Intelligence correlates with virginity

[ricketyclik]

I can't stand doing my job. It's easy as hell but I can't stand it. What is my purpose in life? To ensure that accurate and timely NAV's are on NASDAQ by 6:05pm for Dimensional's funds? Why would I want to do that? Why do I even give a ****ing ****?

Money and security? So what? I happily lived off $20K/year. Who needs more? And is more money going to fill the soulless void of doing something that I don't give a **** about? Is it going to make it worth it for me to wake up in the morning and go to work, continue the insensate routine day after day, week after week, 'yes siring' my way into management, corner offices and meaningless deadlines, advancing up the corporate ladder while my soul descends deeper into a nihilistic pit of crass materialism?

Follow your dreams Albie.

[Kidlicious]

$20k/year is really hard to live on.

[Elok]

YOU MOTHER****ING MORON, NO!
DON'T
DO
THAT

This. I mean, I've screwed up my professional life even worse than you--I've withheld the details on here b/c I don't enjoy mockery like you (apparently) do--but I at least realize what's wrong and am taking steps to correct it. This isn't about "values," unless your values involve working until you're 80.

[kentonio]

$20k/year is really hard to live on.

Not if you consider chasing rats down the alleys of Philly to be a quintessential part of your Spartan training.

[Kidlicious]

Not if you consider chasing rats down the alleys of Philly to be a quintessential part of your Spartan training.

That excludes Albie because of the killer dogs everywhere.

[loinburger]

This. I mean, I've screwed up my professional life even worse than you--I've withheld the details on here b/c I don't enjoy mockery like you (apparently) do--but I at least realize what's wrong and am taking steps to correct it. This isn't about "values," unless your values involve working until you're 80.

At least you always have the option of selling your children for medical experiments

[Kuciwalker]

I'm a mutual fund accountant at BNY Mellon. The job is an absolute joke and I wonder why do accountants even require post-secondary degrees? I'll be at OCS in February, though

Stop wasting my money you *******.

[Jaguar]

$20k/year is really hard to live on.

No, it really isn't. I spent $23,000 last year and I live in one of the absolute richest suburbs on earth.

[Kidlicious]

No, it really isn't. I spent $23,000 last year and I live in one of the absolute richest suburbs on earth.

I'm not saying it can't be done. There are people who live with 10 other people in a small apartment.

[loinburger]

I could live on $20K/year if I lived alone in a studio apartment

[Hauldren Collider]

Kuci and Jaguar share a 2 bedroom townhouse. It's a pretty nice house, IMO.

[Kidlicious]

I could live on $20K/year if I lived alone in a studio apartment

Ok, are we talking gross or net take home. I just realized Jaguar was talking net. That wouldn't be so hard.

[Hauldren Collider]

Wait, what? Do you mean after taxes? Taxes on 20k would be pretty small.

[Kidlicious]

Wait, what? Do you mean after taxes? Taxes on 20k would be pretty small.

It's atleast 20% so you would be left with $16k.

[loinburger]

Ok, are we talking gross or net take home. I just realized Jaguar was talking net. That wouldn't be so hard.

In the year I was working on my master's degree my pre tax income was 16k. I lived alone in a studio apartment. It wasn't exactly fun, but it's not like I went hungry.

I could go back to that style of living without making too many adjustments. I'd need to go back to a studio apartment, I'd need to adjust my food consumption a bit (replace steak with ground beef), and I couldn't go on vacations like I currently do. I'd also be screwed when it came to retirement.