if america switched to the metric system then other countries would lose the ability to be annoyingly smug about the metric system and might have to develop actual personalities
believe me, we have plenty of other things to be annoyingly smug about
You know, it's been bugging me for a bit, but... this guy seems like the most inept gangster ever
He's a loan shark who seems to be wholly uninterested in actually getting any money, and rather than relying on a guy who is clearly, let's go with "criminally skilled" and capable of doing crime for him or whatever to start paying back this debt, instead keeps making demands for a clearly unrealistic amount.
Doing that not only lowers the chance of getting your money back, but makes your mark more afraid and desperate, thus more likely to either run and yielding you nothing, or doing something extreme like trying to kill you to avoid paying at all. And threatening Darren's family is like, the dumbest thing an actual gangster would do, since they easily have no idea who he is, could not rationally understand who this stranger is who is threatening them and demanding money, and would likely just get the police involved, even more so if they actually did anything to his family, which would result in a larger police involvement and still not getting your money.
So instead of telling Darren he's in his servitude and has to do shit for him to pay off the debt, like a sort of protection scheme that yields a constant profit, he's insisting that Darren, basically, perform magic in front of him. He's not going to actually get what he wants.
This has been today's episode of "Elk Overthinks Comics"
he's not asking for the whole amount, he's asking for £2,000 of the £30,000
it is of course the case that 2,000 of 30,000 is only 6.7%, which given a monthly interest rate of 10%, means that a monthly payment will never run down the principal
he's not asking for the whole amount, he's asking for £2,000 of the £30,000
it is of course the case that 2,000 of 30,000 is only 6.7%, which given a monthly interest rate of 10%, means that a monthly payment will never run down the principal
Ah, fair point
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Since porn is generally a big factor with a lot of new technology, this makes some sense.
Reminds me of the argument that our past selves are dead and since they have no knowledge of our future selves. Every moment of our existence is mass murder!
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one of the real-life problems in suppressing loansharks is of debtors under the impression that the loanshark can sic the cops on them
it's noteworthy that Dan Finster can recognize Si by name and also doesn't suggest just flipping Si off. perhaps Tackleford has an active organized crime problem?
I really like how apparently Saitama in OPM was apparently like a law student or something. Cause in the OVA, he runs into a guy having a problem with a loanshark. And rather than go to fight him, he goes to explain the law and how what the loanshark is doing is illegal under Japanese law.
finances and percentages always make me go cross eyed
someone break this down to a diaper baby such as myself
He lent him $100 with 10% monthly interest
So after a month, he owed $110
After two, he owed $121
This continued for five years, or sixty times, which ended up being over $30,000
also, the amount is now so large that is monthly repayment is entirely going toward interest; none of it is paying down the $100
so basically he'll be paying forever
note that, in real life, there is no legal obligation to repay an unlicensed money lender in the UK
Yeah, I mean it doesn't help that beyond that quote in the previously-linked strip, there hasn't been much shown to imply that this loan shark is a particularly dangerous person. My point is that there obviously are actual gangsters in the world, but the ones who actually present unreasonable demands on people and threaten to hurt them and their families are the ones who actually follow up on it, and honestly, those people do far worse things than loan small sums of money to people. (And I can't imagine that's what he is- it's not like you ask a major drug lord to spot you $100) Unless I missed another strip, I didn't get the impression that Sy is anything more than a shitty extortionist; he's not like a drug lord or mob boss or something, right?
we are told that Dan recognizes Si the loanshark by name, this is presumably an elegant way for the author to hint that Si is someone who is known, so Romesh isn't just making stuff up. in a young adult comic intended for publication, Allison can hardly show Si in the act, so we will have to be satisfied by hints.
unfortunately, the sort of threats being bandied about here - e.g., pay up an immensely usurious loan or we'll send thugs to rape your sister - are the sort of thing that have shown up in UK headlines within living memory, e.g., the article I linked above. This is without an entrenched organized crime problem. Slums are slums. Daz Wickle has his own reasons to be reluctant to run screaming for police protection. So it's not obviously ridiculous.
I really like how apparently Saitama in OPM was apparently like a law student or something. Cause in the OVA, he runs into a guy having a problem with a loanshark. And rather than go to fight him, he goes to explain the law and how what the loanshark is doing is illegal under Japanese law.
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So she's Accelerator then?
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I've been to a club like that, that comic matches what I remember pretty well
Except at the one in DC all the dancers were mad nude
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You know, it's been bugging me for a bit, but... this guy seems like the most inept gangster ever
He's a loan shark who seems to be wholly uninterested in actually getting any money, and rather than relying on a guy who is clearly, let's go with "criminally skilled" and capable of doing crime for him or whatever to start paying back this debt, instead keeps making demands for a clearly unrealistic amount.
Doing that not only lowers the chance of getting your money back, but makes your mark more afraid and desperate, thus more likely to either run and yielding you nothing, or doing something extreme like trying to kill you to avoid paying at all. And threatening Darren's family is like, the dumbest thing an actual gangster would do, since they easily have no idea who he is, could not rationally understand who this stranger is who is threatening them and demanding money, and would likely just get the police involved, even more so if they actually did anything to his family, which would result in a larger police involvement and still not getting your money.
So instead of telling Darren he's in his servitude and has to do shit for him to pay off the debt, like a sort of protection scheme that yields a constant profit, he's insisting that Darren, basically, perform magic in front of him. He's not going to actually get what he wants.
This has been today's episode of "Elk Overthinks Comics"
it is of course the case that 2,000 of 30,000 is only 6.7%, which given a monthly interest rate of 10%, means that a monthly payment will never run down the principal
I think he just wanted the spot by the door so he can say something dramatic when Max passes by.
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Ah, fair point
this dude should be working for Money Mart
someone break this down to a diaper baby such as myself
He lent him $100 with 10% monthly interest
So after a month, he owed $110
After two, he owed $121
This continued for five years, or sixty times, which ended up being over $30,000
Reminds me of the argument that our past selves are dead and since they have no knowledge of our future selves. Every moment of our existence is mass murder!
too bad he's being
jacked
also, the amount is now so large that is monthly repayment is entirely going toward interest; none of it is paying down the $100
so basically he'll be paying forever
note that, in real life, there is no legal obligation to repay an unlicensed money lender in the UK
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
I doubt Si will be attempting to invoke legal obligations
it's noteworthy that Dan Finster can recognize Si by name and also doesn't suggest just flipping Si off. perhaps Tackleford has an active organized crime problem?
Yeah, I mean it doesn't help that beyond that quote in the previously-linked strip, there hasn't been much shown to imply that this loan shark is a particularly dangerous person. My point is that there obviously are actual gangsters in the world, but the ones who actually present unreasonable demands on people and threaten to hurt them and their families are the ones who actually follow up on it, and honestly, those people do far worse things than loan small sums of money to people. (And I can't imagine that's what he is- it's not like you ask a major drug lord to spot you $100) Unless I missed another strip, I didn't get the impression that Sy is anything more than a shitty extortionist; he's not like a drug lord or mob boss or something, right?
unfortunately, the sort of threats being bandied about here - e.g., pay up an immensely usurious loan or we'll send thugs to rape your sister - are the sort of thing that have shown up in UK headlines within living memory, e.g., the article I linked above. This is without an entrenched organized crime problem. Slums are slums. Daz Wickle has his own reasons to be reluctant to run screaming for police protection. So it's not obviously ridiculous.
Saitama is literally the best