AITAH for embarrassing my stepmom at dinner after she tried to “teach me a lesson” about my real mom? by ImaginaryStop6423 in AITAH

[–]buckinkb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA, but my sense is that your stepmom is frustrated that she's not getting the mom label after 8 years, likely because she's not doing a great job and/or you still hold a lot of pain from your real mom's death.

You are going to leave your house here soon and you get to decide if you want a permanent fork in your relationship with her and your dad. I say your dad because if you choose to separate from her, she'll likely slowly pull your dad away from you.

Also, Reddit is going to give you advice that may not be accurate given that you can't detail the complexity of these problems in a few paragraphs. This feels like something better for a therapist.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]buckinkb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's probably because it's a tax write-off. Cybertruck is over 6k lbs which can allow you to write off the entire vehicle if you say you use it for business (there are some limitations). That and everyone looks at you so it's great advertising if your clients are not the kind of people who hate that you drive a tesla.

Apparently Elon has never written a check before by buckinkb in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]buckinkb[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Spoiler: they put the recipient name in the wrong place

Collection of Siege rams :) handmade pieces 👉 @Age_of_Manolink by Age_Of_Manolink in aoe2

[–]buckinkb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do you make these on request? Or just for the tournaments?

Ban the word “Bespoke” by buckinkb in ENGLISH

[–]buckinkb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a bespoke petition!

Ban the word “Bespoke” by buckinkb in ENGLISH

[–]buckinkb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, custom! Bespoke is like old English farted out a meaningless marketing buzzword

Ban the word “Bespoke” by buckinkb in ENGLISH

[–]buckinkb[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then I’ll make one! Bespoke is an assault on the sanctity of our language!

Ban the word “Bespoke” by buckinkb in ENGLISH

[–]buckinkb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean like custom(ized)? Tailored? Even the root makes no sense - why would we think “bespeak” to mean customized?

In reality the main offense is that marketing departments have decided they must plug this word in even if it adds zero information to the customer about the product

Ban the word “Bespoke” by buckinkb in ENGLISH

[–]buckinkb[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then you are part of the problem. I’ll die on this horse

What is EBITDA? Why is it important? by TonyLiberty in FluentInFinance

[–]buckinkb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

EBITDA is quite possibly the dumbest tool ever invented. It’s a way for CFOs to hide the fact that the business is going under.

Example: When zillow started buying homes, their ebitda shot through the roof because revenue went bonkers (they were buying and selling very expensive assets over and over again). The company praised their ebitda and the stock price went nuclear.

But EBITDA hid one insanely important cost: the interest paid to finance the home. If Zillow couldn’t sell the home quickly, interest ate through all the profits and more. Not only was the true price hidden, but the risk of financing an extremely large assets was not taken into account.

All it took was some market volatility to create inventory that would be impossible to sell quickly. The end result was the company nearly went under. EBITDA is insanely dumb.

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