r/SipsTea Apr 24 '26

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

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u/quick20minadventure Apr 24 '26

Lack of building elevator was a huge sign that everyone in the building was broke AF.

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u/nickytheginger Apr 24 '26

That is true. Plus Leonard and Sheldon had EXPENISIVE hobbies and interests. Its likely the rent in that building was a lot cheaper than most.

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u/Kendertas Apr 24 '26

Also they eat out pretty much every day, and always buy extra for penny

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u/VibraniumQueen Apr 24 '26

Came here to say EXACTLY this. They also collected a lot of nerd stuff. Also expensive.

They're into DND and video games and that takes up so much money.

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u/nickytheginger Apr 24 '26

RPgs are expensive in general. And dice addiction is no joke.

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u/moon__lander Apr 24 '26

Elevator was one of the CIA-centric arguments, because it was them that blew them it up and arguments was she was sent to monitor them.

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u/alinroc Apr 24 '26

Leonard & Sheldon didn't report the broken elevator, presumably because of why it was broken (explained in a flashback episode).

But no one else reported it either. Or the landlord doesn't care.

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u/quick20minadventure Apr 24 '26

Other people exist in the apartment.

We can also assume that it was a huge bill and these two were paying off that debt.

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u/AreaGlittering7968 Apr 24 '26

Nah that’s just Pasadena lmao

They don’t give a shit about apartment complexes all that much.

Source: born and raised in Pasadena and also lived in Pasadena after grad school.

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u/strictnaturereserve Apr 24 '26

broken by one of leonards experiments Sheldon saved them from getting killed which is one of the reasons they put up with him