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https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/5ia1v7/support_i_found_out_yesterday_that_my_fiance_and/quote:Throwaway for obvious reasons. BWM: Telling your fiance's family, who have been financially supporting you and your lifestyle, that you're brother and sister. BWM: Spending $$$ on a wedding when you can't even pay for rent.
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Perhaps the Lannisters need to send their regards.  lol at the couple thinking "reddit said it was ok for me to marry my brother so everyone will be accepting  "
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I was going ' This sounds like bad luck and/or scumminess on the BF's part, not BWM.' And then I got to edits and oh nooooooooo...
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Suspicious Lump posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/5ia1v7/support_i_found_out_yesterday_that_my_fiance_and/ I mean it's fake but I enjoyed it anyway.
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Well that's a thing. I was just going to post about someone being able to make The Diamond Age by Neal Stevenson a thing with this talk of illustrated children's books, but I guess that works too. Diamond Age though, linking a prototype thing to infinite money might not be optimal. I do wonder about the capitalization of fictional megacorps though, the founder run ones presumably have voting rights concentrated there, but I assume that management in anything without a controlling shareholder present would have limited incentives to provide returns to non-controlling shareholders.
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I'm not sure why his family was so upset. They're not losing a son, they're gaining a daughter.
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That is definitely just the plot of an old House episode.
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ego symphonic posted:That is definitely just the plot of an old House episode. I don't remember Dr House needing any shady loans of CL. Did his addiction really get that bad???
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Dec 15, 2016 16:24
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Just when you think people can't get any dumber, here we are.
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Krispy Kareem posted:I'm not sure why his family was so upset. They're not losing a son, they're gaining a daughter. Hahaha
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Real estate agent wants to borrow $95k that you've earmarked for your down payment? Sounds great!quote:In March 2015, Fulciniti approached Chaim Smilovici — who also goes by the name Howard Smilovici, and was a real estate agent with Adenat Realty at the time — to find a tenant who would help cover the costs of the condo she was buying.
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Barry posted:Just when you think people can't get any dumber, here we are. The best part is that someone helpfully directs the OP to two subreddits that offer loans. Giving money to reddit user "thastoner" turned out to be a bad risk, but even more remarkably, that lender has lent 25 grand to reddit users in the past. I see that they usually use paypal disputes to get their money back when deals go south. I wonder why Paypal goes for that.
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Dogfish posted:Real estate agent wants to borrow $95k that you've earmarked for your down payment? Sounds great! I heard this story on the CBC. Apparently the guy's wife just paid her back $5000 , and the rest will come after a condo is closed. Of course, the loaner has since lost her down payment. I guess she was just blinded by greed, as that loan seems pretty suspect. "Guaranteed" 18% after one year?
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DarkHorse posted:My parents have been dealing with this over the past few years as my grandparents have been dying off, and my spouse's parents have been doing the same. Now that it's over with, my parents told me their gift to me and my siblings is an airtight will and trust, one of the conditions being that anyone that fights it in court loses all claims. Does this actually hold water, though? I read a little bit about the Doris Duke estate, which had this stipulation. She had a videotaped will, a doctor on that tape pronouncing her of sound mind and body, a statement that it would almost all go to person A and almost none to person B, and that anyone who sued over the will would DEFINITELY get nothing. Person B sued and won most of it. It's more complicated than that, I know, but it still doesn't seem to be particularly helpful.
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Trillian posted:The best part is that someone helpfully directs the OP to two subreddits that offer loans. How the hell is this a thing, and why are so many people actually offering these loans?!
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Wow.Crazy Guy On Reddit posted:TL;DR: Need loan for developing a app that will run on any pc or mac, need to upgrade antiquated hardware, buy a respectable amount of nano 6&7 s', and some other PIM based hardware. What an opportunity!
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Volmarias posted:Does this actually hold water, though? I read a little bit about the Doris Duke estate, which had this stipulation. She had a videotaped will, a doctor on that tape pronouncing her of sound mind and body, a statement that it would almost all go to person A and almost none to person B, and that anyone who sued over the will would DEFINITELY get nothing. Person B sued and won most of it. Doris Duke changed her will shortly before her death and that's always going to raise eyebrows. Heck, even Duke University sued because they thought their share was too small. Sometimes too much evidence (videotape, doctor's statement) looks shadier than less. It's much simpler when you've got a spouse or child. Duke had neither so it was much easier to contest.
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Dec 16, 2016 04:26
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Is that from multiple posts or does that guy just ramble on like a crazy person every time he asks for money?
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NancyPants posted:Is that from multiple posts or does that guy just ramble on like a crazy person every time he asks for money? That's just one post. He's put in multiple requests though, apparently even the credulous lenders of /r/borrow don't really buy into the idea of Reddit Equity. https://www.reddit.com/user/S___H
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Vox Nihili posted:Wow. Link to this?
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Volmarias posted:Does this actually hold water, though? I read a little bit about the Doris Duke estate, which had this stipulation. She had a videotaped will, a doctor on that tape pronouncing her of sound mind and body, a statement that it would almost all go to person A and almost none to person B, and that anyone who sued over the will would DEFINITELY get nothing. Person B sued and won most of it. No-contest clauses are enforceable to varying degrees; in a couple states they are flat out unenforceable and in others they are not enforceable if the will is contested for cause which can be broadly interpreted. Well-written trusts are airtight and there are furthermore overseas trusts that are virtually immune to US courts if you feel really threatened. Finally there is also something called living probate which can allow you to legally dispose of your estate prior to death in order to avoid probate conflicts after you die. The Doris Duke estate was one of the most complicated estates ever contested, both due to the overall large and complicated structure of the estate and trust assets, the presence of multiple wills, and sordid allegations of impropriety, some of which were found to be true.
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Suspicious Lump posted:Link to this? https://www.reddit.com/r/borrow/comments/5ihv80/req_87500_usd_06292017_paypal_providence_ri/
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BraveUlysses posted:136k in debt Depends on the employer policy. Mine for example only pays in their match at the end of the year, so if you don't plan on sticking around through the calendar year you aren't getting your match.
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and hardly anything in retirement. how do these people give up free employer matching on pretax 401k contributions? loving insane
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Liquid Communism posted:Depends on the employer policy. Mine for example only pays in their match at the end of the year, so if you don't plan on sticking around through the calendar year you aren't getting your match. Or vesting cliffs that are several years out.
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Krispy Kareem posted:Serious question, since it's been untouched for 20 years did the assets appreciate or is everything held in cash and slowly being eaten away by inflation? I'm the executor, the assets are making income (real estate and investments)- it's a fairly complicated rollercoaster.
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Reminds me of some historical BWM! If anyone here has read Bleak House by Dickens you may be aware that the fictional case in that book, Jarndyce v Jarndyce, is based on a couple of real life will probate cases. One of these is Jennens v Jennens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennens quote:He was described as the "richest commoner in England" when he died unmarried and intestate with a fortune estimated at £2 million,[1][2] worth in excess of £230 million at 2015 rates,[3] which became the subject of legal wrangles (Jennens vs Jennens) in the Court of Chancery for well over a century until the entire estate had been swallowed by lawyers' fees. Over 100 years, holy poo poo. quote:William's uncle William Jennens, (15 November 1676), the youngest son of Humphrey Jennens and Mary Milford, was a British Army officer in the American Indian Wars. If he was the William Jennings who married Mary Jane Pulliam, then many Americans were coheirs. Litigation on behalf of the American descendants commenced around 1850 and every descendant of anybody named "Jennings" was solicited. The accumulation of funds for litigation was initiated in England, but his Virginia descendants contributed large sums and even unrelated individuals named "Jennings" sent money in the hope of sharing the inheritance.[10]
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BWM story from my daily commute. I work in downtown Toronto, and commute by train from downtown to the outer-suburbs. Last night it was snowy, but an otherwise normal evening on the train. Full house on the train since it's evening rush hour. Train doors close, and the train's leaving the station. Then a scruffy-looking guy walks up the aisle, stands next to me (just a coincidence), and loudly announces, "Hi everyone. I'm really sorry to bother you guys but I'm trying to get back home to Montreal. It's really snowy and stormy outside so we're in a real bind. I'm not gonna hassle you or give you no trouble, I just need enough money to get home." Anyone who spends time in a big city and near a train station has heard this scam sob story before. I hear it daily on my way into the station, usually from the same guys working the crowds weekly. He got his sales pitch down pat. Then... without thinking, the man sat next to me hands him a $10 bill. Then a lady nearby hands him a fistful of change (loonies and toonies). AND THEN, the scammer pulls out a wad of cash from his olive-green jacket pocket, and folds the "donations" into it. But it gets better. Despite displaying a wad full of cash, MORE PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN KEEP HANDING HIM MONEY. I counted about 12 people who just mindlessly handed this guy cash. And not small chump change, either. Bills. Big coins. And of course, the scammer's eyes kind of widened. As if he didn't expect this kind of result. But he keeps taking cash from hands that appear in every direction. He looked like Vishnu from that Simpsons episode, just taking money from every direction. And he didn't make any effort to show the usual, overdone "Oh God bless you. Thank you" gratitude. He just took his winnings, then quickly left to work the next car. The best part? The train we were on goes nowhere near the general direction of Montreal. And it was leaving from a train station where there are Montreal-bound trains. I... I can't even be mad at that scammer. Easiest money that anyone ever made. He's GWM, but I can't say the same for the commuters. melon cat fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Dec 16, 2016 |
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I once had a guy hit me with that line at a filling station with his car full of his wife and kids, woof. Hard not to be sympathetic when someone does that in front of their family. Compassion is BWM.
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:I once had a guy hit me with that line at a filling station with his car full of his wife and kids, woof. Hard not to be sympathetic when someone does that in front of their family. I've had this happen at a petrol station and offered to fill up the car instead of handing over cash. Offer was not-so-politely declined.
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Fill out your BWM bingo cards! https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/5iola4/graduating_university_preconstruction_condo/quote:Hi, I'm currently a fourth year university student (M. Finance, m. Econ) in Canada.
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Somebody should tell him about the wonderful world of binary options. Also, I'm still collecting emails for BWM bingo. I haven't forgotten! I've only received 8 emails, and was thinking about getting 25 and sending them all out at once. If anyone is interested, sa.moneyball@gmail.com
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There was a beggar with a peg leg at the corner a couple of weeks ago. People were missing their turn lights they were so anxious to give him money. If that guy had an one legged dog also he would have been BWM (Best With Money). Barry posted:Fill out your BWM bingo cards! https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/5iola4/graduating_university_preconstruction_condo/ "Oh hay, I'm in the military and all my housing costs are paid for! What's that? An investment property!" He's in the Air Force, but he's about to have a property that's more Navy. underwater
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Neon Belly posted:I've had this happen at a petrol station and offered to fill up the car instead of handing over cash. Offer was not-so-politely declined. I helped a dude out and gassed up his car so he could make it to Dallas from San Antonio or whatever. The fun part was as he drove off I spied a puddle of transmission fluid so big I doubt he'd make it even 1/5th of the way there. Barry posted:
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Suspicious Lump posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/5ia1v7/support_i_found_out_yesterday_that_my_fiance_and/ Wanna be Lannisters who ain't got no gold.
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Krispy Kareem posted:There was a beggar with a peg leg at the corner a couple of weeks ago. People were missing their turn lights they were so anxious to give him money. Eh even if he was just gonna go off and buy drugs and booze with it whatever, dude's got no leg 
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ate all the Oreos posted:Eh even if he was just gonna go off and buy drugs and booze with it whatever, dude's got no leg I have a friend with one leg who works in prosthetics sales and makes probably 3x what I do. He lost his leg after being struck by a car in Mexico 15 years ago, and he is pretty much in constant pain and has had 3 dozen surgeries on his back and shoulders. So in context, I'm definitely not jealous and wouldn't switch places. My thought on giving money to strangers and whether they run off and buy drugs or booze is that once you give them the money, what they do with it is their problem. If they blow it on booze and drugs to feed an addiction, that's on them. Probably better than the alternative of petty crime to feed the addiction.
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Beggars should plant someone in the train car to "give" them money because I've noticed that people are more likely to give if someone else did so first. Not me though. I have no heart.
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GWM: donating to local soup kitchens, food banks, and homeless outreach organizations that will help those in need. And it's tax-deductible.
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