i think you’re fighting an argument that i never made. i was never blaming the IRS.

i wish id focused more on my classes, i mean i took them fairly serious, but was mostly concerned with my grades instead of really engaging with the material. also spent an inordinate amount of time on sports friends and partying. oh and i think i wish i spent less time playing video games, but havent decided for sure.

well, keep in mind the more people can put in their retirement accounts, the less the govt collects in taxes.  so there are mixed incentives here.  especially for non-roth options which mean less revenue for the IRS the year of the contribution. 

im not interesting in buying any tv thats expensive enough that it could be marked down $1100

im not interesting in buying any tv thats expensive enough that it could be marked down $1100

if youve got enough that you only need to withdraw 4% per year, its crazy to have 40-60% of your assets in bonds/cds. thats 10-15 years worth of living expenses.

the only explanation for thinking this is the funniest norm+conan segment is that youve never seen the moth joke.

I’m a big fan of Resilio Sync, whose usefulness increases with the number of PCs you own. I have 4 desktop PCs and several laptops, and Resilio Sync lets you add folders to share, and choose which folders to receive, and keeps them all synced.

i still just dont quite get how you didnt stumble across anything on the internet that told you how bad all-in-one liquid coolers were in all the time you were having low-level anxiety about your CPU heat levels.

as a man i can tell you, you’re not missing much. our pockets may be bigger, but everything falls out as soon as you sit down.

i have one of these in all of the backpacks i never take on planes.  i had one of these in all of the backpacks i sometimes take on planes.

eh, there is an awkward situation when two people are approaching a door from opposite sides.  if they get there first sure they should open it and wait for you to come through, but if you’re arriving at the same time or they’re arriving after, yeah better for them to wait.

the main thing i want is some extremely obnoxious and impossible to ignore way of telling someone their lights are not on.

“and the average American has an average balance of $6,375, per Experian, accruing ever more interest”

lol ya he could have just stopped at “My son had been born two weeks prior” and left it at that.

or just survive a couple hours without feeding your caffeine addiction.

when i hear about left-handed people using left-handed mice, all i can think is they must be much older than me. born in the mid80s, ive been using right-handed mice my entire life, using a left-handed mouse would be unnatural to me the same way writing with my right hand is unnatural.

15-20 miles... what, over the course of the entire tournament? not that impressive.

15-20 miles... what, over the course of the entire tournament? not that impressive.

“What the seemingly meaningless exchange means is we can relax. The person we’re inches away from for the afternoon is not dangerous.”

the intro to this post sets it up as a rent vs buy conversation, and goes as far as to say that the source paper “argues that, actually, renting is a good investment in its own right.” I don’t see any evidence that’s the argument they’re making at all.