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Fitzy Fitz posted:Yeah, what I was getting at is that most of the influencers in the article are assuming they can make a career out of it by only being hot and popular. Their emails are being thrown in the trash because they're not acting like professionals. Hot, popular and professional: you can only pick two, go.
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Murderball posted:Going to break a rule here, but I felt it's good content fodder- over several drinks, the girl I've been dating a while was having a discussion at me about our future and mentioned something about her willing to go halfsies with me on an engagement ring. Something along the lines of a $20,000 price tag, ideally You should be spending more than this, honestly.* *Poster may or may not have serious equity in a diamond mine startup.
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howdoesishotweb posted:Sure, but who has the time for silly things like “research” and “due diligence” when they’re a busy professional. PDG is one of the dumbest loving places on the entire internet, and if the MAGA chuds don't get you, the utterly stereotypical simplemindedness about finance will.
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Is he allowed to listen to music?
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Fhqwhgads posted:I'm way late to this because I'm traveling but I just found out my brother just bought a $37,000 engagement ring. I was floored. Even my mother who is all about large diamonds was like no she does not need a 3ct stone wtf are you doing? I actually "oof'ed" out loud at this one.
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Nov 30, 2018 19:58
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Des Moines definitely has (and had, at the time) one of the nicest casinos in the whole state (Prairie Meadows) and is a great place to live with tons going on. I went to look how long ago this doofus flunked this bet and it turns out it was like within the past 10 years. Idiot.
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My point is you could live exceedingly well on $1,000 a day, gamble $1,000 a day and still net a tidy $20K in Des Moines.
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Krispy Wafer posted:Still better odds of success than a bar. Really? I've heard bars just absolutely poo poo money.
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George H.W. oval office posted:All the best BBQ spots here in Texas always start as some dude just smoking some meat for fun. Transitions to a pop up and eventually gets the following enough to open brick and mortar. Houston has a bbq scene that’s starting to really flourish and compete with Austin and the hill country. BBQ GWMGWL My buddy was the head chef of the Pit Room as it launched down there. He's since moved along, but that's his reputation if you ever go check it out.
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oh my god this needs to get a billion views
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the talent deficit posted:medical schools hate failing students. generally if you're accepted and you're not a complete rear end in a top hat you'll get steered into some speciality that doesn't require any particular competence, like burn surgery or anesthiology can't make half a million a year until you at least learn to spell "anesthesiology."
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the talent deficit posted:my partner is an interventional radiologist. every anethesiologist i ever met washed out of ortho. suck it medifailures I realize I'm coming back for seconds but you misspelled it, again.
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Third time was the charm.
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Bird in a Blender posted:Look at the Nissan CEO who Japan is going after for like $40 million in unpaid taxes. The guy had more money than 99.9% of the world, but he just had to have a little bit more. This assumes that the case made by Nissan and Mitsubishi is all above board and correct. The accusations made by Japan and these Japanese companies are exceedingly convenient (to put it politely) when it comes to wresting back control of the two traditionally Japanese companies now held largely by Renault (as a consequence of Ghosn's intervention, which certainly saved both companies from bankruptcy). To put it less politely, numerous economic states have manipulated tax policy as they see fit to target prominent multinational individuals when it aligns with their political goals. Do I think soccer players (with image rights, particularly) and CEOs (stock options and bonus compensation) are playing by the same rules as ordinary citizens? No, but they're within the realm of "behavior which is tolerated" until governments decide to apply slightly more scrutiny to some wealthy individuals than others. You're going to see this, more and more, whether the merits of Ghosn's individual prosecution hold up (or not).
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Vox Nihili posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3877294&pagenumber=1&perpage=40 Spend less on candles.
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God I love taking a big hit of the bad with money thread.
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Ixian posted:I love the sheer naivety of this statement from the OP. Why yes, please do talk to a banker about getting a loan that looks like a regular mortgage, only without the house as collateral. And report back on how it went. Ideally never, as their sub-optimal behavior is the secret sauce of my economic fortune in the presence of demographic stagnation, dwindling productivity and a reactionary president hell-bent on stopping immigration.
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Vox Nihili posted:Imagine if Americans put the money they spent on tithes into a retirement account instead. lol
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:How often do these guys drive themselves around in their economy boxes? I got to imagine they keep one parked at the mansion for the image but primarily get carted around by teams of security and drivers. Warren drives himself to the office every morning and gets breakfast on the way at McDonald's. He pays for one of three breakfasts in exact change depending on how prosperous he feels. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/18/warren-buffett-buys-breakfast-from-mcdonalds-for-under-3-point-17.html
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Buffett has fences and cameras at his 650k house, but doesn't need security for the 5 minute commute between his home and the Berkshire Hathaway offices in Omaha. Omaha is a relatively big Midwestern city but I imagine it's awfully safe in the nicer parts of town.
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Krispy Wafer posted:Ross Perot drove an older Lincoln. Worse, Jobs actually bought (by trade) and daily drove a new sports car every 6 months so he would never have to register the cars in California. Elizabeth Holmes picked up the same quirk when she was the CEO at Theranos.
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kimbo305 posted:Venerate the thrifty entrepreneur, but also extremely traditional gender roles, I guess. In the HBO biopic it's all but openly acknowledged that Warren Buffett is on the autism spectrum and would have never been successful in life were it not for traditional gender stereotypes allowing him to find someone who could help him function in normal waking life. He openly acknowledges these shortcomings, and states the "three most worthwhile investments he's made" to be the two wedding rings for his first and second wives, and the house he owns in Omaha. I don't know that a normal functioning person should ever aspire to be what he is or have what he has.
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Residency Evil posted:A story from one of my co-workers: Frugality is a hell of a drug!
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Modern US leftists are literally the softest bitches on earth and the only risk they pose you is that you'll drown in their tears as they cry themselves to sleep in DSA branded Sherpa blankets (who are still somehow not as soft as they are). Serious discussions of massive income and wealth inequality routinely devolve into discussions of anime and Magic the Gathering so you know if revolution would cause even "mild inconvenience" these cowards aren't up for it. edit: I should probably clarify that I don't mean people with progressive politics or Democrats or liberals or whatever you identify as if you're not an utter ghoul, I mean the real "anarchosocialist" poo poo that would be required to create an actual factual revolution based on inequality. EAT FASTER!!!!!! fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Jan 2, 2019 |
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