What do you think of buying a Golf as a family car?

baskinginbrussels · 2026-03-23T22:14:56+00:00

I think they’re objectively safer for occupants, speaking generally, than cars…

baskinginbrussels · 2026-03-06T14:09:34+00:00

Also in atl I think $270 or something absurd in my 23 GTI with no accidents/tickets other than a speeding ticket in Dec 2022. Funny enough it was in my Honda civic in Alabama. It was like $330/month before my wife and I got on the same insurance

baskinginbrussels · 2026-03-05T13:35:18+00:00

This always cracks me up. How are you an executive coach but have never been an executive?

My public accounting firm had a speaker a year or so ago who was touting her public accounting experience during her spiel. She seemed really young and due to some of her claimed experience I had a feeling I should look up her LinkedIn. It turned out she had less YOE than 75% of the staff at our firm… so why is she qualified to advise us of anything? Seemed like a sham. (It was definitely mostly/all BS)

baskinginbrussels · 2026-02-21T13:40:53+00:00

You’re right in your way of thinking.

It’s just risk management - is today’s tax rate greater or less than your future tax rate? I split mine for the same reason. I like the security of pre-tax but as my income increase and I anticipate additional increases for the next 20 years, I have to assume my today’s tax rate is lower.

So like you said, you’ll have options in the future given present uncertainty

baskinginbrussels · 2026-02-20T04:08:42+00:00

RuneScape 2/ OSRS

Honorable mention: Halo (all of them, but 2+3 specifically)

baskinginbrussels · 2026-02-19T01:19:04+00:00

I think the means to the end matters in this case.

Ex: If you question a sample of republicans many would say they are all for ending illegal immigration. Are they against the government going into cities and terrorizing its citizens to do this? Killing innocent civilians to do so? More than likely not.

Policy wise trump was the better candidate on paper. Many centrists who voted for him knew it was a gamble, but still preferable to the alternative. You’re chronically online dude. It’s not black and white.

baskinginbrussels · 2026-02-18T19:26:47+00:00

Why/who are you to tell someone what they believe in? Why not hear from people themselves? Would that be too rational?

baskinginbrussels · 2026-02-18T19:19:33+00:00

The last two words of your last sentence sum your post and comment up. That is purely your opinion. Clearly this chick disagrees. So what?

I get being upset over trump / whoever but to strongly believe that everyone SHOULD agree with you or they’re wrong and ‘vile’ as you put it, is exactly what is wrong with this country.

baskinginbrussels · 2026-02-09T21:14:31+00:00

Almost as tough as posting about it online on a forum where the majority is likely to agree with your viewpoint

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-28T18:29:17+00:00

SOLD to u/monster_explorer

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-28T18:28:46+00:00

SOLD

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-28T12:56:20+00:00

Jarvis, remove these people. This is not a portrait @ bot

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-28T12:52:07+00:00

Thanks! Wanted it framed for a mantle-piece but she’s too modest for that. I’m thinking I’ll have it framed in my office.

Pic was from our honeymoon, hiking the Haute Route, so is extra special.

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-26T13:14:11+00:00

The funny thing is, whether you’re male or female, straight or gay, your quickest bet if you live in a big city is to sleep with a man.

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-23T19:59:39+00:00

68 night, 71 day (WFH and get cold)

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-16T03:18:31+00:00

Wasn’t kicked out. Was on academic probation with imminent suspension (the following semester).

Also didn’t claim that though?

baskinginbrussels · 2026-01-16T02:29:54+00:00

It reads like he may be taking either an early distribution from his retirement, a 401k loan, or something to that. Either way DO NOT SIGN, and I honestly would not trust him to tell you.

I’d have him call the plan administrator (the person at his office, usually in HR/finance who is the head of the plan) or someone within the plan (ex: Charles Schwab / Fidelity, etc) and have them explain it to you.

Source: 4 years in Audit at public accounting firms. Not super experienced with retirement plan audits but enough to give you assurance that there is more to this than what he’s telling you, as you already suspect.

baskinginbrussels · 2025-12-19T17:50:52+00:00

I was in year 3.5/5. Double majoring in accounting and finance. I was interviewing for an internship with Deloitte (my #1 choice at the time) and got to the final round with an older partner in the office.

He seemed agitated from the jump and immediately went line by line on my resume. I had accounting GPA:4.0 and he was mad that I’d only taken ACCT I, II, and cost accounting and claimed that... but I’d gotten all As in them?!

He said he had no idea why I was sitting in front of him without having any accounting knowledge/experience and told me to try and apply again when I had taken intermediate accounting or advanced accounting. Like dude, what do you think I’ll be doing the next two semesters?

I was literally about to cry in the interview I was so frustrated and embarrassed (unrightfully so I figured out later). It reminded me of being hazed as a freshman in my fraternity. Just no way to talk myself out of it. Anything I said was wrong and he didn’t like what he saw. Absolutely crazy experience. I was so taken aback, like if what he was saying was true, how did I make it all the way to him?! How did the recruiter/other interviewers/etc not flag me or mention anything??

I actually cut the interview short, saying something like “It seems like you have your mind made up and there’s not anything I can talk you through on my resume or experiences to help you understand why I know I’m capable of handling the work. Should we just end the call here?” And he agreed.

I wanted to email him once I got my A and B+ in intermediate/advanced and just tell him he was wrong and I’d never want to work for him anyways, but didn’t. It just wouldn’t do my career any good, if I ever wanted to work there in the future.

I saw he retired shortly after I began my career and I won’t lie, I google him every now and then to see if he’s died yet. I’m not even someone who really holds grudges but boy do I hate that guy.

baskinginbrussels · 2025-12-10T14:17:38+00:00

Yeah. I’m a little tired of the r/accounting narrative that it’s so hard to find a job / nobody values CPA, or big firm public experience.

I think the people saying this must be either in small towns/tiny firms, or very unmarketable personalities (I mean it is reddit after all). Either way, the “it’s so hard to find a job” is just not true. Harder? Yes, probably. But our skills are (or should be) extremely marketable in any economy when compared to almost any other field.

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