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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    Man, originally I wasn't planning on hitting the gym tonight (I usually go on Tuesdays) because I have calligraphy class tonight, but, holy god, after what they fed me for lunch I probably should rush to the gym straight after school and skip dinner. O.O

  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    "i think you are RAPIST MATERIAL"

    Emphasis most def hers. Go eat a dick for your abuse of caps, if for nothing else.

    But anyway.

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  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    How high is american income tax these days? I thought it was really low.

    the very highest right now i think is ~40%

    it varied based on filing status but it's roughly that for income over 400k

    Um.
    Total_Effective_Tax_Rates_2011.jpg

    Abd, chu is correct, but leaving a bit out.

    The top marginal rate is 39.6, which you have to pay for all wage income received over 400k. However, all the money you make below that threshhold is taxed at the rate of it's respective bracket.

    http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/2013-tax-rates-income-brackets/

    This is federal income tax only. It does not include bullshit "payroll taxes" or state and local taxes.

    Deebaser on
  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    I will say this though.

    If you are truly a feminist then you shouldn't consider hitting a female to be worse than hitting a male.

    However, if you aren't an asshole you should, obviously, consider hitting a person of either sex to be wrong barring legitimate self defense!

  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Pony wrote: »
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    There's more

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    Although I'm sure at least half of these are fake the 2012 years thing goes beyond trollstupid to stupid stupid

    override367 on
  • HamurabiHamurabi MiamiRegistered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Chanus wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    How high is american income tax these days? I thought it was really low.

    the very highest right now i think is ~40%

    it varied based on filing status but it's roughly that for income over 400k

    Um.
    Total_Effective_Tax_Rates_2011.jpg

    They've gone up for incomes over 400k this year, to something like 39.4%

    http://www.moneychimp.com/features/tax_brackets.htm

    Plug "$401000" into that and check the result. It's even lower for Married Filing Jointly.

    EDIT: Oh wait, I totally missed the "this year" part. My bad. /blush

    When does that go into effect?

    Hamurabi on
  • Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nips Registered User regular
    The payroll tax holiday expiration changed my paycheck by $2. Maybe my company did something to compensate. Our CEO is a huge republican but tends to express this by shielding employees from government changes and sending an email about it rather than raging publicly and telling us all how to vote.

    Oh, and once he got drunk and told us that he's not starting a recycling program in the office because his employees are not trash sorting vagrants. The CFO took the microphone away so quickly, I was dying laughing.

    Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    How high is american income tax these days? I thought it was really low.

    the very highest right now i think is ~40%

    it varied based on filing status but it's roughly that for income over 400k

    Um.
    Total_Effective_Tax_Rates_2011.jpg

    They've gone up for incomes over 400k this year, to something like 39.4%

    This not being super easy info to find might be part of your problem over there

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  • AresProphetAresProphet Registered User regular
    spool32 wrote: »
    Payroll tax holidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

    Wouldn't have happened without Obamaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    Under President McCain your rates would've been this for the last two yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars

    Get angry, sure, but do it at the right people, Spool.

    You are confused. I'm not talking about the payroll tax.

    I'm talking about an obscure mortgage credit that I qualified for. It got rewritten and the change carved a couple thousand bucks directly out of my actual return. Not an increase in my taxable income.

    Because I'm sure that "simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes" would have preserved an obscure mortgage deduction that you benefited from

    And if "lowering rates" would have benefited you to the tune of more than that couple thousand bucks, you'd have to be in a high enough tax bracket for it to not make a big difference

    Meanwhile you'd be losing a bunch more deductions that anyone in the top 2% wouldn't care abut, while their rates drop dramatically and you, at best, break even

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    it saddens me greatly how i am seriously incapable of telling anymore who on the internet is saying dumb things to troll and who is saying dumb things because they believe dumb things

    the 2012 twitter posts thing is a perfect example

    are some of them trolls? of course

    can i tell them apart?

    no

    and that makes me sad

  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies drinking coffee in the mountain cabinRegistered User regular
    abuse of caps

    penalty

    2 minutes in the box

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  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    There, that's one shitty looking bottle designed for a fake brewery I will never open.

  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Marginal tax isnt useful info here

    How much tax you pay is, well, how much tax you pay

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    How high is american income tax these days? I thought it was really low.

    the very highest right now i think is ~40%

    it varied based on filing status but it's roughly that for income over 400k

    Um.
    Total_Effective_Tax_Rates_2011.jpg

    They've gone up for incomes over 400k this year, to something like 39.4%

    This not being super easy info to find might be part of your problem over there

    One of them, for sure.

    Also, I'm assuming you know things you may not and then people are assuming I don't know things I do because there's no easy way to talk about taxes because we've made them so confounding, partially on purpose.

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited January 2013
    spool32 wrote: »
    Payroll tax holidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

    Wouldn't have happened without Obamaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    Under President McCain your rates would've been this for the last two yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars

    Get angry, sure, but do it at the right people, Spool.

    You are confused. I'm not talking about the payroll tax.

    I'm talking about an obscure mortgage credit that I qualified for. It got rewritten and the change carved a couple thousand bucks directly out of my actual return. Not an increase in my taxable income.

    out of curiosity what is the code or ID for the credit in question? I am curious about its history.

    II don't know exactly since I have Turbotax do this for me, but you need a Mortgage Credit Certificate issued to you.

    My understanding is that they don't issue these anymore.

    spool32 on
  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    I should use Comic Sans in my logo.

    Because Hate.

  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    I will say this though.

    If you are truly a feminist then you shouldn't consider hitting a female to be worse than hitting a male.

    However, if you aren't an asshole you should, obviously, consider hitting a person of either sex to be wrong barring legitimate self defense!

    and given the low rates at which, culturally, a man is in a position of having to defend himself from a woman by way of striking

    hey maybe don't hit women

    isn't that unreasonable a general rule, for now

  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    Tamin wrote: »
    well, I've never heard this one before

    man, I'm as happy as a puppy with two peters!
    that doesn't even make any sense

    things that make puppies happy:
    mom
    dad
    rest of the litter
    toys
    food
    playing
    running
    being petted
    going outside
    going inside

    sex hasn't entered the equation yet

  • Caveman PawsCaveman Paws Registered User regular
    So... Ladykillers = good

    Rape = bad

    I confoosed

  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    Chemistry textbook 1, armies of the anti-christ spider 0

    Good show, brave chemistry textbook. If you keep this up, you will surely make Thoreau's Walden proud (Walden 3, AotACS 0).

  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Wait chanus did you mean that people with incomes over 400k pay 39, or that you pay 39 of everything above 400k

    Because the difference here is great

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Hamurabi wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    How high is american income tax these days? I thought it was really low.

    the very highest right now i think is ~40%

    it varied based on filing status but it's roughly that for income over 400k

    Um.
    Total_Effective_Tax_Rates_2011.jpg

    They've gone up for incomes over 400k this year, to something like 39.4%

    http://www.moneychimp.com/features/tax_brackets.htm

    Plug "$401000" into that and check the result. It's even lower for Married Filing Jointly.

    EDIT: Oh wait, I totally missed the "this year" part. My bad. /blush

    When does that go into effect?

    The new rates go into effect for when you file next year... but it's also, of course, not going to be 39.whatever% total on a 400k income because you only pay that rate on the income you earn over 400k.

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    bleh

    Dad's been put in the hospital since they can't seem to get rid of this intermittent fever

    He's probably better off in there anyway, since his throat is now painful to the point where he cannot swallow

    But I do not think it is any easier on my mum, emotionally

    (though nothing really will be until this is over)

  • HamurabiHamurabi MiamiRegistered User regular
    Pony wrote: »
    Hamurabi wrote: »
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    I didn't figure you were, but that's kind of what Pony was saying, that he got accused of being "rapist material" by a feminist because he's an asshole. I'm an asshole, this has never made me consider raping anyone, man or woman.

    I got what Pony was saying. I didn't want to jump to the conclusion that he was mistaking his one experience for some kind of general trend of "feminists" (however you choose the define that) jumping down poor, unsuspecting guys' throats for daring to question The Hive She-Mind.

    So I just suggested he reconsider his general approach to the social universe. :)

    actually that's not at all what i'm saying, so maybe you should roll your jump to conclusions mat up and put it away for now
    I didn't want to jump to the conclusion that...

  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Marginal tax isnt useful info here

    How much tax you pay is, well, how much tax you pay

    Dude... we have assholes here that say they'd TURN DOWN A PROMOTION if it would put them into the next bracket. I think having about half of our citizenry not knowing how marginal taxation works is by fucking design.

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Wait chanus did you mean that people with incomes over 400k pay 39, or that you pay 39 of everything above 400k

    Because the difference here is great

    The second one.

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    Pony wrote: »
    I will say this though.

    If you are truly a feminist then you shouldn't consider hitting a female to be worse than hitting a male.

    However, if you aren't an asshole you should, obviously, consider hitting a person of either sex to be wrong barring legitimate self defense!

    and given the low rates at which, culturally, a man is in a position of having to defend himself from a woman by way of striking

    hey maybe don't hit women

    isn't that unreasonable a general rule, for now

    It's really sad

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    Is this guy trolling? If so, bravo

  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Pony wrote: »
    I will say this though.

    If you are truly a feminist then you shouldn't consider hitting a female to be worse than hitting a male.

    However, if you aren't an asshole you should, obviously, consider hitting a person of either sex to be wrong barring legitimate self defense!

    and given the low rates at which, culturally, a man is in a position of having to defend himself from a woman by way of striking

    hey maybe don't hit women

    isn't that unreasonable a general rule, for now

    Well, my personal experience with this is going to be different. I almost got arrested for domestic violence once, because I was defending myself from a kick in the balls and my girlfriend at the time called the cops to try and be dramatic (I grabbed her foot and she fell over because she was off balance). There is certainly a double standard in the way violent crime is treated, I've experienced it.

    No I do not think this means you should hit women, and no I don't think it's evidence of misandry...it just happens, in some places.

    GnomeTank on
    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
    Steam: Brainling, XBL / PSN: GnomeTank, NintendoID: Brainling, FF14: Zillius Rosh SFV: Brainling
  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    simonwolf wrote: »
    bleh

    Dad's been put in the hospital since they can't seem to get rid of this intermittent fever

    He's probably better off in there anyway, since his throat is now painful to the point where he cannot swallow

    But I do not think it is any easier on my mum, emotionally

    (though nothing really will be until this is over)

    Sucks :(

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    Hamurabi wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    Hamurabi wrote: »
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    I didn't figure you were, but that's kind of what Pony was saying, that he got accused of being "rapist material" by a feminist because he's an asshole. I'm an asshole, this has never made me consider raping anyone, man or woman.

    I got what Pony was saying. I didn't want to jump to the conclusion that he was mistaking his one experience for some kind of general trend of "feminists" (however you choose the define that) jumping down poor, unsuspecting guys' throats for daring to question The Hive She-Mind.

    So I just suggested he reconsider his general approach to the social universe. :)

    actually that's not at all what i'm saying, so maybe you should roll your jump to conclusions mat up and put it away for now
    I didn't want to jump to the conclusion that...

    yet you carried right on anyway

    don't make an ass out of mptions

    mptions didn't hurt nobody

  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    The ratio of guys to girls posting in [chat] is, what, 5:1 now? I think we scared KEB off for good, to boot.

  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    Tamin wrote: »
    well, I've never heard this one before

    man, I'm as happy as a puppy with two peters!
    that doesn't even make any sense

    things that make puppies happy:
    mom
    dad
    rest of the litter
    toys
    food
    playing
    running
    being petted
    going outside
    going inside

    sex hasn't entered the equation yet

    Puppies, like all dogs, love licking their junk.

  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    Tamin wrote: »
    well, I've never heard this one before

    man, I'm as happy as a puppy with two peters!
    that doesn't even make any sense

    things that make puppies happy:
    mom
    dad
    rest of the litter
    toys
    food
    playing
    running
    being petted
    going outside
    going inside

    sex hasn't entered the equation yet

    Yeah, I dunno.

    It just sounded funny.

  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Marginal tax isnt useful info here

    How much tax you pay is, well, how much tax you pay

    The problem is that our tax code is fucked, and we literally can't tell you who pays what until we actually file our taxes. Even people making the same amount of money can have wildly different final tax rates.

    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
    Steam: Brainling, XBL / PSN: GnomeTank, NintendoID: Brainling, FF14: Zillius Rosh SFV: Brainling
  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    Pony wrote: »
    I will say this though.

    If you are truly a feminist then you shouldn't consider hitting a female to be worse than hitting a male.

    However, if you aren't an asshole you should, obviously, consider hitting a person of either sex to be wrong barring legitimate self defense!

    and given the low rates at which, culturally, a man is in a position of having to defend himself from a woman by way of striking

    hey maybe don't hit women

    isn't that unreasonable a general rule, for now

    Yes, it is.

    "Don't assault people." is a perfectly fine rule and there is no reason to dress it up in gender politics.

  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    Cinders wrote: »
    Tamin wrote: »
    well, I've never heard this one before

    man, I'm as happy as a puppy with two peters!
    that doesn't even make any sense

    things that make puppies happy:
    mom
    dad
    rest of the litter
    toys
    food
    playing
    running
    being petted
    going outside
    going inside

    sex hasn't entered the equation yet

    Puppies, like all dogs, love licking their junk.

    men are limited only by the fact that (most) can't

  • SanderJKSanderJK Crocodylus Pontifex Sinterklasicus Madrid, 3000 ADRegistered User regular
    So... Ladykillers = good

    Rape = bad

    I confoosed

    Ladykillers are only good if they are from 1955.

    Steam: SanderJK Origin: SanderJK
  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Deebaser wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Marginal tax isnt useful info here

    How much tax you pay is, well, how much tax you pay

    Dude... we have assholes here that say they'd TURN DOWN A PROMOTION if it would put them into the next bracket. I think having about half of our citizenry not knowing how marginal taxation works is by fucking design.

    Hey, instead of boosting me from $40,000 to $45,000, how about you just let me use the company car because I don't want to get bumped into the new tax bracket.

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • AresProphetAresProphet Registered User regular
    emnmnme wrote: »
    The ratio of guys to girls posting in [chat] is, what, 5:1 now? I think we scared KEB off for good, to boot.

    That's a shame, KEB seemed like good people

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  • HamurabiHamurabi MiamiRegistered User regular
    Pony wrote: »
    Hamurabi wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    Hamurabi wrote: »
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    I didn't figure you were, but that's kind of what Pony was saying, that he got accused of being "rapist material" by a feminist because he's an asshole. I'm an asshole, this has never made me consider raping anyone, man or woman.

    I got what Pony was saying. I didn't want to jump to the conclusion that he was mistaking his one experience for some kind of general trend of "feminists" (however you choose the define that) jumping down poor, unsuspecting guys' throats for daring to question The Hive She-Mind.

    So I just suggested he reconsider his general approach to the social universe. :)

    actually that's not at all what i'm saying, so maybe you should roll your jump to conclusions mat up and put it away for now
    I didn't want to jump to the conclusion that...

    yet you carried right on anyway

    don't make an ass out of mptions

    mptions didn't hurt nobody

    Well if the actual things that I said don't convince you, then I just don't know.

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