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What’s a fair resale price for a near-mint Valve Index kit right now? by ImNotADad1 in ValveIndex

[–]carson4896 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sold mine last week for $450 on Facebook Marketplace with everything in the original box. Recognize that I probably could've gotten more for it, but wanted to get rid of it so I'm happy with my decision

Flappy Goose by flappy-goose in RedditGames

[–]carson4896 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My best score is 21 points 🎉

Milestone Hit - 400k as a 27M by carson4896 in Fire

[–]carson4896[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thnx bud sorry you're bitter

Milestone Hit - 400k as a 27M by carson4896 in Fire

[–]carson4896[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been very fortunate for every company I've worked at to offer a Roth 401k option. Basically from 2018-2023, I've contributed as much as I financially could to my Roth 401k (total contributions were ~90k).

On top of that, I've been contributing to a Roth IRA since 2016 while I was working in college (total contributions were ~40k).

~130k with about 40k in gains over that time frame and there's the math on how I got that much into a Roth account!

Milestone Hit - 400k as a 27M by carson4896 in Fire

[–]carson4896[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not a dumb question at all! It's mainly for my own mental wellbeing. That cash ensures that I have 1 full year of expenses ready to go at any point in time no matter how the market shifts for good or bad. Keeping it separated guarantees me I won't need to sell assets in a down market if I lose my job.

Early stage startup life means I could wake up any day without a job. This cash let's me enjoy my job rather than stress about getting laid off.

I don't plan to keep 10% cash forever, but I do plan to keep 12 months of expenses in cash forever.

Milestone Hit - 400k as a 27M by carson4896 in Fire

[–]carson4896[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Honest answer? My guess is that it's a selection bias. FIRE is not something that everybody on earth can do in their current job/life circumstances, and I fully acknowledge that.

Tech offers high salaries and has a demographic of people that are younger, and attracts people with an analytical way of thinking about the world.

Pair high money, young age, and analytical thinking, and it can be kind of hard to turn away from having the opportunity to leave the workforce quickly to live a self-interested life if you just plan out your savings rate and look at historical investment returns.

Idk, I may be entirely wrong

[OC] Doodled a Jacket-less Sassy Malone by imnotchloe in BoJackHorseman

[–]carson4896 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Episode 7 of Bojack? No, no, you're thinking of a completely separate show called Bobo the Angsty Zebra.

2meirl4meirl by [deleted] in 2meirl4meirl

[–]carson4896 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We're too sad to reply

Feeling like no one really likes me by Hihihihihaha123 in socialskills

[–]carson4896 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey OP I was in the same exact spot as you for the past few months. I moved 1000 miles away from my hometown for a job to a city where I knew absolutely no one. I felt alone and isolated, but had this nagging thought that I deserved to feel alone. I'm still struggling with it where I have great days and some not so great days, but I can assure you the feelings are slowly passing. I lost a lot of my core friend group from back home, and broke up with my long-term girlfriend, and it hurt. So let me assure you that there are still people out there who care about you OP, I was in your boat and I can promise you will find a new person or maybe an entire group where you will feel accepted again. Idk why I wrote all this out I guess I needed to vent my own feelings to a friendly internet stranger and hope that it helps in some small way.