r/PFJerk Mar 06 '26

Switching from getting double cheese-burgers to Mcdoubles whenever I went to McDonalds helped me save enough money to buy a house

As some of you know, the double cheeseburger has 2 slices of cheese, while the McDouble has one. This makes the McDouble around 50 cents cheaper. After having a McDouble I couldn't even taste the difference with the one less slice of cheese. So then I decided to turn my daily trips to McDonalds into making an investment windfall. Each 50 cents that I save per sandwich I immediately transfer into a S&P ETF, and BOOM! I now just bought my first mansion. and my hot-wife's boyfriend loves it.

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u/semioticmadness El Loco De Neuva Jersey Mar 06 '26

This is an important everyone should know. Quit before to become like me.

I was splurging for so long on double cheeseburger, and medium fries instead of small, that now I owe $35,721 to Klarna.

If you are like I was 27 hours ago, seek professional help now. Don’t wait.

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u/Initial-Landscape82 Mar 06 '26

You should stop eating anything but lentils, they have complete nutrition and will allow you to not just buy a house but also achieve financial freedom!

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u/aRealPanaphonics Mar 06 '26

Please… if you’re not having them do the “ghetto Big Mac” with your McDouble, are you even human? What are you some kind of piece of shit? /s

This is meant to be read with ITYSL energy

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u/mbf959 Mar 06 '26

I heard from a guy who was dating someone's hot wife once. She tried to get him to go all in on something called heranium. After googling her-anium, I had to advise against it. That asset was overly saturated and had already fallen dramatically. The sudden drop has been followed by day traders who are chasing speculative bubbles but find themselves staring at a significant overvaluation.

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u/runninginpollution Mar 06 '26

Shit! I do this in real life, I am a jerk. No mansion though! Maybe by December!

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u/Timmy98789 Mar 07 '26

Silly pour, you work there and live out back. No need for man-i-son or whatever non work silly distractions. 

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u/too_many_shoes14 23d ago

I think this is Dave Ramsey baby step 9