Austria lol. Mozart, not kangaroos.

Either tacos/burritos, or any Asian noodle soup (pho, ramen, udon)

Hours upon hours of pain and farts

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They probably have a really good tax guy, especially if they’re making that much. Average is typically 15-30%, and it usually depends on how you go about your taxes. Depending on deductions, especially if you own a business, and the more you can pay a (high level) tax guy, the less you pay in taxes. It really do be like that.

Personal income, and even business income, absolutely agreed (my personal for the year was $10k or just shy of 10%, my corp tax was about $900, not bad at all). It’s the other nickel and dimeing CA is famous for. Fuel taxes, property taxes because home values are now sky high, DMV fees, and then all your municipal taxes, and then all your varied county/municipal sales taxes, and plenty of others I’m not thinking of right now, and of which added together are exorbitant compared to other states. Now, don’t get me wrong, you certainly get what you pay for in terms of great weather and good quality of life compared to other states, as well as many other benefits, but let’s not pretend for a second that California isn’t a fucking expensive place to live. I was born and raised here, I’ve lived elsewhere, and I am not leaving, but absolutely California is pricey.

In California, yes. Moreso because taxes keep rising but services keep dwindling.

Electrician here. One thing I will say, in times of inclement economic weather (like now), service plumber stay busy. People are likely not going to not fix a leak, blocked drain, or a heater/AC problem. People will run an extension cord if an outlet stops working or get creative if a light goes out. From what I’ve seen, many views plumbing as a more pertinent issue to resolve than electrical issues. But, as OP said, I’ll take electrical all day over dealing with poo.

Linemen for the power company will always stay busy regardless of the economy, and it pays stupid well. The guys in my town clear $200k with storm shifts.

What does guitar center do?

What’s this about 4chan imploding?

Not necessarily, but in my experience with my friends’ kids, the ones that are the most maladjusted are the ones with their faces buried in their phones all the time, and these are the same kids that were raised on iPads and YouTube all day. It’s one thing to have an hour or two of screen time in a day, but the parents that don’t limit it have the kids with the most behavioral problems.

Behavioral issues start at home.

Schools now lose funding when kids don’t pass, so admins press teachers to move them along.

Yeah but the masses now think he’s at some all inclusive resort, and that’s how this gets blown to the wind.

Not with that attitude

Iirc Jellyfin isn’t exactly intended to be operated outside of your home network like Plex is. There are workarounds of course, but the onus is on the user to secure it.

All the way up, remember that Trump is their lackey

This whole “too big to fail” schtick really needs to go the way of the dodo. I understand the implications in terms of jobs and whatnot, but the fact that some of these firms have gotten so big that they’ll fracture economies is flat out irresponsible.

Same thing in the US with college campus protestors. It’s not about defending the Jewish faith from hatred, it’s about silencing dissent.

But then they can’t use the broad banner of antisemitism to silence anyone that gets on their nerves. Anti-genocide would just be logical, can’t have that.