The mechanic said the puncture is in a place where it is illegal for him to repair. If we fill it up with our portable air compressor it will last a few days. The tires only have around 5-10k of miles left on them before the tread hits the wear indicator. So keep filling it up manually every few days or replace all four tires now? Or attempt some makeshift repair?
If you doom scroll comedy videos you will find the same skits being done by dozens ( hundreds ) of people. It is impossible to know who had the original idea. And in this day and age , it could have come from AI.. So is blatant plagiarism the new norm?
Been at this job for almost a year, but having a lot of challenges with the boss. I knew from day 1 the boss was difficult, but he's improved over the months. The boss claims the person I replaced was fired because they weren't doing anything. They were there 3 months and I only see minimal documentation of anything they did. But now I wonder if they just tuned out once they saw how difficult the boss was?
If I reach out to them on linkedin could anything bad happen to me? I know likely they will ignore me. Or they may want to spill the beans? Can't hurt to try, no?
I am a self-taught adult singer . I am noticeably pitchy and sometimes off key. Also I find it hard to match the timing of some phrases. My practice session is me singing along to my favorite songs on youtube for 20-30 minutes. Low effort and I enjoy it.
I also have a multi-track recorder I use to record my guitar and vocals. So sometimes I will record the youtube song to it then layer on my vocals. Then I will compare how it sounds. It is easy to spot the mistakes that way. But I often find myself listening too much to my recordings vs. actually practicing singing. Hence why singing directly along to youtube on my phone seems a better use of my time?
Seems the premise of this sub is that online people are shallow and fake but in real world people are sincere and genuinely interested in you. My experience is that it's the same fakeness everywhere.
People are just a tad more polite in person giving the illusion they care about you more. But nobody does. And why should they? All friendships are tit for tat. To expect people to show interest in your hobbies, political views, kids etc is plain delusional and selfish. Everybody wants fans, not friends.
I am nearly 50 and I only have three close friends from long ago. But sadly all have disappointed me. One keeps borrowing money . He pays it back but last loan he seems to have "forgotten" about for over a year. Another friend just posts conspiracy theory political stuff on facebook/instagram. Then he forwards me daily dumb memes I've seen recycled before. Last friend was always "weird". But after not talking to me for 20 years he reaches out. But he comes in "hot" and agressive wanting to chat on the phone out of nowhere. Nope. Learn to respect people than maybe I will talk to you ( that was my main complaint with him when we "broke up" 20+ years ago)..
Got a new job and had a complex question regarding mega backdoor roth. The kind of question I would prefer to type out... But I guess it is what it is if they don't offer online support..
I started a new job and the employer said they offer mega backdoor ROTH. But the HR person who told me that was young and I wasn't sure they understood what MBR is . Here are the options I see on my Vanguard profile. I assume I contribute to "Employee after-tax"? How do I specify that the money gets "recharacterized" at the end of the year?
I've already maxed the pretax with my previous employer ( from Jan 1 -> Aug 1 ). But they did not offer any MBR.. So now looking to hit my annual IRS limit by doing the MBR
I have a bunch of music and sports hobbies . Instead of spamming my personal account with videos of these hobbies , I created a separate account for each. For example I made one to just post my guitar videos ( around one a day or two ). Idea is that friend who care about my guitar can follow it. Those that don't care, will never see my guitar videos.
But using this guitar account should I be following the same friends back? Or just follow other guitar related accounts?
My employer offers no HSA presumably because this plan is not HDHP. Seems it should be based on the annual deductible amounts no?
Since they only offer an FSA, is it worth getting that? Or is it more a gimmick?
My nature is to support anyone who puts themselves out there. I won't like everything someone posts, but I will add consistent likes over time. But I feel awkward when such people NEVER like anything I post. Makes me feel a bit creepy. But if I ignore seeing their post then I feel just as bad as what they are doing... Thoughts?
We've been married 11 years but separated for past 5. One kid 10 years old. Spouse lives in her own house which she rents. I live in the house we bought together 9 years ago . The house is in both our names. I paid for it in cash with 90% my money, 10% hers.
For past 5 years she has outearned me by around 100k. If I retire at age 50 what would happen if we get divorced? She keeps saying if I want to retire, we have to get divorced and split finances. Because she does not want to "support me" in her words...
I work in R&D and my boss comes from a culture of "Yes Man". Any request from a higher up is accepted and made into an emergency. Even if the request is dumb he will never push back or question it. He also doesn't let me directly reach out to. the higher ups for clarification. Seems he is obsessed about "not losing face" and appearing like we don't know what we are doing.
I want to tell him that this way of working is actually damaging his credibility. At least I would not trust someone who blindly agrees to everything I ask . I am reminded of a quote someone told me , " A true professional is one who does their best to convince you that you don't need their services "....
I get they will likely never change and it's easiest for me just to keep looking for another job..
Seems I am getting lots of downvotes from similar kind of "Yes man" bosses. They claim that's the way of the corporate world.. Let me ask this then: Which mechanic would you trust more to change your oil:
The mechanic who says you can just do it yourself and shows you how
The mechanic who agrees to whatever oil you tell him to put in even if he knows it is bad for the engine
Should I be making frequent posts about anything that happens in my life? Should I be commenting and reacting to other friend's post? Should I be reposting friend's reels and photos?
I feel like most people do this and I feel the odd one out for not doing any of that. I don't want to seem anti-social...
What is a "healthy" amount of social media usage? I try and post stuff on instagram once or twice a month . Usually travel photos, videos of my hobbies, kids accomplishments.. I try and do a good job with the posts, i.e nice quality photos, witty captions, etc.. Try and hit above the mark. But I still can't compete with the videos/photos people see doom scrolling.. So that is why I wonder if it is worth it to post if you can't truly stand out...
I will stress about it after hours and randomly on weekends. Part of the stress motivates me to make sure I have a complete story to present. But this after-work hour worrying is annoying. I can't turn it off when I leave the office.
A part of me feels like this should count towards my 40 hrs/week ?!
And yes I have done Toastmasters and all that jazz. It still doesn't make it easy :-(
Should I be making frequent posts about anything that happens in my career? Should I be commenting and reacting to other people's post from my network? Should I be sharing job postings from people in my network?
I feel like most people do this and I feel the odd one out for not doing any of that. I don't want to seem anti-social or a bad "team player"...
Should I be making frequent posts about anything that happens in my career? Should I be commenting and reacting to other people's post from my network? Should I be sharing job postings from people in my network?
I feel like most people do this and I feel the odd one out for not doing any of that. I don't want to seem anti-social or a bad "team player"...
I will stress about it after hours and randomly on weekends. Part of the stress motivates me to make sure I have a complete story to present. But this after-work hour worrying is annoying. I can't turn it off when I leave the office.
A part of me feels like this should count towards my 40hrs/week ?!
In an open office environment and my desk is sadly next to them. All day long they engage in annoying conversation. Sometimes they start whispering which is more annoying because my ears think it might be about me ( probably not ).
Then they frequently have male colleagues come by and chat for long periods of time. In what world do they think this is appropriate behavior?
I WFH and notice other colleagues who WHF put minimal effort in their appearance. Often looking like they just got out of bed ( hair uncombed, face unshaven etc. ) The same colleagues when going to the office never would look like that. Why the double standard? Hate to say it, but I will judge them a bit negatively if they do this..