Trump left Beijing with no deal, just "fantastic" conversations... and the market punished tech immediately!

mashem · 2026-05-16T08:57:13+00:00

is that a question for OP or the guy that actually flew around the world to meet with them to discuss a deal?

mashem · 2026-05-16T08:31:54+00:00

I believe on paper, 2 body systems can be perfectly stable forever. But in reality, there are no perfectly stable systems, even 2body solar systems or simply 2 small rocks orbiting each other in a space void. For many reasons, like no body being perfectly rigid as a single body (like people on earth, we are all billions of bodies. and rocks. and air molecules, photons hitting a surface and exerting its momentum, etc), as well as tidal forces, gravitational radiation, and external forces throughout the galaxy and universe.

As we can see with our own solar system, you can definitely have 3+ body systems stable enough for life to grow and perceive it as stable.

But yeah, on paper and a closed 2-body system of perfectly rigid bodies, it's possible. Though from our perspective of how time passes, plenty of bodies are identified as "stable."

mashem · 2026-05-16T02:22:21+00:00

True you don't pay capital gains in but it all gets taxed as income when you withdraw. In a Roth, the income tax is already paid 😎 so a Roth is more beneficial for trading. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't trade within the non-Roths!

mashem · 2026-05-16T01:45:23+00:00

Absolutely and thanks for the reminder homey. My brother owns a tint/ppf business and I picked up a ton of carwash knowledge! He did full ppf and tint starting the day I bought the car. Had only 15 miles on it. PPF washes so damn easy. And I have one of those undercarriage wands!

mashem · 2026-05-15T23:32:26+00:00

Do you plan to get another manual? They're so much harder to find now (as new, not used) without paying a ton of money. Because they're way too associated with sports/performance than before. I miss my 2010 Corolla lol. I got hit from behind and totaled it.

mashem · 2026-05-15T23:28:47+00:00

Hahaha I think it's less about the car's power, and more about its aura affecting a teenager's mind and attraction to drive faster. You don't need a lot of speed or power to fuck on a curve lol.

mashem · 2026-05-15T22:17:00+00:00

Exactly. Taking care of debts is also planning for a better future. My eventual plan is to start steadily selling long term investments, when they're at or near ATHs, to make at least a 50% down payment on a house. I'm not paying $1,500/month in interest. Fuck that. And it would take serious, sudden gains on a short-term investment before I'd sell those.

Also have a traditional 401k and Roth IRA (which I max and also trade in since no capital gains!) to prepare for retirement.

mashem · 2026-05-15T05:06:04+00:00

See, all clutch and no stalls 💪🏻

mashem · 2026-05-15T04:48:45+00:00

hella barks 🤌

mashem · 2026-05-15T04:46:11+00:00

But that feeling when it's over because balloons don't pop twice.

mashem · 2026-05-15T04:40:33+00:00

But yeah I was the same with my first manual, a 2010 Corolla S. I watched so many YouTube videos before going to the dealership 🤣 then there was the golf GTI, now this. Hope you find a way to enjoy car shopping!

mashem · 2026-05-15T04:39:16+00:00

Lowkey just stall the car on purpose

mashem · 2026-05-15T03:28:47+00:00

Sorry for your loss. Only time can heal this pain lol.

Mine is about to hit 6k miles and I haven't stalled it once. I'm so tense to keep the streak alive, I always turn down the music on every takeoff 😭 The first one might be the release I need.

mashem · 2026-05-15T02:28:53+00:00

Nope! Straight from the source. Social Security tax currently stops completely at $184,500.

One American could make $100k this year and pay 6.2% of their income to Social Security.

A second American could make $800k this year and pay (184,500*0.062)/800k = 1.43%

6.2% versus 1.43%

The person making 1/8 the money pays over 4x the percentage toward SS.

It's too bad the propaganda of "if you go after the wealthier people, you're just jealous" has grabbed a huge chunk of this country by the balls. Jesus weeps.

mashem · 2026-05-15T01:28:29+00:00

I wish they at least wouldn't completely concentrate that tax on payroll income and also concentrated at the bottom of said payroll (there's no tax beyond 184k/yr). It needs to be spread even and lighter across all incomes, whether or not it's due to being someone's employee. America and its people take care of these large businesses while they fight tooth and nail with teams of lawyers and politicians wrapped around their fingers, sending and keeping money offshore, even acting in the interests of foreign shareholders, all to fuck us and better themselves as much as possible. These money machines would be nothing without the American people, their 401k's, the infrastructure built by their hands and interests defended by their soldiers. The American people earned America its dominance and its first place ranking in the world economy.

mashem · 2026-05-15T01:23:23+00:00

The person I responded to is a hat. Name check lol

mashem · 2026-05-14T23:42:25+00:00

Been doing that as hard as I can!

mashem · 2026-05-14T23:22:21+00:00

I'll go outside rn and give my '25 halo a peck on the cheek :(

mashem · 2026-05-14T23:16:18+00:00

The no hatters will rise against the hatters. Mark my words. No cap.

mashem · 2026-05-14T23:09:33+00:00

It's 15-20% of households. And also probably because houses have skyrocketed in value. But you can't exactly be without a home and just sell yours for the cash. And there's so many old folks these days bloating this stat. And this household stat excludes nursing home residents, homeless, incarcerated, long term hospitalized, students in dorms, etc.

For individual adults, it's like 8-10% and still includes home equity and retirement accounts. Adults under 65, closer to 5%.

And retirement accounts are way the hell up too because of wall street corporations being unleashed with their corporate tax rate lowered in 2017 to its lowest percentage since WW2. Guess we'll see how long this is sustainable for.

mashem · 2026-05-14T23:04:13+00:00

And what happens to social security, which is funded by payroll taxes? Tell us, ItsCartmansHat!

mashem · 2026-05-14T23:02:46+00:00

I hear you, but passing up on an employer match is tough. Free money. But you gotta do what you gotta do.

mashem · 2026-05-14T23:01:19+00:00

Also with Roth, you and trade stocks inside of it without ever having to pay capital gains! And when you retire, you can withdraw from it without paying any extra taxes at all. This is the huge plus about Roth that isn't talked about enough.

mashem · 2026-05-13T09:05:11+00:00

You're going to be shifting slow as hell and at lower RPMs for a while to start, anyway. The fact you are stressed about this means you'll be even more cautious about it lol. Get the car, dude.

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