"Maxed out my credit card because too much beer!" I don't think this is a likely...

mortenjorck on Nov 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: English Has a New Preposition, Because Internet

  "Maxed out my credit card because too much beer!"

I don't think this is a likely construction because it's too precise. It's too close in meaning to "maxed out my credit card because of too much beer." A more likely one would be "maxed out my credit card because beer" or even "maxed out my credit card because priorities," in which the context ironically implicates overspending on beer."

humanrebar on Nov 20, 2013 [–]

Ah, yes. Probably right on that count. That's probably a better phrasing. The self-deprecation is nonetheless implied.