GreyEyedGhost
@GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
- Comment on Just to get this straight. If I stand outside a voting center and give each person 500 bucks to vote for me. That is illegal? But if I am a Dipshit In Chief and offer 5k that is 100 percent legal? 13 hours ago:
There is a difference between “I will pay you to vote for me” and “I will pay you if I win.” The first is certainly illegal, the second should be. In some ways, the second statement reminds me of the phrase, “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” Sure, no direct order was given, but the priest still died.
I don’t expect to see any response to this statement from law enforcement, just like there wasn’t when Musk actually paid people to vote for the conservative judge.
- Comment on 'Coyote vs. Acme' rightsholders are sending illegitimate DMCA notices to cancel their own free advertising 2 days ago:
Back in the old days, 1999 to 2001, there was a website where people posted TV commercials, watched them, and commented on them. This treasure trove of free advertising and feedback was taken down due to copyright infringement.
- Comment on On 9/11 what was the internet like after it happened? Did people quit being dicks or trolls and showed some decency? Or was it like we have today and nothing changed? 3 days ago:
The Endless Summer began in the late 80s and early 90s…
- Comment on Why are lemmings so touchy about downvotes? 3 days ago:
Yep, when I was on there, I’d give +1 to funny and +2 to trolls. If someone showed up due to their high trolling votes, it was either the wildest or most hateful shit, but it was a hell of a read. Some of it was damned funny.
- Comment on How about instead, a longer healthier retirement? 1 week ago:
Those arent the people I’m referring to.
I’d be happy to pay more taxes to have a better social safety net that I expect to need very little at this point in my life. I already live in a country with universal healthcare. Yet there are still people who have no problem giving piles of cash and tax breaks to big business while at the same time complaining about the taxes we spend on social safety nets, voting for things that only help the elites, and maybe barely help those who have just a little more than what the average citizen has, and are just a few bad months from losing all they’ve gained. They make up about 30% of the population where I live, which is just enough to keep us from doing anything better.
- Comment on How about instead, a longer healthier retirement? 1 week ago:
There are a small number of people who already work as much as they want and live their best lives…due in large part to the rest of us not having that opportunity.
There is a significantly larger number of people who are willing to slave away for the faint hope they can join that elite class.
- Comment on How about instead, a longer healthier retirement? 1 week ago:
The only reason my work pants are different colors is because sometimes the color I prefer is out of stock. I did go so far as to intentionally pick two different colors of shirt of the same style, though. I have fashionable non-work clothes because my sister-in-law buys her husband trendy new clothes every year and he’s about my size.
- Comment on Rich ppl live longer 1 week ago:
- Comment on Rich ppl live longer 1 week ago:
Well, the WHO puts it in the same category as tobacco. Is tobacco just strongly correlated to cancer? And I don’t need to say it is causative, because The Lancet did.
You can stack that data up against your anecdotes however you like.
- Comment on Rich ppl live longer 1 week ago:
It means that any amount of alcohol increases the odds of you dying sooner or having other negative health effects sooner (which will lead to you dying sooner). There is no amount that won’t increase those odds. It says nothing about how much any given drink would impact your life span. I’m not saying it’s negligible or significant, but I can’t be bothered to look it up.
- Comment on CW: Mr. Breast 1 week ago:
I have to believe she takes care of it all on the first of the month so she knows she’ll have 4 full weeks of peace.
- Comment on Profit over people is a failed system 2 weeks ago:
This is incomplete. They maximize profit now. They will always kill the goose that lays golden eggs, they will skin the sheep instead of shearing it, they will destroy a market for the sake of more profits this quarter, and they will be surprised when revolution occurs.
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 3 weeks ago:
I just started playing Vintage Story. Upsides: no taxes, and my house can be as big or small as I want it. Downsides: I will have to slave away every day or I will die, and will probably die repeatedly even if I do. Sort-of upside: dying is merely inconvenient (so far, anyway).
- Comment on business is business 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I don’t think many people call it fun, but like you said it also isn’t a great way to make money.
- Comment on business is business 3 weeks ago:
On the flip side, Uber is basically a hobby. Do these people buy their cars just to drive for Uber, or do they drive for Uber to make some extra cash with the car they already have/need?
- Comment on Not to arm chair general it. How come the US doesn't get a bunch of helicopters over to the Lincoln with food meds and whatever? How did it get this bad where we can't supply our own ships? 3 weeks ago:
Like the old saying. Armchair generals talk strategy (and maybe testosterone levels). Real generals talk logistics (and maybe if their troops fuck).
- Comment on Lead writer Margaret Hamilton standing next to the finished Moon landing script 3 weeks ago:
Well, thats interesting too! And the shitpost still gave me a chuckle.
- Comment on Lead writer Margaret Hamilton standing next to the finished Moon landing script 3 weeks ago:
I’m a little offended at referring to her as the director’s assistant, given what she actually did. It could have been just as good a shitpost if she had been referred to as his screenwriter and not diminished how instrumental she was.
- Comment on Social Security can be saved. Scrap the cap! 3 weeks ago:
Have you heard of Schedule C? It’s mentioned at the bottom of page 9 in the pdf you linked. But please, do keep doubling down.
- Comment on Social Security can be saved. Scrap the cap! 3 weeks ago:
You said if you made $184k you would pay $0 into SS. In fact you would pay over $20k. How is that correct?
- Comment on People who do not specify units of measurement in international contexts 3 weeks ago:
Often, people look to the internet to learn things. Given that circu.stance, they may not have that foundational knowledge. So how are those scrubs supposed to git gud?
- Comment on Social Security can be saved. Scrap the cap! 3 weeks ago:
Okay, so you’re talking about something where you have the bare minimum of knowledge. That’s cool, this is the i telnet after all. Not being an American, I haven’t spent a lot of time reading their tax laws or forms. I dont know if that applies to you. But I try to be more informed if I’m going to argue on the internet, and it appears SS is a marginal tax just like many others. In this case, it’s a flat tax up to $184.5k this year, and 0 for income above that amount. So your initial point was also wrong.
- Comment on People who do not specify units of measurement in international contexts 3 weeks ago:
I get what you’re saying, but a realistic temperature for cooking only makes sense if you’re familiar with cooking. I’m sure there was someone who was wondering why their cookies weren’t cooking at 175° F or utterly annihilated them at 350° C. It’s just a couple extra characters, anyway.
- Comment on Supporters of famous influencer Andrew Tate rally in Miami 3 weeks ago:
“Innocent until proven guilty!”
Uh, yeah, exactly. So let’s send them over there to be judged for their actions and determine if they’re guilty. It’s not like they’re going straight to jail, they aren’t facing the death penalty. So go. Get proven guilty, or not.
- Comment on Social Security can be saved. Scrap the cap! 3 weeks ago:
The qualifier you put under here, which is not in your original comment, is if you’re self-employed. What if you aren’t? (Let’s ignore the question of if you should be at that i come.)
- Comment on Social Security can be saved. Scrap the cap! 3 weeks ago:
If, as you say, the median income of lawyers in $150k, then it’s safe to assume more than half are making over 6 figures. According to this link I found in a quick search, about 10% of lawyers make less than 100k. Can that be said of the other professions you mentioned?
This ignores the fact she is advocating getting rid of the cap for everyone, not just lawyers.
- Comment on Wooden Cutting Boards Are the Best | SciShow [12:53] 4 weeks ago:
Wood has anti-microbial properties, which plastic does not. The other commonly raised concern is contaminants getting stuck in the grain or cut grooves of wood cutting boards. The problem is any plastic cutting board will also have grooves after it has been used for a while. Ultimately, a properly cleaned wooden cutting board is probably safer than a properly cleaned plastic one.
On the topic of anti-microbial materials, silver, copper, and copper alloys including brass are anti-microbial, so the best material for doorknobs and other high-contact surfaces from a sanitary standpoint is uncoated silver or brass.
- Comment on Painful to recover from 4 weeks ago:
I was more thinking he could be in the fire.
- Comment on Painful to recover from 4 weeks ago:
It’s possible both scenarios included Elon Musk.
- Comment on Still waiting for my Donny dollar check, any day now... 4 weeks ago:
Let’s talk about death taxes in America. You will hear the line about paying taxes when you’re alive and then paying taxes when you die. I checked this out a few years ago, so this information is out of date, but that means the exemptions have only gone higher.
While you’re alive, you could gift about $10k to each child per year, from each parent. This meant if you had 3 kids, you could do a tax free wealth transfer of $60k per year. When you died, you could give each child $10 million, again per parent. This means the absolute minimum wealth required to pay an estate tax on was $10 million, providing the wealth was held by only one person and they only had one child. If the scenario above was used, with 2 parents owning the wealth jointly and having 3 children, you could transfer $60 million, plus another $600k if you had started working on your estate planning 10 years before you died. And even then, you were only paying taxes on the portion above the tax-free amounts listed above. All of this doesn’t even require any trusts or other tax haven’t shenanigans.
tl;dr Pretty much anyone who is paying estate taxes can afford to.
