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Droo posted:Kevin Sorbo's ego and crazy factor is supposedly what ruined Andromeda after season 2 and for that he can go to hell. quote:"Robert is a genius, but was developing stories that were too complicated and too clever for the rest of us to understand,"
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Zachack posted:Is the humidity the cause? It doesn't help. Other means of cooling like swamp coolers don't work as well because of the humidity. If you only have one A/C unit, it'll overtax itself. Really fancy big house have 4 units. Let's reserve a chilled gleaming guillotine for those folk.
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There's certainly an argument to be made that overly large houses, particularly in areas with obnoxious climates, especially ones with unfavorable passive temperature control characteristics, are BWM. But that's more of a macro issue about attitudes and the economic incentives for builders and buyers in the US and much less fun to point and laugh at.
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May 30, 2018 12:48
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hailthefish posted:There's certainly an argument to be made that overly large houses, particularly in areas with obnoxious climates, especially ones with unfavorable passive temperature control characteristics, are BWM. There's so much in home building that's bad with money and aesthetics. Two story foyers or family rooms are a bitch to heat and cool while offering no practical utility and vaulted ceilings everywhere giving roofs that ugly fivehead look:  A good place to learn about how horrible our homes are is McMansion Hell. http://mcmansionhell.com/ It also includes some cool essays on stuff like mail order homes from Sears.
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May 30, 2018 13:08
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May 30, 2018 13:45
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hailthefish posted:McMansion Hell is p great. I dunno, I think she goes way overboard on houses that aren't that bad a lot, and really stretches to find "funny" stuff she can point an arrow at.
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Elysium posted:I dunno, I think she goes way overboard on houses that aren't that bad a lot, and really stretches to find "funny" stuff she can point an arrow at. It's very redundant. There are only so many awful spiral staircases or Roman columns made out of foam that you can giggle at before it gets old. But she's in actual school for architectural stuff so her historical essays are pretty interesting. I've noticed a lot of different building styles since reading her blog.
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Trying to decide who is GWM and who is BWM in this: https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html everybody is BWM
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May 30, 2018 14:07
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TheQuietWilds posted:Trying to decide who is GWM and who is BWM in this: https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html Neff is good with money. The rest are very bad.
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Zachack posted:Is the humidity the cause? No, it's because it's May and over 100 F, and the forecast says it's supposed to be 105 F this Saturday.
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May 30, 2018 15:34
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zelah posted:Neff is good with money. The rest are very bad.
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'Anna Delvey' is bad with other people's money, which is the best kind of good with money of all!
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Are any studios looking for the next Catch Me If You Can? ...this might end up being real GWM for her after all E: Tessa Thompson as Neff, Emma Stone gains 30 pounds to play Anna. Who says no? zelah fucked around with this message at 16:35 on May 30, 2018 |
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May 30, 2018 16:26
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The Anna Delvey story was great up until she invited Neff along on her trip intending to trick her not-wealthy guests into paying for her insane luxury suite in Morocco. All the parts where she fleeced rich people and charged a billion things to a hotel too stupid to ask for money because she said she knew some rich dude, borrowed $100k from a bank to cover the costs of due diligence for another bank qualifying her for a loan and then just spent the cash though 
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I feel real bad for the copy editor who put $60k+ on her corporate AmEx. It didn't say former Vanity Fair copy editor, so maybe it all worked out in the end.
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May 30, 2018 17:12
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Like how dumb is that other bank. "I'm applying for a mega-multimillion dollar loan but this other bank wants to make sure I'm good for it and I have no proof" "Okay why are you here" "Spot me $100k right now and I'll prove I'm a mega-multimillionaire "Only a mega-multimillionaire would be so bold!  "
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May 30, 2018 17:25
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Nef was a moocher, she gets $100 tips on the reg and goes to fancy spas and restaurants all the time then freaks out about paying for one dinner.
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zelah posted:Are any studios looking for the next Catch Me If You Can? I read in twitter that Neff got the movie rights
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OctaviusBeaver posted:Nef was a moocher, she gets $100 tips on the reg and goes to fancy spas and restaurants all the time then freaks out about paying for one dinner. Hoodwinker fucked around with this message at 17:37 on May 30, 2018 |
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Hoodwinker posted:I was confused about the part where she had to transfer money from savings to cover a $300 meal despite apparently being tipped thousands of dollars. GWM knows cash gifts from crazy people are one-off windfalls and uses them to bolster their nest egg. Nef is GWM. Be like Nef.
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"Hi my friends Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian, and Sir Elton John told me City National Bank is the place for a millionaire to borrow $100k in pocket change, yes that's right I said Sir Elton John"
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I also loved that Moroccans are smarter than the supposedly cream of the crop richest of the rich Americans. When the money didn't arrive the day the socialite said it would goons showed up to break everyone's legs and wouldn't you know it they got paid immediately, but I guess sending polite notes for six months while she charges insane sums for swank celebrity dinner parties to her room is also a strategy!
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22 Eargesplitten posted:JFC, assuming the mother isn't disabled, the sister isn't disabled and / or underaged, and the grandmother isn't disabled / 80 years old, that person needs to tell them all to gently caress off. A 27 year old going to college shouldn't have to support three family members. Or any family members that aren't children / spouses. In the comments he said his sister is 21 and is in college full-time. "I just want her to focus on school"  also his mom is disabled but shouldn't both she and his grandma get social security checks? His mechanic's not the only one ripping him off.
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Ebola Roulette posted:in college full-time. "I just want her to focus on school" Of course, it should be understood that it is not a bullshit major, and you are working during school breaks and all. But not working during term time is entirely justifiable.
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VitalSigns posted:The Anna Delvey story was great up until she invited Neff along on her trip intending to trick her not-wealthy guests into paying for her insane luxury suite in Morocco. Anna Delvey hits all the right notes for me. Cute, redheaded, and criminal.
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Mezzanon posted:Anna Delvey hits all the right notes for me. Cute, redheaded, and criminal. You forgot delusional. The delusional part breaks it for me. I can handle criminal or crazy, but not delusional.
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Dick Nipples posted:You forgot delusional.
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Mezzanon posted:Anna Delvey hits all the right notes for me. Cute, redheaded, and criminal. You forgot 'European accent that no one can rightly place.' She sounded interesting at the very least, but there's a whole lot of crazy right under that surface fighting to break free.
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Krispy Wafer posted:You forgot 'European accent that no one can rightly place.' Only one place for that crazy to go, KK.
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Dr. Eldarion posted:Given that window units are not thousands of dollars, I'm assuming this is central air. What kind of ridiculous oversized house do they live in that requires multiple units? I just bought a 1400 sq ft 2-story house and am strongly considering putting in a second unit, even though I'm in Michigan, because: 1. Vent system apparently sucks for cooling so upstairs is 15 degrees warmer than down. 2. Apparently it's so bad that the air intakes upstairs don't actually take in any air. 3. Even though it's a colonial, lots of interior walls were removed so it only has a 10 ft interior wall. 4. It's an old brick house with plaster, which makes any kind of construction a pain in the rear end. 5. Easily accessible walk-up attic that's already floored (and insulated in the floors). Put all that together and, while I haven't talked to any HVAC people, it may be a lot easier to just get a second AC unit and run ducts through the attic floor than try to fix/improve the current ventilation system (which does just fine heating the house). BWM: buying a house.
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OctaviusBeaver posted:Sounds cheaper to just stick a window unit upstairs. If you've got multiple bedrooms upstairs, this is a losing battle. Window units are far less efficient too, vs a modern system with new ducts.
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Hoodwinker posted:I was confused about the part where she had to transfer money from savings to cover a $300 meal despite apparently being tipped thousands of dollars. I mean, poo poo, does Neff not have a credit card with a $300+ limit? Anna had just pulled up a list of a dozen numbers. No loving way am I using my card anywhere near her after that.
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Krispy Wafer posted:I feel real bad for the copy editor who put $60k+ on her corporate AmEx. It didn't say former Vanity Fair copy editor, so maybe it all worked out in the end. I just skimmed it but haven't figured out how she paid back the money.
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This is an odd one with pretty strong goon vibes: https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/8n300g/mech_engineer_just_got_laid_off_from_job_57k_in/ Mech Engineer, just got laid off from job, 57K in debt, need advice. Hi all, This morning I got laid off from my job. I used to make $75,000.00 a year as a Mechanical Engineer for a mid size oil service company. I signed an " At- will" employment contract, basically they gave me no reason as why I was laid off...I think it was not performance related, just a poor relationship with my direct supervisor. Every other manager was happy with my work. I had to block mysupervisor on LinkedIn, as she would look at my profile every week...and she followed me to my car once, yelled at me and asked why I was leaving, I had only gone to get my glasses from my car. Enough about that. I'm a single female, living in Houston, TX. My family is in another country, and some relatives in the Austin TX area. When I started last year in July, I decided to not contribute to retirement at this company as I wanted to get out of debt. I started with $92K in debt. I've paid off 2 credit cards, one student loan and most of my car. I've managed to decrease my rent, my interest rates on my debt, and my car insurance. My rent went $1,320 to $917 starting April 2018, moved closer to work, saved time and gas. Car insurance went from $250 to $180...once I moved my rate was gonna increase so I negotiated better rates elsewhere. I reduced the rate on one of my credit cards from 25% to 18%, still high but lower than before. I felt like I was doing the right things, and I just got fired and have little to no back up plans. I also stopped saving entirely, every extra cent was going either to school, or towards debt. I used to make $4,690.00 a month, after taxes and deductions. I cashed out the retirement money I had from a previous employer to pay off my credit card debt. Paid a hefty penalty when I did my taxes. So far, I've reached out to my network, updated my LinkedIn profile, started looking at jobs and saving the ones I have the skills and experience for, I will apply later today. I will file for unemployment also, and get some medical insurance, not COBRA. I plan on doing UBER to make some money until I find another high paying job. The city I live in, you can make around $500 to $1500 just working weekends. Full time....I hope to make more than that. Below are my my monthly expenses and debt Current accounts Checking: $20.00, last paycheck tomorrow ($2,340) Savings: $0 Retirement: $0 Crypto: $2,500, bought in early, have not bought more since March 2018. Monthly Expenses Rent: $917.00 Insurance: $180.00 Car payment: $446.00 @ 1.9% with a credit union, Gas: $50.00 Groceries: $75.00 Utilities: $45.00 Phone: $70.00 Debt Sofi: 252.00 Marcus: $170 Student Loans: $70 Discover: $160 AMEX: $220 Below are my debts: Loans, Sofi: $8,829.00, @ 12%, Loan, Marcus by Goldman Sachs: $5,673.57 @ 12% Car loan: $10,966, @ 1.9%, 24 payments remaining...I've been paying more to it Credit Card 1, Discover: $8,258.00 @ 0% until October 2018 Credit Card 2, AMEX: $11,418.00 @ 18% Student loans through Navient $1609.31 @ 5.6%, I was gonna pay it off this month :-( $ 3,938.09 @ 4.5 % $3,824.79 @ 3.4% $2,807.55 @ 3.4% Last year I had over $40K in credit cards, I paid 2 off and cancelled them. I've gotten my spending under control. I just need to know best path forward, and any other advice regarding how to approach employment and my debt. Nobody every taught me about money, and once I learned about investing and debt, I decided to get out of debt. In 5 years, I don't want debt, I want freedom to chose who I work for, and multiple sources of income. Any advice is appreciated. Vox Nihili fucked around with this message at 20:08 on May 30, 2018 |
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gvibes posted:She apparently wrote her own article - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/04/my-misadventure-with-the-magician-of-manhattan Vanity Fair may have just wrote it off because it made for a great story. If you're going to get played, do so in interesting and exciting ways.
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My boss has a financial planner that's doing the standard financial planner fleecing. I saw a 529 plan was setup for his son and I checked out the options just for the hell of it. http://www.jhinvestments.com/College/Portfolio.aspx?PortfolioID=31&PortfolioType=A So basically you choose between a ER of 1.3% and a 5% sales charge or an ER of 2% and no sales charge. Plus a bunch of maintenance and recording fees not included I'm sure.
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Midjack posted:Anna had just pulled up a list of a dozen numbers. No loving way am I using my card anywhere near her after that. This part stood out to me, as well. Like any restaurant would just take a notepad list of credit card numbers and start running them to see if one worked instead of immediately calling the police.
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Vox Nihili posted:This is an odd one with pretty strong goon vibes: https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/8n300g/mech_engineer_just_got_laid_off_from_job_57k_in/ This is a bummer. She's BWM but getting canned with no recourse is hosed up. The crypto is dumb, obviously. I'd say cash out her crypto and pay the minimums while she gets a new job ASAP. That's gotta be priority number 1. And maybe talk to a lawyer. AndrewP fucked around with this message at 21:17 on May 30, 2018 |
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