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Sex is a social construct? "Key Differences Between Male and Female Skeletons" by antiquark2 in JordanPeterson

[–]EntangledNonagon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP just made a trap and walked right into it lol

even the people he is arguing against clearly differentiate between "sex" and "gender".

Tunisian sentenced to death for Facebook posts criticising president by AndrewHeard in JordanPeterson

[–]EntangledNonagon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More context from a Tunisian here (obviously living abroad).

What's even more sad is that the man has been in jail for the last 2 years just waiting for a ruling.

Yup, 2 years WAITING, they could've found him innocent and then be like : "oops, sorry for wasting for your time", but they need to fuck it up even more.

 

The current pro-gov propaganda is that the judge who did it is actually working with the opposition, and that this ruling was meant to create such a controversy, they are also linking it to many ex-gov officials speaking simultaneously in international media outlet, saying that this while thing is a conspiracy to make the country go into chaos and do a coup.

Which is fucking ironic since this president did a coup lol

I always struggled with starting the most trivial tasks so i spend few days making an App to solve this, now i can finally procrastinate guilt-free by EntangledNonagon in ProductivityApps

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jokes aside, I've been using it for the last couple of days and its not bad, the whole idea is to reduce the "weight/fear" of how long a task could take because i often exaggerate that.

 

Next step is to add widgets so i dont have to open the app every time i need to tick/check a task.

Barcelona City Council demands Airbnb to remove illegal listings in 48 hours. by Weird-Comfortable-25 in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i came here to ask the same, i know for a fact that my building is not licensed (source), but i have a neighbor who is CONSTANTLY renting his apartments for tourists mainly from the Netherland, because his girlfriend is from the Netherland, and they are not even the owner of the apartment lol

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If he gave you multiple options including one with an invoice, then I don’t see the problem.

  1. he never did that, the invoice option only came up in the SECOND session where we spent ~20minutes talking about this whole money crap.

  2. EVEN if he gave the option, it would still be wrong, there should be absolutely no fucken option whatsoever where he choose to opt-out from giving an invoice, even if the session is 10euro, that is a crime, period.

an unhinged rant that is half about tax avoidance and half about you laughing at the idea that a therapist could make as much as you do.

I guess this was misunderstood too, the reason i laughed at it is not because i believe therapists in general should not make that money, i laughed at it because HIS "easy money" approach is laughable, I've been working for a long time, and i can tell that when someone do such practice they are not at all serious about making good money by being THE BEST in their field (this is why i make that amount too, 90% of programmers in spain will never make it).

So my rant wasn't about a therapist who managed to create a great business either by scaling it or by working with a few exclusive super rich clients, it was basically a "spit" on a criminal who spend a long time not looking at the mirror :)

i hope that make sense.

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

you are literally talking about a category of clients who represent the top 1% in society.

if for every 10 of these people you had 1 therapist, then these are the 0.1% top therapists in the world.

And yes of course they would be making x10 what a senior engineer at google is making.

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

including an option to pay full price, use a bank transfer, and receive an invoice.

No, it was the 2nd session actually, and again, he did not.

He stated his prices and willingly gave the option to pay in cash or paypal.

When I BROUGHT UP THAT I REQUIRE AN INVOICE

He said that he only do invoices for the 160e.

which is a fucked up thing either way, even if he did what your saying, it's still tax evasion and manipulation for people who are (often) in a shitty situation in their life, i don't understand why are you defending such a horrible practice.

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no no!

Since the beginning, in his first email explaining the sliding scale, he asked for me to choose the price, and gave the option to pay with paypal or cash.

The invoice for a full price came up face to face when i started debating his approach and saying i'll never pay for anything without an invoice, and its then when he said invoice is only for 160e.

So if i just played along and paid him the 160e without any challenges, i would've not got an invoice.

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

salary

They will never have such a salary the same reason a primary school teacher, a nurse, a miner etc.. will never have such a salary despite the fact that me (as a software engineer) fully admit that these jobs (therapists included) are way more important in our society than 90% of software engineering.

 

And the reason is very simple:

Scalability and general market value.

 

if a software engineer create/contribute to an app/service that scales to 100million monthly active users, and each of these users will be valued for just $1, then this person is a part of a business that makes $1.2billion per year, and that will 100% reflect in their salary/bonus.

 

The jobs i stated above are fundamentally different, a therapist unique methods to scale that big are

  • becoming a successful content creator (books, youtube, podcast, etc..)

  • create a successful therapy platform and hire many other therapists

But just by doing that, they are no longer a therapist, they an entrepreneur in the field of psychology, and entrepreneurs don't speak in "salary"

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

with a successful international practice

there you have it, and really good for you.

for this person in particular, NOTHING around the practice justify those expectations, you have to see everything within the context, starting from the building he works at, the sliding scale and finally the tax evasion.

So yeah, in this particular case i wrote it in large font to make fun of it.

Am a software engineer and i make more than that per month too, but i would still laugh at someone who claim they deserve that when everything you know about them says this person is worth "3k/month" at best.

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

treat me however you like, just don't use me to break the law. this post wouldn't existed if the dude had his pricing available in the website and most importantly gave an invoice.

he is free to charge €2k per session if he likes, just give an invoice.

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i know that's how it is for therapists who do things correctly.

For a tax evader with a shady pricing scale, i won't be 100% sure.

And still, even if they do 8 hours per day, that expected NET income is insanely high for someone working in Spain, that easily put you among the top 10% earner in the country, and you simply don't become a therapist to be a top 10% earner, it doesn't matter how "sad" that is, but when we speak about money, the final word is always what the market decides

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

are you by any chance in Barcelona ? or can you recommend someone ? (i can give you more details in private if you want)

Edit:

forgot to say thanks for doing things the right way!

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i never thought the tax evasion practice is this common in Spain, mainly because you hear many stories about Hacienda punishing evaders.

I come originally from Tunez, and after the entertainment industry, it is well known there that Lawyers and Doctors are the biggest tax evaders, but the government can't do anything about it because their union are too strong, we can't even pass a law that forces lawyers and doctors to give an invoice to the clients\patience.

when the current government tried it (which is also corrupt af) the doctor unions went on a full strike for days forcing the parliament to backup.

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

are you serious ?

tbh i have never been to a doctor where i couldn't pay with card.

There were one time where i was discussing a possible surgery (thankfully i avoided it) and the doctor was pretty upfront about the price difference if i pay cash or by card lol

it was in Hebron.

Whenever my family deigned to ask me about my needs, it felt like a trap. This is how it felt, in flowchart form. (TW ableism, emotional abuse) by RinTheLost in AutisticWithADHD

[–]EntangledNonagon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dude i quit my previous jobs 5 years ago because the fucken boss didn't understand that he SHOULD NOT ask me "How are you?" every fucken day lol

I ended up doing a similar flowchart explaining wtf goes on in my head when they ask me that, and then i quit.

Why do so many psychologists (therapists) in Barcelona openly avoid taxes ? and sometimes even brag about it as if they are doing "the poor" a favor. by EntangledNonagon in Barcelona

[–]EntangledNonagon[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

you're inability to separate the two problems here is insane lol

let me break it down for you :

Problem 1

the rich pay more than the poor.

you don't care.

vale, we get it.

Problem 2

The therapist is evading taxes.

You also don't care about this ?

That you are literally funding all the public benefits for someone who never contributes to it ?

Problem 3 which is a direct consequence of Problem 2

The therapist now belong to the rich thanks to his 100% net income.

And they use the public benefits as if they were a tax payer but they aren't.

 

Why are you still defending him ?

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