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KingSlime posted:Lol yep my friend's in-laws pay his rent because their daughter married a fragile little man who literally told me that effort feels like "being zapped by an electric shock," and in science experiments the rat learns to stay away so  If he's got a medical condition he better get that poo poo sorted out. Everything is too much 
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KingSlime posted:Lol yep my friend's in-laws pay his rent because their daughter married a fragile little man who literally told me that effort feels like "being zapped by an electric shock," and in science experiments the rat learns to stay away so I'm always amazed at how someone this worthless can find someone to marry them and support them. For the greedy step-daughter one, she better at least come back into the fold because grandfather is probably still good for gifts for the grandkids. Incredibly lovely to just assume that your dad is going to pay for your kids' education, but if dad paid for everything growing up, that entitlement was definitely trained into her.
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I don't see them a lot but a couple of my friends are getting married and they're looking at renting a castle two states away that costs $10,000 just for the venue (and that's the price before any food costs!) and they have also been talking about the house they are going to buy. Neither of them make close to what my wife and I make together so I have no loving clue how they plan to manage those things (hint: it's probably crippling debt). If I have a chance to find out more details later I'll report.
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Yeah to be honest I'm wondering if he's struggling with an unseen mental issue because holy poo poo he sounds so sincere when he spouts insanse justifications to explain Why My Life Is So Hard He asked me about outsourcing filling out job applications the other day because the mental toll is too much... He was always kinda dumb in his rationale but absolutely not like this until the last 12 months
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Maybe they're planning to drop the portcullis once they get into the castle and just hold off the collectors for 7 years. I think that's how that works, right?
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Ashcans posted:Maybe they're planning to drop the portcullis once they get into the castle and just hold off the collectors for 7 years. I think that's how that works, right?
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KingSlime posted:Yeah to be honest I'm wondering if he's struggling with an unseen mental issue because holy poo poo he sounds so sincere when he spouts insanse justifications to explain Why My Life Is So Hard He sounds like some of my friends with clinical depression. Best to manage that with some help.
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Hoodwinker posted:Yeah but how would they afford their own personal militia? If you're going to hold a castle, you've got to have your own personal militia.
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Ashcans posted:I would have to check in with Ms. Manners, but I think technically that's what groomsmen are for?
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So my buddy and I generally have a laugh every three months at the bwm idiots who bought Snapchat stock, which doesn't allow you to vote and doesn't pay dividends. And the company is a me-too product that won't be able to stand up to the facebook juggernaut but people went nuts over the IPO and it's generally been sinking ever since and it's all good fun. Anyways, this morning he tells me this: wanna hear something really funny? 3 weeks ago I was drunk and put in a short for snapchat for 50k at like 2 in the morning which would be dope Jackpoooot except I was drunk and I shorted SNA instead Hahahahahha and they had a share buyback that same week and it went up 15%Between SNA going up and SNAP going down I think the swing would have been a $20k difference for him, the maniac.
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Nov 8, 2017 22:08
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Probably doesn't matter much if you're the kind of guy who can afford a drunk 2 AM short for 50k
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Nail Rat posted:Probably doesn't matter much if you're the kind of guy who can afford a drunk 2 AM short for 50k Yeah...
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uh, this is a thread sometimes about people who get in beyond their means and continue to go further beyond.
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:People who plan to rely on grandparents to pay for their children's education - without a clear offering along these lines - are scum and are the reason wealth often doesn't last 2 generations. The Millionaire Next Door calls this "Financial Life Support." Wait, grandparents paying for college is enough of a thing to be in a book? I’ve never heard of people doing that. I guess I assumed if the grandparents are wealthy enough to pay for everyone’s college then their kids would have had enough life advantages to afford their own offsprings’ education.
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I’m the first person in my family’s history to be getting a four year degree. Someone else paying for college is more foreign than space aliens to me.
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Just like how many of us who are born into poverty were able to elevate ourselves past those limitations, plenty of people choose to manage their priveleged circumstances very poorly They usually then go on to blame foreigners or something for their shortcomings but yeah not everyone uses what they have effectively KingSlime fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Nov 9, 2017 |
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Krispy Wafer posted:Wait, grandparents paying for college is enough of a thing to be in a book? Yeah, you've got to be real careful to avoid BWM kids if you're quite well off. Can't let them think you'll support them past basic subsistence living or they'll be BWM assholes, basically. Personally, I like the idea of a trust that will match whatever they have in IRAs and 401k when they're 30, and donate the rest to charity.
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On the flip side, if you're going to let them into the family's finances eventually(even if that 'eventually' is just inheritance), it's a good idea to make sure they have some idea of wtf is going on, why it's being done that way, and why they're a goddamned idiot if they blow through that in a year or five. Otherwise you end up with a situation like that OP whose wife didn't realize her wedding was being funded by her own accounts & that withdrawing from them incurred a tax hit.
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3839928&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post478189404quote:Forums revenue is now currently 8% of what it used to be, right now it takes roughly half a month *just* to pay for hosting costs, and I've had to take out loans to cover bills, and I've had to take a $10,000 penalty to withdraw $10,000 from my IRA to cover costs I am sure there was a better way to finance than paying a 100% fee to take $10,000 from your IRA. perhaps Moneyball could offer to help...
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Foma posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3839928&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post478189404
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Foma posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3839928&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post478189404 Then again, places like reddit and twitter have proved that new-style Places To Post Stuff On The Internet aren't profitable either.
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Well here I went and found regular BWM since I thought you were telling us to not post about Lowtax. Have it anyway: I make 70K a year, why am I broke? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/7avtpq/i_make_70k_a_year_why_am_i_broke/ posted:I am married. My wife does not work. I have a teenage boy. We are making payments on a small house, have two cars both of which are paid off. I make 70K and I can't seem to save any money month to month.
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Krispy Wafer posted:Wait, grandparents paying for college is enough of a thing to be in a book? I had some cousins that leaned on my grandparents to pay for college because their mom (my aunt) burnt through her savings on her lovely 2nd husband. So, it happens, and at least anecdotally it does a number on the relationship with the rest of the family.
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Foma posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3839928&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post478189404 I would pay  a year to post here since the entertainment and research value I get is worth at least that. I'm not going to just buy an avatar every year though because I want to make sure I'm not just pissing money away while the forums continue to run at a loss.jpg. If Lowtax moves to a yearly subscription model for all users, I'll sign up today. Also this post is a prime example of why taxes are needed instead of depending on charity to provide the needful.
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Haifisch posted:Well here I went and found regular BWM since I thought you were telling us to not post about Lowtax. Wait Napster still exists?
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Weatherman posted:I would pay
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Haifisch posted:Well here I went and found regular BWM since I thought you were telling us to not post about Lowtax. Your comment made me laugh more than it had any right to, so thanks for that. Also love that OP definitively answered his own question with the first 13 words plus his salary.
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Brian Fellows posted:Your comment made me laugh more than it had any right to, so thanks for that. He's still making 10k more than the US national median household income, though. FrozenVent fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Nov 9, 2017 |
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NUKES CURE NORKS posted:Stop volunteering ways for other people to spend money, fuckos TENBUX CURES NUKES CURE NORKS
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FrozenVent posted:He's still making 10k more than the US national median household income, though. And he's got two cars paid, no noted debt aside from his mortgage, good money going to his 401k, and assuming his $300/month health insurance and corresponding $300/month into an HSA are covering his wife and kid, then he's not in an awful situation there either. Of course, one major car repair or a health issue would gently caress him over, but that's just the price of freedom in the USA.
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I like this new trend of people owning homes, cars, health insurance, paying into retirement accounts, and generally living happy all while supporting spouses, kids, and pets, only to turn around and whine that they aren't miraculously saving $5000 a month somehow.
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Don't forget the Napster. I'll be honest, I mostly posted that out of confusion that a)Napster still exists, and b)Napster is something you can pay for.
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Haifisch posted:Does Lowtax have a day job? He makes youtube videos and has a patreon. I think that's it.
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Haifisch posted:Don't forget the Napster. They're a music streaming service now. Like Spotify?
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Inept posted:He makes youtube videos and has a patreon. I think that's it. He is v bad at Patreon. I listen to a podcast / YouTube channel for whom a video with 1k views is good... that pulls in 4K / month. Blows me away SA can’t get more than that.
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FrozenVent posted:They're a music streaming service now. Like Spotify? Yeah, I'm pretty sure the brand got bought and they're just another $10/mo streaming service like Spotify, Play Music, etc. So, replace Napster with Spotify and it's not a thing. I assume the home phone is a bundle call with internet and it's otherwise effectively free. Jordan7hm posted:He is v bad at Patreon. I listen to a podcast / YouTube channel for whom a video with 1k views is good... that pulls in 4K / month. Blows me away SA can’t get more than that. Seriously, I'd donate to a These Dead Gay Forums patreon since I assume Radium Code makes it impossible to buy a recurring anything, and all of the SA merch is garbage I wouldn't want to buy. Instead we have The Lowtax Show patreon where I'm supporting some awful podcast. Volmarias fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Nov 9, 2017 |
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Yeah, for a while I was paying $10/month for a phone line I never plugged anything into. Because it got me a $20 discount on cable. Somehow.
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quote:"Having to tell my story is kind of painful," she said. "But I believe that if I share my story, perhaps I can prevent other people from being victims." Time to sit your parents down and explain the birds and the bitcoins. http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/bitcoin-scam-york-1.4393318
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