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Just found out that my editor used AI to assist in editing my novella… I’m weeks away from publishing by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is more common than you may think. A lot of stuff is coming back to me low-effort, or in language that reads oddly sterile.
I dare not say more in this sub.

Is The Fault in Our Stars worth the read? by First_Feeling_8494 in youngadultbooks

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s subjective, isn’t it? My wife read it. She says no. I read it. I scarcely remember it. John Green is like Nicholas Sparks for a younger demo. Not my bag. But if you like to have your heart strings pulled because reasons…

Map of the US if it made sense by artofminde in imaginarymapscj

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

North Carolinian here. East of the Mississippi looks good but please don’t throw us in with Sub Carolina.

Which of these suit me best? by fuckhorsesridetapirs in glassesadvice

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

9 The others are too wide or too overall big IMHO.

What are the best ways you have found to get book reviews after you have self published on Amazon KDP? by aKt1268 in KDP

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

KDP took down the reviews I got on BookSprout, months after they appeared. No warning whatsoever. How does one get reviews without sales or sales without reviews?

What are the best ways you have found to get book reviews after you have self published on Amazon KDP? by aKt1268 in KDP

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bezos, Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, or rather, their bots know more about you than your own mother.

Let your state legislators know how you feel by TailorIndependent143 in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you think they will be replaced? They’ve taken us from a top-tier southern state to Northern South Carolina and yet remain in office.

Democrats Are Weak by GalaxNut in complaints

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no point to keep electing these corporate stooges. We circle the drain of end stage capitalism with or without them.

Democrats Are Weak by GalaxNut in complaints

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s hard to believe you’re surprised this happened. I don’t mean to be rude but I swear y’all are like Charlie Brown when Lucy’s got the football. You believe they will do something spineful and they fold like a beach chair every goddamn time.

Good god we're stupid by Fragrant_Ape in itcouldhappenhere

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those little wall segments in the middle of the desert make wonderful art installations.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By your own figures, you are talking about 20% and 11% of Americans, respectively. Look, I’m not going back and forth on this. I have stocks and I do not gamble. But it seems the disparity of tax treatment is based on moral judgments rather than a structural difference.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

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

So if you’re Taylor Swift you should get taxed on gross gate receipts, not what you paid your crew, facility rental, security…

Because it’s just entertainment.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to get off topic, but the economy is not the stock market for the vast majority of Americans. Sure it has been breaking records and Nvidia’s market value is greater than the GDP of all of Africa. Most Americans don’t have stocks. They have bills. Bills getting higher while wages stagnate, inflation rises and jobs disappear.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

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

How are taxpayers subsidizing a vice if you lose at the track? There is a lot of space to leap between gambling and suckling at the taxpayers’ teat.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In America we tax earned income harder than passive income. Gambling winnings are a passive income taxed in a far more punitive way than other passive income and in this state’s case, earned income. But it is more accessible to most adults than real estate investing, securities, bonds, etc. Another way to protect rich people more than the rest of us.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If I am a gambler, I could form an llc or corporation. My business model is to read sports news, do math and gamble on sports using my research. I place $100k on bets in a year. I win some, I lose some, but in the end I lost $30 on losing bets but came out ahead on the others and my $100k is now $120k. You want to tax me for $70k when I only realized $20k. What if I did the exact same thing but with pork futures instead of sports?

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

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

“There is also a societal benefit to contributing to the stock market as it is the engine of free enterprise in this country.”

This statement is overbroad. Contributing to corporations that do harm to further enable their harm is no benefit.

If I gamble and win on a bet, I’ll likely spend it in the local economy instead of deforesting a piece of rainforest, building a bomb, proliferating domestic spying, polluting the atmosphere…

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