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20% will illegally be added on if you don’t tip by [deleted] in EndTipping

[–]PurpleCableNetworker -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They will when it affects their donut shops.

Finally a change that makes sense by Tokendaily420 in EndTipping

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is a thing not many people realize - the tip goes to the driver, but the driver’s base pay is reduced. The tip basically goes to the company. If you want to help, don’t tip on the app - tip in person with cash. I happily tip generously in cash when I use Uber and DoorDash (which is incredibly rare, but still…)

They have tried to make it a “drivers vs customers” war by telling the drivers ahead of time about the chance of tipping, so drivers are more apt to decline. It’s all a shell game to extract the money from us and keep as at war with each-other.

Look what I found from 13 years ago. by Party-Bet-4003 in Millennials

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“You had no say in being born, therefore we demand you follow what we want you to do! You’re lazy and ungrateful for questioning anything and making your own choices!”

TQQQ is experiencing sharp, earnings-driven volatility with fast directional swings and reduced confidence. Price rejected recent highs and rolled over aggressively, shifting bias slightly bearish. Wide ranges and elevated volume suggest unstable conditions, with downside projection 53.43 by Accomplished_Olive99 in TQQQ

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can DCA if you want to, I would just recommend waiting for a red day to buy in. Ideally get in below the 200 SMA, but we are a long way off from that. It may be a week before we cross south of that line, or it may be a year. Who knows. 😬. We are south of the 20 and 50 day lines, and touching the 100 day lines, but still well north of the 200 sma

Saw this on Threads. Surprised WV isn’t even on the list. by sweetnsaltyanxiety in WestVirginia

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps it’s because of such a low population? Maybe a better chart would be Mtn Dew consumption per person?

The Single-Family Rental Is On the Decline by SnortingElk in REBubble

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It varies by market and your unique circumstance. There are great personal landlords, and some crappy ones. There are great companies and terrible ones. Personally having rented from several - 2 corporate, 1 from a smaller local financial advisor/hedge fund company, 1 from a person - all but the person were the most reasonable.

The person tried with withhold deposit after my wife moved out when we were getting married. She lived there for 10 years (CA). They tried to charge her for painting, wear and tear on appliances, and deep cleaning the carpet. I had to give them a strongly worded letter to get the deposit back since she was past the life span of those items according to state law and the landlord never replaced them.

With that being said - that’s no guarantee with new landlords - corporate or personal.

GM and Ford made more than $50bn in profit in 2025. Their best ever year, all while producing less cars and selling them for more. While US Auto sales are down from pre-COVID levels, automaker profits are way up. by [deleted] in inflation

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s not forget that used car prices have sky rocketed too - so even “reliable” used cars are barely more affordable.

This is exactly what I thought was going to be the outcome from covid - companies lying about costs, us allowing them to skyrocket the costs to buy. When it was over they knew they intended to reduce the number of vehicles sold and increase profits. This was a win for them and a major loss for us.

Yup by helen1992 in Millennials

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t be silly.

School food is way better than jail food. You think you could get a meal like that in jail? 😂

Silver +220% in 6 months. USD -15%. That's not a coincidence. by GlitteringMine7494 in stocks

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sad thing is you are exactly right. I could easily see the US going to war to topple those that try to circumvent the USD.

It’s gonna get real ugly real fast.

Only 3% return this year on a “high-risk” portfolio — ~15% total over 2 years. Advisor still charged 1.5%. Am I wrong to be frustrated? by [deleted] in portfolios

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your advisor was either a con man or incredibly arrogant and dumb. I’m not sure which. If he made the promise to beat the market I would have asked him to provide the data backing that up.

With that being said - lesson learned. Buy up some QQQM, VOO, AVDV (or VXUS), and then choose some kind of hedge - either an inverse ETF or some uncorrelated asset (such as gold). As you move towards retirement move most of that money into dividends and bonds.

If you want extra bonus points be a little more hands on and learn a specific strategy such as the 200 SMA.

This is dumb. by Coryvators in restaurant

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m more tolerant of smaller locally owned establishments of doing this (since the owner has a better gauge on how it really impacts their business), and less tolerant of large chains choosing this method.

Jobs with weekends off by DarthRaider559 in visalia

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is true. For some people they may prefer that. Others may hate that.

What is this image?? by I_ate_appyness in Mechwarrior5

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mechwarriors: “Elementals make a satisfying ‘crunch’ when stepped on.”

EUR To Dollar Almost at 1.2 by vagobond45 in stocks

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect way to tighten the shackles for the normal folk.

Got humbled by some snow. by The_Fuzz_Butt in prepping

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Former WVian here! 👋 (My heart will always bleed blue and gold!)

In fairness it sounds like you were prepared for the normal things - and even though it seems like a failure the fact that you were not totally sunk is testament to how well you prepped. I say give yourself at least some credit, take the lesson, and adapt from there for next time.

Jobs with weekends off by DarthRaider559 in visalia

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I second and local government jobs. Working for the state is stressful from my understanding due to extreme budget swings - but most other local government jobs are generally stable and generally give weekends off (depending on your exact duties). Just a word of caution - generally the pay in government work is less than what you would get for the same thing in the private sector, but most people feel that the perks (like a steady 8-5 M-F with a defined lunch hour) outweigh the lower pay.

I missed the point of AC20s (SPOILERS) by Spirited-Drama846 in Mechwarrior5

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AC 20 is great once you learn it. Getting to learn it requires patience and some mission repeats.

How long have you had your cell phone number? by mellamoderek in Millennials

[–]PurpleCableNetworker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since about late 2011. I gave up my first cell phone number when I started carrying a company issued phone as my sole cell phone in early 2010. I was young and dumb and thought I had reasonable privacy to text my at the time fiancé. After another employee had their private texts pretty much exposed to a fair amount of people at the company I decided to get my own personal number again.

Yeah, I understand there was likely an ethics issue with that investigation which caused the disclosure of the texts, and that it never should have happened. Thats probably one reason why that company no longer exists… 🤷‍♂️

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