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That's like the remaining Reddit userbase. I always thought they WERE children, not childless. That's more like MMORPG players.
Lolcow Andrew Peter Carlson / Anaiah Carlson / Tamarlover / Xtamarlover - Jewish/Christian Wannabe Cult Leader, Stalker, Ugly af, dogfucker, mayor of spitsville
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If everyone does philosophy correctly and uses logic properly, I believe everyone will come to the same general conclusions. My primary goal is not to convert the world, but to convert Christians and Jews. And the main thing is not converting all of them, but converting enough to make a difference in the world. Because of how influential Israel is to world events, all that needs to be done to change the entire world is influence a small group of people in Israel. For example, say I was to convince the leaders of Israel about certain things. That could start many world changing things. Its not about doing all the legwork myself. But I desire to put things into action by moving pieces. My most important overarching goal is to advocate for the construction of the Third Temple and restoration of Israel to its former glory as in the days of the Bible. But I don't want to neglect other things either, so I want to focus on individual people too, and that is why I want to have community as well. I have two community ideas. One is a community where people can believe and live almost however they want but have to follow some basic rules. The second idea is everyone falls in line with the narrow way of life that I believe is to be done for my community. Both community models are attractive to me. I'm not sure which one will come to fruition in my life if any. But hopefully I will have my dream community someday.
I do agree regarding business in some ways because businesses actually provide livelihood to so many people. So in that sense businesses are a true blessing. On the other hand, businesses can be extremely greedy. But I do believe you can have a business that has ethical values and conducts themselves in a morally good way. Such as seeking profits but not exorbitant profits. Giving people the true value of things which a sufficient enough profit. I do want to have a business someday I just gotta figure out the logistics of it. Gotta figure out how to make it legal or whether or not to utilize legal loopholes.
The friend in India cannot do that for me because he lives there illegally as of now as he is not a native. However, interesting you say that i was just looking up shortly before you posted that about the Phillipines and how the standard of living there is so cheap you can make a ton of money by importing things to the Phillipines and selling their instead. And taking money and putting it in endeavors over there. So i do find that idea very intriguing and interesting to consider.
You say in practice communism is evil but in reality in practice every government has been evil. None has done it adequately. And capitalism thrives on communist or socialist policies incorporated into capitalism. Things like Social Security are inherently communistic in principle. The truth is communism is the perfect ideal but most people are unwilling to support it. I believe money was created solely because people were too selfish and greedy to get along with each other so money was invented as a way for people to try to keep things fair and just. It was a good idea and it has done many good things, but it has also led to many evils. I believe that eliminating money is an ideal that cannot truly be reached in our society, but I believe communism done properly is very feasible and I would do it if I had the power to implement it. You need a government with a heavy hand to implement it otherwise it'll never work. And it needs to be implemented by the government properly for it to even have a chance at being truly successful and good.
There are many misconceptions about communism. For example, communism doesn't make everything equal with everyone. There are incentives for people who work harder. But for example, housing is provided as a guaranteed right of life, a job is provided by the government as a guaranteed right. The government ought to control and fix the prices of goods and ban exchange of goods that are harmful to the society. Also limiting number of goods each person can have. Like for example, only one car per person. Or two cars per household. Limiting people to one house only. And you can only have a house that is correspondent to the size of your estate. So if you only have a few things you don't need a big house and it should be illegal to have a big house for someone who doesn't have a valid reason to have a big house. People who work harder can get higher quality goods and they ought to receive more compensation. But still as a basic right, people should be able to eat organic and healthy food. But lets say things that are not essentials those things are more expensive and are rewarded for those who work harder and have more money.
I agree with you study is useless without action. I'm trying to do the action part. That's why I'm saving up my money. Preparing for my future community where we help people.
I assume by childfree community you mean the people who advocate for the right to not be judged for wanting to be a couple with whoever they want even though they don't want children and don't want to be shamed for it. They want their desire to not have children to be accepted by society and not condemned. Fluhre I don't think he meant actual communities of people, but just "community" as a label for people who don't want children and who think its a social justice issue that is being unfairly attacked.
So based on that understanding my thoughts are: I think its immoral to be in a sexual relationship without the intent to have children with that person. However, that being said, the people that want to be in sexual relationships but don't want children probably are the type of people that shouldn't be having children anyways. So, when it comes down to it, I'm not particularly bothered by it, since if they don't have kids there is less suffering in the world since I believe bad parents shouldn't have kids. I don't believe in most abortion. But prior to conception if they don't want to have children, while i think its a technical immoral thing, in the grander scheme it may be more moral for them not to have kids than to have kids when they shouldn't have them.
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You're the literal definition of a bugman. You think Communism is somehow edgy and righteous. Also, the fact that you put Brad's grave on here like some sort of mockery is pathetic and youre a sick basement dwelling bugman. You know exactly the right things to say to people to appear normal, but I doubt you have a soul tbh.
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How did I mock by putting the pic on it? I posted it to show that his mom probably cared about him. I think communism is righteous because I've seen the alternative which is woefully inadequate. Communism is the only system that has the right answer for every social issue. I don't think it's edgy. I am a hardcore communist entirely unlike the democrat establishment. They are capitalist to the core. They are just somewhat more socialist. But have all the same main problems as republicans.
Sure I can put on an act and appear normal, but at the end of the day, I should be true to myself. I am not normal, but I can function and cooperate with the world in a way Melinda can't. So I be normal as needed to be successful in life.
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Evidence has shown that you are less functional than Melinda. Melinda at least isn't living in her parents's basement.
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I have a job and work hard nearly every day. Im sacing up money for a house. Minimizing expenses its called being smart. Its how i was able to send her so much money
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You have demonstrated time and again that you totally lack the fiscal responsibility needed to actually save for a house. I have explained at least twice how you are a social parasite, and have shown no real ambition to be anything more, and even your fantasy scenarios (starting a cult in the desert) involve you parasitizing off of others.
The only person fooled by your front is yourself.
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@xtamarlover any new love interests at work? How is your family doing with all of this corona stuff?
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No new love interests. Lots of hotties at work but none I'm interested in having a relationship with. I'm still hooked on my ex girlfriend so that is my primary goal of trying one last time to reconcile with her. If that doesn't work, I'll try to find someone by going to various religious groups and hoping to find someone that way.
My family is doing fine. So far, no one in any of my family has gotten sick from coronavirus. Some of my family lost their jobs but they are covered by unemployment or paid leave. Only me and my mom actually go in to work in my immediate family. Everyone else is either getting unemployment or paid leave or are/were getting unemployment. Politcally I'd say we are divided amongst three types in my family. Those of us who think the lockdown is overreach of government and unnecessary. Those of us who think it is a good idea and worth doing. and those of us who think it is absolutely essential that we did the shut down stuff. My ex girlfriend is one of those people who thinks its absolutely essential. Whereas I am in the camp that th9inks it is absolutely unnecessary and absurd. So if we had still been together I'm sure this would be a very sore subject between me and her and could have possibly destroyed our relationship due to her reluctance to be in a relationship with someone that has different values than her.
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Yesterday my account value went up $950 in one day due to tesla. Its down $400 today, again due to Tesla. Since Feb 2019, i finally recovered my losses. I had lost about $1000 in 2019 due to a penny stock becoming delisted. This year I lost even more during the worst of the stock market crash, but since mid april, Ive steadily been increasing so that I am now in the green for all the money i out in since feb 2019. The money prior to 2019 was on a different website (ameritrade) and was around $12,000 loss. I've only put a dent in recovering from that loss
In addition to Tesla, im doing constant micro transactions every work day. I have at least 1 share in over 500 companies. I made a list of all stocks on robinhood below $4 a share. So every day i buy and sell as many companies as I can from those lists. My strategy is buying only 1 share at a time, or a fee if its at a loss and then selling for a small profit. Thats a side hustle other than the bulk of my investment being Tesla. Im using margin to help fund my diverse portfolio.
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So you lost 12k in the stock market before 2019. Through 2019 and 2020, you haven't been able to make up the $12,000 you pissed away trying to get rich quick but you're still playing the stock market.
How much longer do you have to play the stock market until you have a house and you're a millionaire and your exgf takes you back? How are you going to own a house if stocks are earning you less than $6,000 a year and in fact losing you thousands of dollars because you're too dumb and impulsive to learn before you invest?
When you lost the $12,000 before 2019, was that your money or money you begged from other people to invest on their behalf?
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In 2018, I put in $12,000 of my own money, borrowed $12,000 from a friend, and on top of that, borrowed $24,000 on margin. So I bought $48,000 worth of Twitter, about 1065 shares of Twitter. It was around $45 a share. Then in a single day, it dropped down to $35 a share or less. Which means, in one day, it went down $12,000. Margin calls were issued. I would meet the margin call, only to have another margin call a couple weeks later. Then try to meet it again, only to have another one another week that month. Etc. I would beg my girlfriend at the time to help send me money to help me cover a margin call. She was upset with me asking her that. I paid her back but I had asked her on at least 3 different occasions to send me money to help. Eventually my friend said he wanted $7,000 back immediately so he could buy a truck. So I said fine so I sold the entire thing of twitter at the huge loss. I made an agreement at the time that if we lost money, I would swallow all the loss and that he would lose none of his money i promised him. And I kept my word. I'm sending him the rest of his money back this summer starting the end of this month. $500 a month till I pay back the remaining $4,000 I owe him of the $12,000 I had borrowed.
I'm still playing the stock market because I learned from my mistakes and I know what I did wrong. See if I hadn't borrowed money from my friend, I'd only have lost $6,000 instead of $12,000. I could get a house in a few years. I'm not doing it to get anyone back. I'm doing it for me.
And I disagree with your assessment: I have learned quite well from my past mistakes. Also I don't need to make money with the stocks more than $6,000 a year to get a house. Because my account lets me withdraw money from my account without selling anything. So let's say I have $100,000 worth of shares in my account. I could withdraw $20,000 without selling anything and use it as a down payment. It would simply convert the $20,000 I have into a borrowed margin by that same amount.
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You don't have $100,000 worth of shares in your account. Having $100,000 worth of stocks in your account doesn't matter when you take out personal loans from your friend worth $12,000 and when you borrow a quarter of one hundred thousand US dollars to put into stocks and you lose 12 grand in a single fucking day.
You incurred $36,000 worth of debt. You paid back $8000 of it to your friend. How are you getting ahead? You're toiling to pay back thousands of dollars of debt you accrued over years by borrowing money to play the stock market.
You yourself in this thread were talking about how genius you are with money and how, if only people invested thousands of dollars into you, you would be a millionaire within a year. You had $50,000 worth of capital, Andrew. Where is that now?
How many more years until you get a house? Can you calculate the rate at which you earn money yearly with stocks to see how long until you'll have $100,000 in your account? How much of the $100,000 in your account is borrowed on margin anyway? You're going to use your borrowed debt to put a down payment onto your house?
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Of the 36000, i paid back 32000. You pay back margin when you sell. They are your first priority automatically and that cant be changed even if you want cause thats how margin works. You can borrow but whenever you sell your shares, you owe the full amount back. So when it dropped $12,000 in value and i eventually sold it it automatically took the 12000 from the $24,000 sale and repaid the broker. Of the remainder, i counted it as my friends money whatever was left.
Within 4 years ill have 100,000 in my account. And when you have that much, drops of $12,000 while significant, are not that big of a deal. Also i didnt say $100,000 worth of stocks.
I said $100,000 of your own money. Margin isnt included in that. So if i had $100,000 in my account, id have access to $100,000 extra from margin. When you borrow margin, whatever you borrow is not included in your total account value. Thus right now my account value is $12,250 even though my portfolio is worth $16,750.
I dont borrow money from friends anymore. That was a lesson learned. yes the 1 million prediction was stupid but it counted on consistent deposits from friends which failed.
I can withdraw or spend unused margin and the amount i use is then charged to my account as a margin loan which is paid back immediately upon the sale of the stocks. Thats how margin works
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Unless you plan on buying a house in bumfuck nowhere or a flat you will need more than $20000. Most house and land packages here go for $700000 ($485303.00 am) for a new house or $450000 ($311982.75 am) for an old one (then again this is another country) and you need at least 10% of the price upfront, or 5% if you're real lucky. And what about stamp duty? Can you get your mortgage approved with your current salary? What about land tax? Are you comfortable in your current job enough to stay in it for 15 years? Is your job stable enough? How is your borrowing history?
If you want to own a house, I say go for it, but it's a big task that will consume your life, if not your soul. So fair warning
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America it is easier to get a house hut my income could be not high enough perhaps. Also ill need much better credit to even consider applying
Shugo
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i'll see you in 4 years, wonder how many thousands Melinda will get inbetween that time
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+$13,000 in my stock account. About -$10,000 in credit cards/loans. And also -$4,000 I owe my friend.
Almost +$1000 of video games. Around +$10,000 in books. I dont know if possessions are included but so i included those.
Tomorrow if i were to sell all my stocks id have $13,000. But I owe about $14,000 all debts considered.
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