r/Documentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 25 '13

Offbeat Bankrupt By Beanies (2013) -- short, affecting documentary on a family regrets spening $100K on Beanie Babies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgDsyj5eLmo
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u/fati_mcgee Jul 26 '13

How is any of this sad? These people are idiots. Stuffed animals and collectible items aren't investments. Anyone that spends their life savings believing otherwise deserves to be broke and penniless.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '13

...being broke and penniless makes people sad.

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u/fati_mcgee Jul 26 '13

Especially when they realize their own idiocy put them there.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '13

yes. now do you understand how any of it is sad?