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turing_test posted:Congrats!!! I can’t believe they make you stand the whole fine, jeez. I imagine it makes focusing pretty hard! I find it easier to stand unless I'm exhausted or bored as poo poo, and then I am more prone to sit or wander off to a conference room and not get anything done...
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SiGmA_X posted:You don't stand for a few hours a day? What type of cave do you work at?! (I thought sit/stand stations were just the norm in Corporate America... poo poo, I also have one at home.) I do have a sit / stand desk but I prefer to sit down when I have to focus on something. Maybe I'm just bad at standing.
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This thread has the weirdest loving derails Thanks for the kind words, everybody (and thanks for helping me get in financial shape through this thread so i'm not poo poo at saving the money). Onward to June!
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How many shitcoins are you gonna buy with those winnings???
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Spokes posted:This thread has the weirdest loving derails Just watched through the highlights on the show, nice job sir!
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AHHHHH just watched it, you played it perfectly imo. So calm under pressure, too - major major props, I can't imagine the pressure that you must have been under. Super congrats!!!
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May 31, 2018 19:20
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That was a cool and fun watch, you did really well. Congrats!
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Just watched that too and well played!!! Congrats!
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How much did he win?
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Walked away with 30k since the 50k question was some bullshit about Victoria's Secret models
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The YouTube link had it if you can watch it, but he walked away at winning $30k. I'm curious about the withholding on that. I assume like bonuses, they automatically withhold at >25%.
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SpelledBackwards posted:The YouTube link had it if you can watch it, but he walked away at winning $30k. I'm curious about the withholding on that. I assume like bonuses, they automatically withhold at >25%. And you mean 22%, thanks deferring reality I mean TCJA. SiGmA_X fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Jun 3, 2018 |
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SiGmA_X posted:I doubt it, its a business paying a contractor. 1099. But I'd assume he'll owe 22-24%+15.3%+state if any. I don't think you pay FICA tax on lottery/game show type stuff.
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Droo posted:I don't think you pay FICA tax on lottery/game show type stuff.
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Yeah, I believe it's just subject to the regular income tax on that money -- i don't think any withholding was done, though. I also traveled out of state to tape the show, so that'll be some work to figure out. (Thanks again for the all the encouragement on millionaire, everybody! I worked my rear end off to study and make it on and I'm really fortunate it went as well as it did.) Anyway, I looked at the June budget I posted earlier and realized that a lot of the numbers aren't realistic since I'm going to be on vacation for a week and if I don't realistically budget for fun spending and food i'm going to blow right past my amounts and then not care about logging anything. So I've bumped up impulse food and gaming, just for this month. I did get renters insurance, and bundling it with auto only raises the total amount I pay annually by ~$40. I hope nobody minds me bumping this topic even though it's not a giant flaming wreck of entirely bad habits anymore. Here's my June budget: pre:Auto-spending amounts Rent/Utilities $950.00 Dog Needs $50.00 Auto-savings $30.00 Saving amounts and goals Emergency Fund $325.00 Ann. Payments* $162.00 New Bed/Couch $50.00 Tokyo 2020 $125.00 Good DDR Pad $50.00 Elective spending Groceries $175.00 Hulu Cable $44.00 Transportation $40.00 Impulse Food $200.00 Gaming/Trip $300.00 date night $40.00 Gym Fees $10.00 Netflix Monthly $8.00 Patreon Subs $5.00 Charitable $35.00 *Annual Payments -- Dashlane, Amazon Prime, Financier.io, Spotify, Car reg+smog, New Clothes, Holiday/Birthday Gifts, Dog Medical Deductible, Car/Renters Insurance Total Budget -- $2,599.00 Also, speaking of money! HQ trivia is doing a promotion for the NBA finals where they offer a game worth $100k for game 1, $200k for game 2, etc etc. If playing free trivia for money intrigues you, this is a hell of a time to start playing. I won't shill my referral code because you probably have a real, not goon friend that plays (ask on facebook!). Regardless, thanks for reading another kaczynski-esque screed as i vomit my financial thoughts onto this dead gay forum.
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Disliked. The hero's voyage should be achieved by overcoming multiple obstacles, as he engages in a journey of self-discovery and realising what it truly important to him. Cornholio is a good example. This was too easy, no sense of character development. I was not invested in his redemption. I suggest an unplanned pregnancy or a emerging drug habit in the upcoming reveals.
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John Smith posted:Disliked. The hero's voyage should be achieved by overcoming multiple obstacles, as he engages in a journey of self-discovery and realising what it truly important to him. Cornholio is a good example. But John, isn't it nice when things just... work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl2U1p3fVRk
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:But John, isn't it nice when things just... work? But the narrative just doesn't fit. For the anti-hero / outright villain to turn to the Light so quickly within 6 pages?!? It just comes out as lazy writing. There needs to be a reveal where it turns out that he way overspent and these are all lies to cover it up. Cornholio and Zaurg had multiple episodes of those, they were great!
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John Smith posted:Lol, that was pretty amazing. Never saw it before. Hope it was real, instead of CGI. Off memory there was a cut halfway but that’s it. I’m glad others still remember that video, it’s the first thing I thought of when I read the quote.
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Of course nobody understands the reference but very often in my line of work I ask my trainees who have prepared for and executed a plan successfully because of preparation and meticulous practice, "isn't it nice when things just work?" I use it almost as often as I remind them that "when you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edCqF_NtpOQ
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:Of course nobody understands the reference but very often in my line of work I ask my trainees who have prepared for and executed a plan successfully because of preparation and meticulous practice, "isn't it nice when things just work?" Without even watching it, it was the ellipsis/pause before 'work' that made it instantly spring back in my mind and I haven't seen it in near on a decade I'd guess.
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Nam Taf posted:Without even watching it, it was the ellipsis/pause before 'work' that made it instantly spring back in my mind and I haven't seen it in near on a decade I'd guess. The people I'm giving this line to are now like 25 at oldest so they were 10 when this commercial came out. Sad!
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I still don't believe the tires going up the goddamn ramp are real. (i mean, the rational part of me does and i've read way too many articles about it at this point but just look at it!)
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Spokes posted:I still don't believe the tires going up the goddamn ramp are real. They’re weighted with a weight at top centre. Knock them and the weight is enough to pull them up a ramp. Look at how they oscillate as the weight settles at the bottom and picture a slab of metal strapped inside.
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Spokes posted:I still don't believe the tires going up the goddamn ramp are real.
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His habit is gamboling and hopefully, sports betting becomes legal nationwide so we can have lots of I can't believe my team lost to the Browns now I can't pay my rent threads. How can I make $1,500 in a day.
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Two weeks out of debt and my finances are already slowly being swallowed up by the sticky purple lifestyle creep. I've blown through a third of my (increased) June impulse food budget and it's only the 7th. Posting to keep myself accountable and stop spending money like a dipshit. GF's car has been in the shop so I've been doing all the driving, leading me to just pop into mcdonalds or wherever as I pass by. Hopefully I can quickly turn this around. Just letting anyone reading this thread know that it's still difficult once you're out of debt! kind of like losing weight, i guess, though I wouldn't know anything about that.
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Pack meals or snacks if you're going to be out for a while. Whenever I'm out for a couple of hours I at least pack a water bottle so I don't waste a couple of bucks and 5 minutes in a drive thru getting a drink.
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Spokes posted:Two weeks out of debt and my finances are already slowly being swallowed up by the sticky purple lifestyle creep. I've blown through a third of my (increased) June impulse food budget and it's only the 7th. Posting to keep myself accountable and stop spending money like a dipshit. Also, if you do buy fast food, make it a rule you have to get out and do like ten burpees before eating. That alone will be enough to stop the small cravings from getting at you.
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OP, the post below is filled with bad advice. You're a game show winner. You deserve some delicious greasy food and you can afford it with your big $$winnings$$. Just budget properly for it. Remember, you're going to need to properly fuel your body for those burpees.moana posted:Stop spending money like a dipshit, also start eating delicious healthy snacks instead of McDs and you'll lose some goddamn weight and stop lining your arteries. My dad died of a heart attack at age 45, don't gently caress yourself over like he did. What's your worst impulse place? McDs? Cut it out completely. Whatever the worst/most common place is, just make it a hard and fast rule you can't go there. Instead, bag up some baby carrots or keep an apple/banana/orange in the car with you at all times for snack emergencies.
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zaurg posted:OP, the post below is filled with bad advice. You're a game show winner. You deserve some delicious greasy food and you can afford it with your big $$winnings$$. Just budget properly for it. Remember, you're going to need to properly fuel your body for those burpees. gently caress off zaurg and go drink your own thread full of piss that you abandoned
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zaurg posted:OP, the post below is filled with bad advice. You're a game show winner. You deserve some delicious greasy food and you can afford it with your big $$winnings$$. This kind of thought process right here is why the majority of people who have big windfalls (especially game show/lottery winners) end up WORSE off financially afterwards. Hopefully you had a plan for your winnings (e.g. 50% pay off debt, 35% retirement, 10% e-fund/savings, 5% fun). If not, make a plan for whatever is left and then action it straight away! Whatever splurging you've already done comes out of the fun portion.
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Spokes posted:Two weeks out of debt and my finances are already slowly being swallowed up by the sticky purple lifestyle creep. I've blown through a third of my (increased) June impulse food budget and it's only the 7th. Posting to keep myself accountable and stop spending money like a dipshit. GF's car has been in the shop so I've been doing all the driving, leading me to just pop into mcdonalds or wherever as I pass by. Hopefully I can quickly turn this around. Just letting anyone reading this thread know that it's still difficult once you're out of debt! kind of like losing weight, i guess, though I wouldn't know anything about that.
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zaurg posted:OP, the post below is filled with bad advice. You're a game show winner. You deserve some delicious greasy food and you can afford it with your big $$winnings$$. Just budget properly for it. Remember, you're going to need to properly fuel your body for those burpees. gently caress off. John Smith posted:I sense some exciting episodes coming up!!! This could be the start of a long slide down... Also gently caress off. Spokes, you made good progress, be proud of it, there’s always a backslide, what’s key is tempering it now. I think you can do it.
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Leng posted:This kind of thought process right here is why the majority of people who have big windfalls (especially game show/lottery winners) end up WORSE off financially afterwards. yeah, after taxes it's probably going to be about 99% e-fund, which should get that secured and good to go, then I can start dumping surplus money in actual investments (1% fun, which is basically my trip later this month). I taped a year ago, so I've thought about the different things i might want to buy for fun but waiting has gotten me to talk myself out of them. (eg i don't need a new computer, this one works fine and it's not like there's new games i actually want to play). Also I have to imagine the bfc regs rolling their eyes every time this topic gets bumped and then reading it to see it's a zaurg or JS post. double whammy! Days without buying fast food: One!
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Ok, but honest truth is I am genuinely a bit disappointed. It is not that I wish ill for you, but I was just getting emotionally attached to the story and then you just fix it with your windfall from out of nowhere. It is a bit like WTF  I consider Cornholio as the ideal BFC story. He achieved happiness while the journey itself was both entertaining for the audience and enlightening / enriching for Cornholio. Still, I shall try to wish you well I guess.
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Spokes posted:Days without buying fast food: One! And yeah, activity. Disc golf. Where in SoCal are you? There's gotta be a course nearby.
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Spokes someone gave me a disc golf set years ago and I never played. I'd give you the set if you want. I think it's still in my closet. But you should do couch to 5k.
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