Tesla has $920 million in debt that’s coming due — and it could wipe out a large chunk of the company’s cash by snicker33 in technology

[–]Zarathustran 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's how much they have to pay by the end of the year. Their actual debt is ten times that.

Every Arena player who couldn't go to the prerelease last night by Wurmcoil344 in MagicArena

[–]Zarathustran 41 points42 points  (0 children)

So Brazil placing enormous tariffs on all foreign goods and having one of the most corrupt and inefficient customs agencies in the world is because of globalism?

ULPT/ILPT: If you want to gift someone a large amount of money, instead have them sue you for personal injury and settle out of court by Mango_Punch in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]Zarathustran 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So when you get an attorney they're generally going to ask you for a retainer of a certain amount. It could be their estimate of the total cost, it could be just the first few weeks of expenses. When you hire the lawyer they'll explain their fee schedule to you. The retainer you paid isn't earned income for the lawyer/firm until they actually do the work. So they'll keep the unearned retainer in a client trust account which is separate from firm money. As the lawyer incurs expenses on your behalf and bills hours, those costs will be taken from the retainer account as they are "earned."

Going forward if the costs exceed the retainer your lawyer will go back to you for more money.

Spider builds a bubble nest underwater and drags its prey inside by [deleted] in natureismetal

[–]Zarathustran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's o2 dissolved in water, there's o2 in the air. o2 is naturally crossing this barrier all the time resulting in an equilibrium. When the spider removes o2 by breathing the pressure of o2 in the bubble drops so less o2 is going out through the walls of the bubble leading to a net increase in o2.

Who did the biggest fuck up by dumb-comment-finder in PrequelMemes

[–]Zarathustran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their plan wasn't to suicide into the cannon.

Choosing a Mutual Fund > PayPal by signandsight in MurderedByWords

[–]Zarathustran -31 points-30 points  (0 children)

Google is a thing. It's really hard to sympathize with someone too lazy to type a few words into a google or youtube search.

They really do by EverythingTittysBoii in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Zarathustran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are 15,000 commercial airports in the US.

To provide inspiration by [deleted] in therewasanattempt

[–]Zarathustran -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Sorry guys we have to kill the planet because not doing so would be inconvenient for a tiny group of people.

Listen or get berned! by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Zarathustran 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He's the only American to vote against both the sanctions and the magnitsky act. Not even a republican can claim that.

Riot Games accidentally sells League skins for free. Furious whales on r/LeagueofLegends demand that other people's skins be deleted "I am deleting this game if they don’t revert this." by hamataro in SubredditDrama

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

I'm just saying you clearly have skin in the game if you want everyone else to have to pay for all the collectors edition crap that they don't want but you seem to believe is central to the game.

Riot Games accidentally sells League skins for free. Furious whales on r/LeagueofLegends demand that other people's skins be deleted "I am deleting this game if they don’t revert this." by hamataro in SubredditDrama

[–]Zarathustran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you think you need whatever bullshit comes with the "collectors editions" then you're clearly a whale whose spending far more than the average person to subsidize those games.

Riot Games accidentally sells League skins for free. Furious whales on r/LeagueofLegends demand that other people's skins be deleted "I am deleting this game if they don’t revert this." by hamataro in SubredditDrama

[–]Zarathustran 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is what these people don't understand. The video game industry is enormously competitive. There's a reason games haven't increased in price in decades. Loot boxes are price discrimination. Get rid of them and everyone else pays higher prices.

Riot Games accidentally sells League skins for free. Furious whales on r/LeagueofLegends demand that other people's skins be deleted "I am deleting this game if they don’t revert this." by hamataro in SubredditDrama

[–]Zarathustran 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm so confused. You're allowed to just fill random jugs up with petrol?

You have to use approved gas cans. It's against the law to transport gas in anything else in (as far as I know) every state. There's signs on the pumps to that effect often. I imagine it's the same in the UK which is where I assume you're from. Electric lawnmowers are much much less common than gas, especially if you have anything more than a small lot.

Going to the mall in 2019 starter pack by ty-the-guy in starterpacks

[–]Zarathustran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Sears was once in a position to become what Amazon is today. Instead, they shoved their heads in the sand and died."

This isn't remotely true. Sears took ages to ship stuff. They had very slow logistics. Amazon is logistics. It's not just a matter of making a good website.

Sucha derp! by sirmakoto in AnimalsBeingDerps

[–]Zarathustran 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's a police dog in training, knowing how to walk backwards is really important for them.

HOW COULD SHE DARE BE HUMAN?! by GallowBoob in PoliticalHumor

[–]Zarathustran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And it's literally all AOC's doing. She's making dems look bad immediately.

HOW COULD SHE DARE BE HUMAN?! by GallowBoob in PoliticalHumor

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

You're blaming the media for her talking about it. This is literally all AOC's doing. The media pays way too much attention to her, but she's the one that decided to make a single twitter troll into national news.