29 May 2012, 4:25 pm
but my prom's next wekend!
and i'm not going! haha
which sucks for those going, cuz it's not a party unless im there...
I like your attitude.
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04 Jun 2012, 7:14 am
Because they provide irrefutable evidence that Americans are every bit the whining hypocrites the rest of the world already presumes us to be....
A new survey from Visa Inc. shows that the average American family with teenagers plans to spend $1,078 -- that's for each child -- on the prom, a 33.6 percent increase over the $807 spent last year.
And those in the lower income brackets, less than $50,000, plan to spend even more -- $1,307 per child, the survey found. And those in the very lowest bracket, under $20,000, plan to spend $1,200 -- more than 6 percent of their annual income.
But the most staggering number came from those families earning between $20,000 and $30,000, who plan to spend an average of $2,635, which would represent almost 9 percent of annual income for those making $30,000. Those families are just above the federal poverty level, which is $23,050 for a family of four.
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Maybe once upon a time it was a cute rite of passage, but that once upon a time is long gone. As best I can tell, it has become nothing but another insane exercise of conspicuous consumption, from a population spending money it does not have on something it can in no way afford.
To quote H.L.Mencken, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."
04 Jun 2012, 8:46 am
Ehh let them have fun. It's not hurting you.
04 Jun 2012, 11:17 am
at first glance, i would assume he was preventing himself from falling over backward.
with a second glance, it seems to me that the hand is not real. it is not well proportioned at all if it is real.
i think that he is wearing a "prop coat" (or whatever one would call it) which has fake arms and hands stitched into it. the region between his left shoulder and left elbow seems devoid of bulk that is inconsistent with the reasonable chubby face structure.
the stretch folds in the fabric of his sleeves further convinces me that they are not real arms or hands.
the thumb is too large, and the fingers are in an ungainly position.
i am almost certain it is a "joke jacket" (if there is such a description) but the man looks tired and bored i think.
