weluckyfew

weluckyfew OP t1_ja45t8g wrote

Reply to comment by ItsAllJustMalarkey in LPT: If you get a second job, you might need to adjust your tax withholding. Otherwise you'll probably owe a lot at the end of the year. by weluckyfew

Good to know - I just have the extra money taken out and treat it like a forced savings account. Sure, it doesn't get interest, but then again at most I'm only overpaying by a few hundred bucks so it wouldn't get me much anyway.

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weluckyfew OP t1_ja41860 wrote

Reply to comment by empteevessel in LPT: If you get a second job, you might need to adjust your tax withholding. Otherwise you'll probably owe a lot at the end of the year. by weluckyfew

IIRC changing the withholding to two would actually get less taken out in taxes - it would assume you have a dependent to claim on your taxes.

I just go with a set amount. I think if your income is fairly stable from that job you can just double whatever is being withheld now for federal taxes. But maybe someone who knows better will comment with a more foolproof way to do it.

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weluckyfew t1_j9oj7f8 wrote

Reply to LPT: Odds are you won't be the first person in your circle of friends to lose a parent to old age, but when you hear of the first one to go, heed the warning and make sure you're maximizing the time with those you love, because it's likely the bulk of the time you'll have with them is behind you. by JD2005

On a related note, if your parents are elderly check in with them on their finances. Make sure you or someone they trust has easy access to all their money, has medical power of attorney, and that their investments make sense for their age.

Also see if you need to start putting up grab bars, shower seats, and perhaps some sort of smartwatch or voice activated emergency system.

My 84-year-old mother lived alone. Last month she fell going down the stairs. She laid on the floor for two or three days, unable to move with a broken hip and a broken arm, thinking this was how she was going to die. One of her friends got worried when she didn't return her calls, so she came over and found her, and they got her to the hospital in time.

I had plans to visit her just two weeks later, and one of the things on my list was getting her some sort of life alert system. Unfortunately that idea came a little too late for her.

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weluckyfew t1_j03zxxx wrote

Reply to comment by Bulky_Researcher226 in Tesla value as it relates to Twitter's purchase [OC] by datawazo

It's been a Qanon phrase for years ( here's 2018, and 2017 and white rabbit themed Qanon merch )- as Musk would know - and certainly the Qanon crowd thinks it was a wink to them. Add that to Musk's "Twittergate" conspiracy nonsense, a penchant for screaming "pedophile!" at his opponents, reinstating the accounts of Qanon folks, the Fauci conspiracy nonsense...

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weluckyfew t1_j03jhql wrote

Reply to comment by Bewaretheicespiders in Tesla value as it relates to Twitter's purchase [OC] by datawazo

Spare me your ignorant patronizing - Musk wanted to make Tesla synonymous with himself, and now its fortunes are tied to his. If you don't think a lot of public opinion has soured on him you're not paying attention. His flailing with Twitter has become a national joke, and his actions (reinstating Trump, firing half the staff, tone-deaf statements) have taken away a lot of his luster.

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weluckyfew t1_isptwiy wrote

Reply to He's known as Chile's greatest poet, but feminists say Pablo Neruda is canceled by Aboveground_Plush

Jeez, you can't even abandon your wife and daughter and admit raping a woman without people criticizing you!?

It does bring up that classic question - can you appreciate a work of art divorced from the reality of who created it?

For me, I feel like the art stands separate from who created it. To judge the art along with the artist seems a bit like visiting the sins of the father upon the child.

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