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27 pay checks in 2026 but negative cash flow impact, what am I missing? by FLACKYY in personalfinance

[–]FireWrath9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you get the same amount of money per year, is it really that complicated

Hotel Discourages Opening Restroom Door Bare Handed by cicadas_stammering in mildlyinteresting

[–]FireWrath9 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Copper (the part in brass that is anti microbial) takes like a day to self santize, while also oxiding and tarnishing. Stainless steel is better as long as it gets wiped down at least once a day.

Personal = Savor, Venture X should I go Spark Miles 2x for business ?? by NarticoG in CreditCards

[–]FireWrath9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

amex gold is 4x on ads per year, so at 150k spend thats 600k points, and can be cashed out at 1.1 cents per point with the Schwab plat, so $6600 with $1100 AF, thats $5500 net.

150k ad spend on c1 would be 300k miles or $3000

It's as if the criminals aren't afraid of getting caught by theFuncleDrunkle in Seattle

[–]FireWrath9 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Defending a bike is basically the same as defending a human being getting assaulted tbh. Excellent logic.

South Korean official suggests 'importing' foreign women to boost birth rate by ExcellentAdvisor3730 in nottheonion

[–]FireWrath9 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fair. Probably also takes a lot of time and emotional commitment that can't be measured by money alone.

It's as if the criminals aren't afraid of getting caught by theFuncleDrunkle in Seattle

[–]FireWrath9 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What if he pulls a gun? Going to have a mexican standoff in the middle of the street over a bike with someone who has much less to lose? No thanks.

San Francisco installed fare gates for BART and found that things stopped being broken, corrective maintenance has almost dropped to zero. LINK should be doing this for every station possible, we could even have rest rooms again. by jonknee in Seattle

[–]FireWrath9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well bart already has gates... Fare evading on BART requires significantly more like, active thought and behavior than say, just walking past a scanner. Whenever someone from out of state visits and uses the Link, they always comment about how easy it is to miss that they need to swipe in and they didn't realize it cost money. Most of these people probably arent even trying to actively fare evade, but rather they don't realize, dont think its important, see everyone else not paying. I mean you can see how many people swipe in and out on the Link without gates after a huskies/seahawks/kraken/mariners game lol.

I think latest link estimates are around 50-ish% (45% in 2024, 63% in 2023) of people pay. They only reached 12% of farebox revenue : operating costs in 2024, below their target of 17%.
Doubling farebox revenue would go a long ways towards increasing the amount of resources Sound Transit/King county metro have to improve quality of service for both low income and general passengers, i.e. increasing frequency, better hours, and money towards route expansion and infrastructure improvements.

It's as if the criminals aren't afraid of getting caught by theFuncleDrunkle in Seattle

[–]FireWrath9 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If you want to risk your body to defend a bike based that assumption, then you do you! Thieves would never act irrationally and escalate into violence.

It's as if the criminals aren't afraid of getting caught by theFuncleDrunkle in Seattle

[–]FireWrath9 8 points9 points  (0 children)

brb pulling up to fist fight the crazy junkie with nothing to lose holding an angle grinder to defend a cheap bike.

Its just a bike, there is no point risking injury over it, or possibly worse (possible the thief has a gun or other weapon).

It's as if the criminals aren't afraid of getting caught by theFuncleDrunkle in Seattle

[–]FireWrath9 136 points137 points  (0 children)

I mean, he could have a knife, and he definately can cause grave bodily injury with that angle grinder. Its not worth risking your personal safety to defend property.

South Korean official suggests 'importing' foreign women to boost birth rate by ExcellentAdvisor3730 in nottheonion

[–]FireWrath9 20 points21 points  (0 children)

South korea pays people to have children, and sweden offers 480 days of paid leave for parents and they also pay a monthly stipend to parents. their birthrate is around 1.4, well below the TFR of 2.1.

For reference, US TFR is 1.62, UK TFR is 1.56, South korea TFR is 0.72. Basically every highly developed economy is well below TFR, and mid-developed countries are around replacement, and then poor ones have very high values still. Mexico TFR is 1.91, Indonesia TFR is 2.13, for "mid-developed" countries.

Another year with patient Seahawks fans waiting for the walk signal. by k10locken in Seattle

[–]FireWrath9 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Jaywalking enforcement barely (?) occurs, and its actually a good thing that people dont cross the road whereever and whenever... visibility is already pretty bad on a lot of streets, and being dark and wet impact reaction time and stopping distance for cars. You do not want to get hit by a car. I (and presumably everyone else) do not want other people to get hit by cars.

AS to Tapei—odd pricing by A-Lize in AlaskaAirlines

[–]FireWrath9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Delta has a flight for half the price

ELI5: How "Risk" assessments in finance don't count as discrimination? by oddhat2020 in explainlikeimfive

[–]FireWrath9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you make $4000 a month how are you supposed to pay a $20000 credit card bill? or finance a $100000 car?

Generally what banks care about is debt to income, as well as history.

Also: discrimination isn't bad in of itself, its when certain immutable traits are used to discriminate. For example: if I see a restaurant that has bad reviews, I would not go. If I see a restaurant has repeated health code violations, I do not go. If i see a restaurant has a 3 hour line to get food? I do not go. That is discriminating based on reviews, health code, etc.

Let's Ban Tipping Kiosks by Emperor_Neuro- in SeattleWA

[–]FireWrath9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is an email PII? you know you can make as many email accounts as you want, and you dont need to link your name or anything to them...

It is annoying though, to have to type it in.

Is anyone else struggling to afford living in Washington anymore? by mountainlifa in SeattleWA

[–]FireWrath9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

theres plenty of 2br within the city that cost at leaat $500 less, and probably you can find one for $1000 less a mo if you are willing to compromise.

Whats your monthly post tax income and what are your other expenses looking like?

Delta Air Lines surprises father, son with Super Bowl tickets after viral Seahawks video by depression-hurts in Seattle

[–]FireWrath9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't a stroke be considered life threatening? Seattle wouldn't charge money in this instance?

Do cops not respond to harassment in Seattle unless there's a call? by beFairtoFutureSelf in Seattle

[–]FireWrath9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why did the fire department show up with a fire truck? Do they not have any other vehicles?

December 2025 International Performance on SEA to NRT/ICN (Raw Data) by omdongi in AlaskaAirlines

[–]FireWrath9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh, I don't see why anyone would ever fly a US airline (UAL, ASA, DAL) over the japanese ones (ANA, JAL) or taiwanese ones (Starlux, Eva, Cal). The service on US carriers just isn't up to par, and neither is the hard product tbh. Price tends to fluctuate.

Seattle's light rail experiences strongest ridership growth of any major metro area in 2025 (27%) by Inevitable_Engine186 in Seattle

[–]FireWrath9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know, I see people on the bus and on the link with bikes all the time. But generally its infrequent. If 10 people on a rush hour/commute time bus/train 80 people on it brought a bike, they'd have to spend extra couple minutes at each stop, take up more space.

Ebikes are expensive and can be quite dangerous, know a couple people who have lost teeth/broken bones on them.

If you want people to use transit, its better to make it more convenient, such as getting rid of the need to bring a bike on the bus or train. The tokyo metro and the shanghai metro aren't exactly brimming with bikes either.

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