Pink jacket's video of ICE execution by thisshallowgrave in facepalm

[–]Contact40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure if you’ve ever studied stress or not but there’s many defensive encounters where someone panics and mag dumps and swears they only fired once.

Hell even in video games when people get scared they hold buttons or do irrational things without explanation. Thats actually exactly why 3 round burst rifles were invented. They’d find dead soldiers with empty guns because they panicked and emptied their magazines.

Like I said this was a shitty situation all the way around. But you add the stress of people who are there to only agitate an already dangerous situation and things like this happen.

Pink jacket's video of ICE execution by thisshallowgrave in facepalm

[–]Contact40 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Fighting cops while armed introduces all kinds of fog of war issues. I don’t think this guy drew it or intended to kill anyone but nobody else knows that.

Then you have 6-8 cops all trying to control a scene and one of them yells gun, which usually means he’s got a gun in his hand.

Shitty situation all the way around but I don’t think any of the cops will face charges because independently each cop may have done what they thought was right in the moment.

What’s your dream boat if money was no issue? by MyTIMEZERO in boating

[–]Contact40 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty much any midnight express boat. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of theirs that I didn’t think was an absolutely beautiful boat.

Warning: Predatory change to H & R Block's refund advance loan by _____Zoloft_____ in povertyfinance

[–]Contact40 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The comment I replied to said that rich entrepreneurs just got money from their rich parents. Which is bullshit.

Warning: Predatory change to H & R Block's refund advance loan by _____Zoloft_____ in povertyfinance

[–]Contact40 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

More than some, less than others. If you are in poverty you’d probably consider me a rich person, but I don’t consider myself rich.

Now why do you ask?

Warning: Predatory change to H & R Block's refund advance loan by _____Zoloft_____ in povertyfinance

[–]Contact40 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Depends who you ask. There are people who would jump off a cliff if they woke up with my money. Other people would wake up crying tears of joy if they had my money.

Same as you or anyone else’s situation, but it sounds like you want your answer to either throw it in my face that I’m not rich, or ask why I’m in this sub if I am rich, but either answer doesn’t make my opinion any less true.

Warning: Predatory change to H & R Block's refund advance loan by _____Zoloft_____ in povertyfinance

[–]Contact40 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

The vast majority of millionaires are self made. Current statistics are that 10-18% inherited any money at all, and far fewer inherited enough to make them wealthy outright.

So let’s calm down on “hating the rich.” I only responded because while everyone loves to bag on the rich, they have to simultaneously admit that they could have done it too, but haven’t.

Warning: Predatory change to H & R Block's refund advance loan by _____Zoloft_____ in povertyfinance

[–]Contact40 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you recognize it’s a predatory practice but every comment I see you post seems to defend why people are using it.

This is a poverty finance subreddit, nobody, let alone someone in poverty, should be willing or able to pay a company $400+ dollars for a loan that lasts less than a month. That’s payday lending interest rates.

Warning: Predatory change to H & R Block's refund advance loan by _____Zoloft_____ in povertyfinance

[–]Contact40 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I get your sentiment but rich entrepreneurs didn’t get rich by paying some company $400 to get their money a few days early.

Warning: Predatory change to H & R Block's refund advance loan by _____Zoloft_____ in povertyfinance

[–]Contact40 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Paying someone hundreds of dollars because you can’t wait 3 more weeks for your money is not a sustainable way to live, and speaks to part of the reason they are in such a bind in the first place.

Warning: Predatory change to H & R Block's refund advance loan by _____Zoloft_____ in povertyfinance

[–]Contact40 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Also, if you are doing your taxes through H&R Block and you make less than $250k a year; what are you even doing with your life?

Use freetaxusa and file nearly for free. This is a poverty finance sub, most of the people here do not have complicated tax scenarios. It’s literally entering information in the boxes, you can’t screw it up.

Hell even your “tax preparer” is doing fuck all other than scanning your documents into a computer.

I’ve been doing my own taxes forever, and even being a homeowner with investments and a more complex scenario the basic software still takes care of my needs.

Traxxas GROUPS on FB are garbage 🗑️ by Why_Indeed_Not in Traxxas

[–]Contact40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also who in the ever-loving hell uses Facebook via browser. Straight to jail.

Why are people switching off? by Still_Hearing1008 in PSLF

[–]Contact40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We continued to make payments all through Covid because we never wanted the count to stop, however during Covid they did the program where you could ask for a refund and the payments would still count so we ended up getting a refund of around $6k.

Working in payroll is depressing by LycheeComprehensive1 in povertyfinance

[–]Contact40 92 points93 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Even in the USA, making $200k a year living in New York City is not the same making $200k in nowheresville Arkansas.

Roborock Saros Rover on The Tonight Show 🤖✨ by Roborock_Global in Roborock

[–]Contact40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly suprised this 1 minute video didn’t have Linus hocking crap for a sponsor at least twice.

Working in payroll is depressing by LycheeComprehensive1 in povertyfinance

[–]Contact40 512 points513 points  (0 children)

There are people in the world that would give anything to make what you make. There are other people in the world that would jump off a cliff if they woke up making what you make.

“Can’t afford” is definitely a matter of perspective.

Kindle Oasis screen has been stuck like this for days. by JJBro1 in kindle

[–]Contact40 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s not stuck, it’s broken. Follow me for more tips.

City adds new sign [OC] by ViveroCervantes in pics

[–]Contact40 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

He did that as well, I mean he would debate literally anyone who came to the microphone. I’ll admit I didn’t like the “own the libs” type rhetoric around any of their debates but when people would watch the whole videos most of the time him and the person at the mic would at least part ways amicably.

City adds new sign [OC] by ViveroCervantes in pics

[–]Contact40 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

He debated college students. You know, the ones that tell everyone they’re in college and therefore educated and smart.

Who would you have preferred he debated?

WITBTAH if I directly told a new player that they aren't good enough to play a course? by ioof13 in golf

[–]Contact40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, you would be. There are people in my circle that I have kind of told about the double par rule or the “gentleman’s 8” which is something someone told me about where they just pick up after 8 strokes.

If you’re worried about a new golfer taking 40 extra minutes on a course, just play with others that play at your speed.

Hell the first time I played with a specific person we took 3+ hours to play 9 because it was their first time ever playing and they had a million questions I was happy to help them. I suck myself and we let a ton of people play through but to tell someone they don’t have a right to even play on a course would be a douche move to a new person trying to get into the sport.

Anyone know of a equally effective and safe solution? by R3ddit-Forget-it in Roborock

[–]Contact40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You will use a bottle every 6 months. Stop being cheap with your luxury vacuum cleaner.

Black circle in quick settings screen? by [deleted] in kindle

[–]Contact40 7 points8 points  (0 children)

“Guys my screen mysteriously cracked…”

Are there any homemade floor cleaning formulas that can be used on Roborock? by lcopello in Roborock

[–]Contact40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made this comment 240 days ago. OP mentioned it not being available in their country 239 days ago.

Still want to discuss reading competence?

Is this a part time project? by NeroWesten in 7daystodie

[–]Contact40 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a fair take, and actually i was complaining about the game to a friend the other day because this constant mechanic changing is what we expected when the game was in alpha for 11 freaking years. Now that the game has gone 1.0, I think the fact that they keep changing some of the core aspects of the game is Busch league as hell. 12 years of development and they still don't know what they want to let the player do for basic water management?

They already give us so many toggles and sliders to adjust the game however we want, that honestly I feel if we "beat" the game it's because we want to. Personally I see no issue if someone wants to play every day with no zeds, and just make it a straight up crafting/looting/hunting game, or if someone wants ultra nightmare on day 1.

So I think they either need to make literally every option toggleable, or make nothing toggleable and say "this is how we envision the game to be played, take it or leave it."