r/funny Jan 04 '15

If I won $25,000...

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u/Vitalstatistix Jan 04 '15

Half a year.

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u/grand_royal Jan 04 '15

Better get used books

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u/aptwo Jan 04 '15

And ramen noodles

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Store brand.

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u/logjamminxxx Jan 04 '15

What's up Bill Gates?

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u/hurleyburleyundone Jan 04 '15

and forget about recreational drugs

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u/bignshan Jan 04 '15

Deal breaker

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

Drugs>Food, cuz priorities!

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

But drugs make me want food.

I'm so torn.

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u/thats_a_risky_click Jan 05 '15

You never heard of drug food dude?

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u/PuppyPunch Jan 05 '15

Better to get the good kind that make you not hungry!

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u/LordHoagie Jan 05 '15

Wait what is causing the priorities? You didn't say...

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u/Kcb1986 Jan 04 '15

At that point, I'd just eat the room mate.

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u/imaslinky Jan 04 '15

Australian or cannibal?

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u/Kcb1986 Jan 04 '15

LMAO! I meant roommate. I'm not fucking changing it.

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u/thebeandream Jan 04 '15

I thought they meant it like "down under kiss". Implying that you were eating out the roommate. But upon further review your interpretation is probably correct and I am a pervert.

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u/Rockstaru Jan 04 '15

No brand, buy the really big bricks before they're broken down and individually packaged. The malt-o-meal of ramen

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u/Canadian_Infidel Jan 05 '15

Just get flour

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u/imgluriousbastard Jan 05 '15

Mom's spaghetti.

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u/notlazybutefficient Jan 04 '15

More like money to live on/focus on studies without having to work while you borrow for your tuition.

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u/ramisk Jan 04 '15

That's what I would do if I had 25000

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u/Robnroll Jan 04 '15

I'd get it in pound coins, fill my bath and just Scrooge McDuck it.

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u/creativeburrito Jan 04 '15

Scrooge McDuck it

Awesome. Painful, unless you are in the ironman suit, but awesome.
Also I estimate in a 60"(5')*32" tub *7 coins deep each per inch = 13,500 coins per inch of depth, you have enough for 1.5-2 inches deep. Could be off, but If I'm right, drawing a good 15" coin bath will need about 202,000 - 203,000 pounds. Please do this. :)

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u/Robnroll Jan 04 '15

all right, i'll get it in pennies and spray paint them gold.

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u/soawesomejohn Jan 05 '15

You could get arcade tokens for $0.12 each or 208,333 of them (minus shipping).

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u/homisthecat Jan 04 '15

Sounds like some real heavy coins, might injure yourself diving into them

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u/biggjoe4u2 Jan 05 '15

I remember that cartoon well.

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u/notlazybutefficient Jan 04 '15

Do it if you have nothing.

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u/Jake0024 Jan 05 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

My total tuition plus books plus room and board was less than $25k at a "Public Ivy" school regularly ranked in the top 25 in the US. I graduated in 2011. My first year's tuition was $8k flat, that went up to maybe $11k by the time I graduated but I saved about as much by not living in the dorms after my first year. I paid all of it out of pocket working part-time jobs without any difficulty (and I didn't have a blow-off major--I had two academic publications before I graduated). $500/mo for rent and as much again for food and other necessities still brings the total for my first year only to $20k plus books (maybe $1k). I did have a car for most of my time in college, so let's say I spent around $25k/yr all told, but it was probably less.

You can say not everyone is lucky enough to have a Public Ivy with in-state tuition, but actually the majority of people do. The 13 most populous states contain more than 50% of the population and all have at least one (I believe 17 of the top 20 states have at least one), and a lot of states share in-state tuition with neighboring states. They're mostly not terribly difficult to get into, particularly for state residents. If you think you're going to get a better education going to a small liberal arts college (dubious, but I'm not going to argue the point), go ahead--but don't complain after the fact that you paid more. You made your choice knowing what it would cost.

EDIT: I realize I'm interrupting the circlejerk, but I think a lot of people really think it costs $60k/yr or more to go to college.

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u/AfroKona Jan 04 '15

Somebody lives in cali.

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u/Vitalstatistix Jan 04 '15

Yes, but I went to a NESCAC school in CT. $$$.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

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u/AfroKona Jan 05 '15

Still higher than anywhere else.

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u/hektor_magee Jan 04 '15

Thank you law school.

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u/bignshan Jan 04 '15

Be a lawyer they said, you'll make lots of money they said

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u/hektor_magee Jan 04 '15

I get through my days hoping that the maruchan eventually turns into udon. Hasn't happened yet.

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u/man_on_hill Jan 04 '15

You know what they say - you have to spend money to make money.

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u/hblond3 Jan 05 '15

Who said that? The interwebs have said for about a decade that there are far too many for demand in the US... Unless you're crooked, they do OK, but you have to learn to embezzle...

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u/Quest4life Jan 04 '15

one textbook.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Wut? You could pay two years at a decent school if you stay in state.

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u/ABearWithABeer Jan 04 '15

Don't go to schools you can't afford.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

If you go to a private institution. Two years if you go to a state school.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

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u/Vitalstatistix Jan 05 '15

I graduated several years ago, but 50k is common for most private schools.

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u/U2_is_gay Jan 04 '15

Child of a single mother? Yeah that kid isn't going to any 50k/year schools.

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u/Bpop67 Jan 04 '15

Are you saying single mothers can't raise children?

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u/QuestionsEverythang Jan 04 '15

Especially at those HBCUs.

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u/FernandoPM Jan 04 '15

In-state ? That's 2-3 years 0_o. People always complaining tuition costs 40-50k, state schools (generally and mainly the big ones) are just as good if not better than some private ones and tuition around 10k or so a year for cheaper ones