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Dillbag
Mar 4, 2007

Click here to join Lem Lee in the Hell Of Being Cut To Pieces
Nap Ghost

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Being famous for any reason is GWM.

Please dig up and tell that to Gary Coleman.

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Krispy Wafer
Jul 26, 2002

I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat

Grimey Drawer

brugroffil posted:

A harsh reminder why human society is a collective failure

We have standards. It's not like we'd elect a game show host to be President.

Dillbag posted:

Please dig up and tell that to Gary Coleman.

Gary Coleman's life was just sad and no one wants to book a celebrity DJ who makes everyone sad.

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011
Probation
Can't post for 4 days!

GoGoGadgetChris posted:

A harsh reminder of why most restaurants fail



That's what happens when you say 'neigh' to Horse Insurance!

Dillbag
Mar 4, 2007

Click here to join Lem Lee in the Hell Of Being Cut To Pieces
Nap Ghost

Krispy Wafer posted:

Gary Coleman's life was just sad and no one wants to book a celebrity DJ who makes everyone sad.

I'm sure he would have been happy to DJ but I feel like he was a generation behind being able to hawk his celebrity on the Internet for $$$. Poor fucker had to work as a security guard at a mall, where people would recognize him and ask him to say "Whatchu talkin' 'bout Willis?" every day until he went crazy and attacked a woman while shopping for a bullet proof vest. Whenever someone says they want to be "rich & famous", I suggest just being rich first. Because Coleman is one of the best examples of how lovely it is to be poor and famous.

Dillbag
Mar 4, 2007

Click here to join Lem Lee in the Hell Of Being Cut To Pieces
Nap Ghost
Saw horse reiki in the wild today and thought of this thread.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

GoGoGadgetChris posted:

A harsh reminder of why most restaurants fail



someone get me the investors on the phone. Get this: a cowboy restaurant with a real bull and not just a mechanical one!

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

FAUXTON posted:

Financial investigator here seconding that you do not gently caress with the IRS and especially the IRS-CI

but more than both of them you do not under any circumstances gently caress with the USPIS

I heard they carry guns :ohdear:

CornHolio
May 20, 2001

Toilet Rascal

GoGoGadgetChris posted:

A harsh reminder of why most restaurants fail



Yeah, they didn't even seat the horse.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
that's a "I want to speak to your manager" gallop

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


Sitting next to a guy at an airport bad who is endlessly bitching about his college aged cold who keeps running up $5k tabs on a credit card.

"I'm gonna send it to collections!"

"Is the account in your name?"

"Yeah."

"Good luck with that."

Guest2553
Aug 3, 2012


Idiot rear end in a top hat trump inherited family wealth through fraud and questionable tax schemes, using dummy corporations and undervaluations of holdings over years and years.

There is no time limit on civil fines for tax fraud, which brings us to Act II:

"The Tax Department is reviewing the allegations in the NYT article and is vigorously pursuing all appropriate avenues of investigation," a spokesman from New York State Department of Taxation and Finance said.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
throw it on the pile

redgubbinz
May 1, 2007

GoGoGadgetChris posted:

A harsh reminder of why most restaurants fail



Come on, Bojack, you're supposed to be reading the new scrips not going out drinking again!

SpelledBackwards
Jan 7, 2001

I found this image on the Internet, perhaps you've heard of it? It's been around for a while I hear.


One such instance is covered in this planet money episode: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/09/07/645689694/episode-836-the-13th-hole
Where a golfer at a charity tournament hit a hole in one, but the insurance didn't pay out because they said the starting point was too close. Eventually the course had to pay at least part of it. A course owned by Trump. And the money came out of the Trump foundation, which NY is saying they can't do.

Spokes
Jan 9, 2010

Thanks for a MONSTER of an avatar, Awful Survivor Mods!

Well, I'd like to see ol Donny Trump wriggle his way out of THIS jam!

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


Ah, nevertheless

StormDrain
May 22, 2003

Thirteen Letter

SpelledBackwards posted:

One such instance is covered in this planet money episode: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/09/07/645689694/episode-836-the-13th-hole
Where a golfer at a charity tournament hit a hole in one, but the insurance didn't pay out because they said the starting point was too close. Eventually the course had to pay at least part of it. A course owned by Trump. And the money came out of the Trump foundation, which NY is saying they can't do.

It’s such a good story, I just listened to it recently.

Suspicious Lump
Mar 11, 2004
This one is hilarious:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9kqayx/what_is_the_most_degrading_thing_you_have_ever/e71nvc3/

quote:

One of my clients wanted to get into the pornography business. He was told that before he could do straight work with all the hot chicks, he had to do a solo video and a couple of gay videos. He got paid $150 to wear his service uniform while masturbating on an American flag. He got paid $200 to perform oral sex on another guy while wearing his uniform. And $350 to get sodomized. Apparently some people have a thing for a man in uniform, but it’s a UCMJ violation.Then the director said, “I’ll call you if I need you for a straight scene.” Someone reported him to his chain of command and he spent three months in jail, lost several thousand dollars pay, and got a bad conduct discharge from the service.
Never thought I'd say it: Gay Porn is BWM.

Vox Nihili
May 28, 2008

redgubbinz posted:

Come on, Bojack, you're supposed to be reading the new scrips not going out drinking again!

I literally just started watching Bojack for the first time, Season 1 Ep. 1, opened a tab, hit new post on ye olde BWM Thrad, and saw this.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017
Probation
Can't post for 15 hours!
Mr Peanutbutter is the more BWM one.

It's no surprised how fast celebrities go broke when the money train runs out because there's an unlimited amount of dumb things to spend your money on at that point.

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness
Who reported him? Was the whole thing a long con?

howdoesishotweb
Nov 21, 2002

Yes, this time will be different. [/zarug]

GWM is being rich enough to afford multimillion tax dodges. Best WM is getting away with it until you’re close to dead.

SlapActionJackson
Jul 27, 2006

Dillbag posted:

Whenever someone says they want to be "rich & famous", I suggest just being rich first. Because Coleman is one of the best examples of how lovely it is to be poor and famous.

I never understood that old "would you rather be rich OR famous?" question. Duh, rich and not famous is the ideal state.

Darkrenown
Jul 18, 2012
please give me anything to talk about besides the fact that democrats are allowing millions of americans to be evicted from their homes

DACK FAYDEN posted:

Who reported him? Was the whole thing a long con?

The whole "you gotta do some gay porn to break in" sounds like they were just trolling him.

baquerd
Jul 2, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Darkrenown posted:

The whole "you gotta do some gay porn to break in" sounds like they were just trolling him.

It's straight up exploitation - they did it for money, not to mess with him.

howdoesishotweb
Nov 21, 2002
Bitcoin From a Trader's Perspective

quote:

Why I Enjoy Trading Bitcoin

Managers who trade futures products, including Bitcoin futures, are known as Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) or Commodity Pool Operators (CPOs). My firm has been registered as both since I founded it ten years ago. I’ve seen and traded my share of volatile futures markets over the years, but they pale in comparison to the Bitcoin futures market. I enjoy trading Bitcoin because it is the perfect speculative market—it has a finite supply, demand is driven by human emotion (and faith, or lack thereof, in fiat currencies), and putting a fundamental value on Bitcoin is basically impossible. Thus, the market is prone to having huge booms and busts, more so than most other markets.


BWM: trading Bitcoin with your own money. GWM: trading Bitcoin with other's money

Omne
Jul 12, 2003

Orangedude Forever

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/21/the-student-loan-bubble.html

quote:

In his mid-50s, Claude Richardson returned to college in the hopes of finding himself a new career. He attended two for-profit schools — the University of Phoenix online, and the New England Institute of Art. He said the education at both schools proved disappointing, and he never found a job in his field of study, information technology.

Instead, the 65-year-old man works 60 hours a week as a driver for a transportation company. He makes $8 an hour. He can't remember the last time he took a vacation. He doesn't pay for cable, since he has no free time to relax in front of a television.

He feels helpless when he looks at his student loan balance of more than $160,000. He has defaulted multiple times. "If I could pay, I would," Richardson said.

Good lord

EAT FASTER!!!!!!
Sep 21, 2002

Legendary.


:hampants::hampants::hampants:

:yikes: not quite pomeranian show dog freezing to death bleak but still it scratches the itch.

Omne
Jul 12, 2003

Orangedude Forever

EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:

:yikes: not quite pomeranian show dog freezing to death bleak but still it scratches the itch.

I don't know what's worse: that guy, or the lady with $600k in student loans

Bird in a Blender
Nov 17, 2005

It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.


Uh drat dude. This guy is going to die owing over $100k in student loans. He's old enough, can he just stop working soon and try to live off of social security? Can they garnish SS for student loans?

KYOON GRIFFEY JR
Apr 12, 2010



Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22
that seems like some bullshit since if he has any sort of CDL he should be earning at least $14-18/hr.

graph in that article is interesting - seems like the youths have been getting smarter as debt load under 30 has stayed flat. of course this is total not per capita so it could be just a reduction in the number of under 30s, or under 30s that go to college

student loans are obviously predatory and terrible and need a lot more regulation and scrutiny, but come on, who borrows money to get a doctorate? at some point people do have to be responsible for making terrible decisions - if we stay with current systems part of this has to be better education, regulation, and transparency, of course.

Krispy Wafer
Jul 26, 2002

I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat

Grimey Drawer

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

that seems like some bullshit since if he has any sort of CDL he should be earning at least $14-18/hr.

graph in that article is interesting - seems like the youths have been getting smarter as debt load under 30 has stayed flat. of course this is total not per capita so it could be just a reduction in the number of under 30s, or under 30s that go to college

student loans are obviously predatory and terrible and need a lot more regulation and scrutiny, but come on, who borrows money to get a doctorate? at some point people do have to be responsible for making terrible decisions - if we stay with current systems part of this has to be better education, regulation, and transparency, of course.

It fails to mention whether he even graduated. Can you even imagine lovely art school + lovely IT school and not getting a degree in either one?

And yeah, drivers can make bank now. He's already working himself into an early grave. He could do it for twice what he's making there unless there are other factors left out*.

*there are always over factors left out.

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
This is why you don't ignore your problems.

Paying a mortgage on a mold spore

quote:

I’ve been reluctant to write this because I’m in a hole of my own making. But I do value this community as a resource and those that contribute their experience and insight, so I thought I’d give it a shot.

I’ve been carrying a second mortgage for a home I no longer live in for roughly 5 years now. The house has been unoccupied because it’s not worth what I owe on it; I have no desire to be a landlord; and I purchased my current home within a budget that would allow me to carry both mortgages if necessary. But now my financial picture has changed and I need out from under it.

But things have gone from bad to worse as while the house was unoccupied a pipe burst in a wall and now the entire house is a giant mold spore. So I have even less chance of selling it, but even worse if I looked at some form of foreclosure option I’m worried I’d end up getting sued by the lender.

I’m basically financially illiterate and I’m really at a loss at how to proceed. Anyone got any advice?

TL;DR: paying a mortgage for a house that should be condemned and I need out - please help.

Ashcans
Jan 2, 2006

Let's do the space-time warp again!

Well, I guess the good news is that if he's living in the other house it might be protected by a homestead exemption when he declares bankruptcy? So there's that.

TraderStav
May 19, 2006

It feels like I was standing my entire life and I just sat down
Lots going on here, clearly the writer doesn't understand Bitcoin either. I work for DTE and we have a lot of scams like this but usually they don't involve the blockchain, bold as hell. Usually they target seniors, surprised a 'business owner' wasn't savvy enough to realize that if a Fortune250 company is demanding bitcoin, it should raise a red flag.

http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/c...c4d2cb9862.html

quote:

Callers pose as DTE Energy employees in Bitcoin-fueled phone scam

In 2018, even caller ID can’t be trusted.

At approximately 11 a.m. Sept. 21, a local business owner received a phone call about his DTE Energy bill. The woman on the line said he needed to pay his bill or the electricity at his business was going to be shut off.

The business owner was then transferred to a man who allegedly worked in the payment center at DTE Energy. The man told him he had to pay his bill via Bitcoin by noon to prevent the power from being turned off.

At this point, the business owner contacted Bitcoin and immediately transferred $500 to the account provided. He later called Bitcoin back to confirm that the payment went through. A representative confirmed that the transaction had been completed, but advised him that it was likely fraudulent. The representative suggested the man file a police report.

That evening, the business owner went to the Southgate Police Department and told officers the phone call came from 1-800-477-4747, which is listed on the “Contact Us” page of DTE Energy’s website. He also said the woman on the phone knew his account information and address.

DTE Energy could not immediately be reached for comment.

The man said he attempted to call the phone number back multiple times, but it kept ringing. He also said he had not contacted DTE Energy about his billing.

Harry
Jun 13, 2003

I do solemnly swear that in the year 2015 I will theorycraft my wallet as well as my WoW

Krispy Wafer posted:

It fails to mention whether he even graduated. Can you even imagine lovely art school + lovely IT school and not getting a degree in either one?


I think it was 75% of university of phoenix students dropped out after the first year.

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015



Lol that we're re-empowering scam for profit colleges again

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

that seems like some bullshit since if he has any sort of CDL he should be earning at least $14-18/hr.

graph in that article is interesting - seems like the youths have been getting smarter as debt load under 30 has stayed flat. of course this is total not per capita so it could be just a reduction in the number of under 30s, or under 30s that go to college

student loans are obviously predatory and terrible and need a lot more regulation and scrutiny, but come on, who borrows money to get a doctorate? at some point people do have to be responsible for making terrible decisions - if we stay with current systems part of this has to be better education, regulation, and transparency, of course.

Article doesn't mention him having his CDL. Plenty of local delivery drivers for box trucks wouldn't need a CDL, probably something like that.

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011
Probation
Can't post for 4 days!
Also if you have certain medical conditions like high blood pressure or are on injectable insulin you probably can't get a CDL type job since they don't want the risk that you might stroke out on the highway.

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George H.W. Cunt
Oct 6, 2010





That transportation company has to be Uber

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