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Series DD Funding posted:Some of them will, and I'm not ignoring that. At least not any more than you're ignoring saved lives from having machines drive trucks instead of people  Problem solved.
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In the future there's going to be a lot of pressure to fill all our newfound idle time with cigarettes. Our economy just can't handle that many people living that long and working those fewer hours. Lot lizards at least don't live long enough to claim many benefits. And it just occurred to me, how will driverless cars impact Uber drivers? Will there be a retraining program?
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Krispy Kareem posted:And it just occurred to me, how will driverless cars impact Uber drivers? Will there be a retraining program? Given how Uber classifies it's drivers, I wouldn't be shocked if they just got the boot.
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The Mandingo posted:All of my elderly aunts have had the answer to technological unemployment for years - "why don't you just do something with computers?" Or the more general solution is why not do something where there is a shortage of people. Every country has a list of jobs that they have demand for. Immigrants are stealing jobs from people who don't exist or don't want to train for a job in those fields.
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Dawncloack posted:I want the massive gains in productivity from automatization to go towards everyone having their basic needs covered and everyone needing to work 10h weeks. Instead of, you know, them going towards the 11th golden hull yatch for the Koch brothers. The problem is that when people voice concerns over this sort of thing, most of them tend to sound like they're blaming technology for threatening to eliminate jobs, as opposed to blaming the government for callously ignoring the need to rethink free-market capitalism.
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Cockmaster posted:The problem is that when people voice concerns over this sort of thing, most of them tend to sound like they're blaming technology for threatening to eliminate jobs, as opposed to blaming the government for callously ignoring the need to rethink free-market capitalism. At least the Government should think about having positive cashflow and stop giving tax breaks to high earners or the rich. Then look at actually training people for the jobs that are there.
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Ban anyone who posts D&D poo poo in here. tia.
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Dik Hz posted:Ban anyone who posts D&D poo poo in here. tia. Seconded.
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This thread swings back and forth between awesome and awful on a daily basis. I saw this thread in my control panel with 38 new replies. "Oooh, must be some good bad with money stories!" I thought. That was a bad with forums thought.
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I had a look through r/personalfinance and most of what I saw was good with money. The one that looked like it had potential to get parents prosecuted for tax evasion was all legitimate. It's a slow time for bad with money until another train wreck happens. e: I did find this. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/3foya8/18_and_mom_wont_cosign_for_loan_on_house/ quote:18 and mom wont cosign for loan on house quote:Why do you have no credit and trying to buy a house? Just curious. quote:A couple friends and I can get one for dirt cheap payments. Why is that important? Devian666 fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Aug 4, 2015 |
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There was a good one a few days ago where the guy was like "My parents bought me a car, but I can't afford the payments and I don't even like the car!". They surprised him with a car that they'd pay the payments on for a year and then it was up to him to figure out the rest. Good for him for recognizing ahead of time that it was a doomed situation instead of waiting for month 12.
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Having a car purchased for me as a gift would be a nightmare even if I didn't suddenly have to start making payments on it. That's super awkward.
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drat Bananas posted:There was a good one a few days ago where the guy was like "My parents bought me a car, but I can't afford the payments and I don't even like the car!". They surprised him with a car that they'd pay the payments on for a year and then it was up to him to figure out the rest. Jfc did they get him a puppy too???
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My friend once told me her mom makes her payments on her condo (my friend is 30). My friend just announced her and her fiance "bought a house", I wonder if mom is handling those payments too??
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I could see buying your kid like a $3k beater if they need it to get to work more reliably. I could see getting them a fancy car if you're rich and don't mind turning them into entitled assholes. "Buying" them an expensive car and sticking them with payments? Parents of the year.
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triplexpac posted:My friend once told me her mom makes her payments on her condo (my friend is 30). I have a friend who started a travel company geared toward a really narrow group of people--think on the order of "visit the world's famous historic grist mills for home flour enthusiasts" (not that, but obviously the real story would give it away). Her husband does nothing but lead tour groups, which as you can imagine aren't all that frequent. I always wondered how they afforded a condo in a nice part of LA, but eventually she told me that her parents own the building and let them have one of the condos for free. The parents live in one of the other condos and provide free childcare so the daughter can keep living the dream.
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:Having a car purchased for me as a gift would be a nightmare even if I didn't suddenly have to start making payments on it. That's super awkward. Surprise we've bought you a car that you have to make payments on. Nope, I don't want it. This sort of stuff reminds me of controlling parents who want to take over your life by making payments on everything so that you have obligations to obey them.
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50 Cent's Bankruptcy filing papers were posted online today!  http://www.businessinsider.com/50-cent-files-financials-in-bankruptcy-court-2015-8
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And maybe talk to his insurance broker.
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His business has a lot of retained earnings. His accountant is likely to be hassling him to pay himself more, of course that won't help his case.
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$3000/mo on clothes struck me as absurd but I guess when part of your celebrity is your image Nordstrom just doesn't cut it
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Consider that he likely has a Nike or Adidas account that gives him tens of thousands of dollars in credit each year to shop on a special part of the website that isn't available to normal folks so he can always flash their up and coming fashions.
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He probably just buys a new outfit every day. Maybe he has a dispenser like in Idiocracy.
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He loves kid #1 exactly $2900 more than he loves kid #2.Blinkman987 posted:Consider that he likely has a Nike or Adidas account that gives him tens of thousands of dollars in credit each year to shop on a special part of the website that isn't available to normal folks so he can always flash their up and coming fashions. I read once that Nike has a free, invite-only store/warehouse for VIPs.
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50 cent pays more for grooming himself than I pay to mortgage my house. That's a trip.
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lifg posted:He loves kid #1 exactly $2900 more than he loves kid #2. My friend worked on their POS (point of sale). They have a register code for VIPs which gives a 100% discount so that's probably the case.
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savesthedayrocks posted:50 cent pays more for grooming himself than I pay to mortgage my house. That's a trip. And, in turn, Michael Jackson spent more to groom little boys than 50 Cent pays to mortgage his house.
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savesthedayrocks posted:50 cent pays more for grooming himself than I pay to mortgage my house. That's a trip. It's funny in absolute terms, but when you're earning millions annually and your business is promoting yourself as a product and being photographed every single day, it's not that weird.
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That doesn't look like such an insane amount (108k/mo?) considering fiddy's previous earnings and likely cash flow from royalties etc. He needs to cut that CT utility bill and gently caress up his insurance broker a bit though.
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I can't get past the utilities. Even if you take my highest bills I've ever had for gas, electric, and water and multiply it by 10 (so... 20,000sqft), it's not even half what his is. I can see going nuts with gadgets and clothing and cars and useless ~stuff~ people buy... but utilities?? How.
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His utilities probably include lighting for the entire outside of the property to include safety lamps around the perimeter, heating a quite large swimming pool, gas for multiple fire places that constantly run, blah blah blah opulence costs cash.
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50 imports the finest electricity money can buy, he can't be on the grid with the common folk
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triplexpac posted:50 imports the finest electricity money can buy, he can't be on the grid with the common folk I wouldve thought this was a joke, but I work for a power company and you can do it this...
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Like, what? Have giant batteries delivered to your home or get hooked up to a more distant, but more reliable, grid or something?
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cumshitter posted:Like, what? Have giant batteries delivered to your home or get hooked up to a more distant, but more reliable, grid or something?
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