Shitty Ask Lemmy

I had a roommate some years ago who didn't understand how credit cards work. He would max out a card on parties and drinks and good times with friends, then get another card and repeat. I warned him that it's not free money, he would have to pay it all back with interest.

At first he didn't believe me. "Of course it's free money. My parents did it all the time and they didn't have to pay anything back."

Then the bills started rolling in. A few at first, but then they became huge stacks of bills. Then warning letters, then demand letters, eventually legal action letters. My roommate finally conceded that it's not free money, but it'll be ok as he'll just file for bankruptcy.

I moved out before I saw the inevitable conclusion of this sad story.

I also had a coworker who loved to talk about sovereign citizen nonsense. He would love to talk about the benefits and how all he has to do to claim these benefits is renounce his citizenship and call himself a Moor. As far as I'm aware, he hasn't tried to pull any sovcit stunts with law enforcement yet. I guess it's only a matter of time before he puts these beliefs to the test.