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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

A car. I was planning to buy a house but my old car annoyed me so much I bought a new one on the next day. Two weeks after, my team lead let me know that I was lucky I didnโ€™t buy a house since the company was going under

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I saw your comment just after the "A cat." one, and did a double take!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Well I also impulsively got a cat and he is awesome, albeit a pooper

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's brutal. Did you get back on your feet?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Well this happened a month ago, the situation is still uncertain but Iโ€™m in a better situation than my coworkers. If I had bought a house I would be fucked though