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bob dobbs is dead posted:Seeing as the offer i got in berlin was literally 2/5 of my current cash and less equity, cant say its too bwm, even with the $15 sandwiches The flip side of income inequality and deep and robust social support is that the income of working professionals in Europe is generally substantially lower than their counterparts in the United States
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Sundae posted:One of my great joys in life is being stuck in a traffic jam on Hwy 101 (SF bay area, for those outside the region) behind a McLaren. You can practically hear the driver grinding down his teeth. I'm not sure anybody has ever been unhappy in a McLaren except maybe an F1 driver who just suffered a mechanical
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:The flip side of income inequality and deep and robust social support is that the income of working professionals in Europe is generally substantially lower than their counterparts in the United States As much as I like having fancy toys, this sounds a lot better to me than the status quo in the US. If the cost of the rich not being so ridiculously rich and the poor not being really all that poor is that I have to budget more carefully and sacrifice some entertainment then it seems like an easy choice to make.
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:The flip side of income inequality and deep and robust social support is that the income of working professionals in Europe is generally substantially lower than their counterparts in the United States Yeah, I'm like 7th or 8th in line for the guillotine in this thread
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totalnewbie posted:As much as I like having fancy toys, this sounds a lot better to me than the status quo in the US. I mean... you have much better employment protections, so losing your job isn't nearly as catastrophic, plus there's a social safety net. Not to mention the universal, public healthcare, so that if you get sick (whether employed or not, independent contractor, entrepreneur, or FTE) getting sick doesn't mean losing all of your savings. You may get paid less in strictly monetary terms, but in a lot of ways, you get more, especially when it comes to security.
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Apr 12, 2019 15:50
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Thanatosian posted:You may get paid less in strictly monetary terms, but in a lot of ways, you get more, especially when it comes to security. Absolutely this. Losing a job is a terrifying prospect for most of us, even if you have marketable skills.
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Bookchat time. So i read this book recently and it was chock full of BWM and BWL. quote:Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery A single vertebral fusion or disc replacement can cost 15,000-100,000 dollars, with something like a 50% success rate (a hip replacement has ~99% success rate). Fusions often lead to issues at other discs, and artificial discs are known to crush and fail. Many patients end up in worse pain after surgery. There is a huge incentive to prioritize untested and unregulated implants over conservative treatment leading to exactly what you expect, paydays for surgeons and crippled patients. And that's just getting started. Opioid drugs. Chiropractors. Laser probe disc treatments. Unlicensed physical therapy. Its and endless stream of BWM chasing after a cure. This book was a huge eye opener in terms of how much money gets thrown into a pile labeled "spine treatment" and is then promptly set on fire. Would recommend.
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Sepherothic posted:Bookchat time. As someone who had a spinal fusion at the age of 16 this is loving terrifying e: To offset the self-posting probie I may get and to preserve my posting honor: I have a buddy who recently got laid off from his job at an HVAC repair company after damaging 5-figures worth of equipment. I sat down with him to try and work out a budget to keep his savings intact as long as possible while he searches for a new job. He spends $110 a month on a climbing gym, which he flagged as non-negotiable because "I've got too much energy and I'll go crazy" Not a Children fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Apr 12, 2019 |
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Apr 12, 2019 16:26
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Not a Children posted:As someone who had a spinal fusion at the age of 16 this is loving terrifying
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Not a Children posted:"I've got too much energy and I'll go crazy" quote:damaging 5-figures worth of equipment. Maybe the gym membership is the only thing keeping him from doing even more damage...
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Pryor on Fire posted:I know all about the 101, but really the 405 is usually a bigger nightmare, I know what parts of day I should go to the Grove and what parts of day I shouldn't, I know Rodeo is a loving joke for tourists, Los Feliz is the hipster spot and if you go farther west than Culver City you might as well not exist anymore. My immediate thought on reading this was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt-tG6ufH90.
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Apr 12, 2019 17:13
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Sundae posted:My immediate thought on reading this was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt-tG6ufH90. Heeheeeee, my man, I was surprised when I clicked Simpsons Reference's link and it WASN'T this Man, remember back in the 90s and early 00s when southern California was the sexy California?
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Pretty sure Southern California is still the sexy California, also might be the designated sexy region of the entire country.
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Apr 12, 2019 21:05
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Is this the options trading thread? Because boy howdy is it making me bad with money
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Apr 12, 2019 23:25
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Moonshine Rhyme posted:Is this the options trading thread? Because boy howdy is it making me bad with money 
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Tesla has not been kind to me (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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No don't Last thing we need is someone droning on about their personal trading strategies and market opinions and how if they just hadn't caught this bad beat they'd be doing fine and
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Apr 13, 2019 00:28
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Moonshine Rhyme posted:Tesla has not been kind to me Why would you invest in a single stock? Why would you invest in Musk Motors?
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Apr 13, 2019 00:33
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Buy LOW sell HIGH, come on this is 101
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Apr 13, 2019 00:35
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It's just a temporary dip. Obviously you need to buy Buy BUY
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Vox Nihili posted:Pretty sure Southern California is still the sexy California, also might be the designated sexy region of the entire country. it's sure a hell of a lot cooler than some soulless tech park in san jose or mountain view, or the utterly insufferable startup culture of san francisco much better food too
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Apr 13, 2019 01:11
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Have you heard of the HODL strategy?
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zocio posted:Have you heard of the HODL strategy? Hold on Dick Long
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FrozenVent posted:Why would you invest in a single stock? I follow wallstreetbets
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Apr 13, 2019 02:46
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There's a reason why "Don't touch the poop" is a thing
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So I just realized that the stickied thread has the same initials as this one.
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... that's the joke
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Beyond all the enraged social media posts complaining about owing 25-30k as returns are due, the one that made me laugh was the guy touting his amazing accountant for the low, low price of $1295. Plus he owed a $300 rush fee for submitting his forms late. For his W2, otherwise uncomplicated return. But it’s okay, this guy gets him alllll the deductions (By which I assume, the standard).
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howdoesishotweb posted:Beyond all the enraged social media posts complaining about owing 25-30k as returns are due, the one that made me laugh was the guy touting his amazing accountant for the low, low price of $1295. This is the thread for these!
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Volmarias posted:... that's the joke Prove it.
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How do you end up owing 40k unless you're a moron and don't periodically check the IRS calculation
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tater_salad posted:How do you end up owing 40k unless you're a moron You answered it. Though I can't wrap my head around it either, so many people I know bitching about how much smaller their refunds are this year, or - gasp - they actually owe a little, completely and willfully overlooking that the money didn't go anywhere except in to their slightly larger paychecks each month. The number of people who equate tax refunds as found money and not extra money the Treasury got from them interest free is mind boggling. True that higher income folks with expensive houses living in high income+property tax states are worse off, but those are exactly the morons who should have been paying attention. They've only been screaming in the news about that for over a year now.
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tater_salad posted:How do you end up owing 40k unless you're a moron and don't periodically check the IRS calculation
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Motronic posted:I have no idea why anyone would want to commute in any kind of hardcore sports car, never mind a "supercar." That poo poo is for weekend and track driving if you're a car person who can afford the luxury. The attention around town.
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kimbo305 posted:The attention around town. Most cars are dick magnets, BWM.
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Nocheez posted:Most cars are dick magnets, BWM. but i like dick
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:but i like dick Carry on. I only got guys in Civics and such revving me at lights, never a solicitation.
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Ixian posted:True that higher income folks with expensive houses living in high income+property tax states are worse off For laffs, I'm just gonna trim the quote off here and drop the context of your statement.
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I did taxes for a few years, and the only time I saw someone get completely blindsided by a tax bill is when they took a mid 6 figure early 401(k) withdrawal. Evidently "someone" told him it was a good idea once he retired (early), and he never bothered to check about the consequences.
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