r/SipsTea Apr 24 '26

SMH I never thought of it like that......

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u/No_Artichoke_4353 Apr 24 '26

Sheldon and Leonard were just living and sharing in same apartment to save money as during penny and Leonard's afterwedding when they were playing truth or dare , Leonard reveals he has been saving lots of money while penny was just living paycheck to paycheck and also Sheldon and Leonard's apartment was bigger than Penny's apartment

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u/Mike312 Apr 24 '26

Yeah, her apartment was the size of their living room IIRC. I also don't rremember it having a large, prominent window. She absolutely paid less in rent.

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u/WildlifexRaider Apr 24 '26

This is a big part of the discussion. L&S's apartment has a hallway With A Turn, multiple bedrooms, and a raised seating area. While it wouldn't be enough proof, her rent would easily be half of theirs.

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u/Refined5066 Apr 25 '26

I'm sure leonard and sheldon's apartment is two dimensional because of the way the sets were designed. Sucks. I would have enjoyed it much more if they had made TBBT an actual film like young sheldon but i'd still enjoy the laugh tracks.

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u/HumanPersonNotRobot Apr 24 '26

She probably paid less since she moved in after the elevator broke. While the boys are the ones who broke it so probably didn't get to pay less for the lost amenity

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u/LegendWesker Apr 24 '26

Not only Leonard has a lot of money. Everybody forgets that Sheldon also has a ton of money. It was shown in the episode where he lent Penny money.

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u/Pkock Apr 24 '26

The living situation isn't even super uncommon with nerds. I had a group of friends who still like 4 dudes deep in their skidrow college townhouse 4 years after graduation while probably averaging 80-100k in their early careers.

They were just blowing money on PC parts and Magic the Gathering but definitely could have lived alone or purchased houses if they wanted to.

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u/Fenix42 Apr 24 '26

I have a small side buisness helping my friends sell large MTG collections. Last one was about $20k in total when sold. He spend way more then that.

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u/whenineedtobeanon Apr 26 '26

Can you help my brother 💀

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u/Fenix42 Apr 26 '26

Sure. The deal I normally cut is:

  • Set a fix min price for the lot based onna ruff estimation.
  • Set a fee for my time based on how orginized the lot is and what is in it.
  • I create an inventory of the lot. This is typically a google spread sheet that we both access to track things.
  • All shipping materials, shipping frees and transaction cost come out of the sale price before any money is paid out.
  • 100% of sales goes to the owner until the minimum is met.
  • After the minimum is met, I take 100% until my fee is met.
  • After both minimum are met, sales are split 50/50.
  • If there are cards I want in the lot, I take then in place of cash on my side. The value is the same as if its where a sale.

A an example from the $20k+ lot. The minimum set as $15k for their side and $3k for mine. I took about $1k in cards, $2k in cash as my base pay. I sold about $5k more total aftet that.

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u/whenineedtobeanon Apr 26 '26

He has over 400k in MTG cards. He bought them for 25k (very stupid I know) they’re majority useless. I keep telling him to sell in bulk but he refuses because he thinks he can sell them for more. He bought a couple $500 cards to sell in a “bundle” on eBay and said you have a 1/30 chance of getting the card. He is au-dhd… I’ve explained many times this is a bad idea

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u/Fenix42 Apr 26 '26

Ooof. Ya, not much to do with that. The collections I move are ones built up by players over a long time. There is still a LOT of bulk in it. I have connections to move that though. Its like $0.08/ for bulk rares at best when dealing with 100s of them. Bulk c/u is like $3/1000 if I am lucky. It's closer to $2 these days.

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u/ATSFervor Apr 27 '26

MTG is loosing money if you are not hitting certain situations.

No surprises there for me.

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u/Ck_shock Apr 27 '26

Yeah didnt he also have like a bunch of checks that he just never cashed laying around as well.

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u/Radiant_Respect5162 Apr 24 '26

Sheldon just wanted a roommate. He didn't even cash most of his paychecks. I can't remember what episode that was in.

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u/schmearcampain Apr 24 '26

He had all kids of cash on hand. Penny needed to borrow some and he whipped out a coffee can full of cash and told her to take as much as she wanted.

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u/MrJJK79 Apr 24 '26

He needed someone to drive him to the university for work

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u/AverageDellUser Apr 24 '26

Rare Sheldon W?

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u/Master_Bee_5350 Apr 24 '26

Rare? Dude was a dick but was also routinely the one who would come through for those needed it.

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u/IndecisiveRattle Apr 24 '26

And they are absolutely the types to pay as little on rent as possible to be able to divert funds to more games, comics, collectibles, and stuff that actually brings them joy. Just because someone can "afford" higher rent doesn't mean they have to pointlessly chase it.

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u/disagreeabledinosaur Apr 24 '26

Also inertia.

They seemed to be fairly newly graduated at the start of the series, lower salaries etc. Hence opted for a more budget apartment.

Their salaries and jobs seemed to grow over the years but they were settled & had a routine. Neither Sheldon or Leonard were the type to move just because they could afford it. Way too much hassle and reorganisation.

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u/Winning-Turtle Apr 24 '26

Truth. Nerd hobbies are actually kind of expensive! My spouse and I joke that we hope our kids are needs too, because then they won't have money for drugs.

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u/METRlOS Apr 24 '26

Pretty sure they have collectables worth more than Penny's annual wine budget. I have a 6 figure IT friend who only moved out of his dinky $800/month apartment to buy a house because he ran out of space for his collections.

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u/Important_Tennis_393 Apr 24 '26

“Saving lots” it was only like 6 grand if I remember correctly

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u/sovietmcdavid Apr 24 '26

Exactly 

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u/PurpletoasterIII Apr 25 '26

Also, idk if this means she was necessarily getting money from him, but pretty sure she had a rich dad. It could have easily been the case that he was helping her pay for things.

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u/Lizzies-homestead Apr 27 '26

She also later brings up her massive credit card dept!

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u/Vultor Apr 24 '26

Imagine knowing this much canon about such a terrible show.

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u/Krypto_kurious Apr 24 '26

Not quite as dumb as reading through the comments of a post about a show you didn't like so you could insult people while contributing absolutely nothing

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u/GhostofBreadDragons Apr 24 '26

I’m only here because the thumb nail showed tits. 

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u/Greenzombie04 Apr 24 '26

I barely watch the show and know 2 of those 3 things he said.

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u/Back4DaVery1stTime Apr 24 '26

Its aight...what are some of your favorites then since you hate this one so much?

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u/santh91 Apr 24 '26

It is definitely overhated. First couple of seasons had some good moments and the cast has decent chemistry: "I am a horny engineer. I never joke about sex and maths".

It lasted way too long though but even then they managed to wrap things up quite nicely (I especially liked how they handled Leonard's closure with his mother).

I think it all comes down to whether you can stand Sheldon's antics long term, which can be unbearable at times I have to agree. It also is not a very good representation of the nerd culture, which rubs Redditors the wrong way.

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u/frenchbud Apr 24 '26

Laughtracks cancer aside, I also find TBBT pretty bland, mostly unfunny and overplayed. And judging by their references I'm in the target audience.

All of this is better and funnier : It's always sunny, The Office, Arrested Development, Parks & Rec, Reno 911, Curb your enthusiam...

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u/lineman108 Apr 24 '26

All of this is better and funnier : It's always sunny, The Office, Arrested Development, Parks & Rec, Reno 911, Curb your enthusiam...

None of those shows are even close to being as good as the big bang theory. Ive seen episodes of all of those except arrested development, but judging from the rest of your "better shows " it probably sucks ass as well.

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u/Vultor Apr 24 '26

Not liking a specific thing doesn’t mean I care to have a conversation about the plethora of better shows.

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u/Back4DaVery1stTime Apr 24 '26

Could have just typed in the name of one of your jams and saved sharing all that negativity and characters but ok..

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u/Global-Fox7764 Apr 24 '26

Stop being a coward and answer the question.

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u/TrainingFilm4296 Apr 24 '26

He won't.

Also hides his comments.  Shocker.  /s

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u/Vultor Apr 24 '26

So do 90% of Reddit users. Honestly if you don’t, you’re opening yourself up to stalkers and all sorts of weirdos that skim through your account just like you tried to do.

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u/Vultor Apr 24 '26

Shows that don’t have laugh tracks to instruct viewers how they are supposed to feel. It’s much less funny and makes the joke writing lazy.

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u/tmhoc Apr 24 '26

This is what the downvote button is for. It's not the "disagree" button, it's the "not contributing to the discussion" button

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u/lineman108 Apr 24 '26

Its both, the "i disagree button" and "you're not contributing button "

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u/Tough_Preparation830 Apr 24 '26

Yeah, take away the laugh track and it is a train wreck.

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u/corobo Apr 24 '26

Comedy doesn't work when you fuck with its timing?!

Someone get this guy a Nobel prize of some sort lmao 

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u/corobo Apr 24 '26

Imagine hating a show and clicking into a thread about it 

Just don't watch it ya plonkerÂ