Stimulus checks are being spent on dildos, tigers, guns and stripper poles
By: Hannah Frishberg
What did you spend your stimulus on?
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Stimulus checks are funding a national pandemic of impulse buys.
Americans began receiving the first batch of coronavirus relief funds this week, and now many are taking to social media to brag about the assortment of purchases — both strange and savvy — they’ve already made with them.
While many are using the emergency cash to pay bills for necessities and living expenses, others are putting the money toward wild splurges.
Among the more trivial items people have reportedly used the extra bucks on is an inflatable dinosaur costume — although the buyer argues the $35 getup was totally worth it. “I actually have good use for it plus look at that price! I shoulda bought 2,” the proud dino suit owner tweets.
“F - - k it I’m buying a stripper pole with my stimulus check. We have to invest in our future,” tweets a future exotic dancer.
Some are jokingly planning to team up, so they can use their economic impact payments to buy a baby tiger . “Hear me out — Who wants to combine their stimulus checks with me, and we can buy a tiger,” writes one likely fan of “ Tiger King .”
It’s hard to argue a canopied bed is ever essential, but one mom bought a princess-themed one for her kid. The same argument goes for a woman who used her check to buy a high-end sex toy , although she concedes she bought the stimulator only after paying off a credit card.
One hobbyist “burning through” their stimulus check indulged in paintball equipment, while another caved and bought a pricey pair of Yeezy shoes . At least one entire stimulus check, and possibly additional cash, went towards buying a Bird One e-scooter , which retails for $1,299.
Others are considering purchasing personalized insight from celebrities. “Thinking about buying myself a cameo from Big Ed with this stimulus check,” writes a fan of reality show star Ed Brown.
Another early check recipient spent her cash on a “warm and cozy” coat, which, while arguably an essential buy, might be out of season .
Some opted for much more practical decisions, choosing pragmatism over indulgences.
One woman has already spent her entire check on her electric bill, car payment and a credit card bill, with enough left over to buy tank tops and a bidet. “And just like that, it’s gone,” she tweets . Another woman treated herself to two Walmart stuffed animals after paying her water and electric bills.
Media worker Ryan Cole put his check towards paying off Sallie Mae like a boss. “Put that #Stimuluscheck to good use,” he tweets with a screenshot of his payment confirmation.
One woman chose to put part of her check back into the stock market and some in her savings for a savvy investment.
After joking she’d spent her money on a house , a good Samaritan revealed she and her boyfriend had actually both donated their checks to Feeding America.
Others are still in the planning stages for what they’ll do with the money.
“Looking forward to using my #Stimuluscheck to purchase another AR-15 and some 30rd mags,” writes one gun lover.
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People spending stiumulus checks on stripper poles and dildo's...
America is back Baby!
Talk about stimulating the economy...
With a dildo? Well, okay, I guess it's supposed to stimulate....
picture this. you waking up in a holiday inn, in BFE, naked, handcuffed to the bed on your belly, and at the edge of your peripheral vision, coming around the corner in a black merry widow and wearing a neon pink strap-on, it's sarah palin. snapping her gum, sporting an SS hat, and holding a riding crop. she asks you by name if you're ready for round 2.
thats a typical Saturday for Buzz
Sarah Palin? But I can see China from my balcony.
Talk about money well spent, Lol
what stimulus check(s). Received nothing, as i've never collected unemployment, workers comp, or any government handouts, though after working so few days in so many months, i may have to pursue it
I didn't get one either, Iggy..
being self employed has disadvantages, plus now i'm feeling under the weather, and since i know two i've been around did test positive for covid, it's a possibility. Gonna line up a test tomorrow. this year has blown enough, but great to see so many purchasing the 'essentials', but hey, it's keepin the economy afloat...i guess
Spending mine on hotel rooms so I can be at my sons wedding in NJ.
Banking it for bills present and future.
The first two I allocated 10% to my church and it’s charities and mission, 30% to debt reduction, 30% to Roth IRA so that tax free money grows and forever stays that way, and 30% rainy day savings. The latest round just received will likely go the same way except that a big chunk of the rainy day portion has to be spent on one regarding a home repair and a replacement item.
This seed spells out why I was against the stimulus checks in the first place. Washington kept pushing these checks as a lifeline to those who needed the help and we see how some of the people are spending theirs which leads me to believe they were not in need of help in the first place. I would have rather seen much larger checks to a more targeted audience, those who truly are in trouble due to the pandemic. hell, $5k or $10k would have been much more useful to the single parent or couple who have been unemployed for a good part of the year, who have sleepless nights just worrying about how they will put food on the table. I believe that would have been much better than a $1400 check to everybody below the threshold.
wow, we're in semi agreement
I like the ones who could afford to use their $1400 to buy an AR-15 on Biden’s dime.
So... You would prefer that the government tell you how you have to spend it?