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by astura 4y ago
PayPal. Well, sorta. You can revoke authorization for a subscription, you can't actually cancel. Some (most?) companies will auto cancel you if they can't bill you.
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by astura 4y ago
>A Netflix account is supposed to be one per family, it was never supposed to be tied to an individual person. Who in their right mind would assume that a package that allowed four simultaneous streams would be for a single person watchi
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by astura 4y ago
Difference is there's not a car I can buy for $2,000 that's just as good (and maybe identical) as the $20,000 car in all aspects.
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by astura 4y ago
$2,000 for a queen sized mattress? No thank you.
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by astura 4y ago
This is highly plan and employer specific. However, it's not at all unusual to be better off financially with a high deductible plan even if you max out your deductible.
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by astura 4y ago
>but they will charge about $25 per quarter ($100 per year) to maintain your account. This is entirely dependant on your plan and plan administrator. Some charge nothing some charge much more than $100/year (I was paying over $250&#
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by astura 4y ago
>I don't know how they found out? Is that public information? Verifying degree is extremely easy in most cases - the background check company will just call the registrar. It's probably done through an API nowadays.
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by astura 4y ago
Well, it's easy to have two good years. It's also easy to have a bad two years with multiple major repairs. I went one year where I spent at least $16,000 on repairs. But that's the point - having $16,000 in repairs unexpecte
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by astura 4y ago
> a semi-fixed and mostly predictable expense, even if mortgages aren't all that much cheaper Sorry I break the bad news - As a homeowner, this is not an advantage of owning a home. Houses are MASSIVE money sinks. The cost of rent i
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by astura 4y ago
There are some naturally caffeine free tisanes - I'd suggest rooibos or honeybush.
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by astura 4y ago
This seems extremely paranoid. I cold brew green (and black) tea and drink multiple cups a day.
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by astura 4y ago
You're wrong about the first point - the cash management account IS the brokerage account, and there's no minimum. No no forex fees either.
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by astura 4y ago
This is called "open admissions" and community colleges generally operate this way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_admissions
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by astura 4y ago
Good point.
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by astura 4y ago
While he didn't invent hot Cheetos, he did go from janitor to marketing director, which is already an amazing accomplishment. It's a shame he's making shit up, because it ruins his own legacy. There's so much money invol
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by astura 4y ago
Do people not know you can just cook rice in a microwave? It's my typical method.
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by astura 4y ago
She has almost five million subscribers. How's that "underrated"?
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by astura 4y ago
Radiators are extremely common in the Northeast USA, where I live. Mostly in prewar homes.
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by astura 4y ago
I have decorative boxes covering up my radiators. Incidentally, the boxes heat up to the perfect temperature for my cats, who love sitting on them in the winter.
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by astura 4y ago
Customs garbage is treated differently.
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by astura 4y ago
Everyone who works in the united states must fill out form I-9 to prove your eligibility for employment. https://www.uscis.gov/i-9 Report card/school records is an option for children who don't have an ID. So ID d
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by astura 4y ago
>But I've never heard of a child needing an ID card (aside from travelling abroad) You've never heard of a child needing an ID? Really? When I was a teenager, teenagers were expecting to earn an income and contribute some of th
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by astura 4y ago
>credit cards are [exclusively] issued to folks 18 and over. This is not 100% true. A child can have a credit card as long as they have an adult co-signer. A child can also be an authorized user on an adult's credit account and be i
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by astura 4y ago
>Is there a formal name to describe incumbents pushing for regulations in order to keep out new competitors? Regulatory capture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
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by astura 4y ago
New ID? Nothing new needed, anyone, child or adult, can get a non-driver's id from the DMV. Just need the proper paperwork. People I grew up with generally started working at 14 and that's when they'd get one. A friend of min
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by astura 4y ago
https://twitter.com/punished_cait/status/1628002713937092610...
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by astura 4y ago
>careerism (a term I invented....) You most certainly didn't invent the term "careerism."
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by astura 4y ago
>i sat there with him to support him through the work as he did it but i guess people are so eager to demonize children they can't finish reading a tweet Sounds like the teacher correctly identified that the essay submitted wasn&#x2
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by astura 4y ago
Yes, this is what I personally witnessed happen to an immediate family member, minus the scare quotes. The LSD trip definitely caused psychosis and the psychosis has been permanent thus far (this was over a decade ago!). I literally saw it
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by astura 4y ago
I can tell you from personal experience that's not a myth. (Not me, personally, my immediate family member). One LSD trip triggered permanent psychosis.

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