you have to realize that most of us would probably have killed to be in your situation at 19 - by the time i was out of school i was up to my eyeballs in debt and making far less than a grand a week.. though that was 11 years ago this spring, and i'm making far more than a grand a week now and like a lot of guys in here i now have the play money to do something like buy an S5.. well, i really don't and shouldn't, but the savings is in place, the 529 fund for my son is being contributed to, the responsibility is covered..
let's say for academic exercise you buy the S5, you pay the insurance, you pay the gas costs, you still have some cash to spend, you're in semi-good shape.. now let's say despite using the best precautions the remainder of your money can buy, you get your girlfriend pregnant.. now what? i can say from personal experience that a situation such as this is 1. expensive, and 2. irreversable.. just a possibility to consider..
or even more realistic - your dad fires you, and this time doesn't re-hire you.. can you turn around and make that kind of money again anywhere else without missing a car payment? (if so, why aren't you doing that at a more stable location than the instability of working for your dad?)
i do have to agree that if i caught my son posting something like this in 17 years, i would kick his ass for him.. seriously dude, long island??! buy you some land, posthaste!! buy an old house, knock it down, put up a hugenormous estate and buy an S5 for every day of the week! make the investments first before you spend the money, and you'll wind up with a lot more money in the long run..
sorry to harsh on your buzz, but it's the response you'd sort of have to expect from a group of folks mostly a bit older and through that stage of life..