Do you have any clones?

[Spungo]

I thought I registered at Reddit before, but none of my passwords seem to work. I googled for "reddit spungo" to see if the posts were mine or someone else, and what I found was interesting. The Reddit user with my name has posts that are very similar to what I would write. The grammar is similar, the words used are similar, and they talk about financial things. It's almost creepy.

https://www.reddit.com/user/spungo

[–]spungo 1 point 27 days ago
The Fed tried this with "Quantitative Easing", i.e., printing billions in the hope that people would start spending and it would cause the economy to flourish. All this did in reality was inflate the stock market. Regular people didn't buy into it as they're already swimming in debt, and still extremely dubious about where the world economy is headed. In Canada, our interest rates are near- zero for the same reason. Doesn't work, as no one has faith in the overall economy. Anyone who has money to spend / invest in leaving it in cash, doing nothing.

There are so many little details in that post that look like things I would write. The grammar, the words, the length of the sentences, etc.

[–]spungo 1 point 1 month ago
No one can answer that question for you. Mutual funds go up, and come down. That's what they do, and three years or so isn't really that long of a time horizon. If you choose to go with mutual funds, remember that the point at which you should redeem them will not be decided by you -- you will be at the mercy of the markets.

I'm very certain I've said this exact thing on this forum. Then time to cash out is decided by the market - you cash out whenever the market is high. It's not decided by your own personal retirement schedule.

[–]spungo 8 points 1 month ago
1) Take lunch to work
2) Get clothes second-hand (mostly)
3) Don't buy stuff I don't need.

My clone even buys used clothing from thrift shops. I've been doing that for years.

[–]spungo 1 point 1 month ago
I agree wholeheartedly. Cash is King. Mostly, it's 'cos I'm concerned about identity fraud and such like. I know, one can usually get insured against this sort of thing, but I really do not want the hassle of all that. Furthermore, cash is real -- you feel like you're paying actual money when you buy something, and I'm pretty sure that's why I don't spend as much as I could.

This is probably the only thing that jumps out as not being like me. I carry as little cash as possible for the exact reason she mentioned. Credit cards are insured.

[–]spungo 1 point 1 month ago
The difference is that the mortgage is backed by the asset, i.e., the house / condo. Credit card debt tends not to have anything behind it. The real problem with a high debt-to-income ratio is when interest rates start to rise -- suddenly people will struggle to make their mortgage payments, etc., and the country will be in a heap of trouble.

I'm certain I've mentioned this before. I argued that this is the reason the Fed and other central banks will never normalize interest rates. Doing so would implode the economy.


I'm so fascinated with this person. Even their sense of humor is the same.

[–]spungo 1 point 2 months ago
Easy: not buying crap I don't need.
Hard: avoiding delicious, disgusting, greasy, gorgeous, revolting junk food. Sometimes you just gotta buy that big mac, and try not to moan with pleasure as you bite into it in the middle of the restaurant.

Has anyone else experienced this before? Maybe they don't have the same username, but have you ever found someone online who has the same job as you, the same political opinions, the same life philosophy, shops at the same stores for the same reasons, plays the same games, and appears to be an exact copy of you?

 

[amdhunter]

You a chick OP?

 

[Zeze]

You a chick OP?

rofl. ATOT's finest example.

 

[sdifox]

You are just in early stage alzeimers. You are the same persona, you just don't remember.

 

[ViviTheMage]

no?

 

[Humpy]

I am one of the clones.

 

[Kaido]

Yeah, apparently my username is big in Japan. I've switched to various usernames on different online venues, but they're all cloned in one way or another.

 

[Spungo]

You are just in early stage alzeimers. You are the same persona, you just don't remember.

I was seriously thinking this until I read more of my clone's post. He or she has an interesting background. It looks like they lived in the UK for a while, they currently live in Canada (Nova Scotia?), they attended university in the late 1980s, they were instructors at some university. I think it was implied my clone has a graduate degree. They also said they regret buying a house (I live in a condo). They describe the house as being located "in the middle of nowhere" (I live in the middle of a city). My clone also appears to be obsessed with food, especially low cost food. I don't really think about food.

Some of the more sexual comments make me think the other spungo is a guy. He says Marissa Mayer is a CEOILF, and he says he would "disappoint her more than Yahoo's stock price"

I'm a little surprised how easy it is to find information on this person just by reading their post history. If I keep reading, I'll probably get a picture of the guy, his social insurance number, where he works, which people he had sex with, and where he buried his ex wife.

 

[sdifox]

I was seriously thinking this until I read more of my clone's post. He or she has an interesting background. It looks like they lived in the UK for a while, they currently live in Canada (Nova Scotia?), they attended university in the late 1980s, they were instructors at some university. I think it was implied my clone has a graduate degree. They also said they regret buying a house (I live in a condo). They describe the house as being located "in the middle of nowhere" (I live in the middle of a city). My clone also appears to be obsessed with food, especially low cost food. I don't really think about food.

Some of the more sexual comments make me think the other spungo is a guy. He says Marissa Mayer is a CEOILF, and he says he would "disappoint her more than Yahoo's stock price"

I'm a little surprised how easy it is to find information on this person just by reading their post history. If I keep reading, I'll probably get a picture of the guy, his social insurance number, where he works, which people he had sex with, and where he buried his ex wife.

ooh, cyberstalking.