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Should I spend $3000 on camera gear?

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olds

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I wouldn't spend that kind of money on camera gear. Can't even get a decent lens for that.
 

Imp

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Get the purse for yourself. Be a fancy man. You know you want to. Fancy Man.
 

ch33zw1z

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I really want a Canon 6D and 24-70 f/2.8L MK II lens. But my g/f wants a $2500 Bottega purse for Christmas so I was thinking of buying her that and holding off on the camera gear purchase. The last purse I got her was an LV last Christmas and haven't gotten her any new ones since then.

However she has been making me angry lately. I'm thinking of spending $3000 on myself to buy my camera gear and not get her anything at all to make her mad. Should I do that?

Yes.
 

Theb

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mikeford

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Buy the camera for yourself and give the GF and inexpensive loaded handgun, but make sure to wrap it in a package the same size as the purse, and open your present to yourself first, put it on a tripod and start video recording.
 

sdifox

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I really want a Canon 6D and 24-70 f/2.8L MK II lens. But my g/f wants a $2500 Bottega purse for Christmas so I was thinking of buying her that and holding off on the camera gear purchase. The last purse I got her was an LV last Christmas and haven't gotten her any new ones since then.

However she has been making me angry lately. I'm thinking of spending $3000 on myself to buy my camera gear and not get her anything at all to make her mad. Should I do that?


You did just lose 20% of your income right?
 

IronWing

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However she has been making me angry lately. I'm thinking of spending $3000 on myself to buy my camera gear and not get her anything at all to make her mad. Should I do that?
No, buy a Nikon D4 instead. Double down. Show her who is in charge of your finances. Take on the total stance of dominance.
 

zanemoseley

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You should buy her the purse... she sounds like a keeper.

A keeper of his balls that is. Drop the skank and find a nice girl whose life doesn't rotate around fucking purses that are worth more than half of the world's individual annual income. Take added savings from the dropping of said skank and travel with new girlfriend to new places to take photos with newly acquired camera.
 

MagickMan

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You're mentally and emotionally damaged. The fact you sit around making up shit like this, just to attract negative attention (like Alky), means you need professional help.

Hate to say it, but you have a point.

Since all of Tommy's posts are fabrications, not reality, I don't think that applies.
 
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natto fire

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You're mentally and emotionally damaged. The fact you sit around making up shit like this, just to attract negative attention (like Alky), means you need professional help.



Since all of Tommy's posts are fabrications, not reality, I don't think that applies.

I was aware of that, but I think the fact that this kind of selective trolling should be reserved to L&R, or P&N, I don't really care both forums are a joke to me, it should automatically be locked or moved.
 

Meghan54

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So, Tommy, which Best Buy are you camped out in front of right now? First in line? How's the tent working?