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zaurg posted:quick check here says my tax refund will be near $1000 which is surprising and amazing since I tweaked my W4 all year in an attempt to break even Crypto loss is your friend?
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He didn’t realize the loss until 2019, and even then he’d have to be offsetting gains. I don’t think he has any non-tax advantaged investment holdings.
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El_Elegante posted:He didn’t realize the loss until 2019, and even then he’d have to be offsetting gains. I don’t think he has any non-tax advantaged investment holdings. Uh, oops SA daisy!
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So if I end January 2019 with $0 on my credit cards, that will be 12 months in a row accomplishing that basic task. Not sure when was the last time I did that. I think I'll shoot for another 12 months. Feels good not to pay credit card interest. Please, no kudos. zaurg fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Jan 16, 2019 |
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it's good that you didn't put more money on the credit card you opened to buy bitcoins
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going by the age where rat balls become visable vs the age where female rats become baby machines, id make a cautious bet that everything will be fine but you'll know soon enough i guess lol
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Don’t forget that you cannot write your rats as dependents even though you don’t withhold food from them like you do your kids.
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zaurg posted:The rat swap is in progress. We now have 2 female rats. I am keeping them in separate cages right next to each other... I think maybe for 2 days? Then they will join together and be best friends. Hopefully neither pregnant. I love how he didn't do the more prudent thing and make sure he kept the male rats to prevent a surprise. zaurg posted:quick check here says my tax refund will be near $1000 which is surprising and amazing since I tweaked my W4 all year in an attempt to break even Post the form showing the multiple transactions of shitcoins generating taxable events that you are surely ignoring.
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TraderStav posted:I love how he didn't do the more prudent thing and make sure he kept the male rats to prevent a surprise. I would probably do the same thing. It's easier to clean up unwanted rat babies than rat piss, I'd reckon.
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TraderStav posted:I love how he didn't do the more prudent thing and make sure he kept the male rats to prevent a surprise. Zaurg: I love how he didn't do the more prudent thing
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zaurg posted:The rat swap is in progress. We now have 2 female rats. I am keeping them in separate cages right next to each other... I think maybe for 2 days? Then they will join together and be best friends. Hopefully neither pregnant. You took my advice but in the dumbest way possible. zaurg.txt I guess
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KnifeWrench posted:Zaurg: I love how he didn't do the more prudent thing Well, yeah. It's so hard to fully convert my mindset when entering this thread. I should really focus and only enter it when I'm ready to bring my thinking down to the lowest common denominator.
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TraderStav posted:Well, yeah. It's so hard to fully convert my mindset when entering this thread. I should really focus and only enter it when I'm ready to bring my thinking down to the lowest common denominator. I mean, it's a lovely distillation of the appeal that keeps us all coming back, even if it was meant facetiously. I genuinely meant it as a possible thread title.
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zaurg posted:So if I end January 2019 with $0 on my credit cards, that will be 12 months in a row accomplishing that basic task. Not sure when was the last time I did that. I think I'll shoot for another 12 months. Feels good not to pay credit card interest. Congratulations on keeping your credit card debt zero
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El_Elegante posted:Congratulations on keeping your credit card debt zero HE SAID NO KUDOS.
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El_Elegante posted:Congratulations on keeping your credit card debt zero Thank you. I'm beating the system for the first time. Received today: IMPORTANT UPDATE: You'll receive your $235 2019 Credit Card Reward Certificate via Email Costco Anywhere Visa® Card <citicards@info4.citi.com> Eat it, Citibank and Costco.
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zaurg posted:Thank you. I'm beating the system for the first time. Received today: What cool things are you buying your rats with that money
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Maybe you can stop going to Publix 8 times a week now and just go to Costco once Have we ever addressed your diet? Do you cook or do you eat out most nights? That adds up real fast. I assume you don’t because you’re running, but at this point literally nothing would surprise me
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zaurg posted:Thank you. I'm beating the system for the first time. Received today: Wow, it only cost you a couple thousand bucks in wasted Shitcoins to get that reward. Truly, the Master Dealmaker.
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Thumbtacks posted:Maybe you can stop going to Publix 8 times a week now and just go to Costco once Do you have my awesome dashboard doc bookmarked? My spending is there for the world to see and I'm not hiding shitcoins this time. 1/1/19 to 1/16/19 4 trips to grocery store $243.60 2 trips to fast food $19.64
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zaurg posted:Do you have my awesome dashboard doc bookmarked? My spending is there for the world to see and I'm not hiding shitcoins this time. Challenge accepted dumbass. So, why do you have FOUR credit cards? There's no balance but do you pay annual fees? You have FIVE funds with empty amounts for 1/1/2019 and 1/15/2019. Have you actually applied your fund amounts and are you remembering it for the rest of your, heh, budget? Why is Feb 19 tab blank? You should have it populated with your budget. 
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nashona posted:
What are you going on about? It's not March yet.
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nashona posted:Challenge accepted dumbass. It wasn't a challenge. No need to be so aggressive. 4 credit cards, yes. No annual fees. Why? Why not? I've had 2 of them forever. 1 for years and that's the main cashback card. The 4th card... yeah I could get rid of that. It just sits there not doing much. The fund amounts will be applied and dashboard updated. Stay tuned. Feb19 will be ready to go towards the end of the month.
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Daztek posted:What cool things are you buying your rats with that money the best rat accessories are just poo poo you can buy at a dollar store, re-purposed. cheap plastic basket + twine = hanging perch, poo poo like that. they'll chew it all to bits anyways. running wheels should be solid; avoid meshes or bars, since those can damage their paws. heres a nice video that shows off the kinds of wheels that are appropriate
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One year ago
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lol christ remember when you guys were screaming for me to sell and I was like "but why sell now at the lowest point?" and at that point I was actually still up a bit and probably would've sold for around $3500, so a little better than breaking even. then it crashed hard then I think in April came back up but I still didn't sell I stuck with my original plan and waited till Jan2019 and that really bit me in the rear end. Lesson learned... don't set an exit TIME, set an exit PRICE. Also don't gamble with money I don't have.
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zaurg posted:
....or maybe the lesson is don’t invest in magic beans?
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Duckman2008 posted:....or maybe the lesson is don’t invest in magic beans? I don't know what that means
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zaurg posted:I don't know what that means New thread title.
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Duckman2008 posted:....or maybe the lesson is don’t invest in magic beans? BUt they lead to adventure!
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zaurg posted:I don't know what that means Funniest post in a while.
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zaurg posted:lol christ remember when you guys were screaming for me to sell and I was like "but why sell now at the lowest point?" and at that point I was actually still up a bit and probably would've sold for around $3500, so a little better than breaking even. Gee, you make it sound so simple. I'm sure that's personal growth and perspective that will help you in the future, and not just the lens of hindsight. Did you know it's possible to learn things without loving up? It's true! All you have to do is leverage the expertise and experience of those around you, and not just charge forward boneheadedly with whatever whim makes you feel the least discomfort. Since you're reminiscing, you did set an exit price, several times. The problems were: - it was always significantly higher than the current price - it was some bullshit index amalgamation of your entire portfolio. For all your granular data about poo poo that doesn't matter, you just lumped all your "investments" together in one bucket and then said "I'll sell as soon as all of these assets together double in price" which is the worst combination of risk aversion (lumping things together smooths out the bumps) and greed. All of this and much much more were explained to you multiple times in multiple ways. We were not just "screaming at you to sell," we were trying to teach you about opportunity cost, expected value, logic, psychology, and all the tools you'd need to understand why what you were doing was stupid, without needing the end result to demonstrate it. Hell, one person even offered to pay you the difference between the current price and your exit price, if it was hit in the timeframe that you predicted, if you sold immediately. Trusting a stranger on the internet made for a convenient excuse to appease your emotional desire to gamble, and to allowed yourself to keep moving the goalposts when your win didn't materialize. All of this is to say, "learning your lesson" through catastrophic results that could have been predicted doesn't give me a lot of hope for you. It's the same drat thing you've been doing for 10 years. I'm still waiting to see you learn a lesson by listening and forethought. Every time something bad happens, you're like "wow, I wish I'd listened," but every time your gut disagrees with the rational course of action, you're like "let's wait and see how this plays out."
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:How is this 40 year old man missing so much -Head Trauma -Literal brain parasites -Depression and maladaptive coping skills or.... -Florida
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El_Elegante posted:-Head Trauma The more I hear about Florida, the more I think I belong there.
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Ohhh hey a new Patton Oswald florida bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD7W21UQls0
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:Funniest post in a while. Is the thread now laughing with zaurg instead of at him? Makes you think…
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zaurg posted:I stuck with my original plan and and that really bit me in the rear end. natch
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klafbang posted:Is the thread now laughing with zaurg instead of at him? Makes you think… No, I am definitely laughing AT him for not getting "magic beans."
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