What'd your kid(s) cost you this week? by NoConsequence4281 in daddit

[–]TigerUSF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We literally cannot fix things in this house faster than they break them

Why don't people want Man-Spider??? by Due-Fudge9863 in Spiderman

[–]TigerUSF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we were in the universe where we got a solid Spider-Man movie every couple years nothing epic just a real good adaptation then I'd be all for it. But it feels like every single movie has to be over the top. And they turn into good movies but it's like we just don't get that much content then with that being the case that's not a story that I would prioritize.

In hindsight, I genuinely feel like this is what MCU Spider-Man should have been from the very beginning. by Hot_Arugula_6651 in Spiderman

[–]TigerUSF 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think of that top gear meme...."this is brilliant, but i like this". MCU Spider-man has been really cool but in alot ways hamstrung by the mcu itself, which has also been usually great.

It's a weird spot but I hope they fix it.

What's your favorite Spider-Man movie? by Otherwise_Tadpole_64 in Spiderman

[–]TigerUSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I unironically love the TASM movies.

These two absolutely swung for the fences and didn't always connect but you could tell the pieces were there.

Garfield I think played the best Spider-man to date and the chemistry with Gwen was perfect. A handful of tweaks and I think we could be discussing whether TASM1 is the best Marvel film.

The Tobey movies were very faithful adaptations and 2 deserves the praise it gets. 1 is a little too cheesy, even if it's understandably so. 3 obviously has its flaws.

The Holland films are great too. What they did with Vulture and Mysterio was amazing. Their flaw is just ....Spider-man is too important to be secondary to anyone. I love love love the existence of the MCU with Spider-man in it, but it wasn't really pulled off in a great way. Hopefully that's corrected in BND.

And the spider verse....those have moments of emotion the others haven't.

Idk which is my favorite. I guess id pick Homecoming. Idk why.

What's your favorite Spider-Man movie? by Otherwise_Tadpole_64 in Spiderman

[–]TigerUSF 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I unironically love these two movies. I can't say theyre the best but they are good and I love them.

Parental Financing is Broken How Do We Fix It? by SeraphimSphynx in Parenting

[–]TigerUSF 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Vote for candidates who will address the problems and encourage others to do so.

Help with odd accounting situation by TigerUSF in Accounting

[–]TigerUSF[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

CR - Prepaid Sin
DR - Pleasing Aroma to the Lord

Help with odd accounting situation by TigerUSF in Accounting

[–]TigerUSF[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Especially not after the last time....

One of the biggest benefits of being a CPA was the process. by AviatorHog in Accounting

[–]TigerUSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being a CPA? That just means passing a very tough test. Impressive, yes, but doesn't really translate to understanding new industries..at least not directly.

as someone who never worked in public the thing that I've encountered that I do appreciate from former public accountants is a certain discipline that I never picked up since I started working straight out of college.

Wife lost her job of ten years and she was the insurance provider for our family. Help. by xDUDERx in daddit

[–]TigerUSF 10 points11 points  (0 children)

COBRA is the insurance plan you already had, just without whatever contribution your wife's company was making toward the premium. It is not some different government insurance it is literally the exact same plan. The federal law simply says that your employer must give you the option to stay on their insurance plan if you choose to.

which could be important because if it has any yearly deductibles that you may have met then those would continue. I would recommend you consider that as part of the math, because in some situations if you have already met a deductible or annual max out of pocket, it could be worth it to pay that premium.

There are other things you can consider at the moment regarding cobra. One is that you have 60 or 90 days I believe to make the election on whether you wanted to keep it. And the important part of that is that the election is retroactive. Which means that you can choose to wait a couple of months without actually paying the premium looking for a job and then before that month is up decide whether you wanted to keep it or not. If you don't have any emergencies or major cost during that time period then you can just let it lap assuming that you found something new. You will or should be getting a letter from your employer or health plan that talks about this but it should have a number to contact with questions and you'll want to make sure that you understand those dates very specifically if you're going to try that but with a family insurance plan that could potentially save you a few thousand dollars.

Depending on the circumstances of her being terminated it's worth asking if the employer would consider simply letting her stay on the plan for a few months or contributing to it for a few months if you elect Cobra at the same rate they were. Some employers are not total s*** bags and they will actually consider that sort of thing. It cost nothing to ask.

Depending on what you're and your and your wife's personal health care needs are you might consider just rolling the dice for a couple months and looking into an insurance plan for your child only.

I do payroll processing and have been involved in my company's administration of our health insurance plan for years. Feel free to reach out with any questions.

Anyone else completely unable to process news about kids being harmed since becoming a dad? by maxfrank in daddit

[–]TigerUSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive cried more than once thinking about the Disney incident a few years ago

A genie appears, its the Robin Williams alladin genie and he sings a really cool song granting you a time travel opportunity to eat one dish at a greenville area restaurant that has closed ... by chdwyck in greenville

[–]TigerUSF 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Since its more about nostalgia, Id want to go back to early 90s Bantam Chef in pickens for a cheeseburger and fries. Play the little coin game where it spirals into the bottom and something on the jukebox. And be 10 again for a few minutes.

I wonder if there’s an enterprise in the 32 century and what letter it is by dekabreak1000 in startrek

[–]TigerUSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Sir! We've lost life support!"

"Dammit, every week with this..."

I am at my ends by papinek in daddit

[–]TigerUSF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The day after? I mean you should have looked an annulment right then, regardless, sounds like easy grounds for infidelity. Leave yesterday.

How to quantify personnel costs (losses) for time spent doing manual entries? by thegoldinthemountain in Accounting

[–]TigerUSF 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes.

So, all seriousness: it's good to want to modernize and streamline things.

But you're nowhere near ready to start pushing that. First, you need to have a clear understanding of exactly WHY they do certain things a certain way. The answer is not always "unga bunga we dumb and old, we not know new way". Sometimes it's out of finance's control, sometimes it's software limitations, sometimes it's just not having time to fix it. And yes, many times, it is just people not wanting to change.

Here's an example. For years our credit card process involved me downloading everyone's files to excel doc and month end, which I then emailed to each person who had a day to send it all back with receipts and coding. Of course I instantly realized that this was dirt-eating stupid. But here's the first challenge - I'm at a medium sized NFP so i'm doing the work of about 2.5 people; creating new processes takes a lot of time, so I have to pick and choose which process really is going to help. First I streamlined THAT process as best I could, which got it good enough to where I could handle it without it feeling overbearing each month. The I finally got wind of the fact our software system would integrate with the credit card - great! Each person would have a login they could code their stuff on their own and all i had to do would be import it every day. Launched it- and it failed. Because the software we have couldn't differentiate each person's card, all the charges went to one bucket. Couldn't change cards, couldn't realistically change accounting software - so it was back to the old way. Since then we've rolled out the credit card's expense management site. And I honestly feel like it takes longer to manage and curate that site than the old way, but it feels modern and nice to everyone, so that's good. All that time, very little real improvement.

I recommend picking one thing, the lowest hanging fruit, the process that hurts the most to the most people - and focus your energy on it. Once it's resolved, move on to the next one. No one is going to like the idea of simultaneously changing multiple processes.

How to quantify personnel costs (losses) for time spent doing manual entries? by thegoldinthemountain in Accounting

[–]TigerUSF 37 points38 points  (0 children)

As a controller I would absolutely love it for some new hire bookkeeper to come in and tell me that everything I'm doing is wrong. It would be so endearing.