LemmyLives

No tax on tips, baby! It's going to save the 22 year old that cuts my hair $4k in taxes.

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they’re also working to make it more difficult for foreigners to own property

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This isn't a huge deal for most single family properties outside of Tokyo; they depreciate most residential properties so that they're functionally worth nothing after 30 years.

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Japan essentially imposes no1 special taxes, reviews, or restrictions on foreign real estate purchases, which is a rarity worldwide. In contrast, countries like Canada, Singapore, and Australia have implemented heavy stamp duties, outright bans, or minimum price thresholds to curb speculative buying by foreigners.

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They're trying to control condo prices in Tokyo, which are increasing YoY 15%, largely due to the Chinese buying up almost anything close to "luxury."

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but you save a shite ton of money in the long term by hiring people who are excellent at what they do and are honest about

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This is an underrated take. When I was single, I could "figure it out" but it would take me two weekends of five home depot trips to extend a circuit, replace a bathroom fan, returning shite I didn't need, buying tools I wouldn't use for another five years.

And then I got married. It needed to be done TODAY. And frick drywall and painting. I can never patch drywall as fast or as good as someone that doesn't speak English. And if there's something wrong with the texture, by outsourcing, I didn't get yelled at, the drywall people did. Paying a bit to have your wife pissed at someone else other than you, when they have to explain how they can't exactly match the texture, etc., is worth the peace of mind.

I can spend an entire weekend trying to figure something out, (cause you tube videos always show complications like electrical outlet placement, pipes that are too short, things that were misrouted, etc.) or I can pay someone $200 to do it once, with things they have on hand, and never have to think about it again.

You can purchase on Amazon or AppleTV. I tend to buy stuff on Amazon because I generate $10+ a month in digital credits by being willing to wait an extra two days for shite. I've bought it, but haven't watched it yet.

ETA: 20m in, Rami Malek was great casting. Adds bite to what could have been a stuffy proceeding, even with Crowe. Malek's clever manipulation of Crowe early on sold me it's going to be good.

Yeah, like the sororities at any of the SEC schools are any different.

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Now ask how many parents are putting that much into a college 529 or utma savings account

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28k a year into dance, and I have yet to receive a single dollar from the ex for the 529s. My entire child support payment apparently only pays for extracurriculars (10k for lacrosse). And that doesn't include travel. But, priorities.

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It’s more complicated than that. My mother died in June. I’ve found out that my parents whole adult life is a house of financial cards. So I have to keep it afloat in order to get the house sold.

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Not sure of the situation, but my ex brother in law went through nearly the same thing. However, he wrongly assumed that the debts of his parents that were in their name, not his, needed to be paid out of anything other than the estate that came with the sale of the parental home. He spent tens of thousands of his immediate family bank account to pay debts that were not his responsibility. Not being ironic at all, but best of luck.

Decades ago, I remember a cartoon where a TV repairman was asked by the man of the house how much he charged. The response was along the lines of, "$50 an hour if you leave me to do my work, $75 if you watch me fix it, and $200 an hour if you try to help."

OP, just walk away, and let him come find you when he's done.

If you used food as a coping mechanism for some sort of anxiety, and you've taken that method of coping away, your body may be looking for other ways to create the same effect. In many cases, the exercise becomes that coping mechanism, but it doesn't seem to for you. But the coping mechanism is the symptom of a different problem.

What is underneath the anxiety you don't realize you have? Job? Family? Finances? Explore the stressors you think you're dealing with, and figure out if you really are.

How many people are going to turn off the SuperBowl, open the YouTube app on their TV to watch? I would presume most will leave the main TV on the SB, mute it, and pull it up on an iPad or a different TV. The SB official numbers will hardly dip, at all, which will become the story. It doesn't matter if 15% of the audience watches Kid Rock somewhere else (even though that would be pretty monster.)

I truly don't get the obsession with the ads, since they're almost all out weeks in advance.

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Maybe not a private school,

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Private school kids have more money to throw around, ETA: and they're just as likely to be willing to bully another kid for cash. Lacrosse players, for instance.