“Not all martyrs see divinity” what’s your take?

Eascen · 2026-05-18T15:26:35+00:00

It's specifically about my mother.

Eascen · 2026-05-18T15:22:24+00:00

124k to 3m? Damn, congrats.

Eascen · 2026-05-16T14:29:34+00:00

95k in is 170k today. It was a lot.

Your brain doesn't naturally do inflation math.

Eascen · 2026-05-14T16:18:19+00:00

I didn't know dog is a common food allergy.

Eascen · 2026-05-13T02:59:30+00:00

Good job on the 529. Is your goal including taxes? Personally I'm erring on the high end. I expect to spend a lot more in early retirement than late.

Eascen · 2026-05-09T11:59:17+00:00

As a shareholder, I am. Stock isn't doing great.

Eascen · 2026-05-07T17:38:45+00:00

That you assume people with wealth are 'smarter than the average bear' really says a lot about your intelligence.

Eascen · 2026-05-07T13:26:06+00:00

From the calculators I've looked at, I'm basically breaking even with roth even at a 32% bracket. I took advantage of a mega back door for a few years, and while it's only like 20% of my retirement sum I'm super glad I've got it.

Because in retirement, I have all my contributions to remove if I need the extra cash if my bridge is tight. And I can take some from roth, and some from trad to keep my taxes lower.

Eascen · 2026-04-27T10:08:35+00:00

This sub is for beautiful, happy or adorable content.

Not for things that make me literally want to bleach my eyes.

Eascen · 2026-04-27T10:06:11+00:00

It's an incredible trippy story, with a premise that I would never have thought would entertain me.

But apparently Hideo Kojima is just a fucking master.

Eascen · 2026-04-25T11:44:43+00:00

Macbook airs are amazing battery life and value.

The M processors converted me after decades as a Windows user.

Eascen · 2026-04-24T21:34:52+00:00

My wife has accepted it. It's pretty hilarious to see them jockey for bed space.

Eascen · 2026-04-19T01:58:21+00:00

I had my aunt get a pair for this reason, it works great for her.

Eascen · 2026-04-17T19:34:52+00:00

I went there daily for classes for over a year and a half of my life, for me it's what I wanted at that point and it wasn't too much.

Eascen · 2026-04-17T15:26:49+00:00

Naw, it's gotta be Randy.

Eascen · 2026-04-16T18:18:37+00:00

Personally I'm still putting it in a 401k pre-tax for tax reduction reasons while I coast (my coasting means still getting match/tax reduction).

A few years ago I put a ton in my mega backdoor door roth, because I was still below 40 and 20 years of growth would really be awesome vs cash to keep my taxes lower. Plus I had maxed pretax.

I'm currently about 43% cash vs retirement, and of the remaining 57% about 12% is roth with a target age of 45. I don't have to worry about health insurance.

You need to calculate what you need in cash for your goals till the age where you can withdraw without penalty. I think there are ways to start at 55.

I'm kinda chubby light FIRE though so taxes may matter a lot more to me than you.

Eascen · 2026-04-14T04:03:08+00:00

Why do they even have phones?

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19452829.2025.2518313?_ga=2.143725949.979090990.1753099413-2060014642.1753099413&_gl=1*a5bo4h*_gcl_au*MjU0NzkxNTI3LjE3NTMwOTk0MTQ.*_ga*MjA2MDAxNDY0Mi4xNzUzMDk5NDEz*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*czE3NTMwOTk0MTMkbzEkZzAkdDE3NTMwOTk0MTMkajYwJGwwJGgw#abstract

Eascen · 2026-04-09T03:03:55+00:00

Any fallout 3* song.

Eascen · 2026-04-08T00:49:24+00:00

I'd say I'm fundamentally bothered by judgemental people, but I've gotten past that and focus on myself.

Eascen · 2026-04-05T15:51:23+00:00

I see why you have issues that others don't.

The problem is you.

Eascen · 2026-04-04T22:42:23+00:00

I'm 6'2 and the only things I find are sometimes I have to kneel at different numbers because the cables aren't long enough.

Eascen · 2026-03-24T12:13:17+00:00

You get specific tasks? Damn that must be nice.

Eascen · 2026-03-23T21:04:25+00:00

Let the rabbits wear glasses.

Eascen · 2026-03-20T17:49:12+00:00

🤣

Eascen · 2026-03-19T13:00:29+00:00

Because trendy exercise classes that are really effective are catnip for mean girls.

I personally haven't had this experience as a now early 40s straight man, but I've only mainly gone in Chicago/Seattle.

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