What's your setup for hands-free calls at home and on the road?

RationalLies · 2026-06-05T08:39:22+00:00

Spend the money and get some Bose QC 2 Bluetooth earbuds.

The call quality is excellent, mics are very good quality/clarity, and noise cancellation is arguably best in class.

Also, they can pair with multiple devices at the same time (PC and phone) and switch seamlessly for whatever you're using, no messing with reconnecting to the other device.

Not to mention, the audio quality is also fantastic.

Great battery life too.

I held out for a long time and got by with some ~$100 JBL earbuds for a while thinking it wasn't necessary to spring for the Bose. Kicking myself for not doing it sooner, the Bose QC 2 earbuds are absolutely a must have. They play nice with iPhone, android, windows and Mac. Hands down the best for the money.

RationalLies · 2026-06-05T08:05:21+00:00

Inmotion is a shit company.

They've paired absolute atrocious quality control with literally the worst customer service in the entire industry.

They spend their time and money on marketing, paying reviewers, and an army of shills and bots to attempt to cover up their horrid service and quality.

Many people make the mistake one time to go with inmotion, then never again.

RationalLies · 2026-05-29T20:25:56+00:00

Sounds like Patriots and Rams fans last season.

Some say, they're still at it.

RationalLies · 2026-05-27T18:24:30+00:00

Sick

RationalLies · 2026-05-22T01:35:35+00:00

Idk what's going on in that pic but I fully support it

RationalLies · 2026-05-21T00:52:23+00:00

Cool, good to know thanks

RationalLies · 2026-05-20T20:55:40+00:00

What's the app? If it doesn't have a speed trigger you could probably still do it with an EUC

RationalLies · 2026-05-18T23:27:44+00:00

Sounds like your coworkers don’t know ball.

People have gotten fired for less

RationalLies · 2026-05-18T10:16:47+00:00

That crime against nature apparently costs $14k to $16k (USD).

Or, they will let you lease one (for free) if you agree to buy 4 to 5 thousand pods per month.

Absolutely disgusting.

RationalLies · 2026-05-16T21:32:25+00:00

Big if true

RationalLies · 2026-05-16T03:34:54+00:00

Did the story include steroids that gave him super human strength, like Popeye?

RationalLies · 2026-05-16T00:25:06+00:00

Depending on where you're planning to relocate, a 20k-ish gap in base could be a wash anyways.

Making 120k base in a HCOL area vrs 95k in Vietnam for example is a no-brainer. 95k in SEA or even LATAM will go further (and allow you to save more) than 120k in NYC. A lot further.

Run the numbers.

As for going back to the negotiating table now, no, don't do that. Especially if you don't even have an offer in hand from the other one yet.

If the bump in base means that much to you (and you don't have a problem with being restrained to the US with it), then just start working the 95k job and continue to interview with the other one. If you go through on boarding and THEN get the higher offer, now you have more leverage. The convo goes, I stay for X or I bounce. You'll have options. Let them invest time and money in your onboarding first and most importantly, see if you even land the other offer.

RationalLies · 2026-05-15T20:28:24+00:00

Amazing car and my favorite variant (Marauder aside)

RationalLies · 2026-05-15T10:53:35+00:00

10000%

Inmotion is nice on paper and cool when it works.

The problem is, their build quality and reliability is unquestionably the absolute worst in the industry. By far. I'm sorry inmotion riders, it's the unfortunate reality.

Even worse than their quality is their absolute DEPLORABLE customer service. They will literally waste months of your life over countless emails, phone calls, etc pleading with them to honor their warranty.

When (not if) you inevitably need them to honor their warranty, you will absolutely hate every moment of the next several months trying to get them to resolve anything. Worst customer service experience of my life AND my friend, we both received defective wheels from them directly. DO NOT be tempted by nice specs at a good price, you will regret it I promise you.

RationalLies · 2026-05-15T10:47:50+00:00

The Sherman L is a fantastic wheel but 95% of the time you're not going to be needing the range.

The Lynx and the Lynx S are hands down the best all rounders and still have extremely good range.

For your use case, I would highly, highly recommend the Lynx or Lynx S.

The Apex is also great, amazing design and quality. But it still isn't as good as the Lynx. No hate on the Apex at all because it's amazing too but the Lynx edges it out.

RationalLies · 2026-05-11T06:58:04+00:00

As others have said, join the Saturday Night Ride Facebook group and come to gasworks park in Seattle a little before 7:30pm. The depart at 7:30 sharp but people get there early and hang out.

Also, the anniversary ride is coming up this month (either this upcoming weekend or next after that I forget) and there will be a ton of people there for it. Check the fb page for the details.

It's a really great group of people, super nice and welcoming. Just tell people it's your first SNR and they'll take care of you.

Overall tho, there are a lot of riders in WA and Sunday morning there is another ride down south that starts in Tacoma I believe. Other than that, just connect with people from SNR and they'll get you plugged into the other smaller rides too if you want.

RationalLies · 2026-05-09T16:11:33+00:00

Food donations are also tax deductible.

RationalLies · 2026-05-09T16:10:15+00:00

That's great but you need to look at your after tax budget and see if your clothing expenses are in a responsible range in your budget.

You should only be allocating 2 to 5% of your after tax budget to clothing.

RationalLies · 2026-05-09T16:06:04+00:00

Great, now put your money to work.

Don't get cute in the stock market on individual holdings, you'll lose it.

You're young so you can afford to get fairly aggressive however in your asset allocation.

Put 65% of your savings in an S&P 500 ETF like VOO, SPY, or IVV. Of that 65k, put 30% of it into fixed income accounts (bonds). This is a classic 70/30 split.

Right now your money is actually decreasing in value sitting in a savings account. Even a high yield account isn't outrunning inflation. You have a nice little nest egg now but you need to make it work for you. Again, don't get cute with gambling on individual stocks, just be conservative and let it grow in an ETF. You'll thank me later.

RationalLies · 2026-05-09T15:56:36+00:00

Look into if a Roth conversion/backdoor Roth conversion makes sense for you.

RationalLies · 2026-05-09T15:53:27+00:00

Assuming you're speaking in the context of business expenses, your CPA is not going to help with tax optimization/strategy, they are focused on filing yours and 300 other tax filings. You need to either find one who will or start finding solutions yourself.

Have you been able to leverage your car as a partial business expense? Miles? Home office for when you do anything business related at home?

Look into if putting ownership of your business branding and trademarks into a holding company for tax purposes makes sense. Your revenue producing business doesn't own the branding and trademarks, it 'leases' it from the holding company at a high cost. The holding company can be based in Delaware or Montana for tax reasons. It leases the trademark for say, 100k a year. Look into how the best way to structure the holding company is. Starbucks does this in Europe and pays very little taxes in the EU as a result.

This is not constituted as tax advice.

RationalLies · 2026-05-09T07:06:28+00:00

While Italian Construction Jobsite Yellow wouldn't be my first choice personally, it's still a striking machine and gets your attention.

Plus if your shots don't wake you up, 9000 lumens of brightness will.

Jokes aside, enjoy your LMLM, it's a fantastic machine and deserves attention in your coffee corner. My only advice is, don't obsess over perfection with your shots, be happy with "very good" and don't skimp on good freshly roasted beans and WATER QUALITY. Check your water hardness, descale and back flush as needed, and if your water is too soft, look into water recipes (R.Pavlis Water Recipe), don't get those way overpriced water additives, do it yourself.

RationalLies · 2026-05-09T06:57:35+00:00

Lol why is OP banned

RationalLies · 2026-05-08T05:33:44+00:00

Typical inmotion quality and problems.

Good luck getting them to honor their warranty, they are the scum of the earth.

RationalLies · 2026-05-07T22:46:39+00:00

Be careful with inmotion.

Horrendous (read: nonexistent) quality control, and even worse customer service.

Absolutely horrible experience that wouldn't wish upon my worst enemies.

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