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[SquiddyCracker]

Don't do drugs, mate. I can't believe how someone can even spend $400 on drugs for just a week.
It's expensive, risky and can get you addicted.

Glad to hear that NeoGAF was kind enough to help out your mom though.

 

[Camp Lo]

It's like watching that episode for the first time again.

 

[Seda]

I just realized I have literally no concept of how much drugs actually cost, because I don't use them.

pretty much.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

The OP could have been written by any junkie I've ever known. It all sounds the same.
It's really pathetic. Get yourself some help dude. You need it.

 

[Nert]

I absolutely trust that the donated money went to your mom's treatment, but I can't say that spending $400 on oxy is a good idea. There are probably better ways to get some relief...

 

[Amir0x]

I had no idea your mom was on dialysis, fucking lupus. Still, not to be confrontational but theres something really callous about requesting money from strangers while implying $400 is not a big amount of cash.

I hope she recovers and I hope your dad gets a break.

I suppose I'm not explaining myself right or something.

Guys, when I asked for money, I was not spending money like this on myself. In fact, I had gone through my entire savings trying to help my Mom out through this crisis. I was almost out of cash, which is why I went to neoGAF. I know when my priorities need to be where, my family goes first.

Now, when you guys helped my Mom out, naturally the whole point was to help my Mom. But in doing so, you removed some of the burden from my father and, yes, from me in having to continually dip into every cent I have to keep them above water.

So, now that the financial situation is CHANGED, I decided to save up some cash $50 per pay check to have this specific week a really fun time. It has been a long time since I partied out like this, but I felt like I deserved it.

Are you guys saying that even though you helped her, I should from then on not use my money for any personal recreation ever in the future? Basically I guess I'm saying I don't know what you expected me to do after that money was donated. Had you guys not donated, I would have been out of money, my Dad likely would be bankrupt right now and God knows what the state of where my Mom would be right now. That was where the trajectory was, even without spending a dime on drugs.


I'm not sure why those who are critical of this thought that meant you deserve to have a say in what happens with the money I earned after you alleviated the stress on my Mom and Dad (and by default, residual, on me). You could say the same about the games I purchased in the time since the fundraiser, or whatever. It's all "extra" now, and yes it is me spending a little on myself because I'm not continually giving as much from my savings to my Mom anymore.

I know you guys don't approve of drugs (some of you anyway), but this was not anything sinister.

 

[Like the hat?]

don't make a video. no reason to put your mom through anything she doesn't need to be put through.

 

[MThanded]

Why did you tell GAF this though? Did you not know how was going to end?

So, now that the financial situation is CHANGED, I decided to save up some cash $50 per pay check to have this specific week a really fun time. It has been a long time since I partied out like this, but I felt like I deserved it.

Right ,so why did you even tell us if its unrelated to the initial thread. I am not questioning your story. I am confused as to why you even told us about this.

 

[FallingEdge]

Only in Obama's America.

 

[Trigger]

I find it baffling how many people here aren't bothered by him spending $400 on opiates in a week, no matter where the money comes from.

What. The. Fuck.

I agree. It's terrible and he sounds like an addict, but I'd feel like a dick for harping on that.

 

[echoshifting]

don't make a video. no reason to put your mom through anything she doesn't need to be put through.

Seriously, please do not do this.

 

[Camp Lo]

Why did you tell GAF this though? Did you not know how was going to end?

This x WTF!

 

[Horse Armour]

Your mom seems like a really sweet person, and I have no doubt things got expensive. But there are some things that are weird about your story. For example, patients that require dialysis because of End Stage Renal Disease automatically qualify for Medicare. The treatments are free, and so is a large part of the medical care.

If there was money left over and you bought drugs with it, that makes you a dick.

Errm. Can you answer this Ami? This looks mighty suspicious if this is true (I'm not from the US so I have no idea).

 

[freenudemacusers]

$400? I'm glad I'm a drunk.

to be fair, he bought a pallet worth of drugs

and dude,

lay of the drugs already. you say you've been to rehab and you still binge like this wtf

 

[bjork]

Given ami's level of infamy around here and other places, I'm gonna say this thread was kind of a bad idea.

 

[Technosteve]

I feel like i'm in a bizzaro world where 400 dollars is not that much for drugs.

 

[xbhaskarx]

My drug expenditure this week was a special occasion, that was to make the final election week go fast, and it did not cost me much at all. It cost me about $400

This needs to be a tag.

So what kind of drugs did you buy?

Answer this please.

 

[echoshifting]

Errm. Can you answer this Ami? This looks mighty suspicious if this is true (I'm not from the US so I have no idea).

Iirc, the treatments Ami's family wanted went above and beyond standard dialysis treatment in a couple of significant ways.

 

[Van Owen]

You seem like a scumbag, amir0x.

And didn't the pot thread get closed for some dumb rule change, yet amir0x gets to frequently talk about buying and taking illegal drugs?

 

[C.Dark.DN]

All I can say is I hope your mom gets better and I hope your fiance knows you do heroin.

 

[shadyspace]

to be fair, he bought a pallet worth of drugs

and dude,

lay of the drugs already. you say you've been to rehab and you still binge like this wtf

Amy pls

 

[Always-honest]

yeah don't worry. It was pretty clear back then that it was for your mom.

Hope she is doing well. Seems you gys are struggling your way through life.

edit: jesus guys... it's like a holiday in his brain. Wow some of you are scared of drugs.

 

[joe2187]

Dude....$400 on drugs, while your mom is sick?

You got some fucked up priorities

 

[FStop7]

pretty much.

You know how politicians look all frightened and confused when asked if they know how much a gallon of milk costs? That's how I feel right now.

 

[YianGaruga]

I suppose I'm not explaining myself right or something.

Guys, when I asked for money, I was not spending money like this on myself. In fact, I had gone through my entire savings trying to help my Mom out through this crisis. I was almost out of cash, which is why I went to neoGAF. I know when my priorities need to be where, my family goes first.

Now, when you guys helped my Mom out, naturally the whole point was to help my Mom. But in doing so, you removed some of the burden from my father and, yes, from me in having to continually dip into every cent I have to keep them above water.

So, now that the financial situation is CHANGED, I decided to save up some cash $50 per pay check to have this specific week a really fun time. It has been a long time since I partied out like this, but I felt like I deserved it.

Are you guys saying that even though you helped her, I should from then on not use my money for any personal recreation ever in the future? Basically I guess I'm saying I don't know what you expected me to do after that money was donated. Had you guys not donated, I would have been out of money, my Dad likely would be bankrupt right now and God knows what the state of where my Mom would be right now. That was where the trajectory was, even without spending a dime on drugs.


I'm not sure why those who are critical of this thought that meant you deserve to have a say in what happens with the money I earned after you alleviated the stress on my Mom and Dad (and by default, residual, on me). You could say the same about the games I purchased in the time since the fundraiser, or whatever. It's all "extra" now, and yes it is me spending a little on myself because I'm not continually giving as much from my savings to my Mom anymore.

I know you guys don't approve of drugs (some of you anyway), but this was not anything sinister.

To me at least, there's a big difference between saving up money after an ordeal like that and buy something nice for yourself or go on a vacation, and blowing it all on HARD drugs.

The fact that you aren't seeing anything wrong here makes me think you need some help.

 

[MThanded]

Given ami's level of infamy around here and other places, I'm gonna say this thread was kind of a bad idea.

Right. This is what I was trying to get at. Is this a plea for help or something. Odd way to go out if you ask me.

 

[brianjones]

youre out of control dude

 

[Visceir]

"Stand still mom, I need to take more pictures for gaf."

 

[samus i am]

You should have never mentioned the drug buying. I honestly think it is a little shady.

 

[MWS Natural]

Big man of you to make this thread, takes balls to face an accusation like that. You and your mom have my best wishes.

 

[The Technomancer]

It makes sense that once things are under control financially you can start making luxury purchases again.

 

[Like the hat?]

I want to say that blowing $400 on something frivolous when you have bills to pay is a bad idea, but then I remember that in just over two weeks I'm spending $350 on a video game console.

 

[totowhoa]

I don't give a fuck if you're using drugs for fun, but seriously, I read a couple posts from you and some other guys in a thread about oxy use, and you're not in control right now. Your dose was enough to put off some of the other guys who were using fairly often. You're doing too much justification of your drug use. It's time to get off the opiates for a bit and have a good time elsewhere. I know withdrawal sucks, I just enjoyed a shitload of pills from surgery and I had a few painful days getting off them after I spent a few weeks going through the rest recreationally. I didn't need to justify it either, it wasn't for pain, I was fucking around and I knew I'd run out. But no way I'm I going to get more, I had my fun and I'm done.

You shouldn't apologize for what you do with your body in your own time but this is not the first nor the last time your addiction is going to have you justifying things to people. You're just making excuses for yourself. Go smoke some weed, go have a drink, hell go do a line of coke every couple months or so, but I'm just gonna go ahead and say that $400 it's a fucking lot of money to spend, and while you deserve some goddamn relief like anybody else, you're getting dangerously close to crossing the line.

I agree wholeheartedly with this post. I also agree with animalboogy's from the last page. I don't see any reason to get up in arms about now that he is using is making use of his regained disposable income. I think it's kind of nuts to spend $400 on all those drugs, and I say that as a mild user... but it's also none of my business how he spends his money, even if I think he does have a problem We all value different things for entertainment.

This needs to be a tag.



Answer this please.

Haha, agreed. Also, it was coke, weed, heroine, and oxycontin of varying amounts.

 

[Esch]

If those drugs cost you 400$, you are Scarface or his best friend

 

[Askani]

Is your soon to be wife also a drug addict? Because if she is and you guys get together, I'm curious which one will come home and find the other dead first.

 

[Verelios]

It's none of our business, but honestly, why'd you even tell GAF about the whole $400 drug purchase issue. You couldn't have thought this was going to end well.

 

[DietRob]

Gotta say it's as admirable as it can be that you created this thread. Can't say that I agree with your expenditure and I'm sure GAF would see it another way if that expenditure was for a Nexus 7 or iPAD, Wii U, whatever.

Regardless of that we all know this thread isn't going to provide anyone with anything other than more shit to come at you with.

 

[shadyspace]

 

[Van Owen]

Hey guys, I didn't use your money to buy drugs. I just used your money so I could use my own money to buy drugs.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

It's pathetic that you have to prove it just because losers from OA have a huge hard on for you.

What's OA?

 

[Yen]

I want to say that blowing $400 on illegal narcotics when you have bills to pay is a bad idea, but then I remember that in just over two weeks I'm spending $350 on a video game console.

.

 

[TommyT]

I want to say that blowing $400 on something frivolous when you have bills to pay is a bad idea, but then I remember that in just over two weeks I'm spending $350 on a video game console.

It's not like you're using $350 worth of bill money to buy the console... right?

 

[Ferrio]

So I'm curious, what do you do during election week to justify $400 dollars worth of drugs? Only thing I can think of is preparation if romney wins.

 

[Curtisaur]

Who's gonna donate to Amir0x's liver failure medical fund? Can we get that thread started preemptively?

 

[The Technomancer]

Hey guys, I didn't use your money to buy drugs. I just used your money so I could use my own money to buy drugs.

Time-frame.

 

[Amir0x]

Why did you tell GAF this though? Did you not know how was going to end?


Right ,so why did you even tell us if its unrelated to the initial thread. I am not questioning your story. I am confused as to why you even told us about this.

Errm. Can you answer this Ami? This looks mighty suspicious if this is true (I'm not from the US so I have no idea).

Honestly I'll have to ask my Mom to go through all the details of what was happening, because obviously I am not in her shoes and I do not know exactly every step that she encountered. She is way more familiar with all the steps she had to take.

My Mom was on health insurance, I never said she wasn't. She was on my Dad's health insurance for a long time. From what she told me, because my Dad worked three jobs, they always said he made too much to get any benefits like Medicare, but if he lost the jobs, maybe she'd definitely be approved. That I don't know.

The problem was the health insurance my Mom was on was fighting us every step of the way, refusing more beneficial (and, by the way, cheaper over the long term) treatments, and the deductibles my Mom was having to pay was astronomical.

Here is the statement from the original topic:

Since then, it has been a fight with her medical insurance to try to cover the cost of the things she requires for her illness, including the dialysis. As her medical bills escalated, I've gone into my savings until I've gone broke. My father has gone into his until he has gone broke: and he's working 16 hour days, six days a week. And remember my mom has health care. This is what health care in this country looks like even when you have health care! It's not for lack of work ethic.

So yeah, I'll ask my Mom if she applied for Medicare or whatever, but I don't know exactly at the moment what the process was. I was never there with her when she was talking to her health insurance or fighting with the companies, she would just tell me what she was going through.

One of the primary factors of this fundraising was not just to relieve financial burden, though, it was to help pay for a form of dialysis treatment that was FAR gentler on her body, and thus allowed her to live some type of life again.

 

[Messypandas]

Hey guys, I didn't use your money to buy drugs. I just used your money so I could use my own money to buy drugs.

So we're fueling the drug trade by proxy?

 

[SquiddyCracker]

I want to say that blowing $400 on something frivolous when you have bills to pay is a bad idea, but then I remember that in just over two weeks I'm spending $350 on a video game console.

At least that console will last you 4 years or so (excluding the time it's getting dusty in the closet )
$400 on drugs for just a week?

Just take a spa-vacation and chillax if you're looking for relaxation.

 

[MThanded]

So we're fueling the drug trade by proxy?

You are all going to jail.

 

[njean777]

May want to stay off the narcotics, those things are one of the hardest drugs to stop using.