet but only when i know that i am going to get a bargain on it, like say 5/$10 for a 6 pack of 24oz bottles... The store i currently work at has pop on sale for this price bout once every other month... I buy 5 and that will last me 2 months...
Pop???? Did you transport here from 1955?
OK.. seriously. The point isn't how much coffee costs or whether I was right to approximate a number.
The question is, if 'you' (whoever you are) believe in the goals of this community, what are you doing to forward the effort? Three dollars a month just doesn't sound like too much to ask, but could go a long way.
If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. - JP Sartre
Welcome to regional differences in vocabulary!
Carbonated nonalcoholic beverages, by region
East Coast: Soda
Midwest: Pop
West Coast: Cokes (although this has faded over the last decade, to be replaced usually by "pop". This lead to an amusing conversation once in the SFO area: Waiter: "Can I get you two a couple cokes?" Us: "Sure!" Waiter: "...okay, what kind?" Us: "Err, reg...u...lar?" Waiter: "...where are you from?" )
The name for the group of people in which you wait for something
East Coast: "wait on line".
Midwest and West Coast: "wait in line".
British English: "form a queue".
Public water supplies for drinking
Everywhere not Wisconsin: drinking (or water) fountain.
Wisconsin: bubblers.
For fun:
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
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actually funny thing is i live on the east coast, I always say pop due to it is what my dad anyways said so i just sorta always have...
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. As my post clearly indicates, either you do NOT live on the East Coast, or you do live there, but are lying to us. The post is not wrong, so therefore your comment is either incorrect or misleading. Shame on you for being either wrong or deceitful. Shame!
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What?! LMAO! Well i would give you my address but i dont give it out to strangers...
Well, I'm on the East coast and everyone here says "wait in line." Though in SE PA/New Jersey and NYC we have an alternate to "Y'all" (south) for the plural of you - "Youse." In this area we also add "up" to a lot of things when indicating direction - ie kids in school told "go up to the office" or telling a family member "I'm going up to the store."
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I call it pop too.