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TopicBack to playing MTG Arena. Any heads up?
Balrog0
07/24/20 10:19:52 AM
#45
Check out limited resources and lords of limited. Watch '(set) draft' on YouTube (Ben S and Numot are the streamers I watch)

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TopicIs DevsBro actually gone? Sad if he really is.
Balrog0
07/24/20 10:04:39 AM
#41
Eh his posts on politics etc weren't reasonable but in the Trump era the lack of obvious malicious intent was definitely noticeable

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TopicIs DevsBro actually gone? Sad if he really is.
Balrog0
07/24/20 9:13:44 AM
#23
It's probably for the best for him, he seems more suited to a board that actually talked about games

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Topic20 y/o Blonde who threw a CHAIR out the WINDOW is NOT going to Prison! She Hot??
Balrog0
07/23/20 5:13:38 PM
#25
Smackems posted...
40 and 20 at the same time.

For sure

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TopicLooks like the new unemployment benefit will be 70% of your normal paycheck
Balrog0
07/23/20 3:54:38 PM
#30

Used the data here: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/ui_replacement_rates.asp

Used q1 2019 numbers. They estimate the ratio two ways, a high and a low, so I averaged their two averages

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TopicLooks like the new unemployment benefit will be 70% of your normal paycheck
Balrog0
07/23/20 3:45:45 PM
#29
archedsoul posted...
Generally speaking, the point is about 50% across the table.

The thing is, many states are capped at very low amounts, so 50% is only seen at lower levels. If you're making way more than than the cap, you could be getting as low as a few percent.

I think the cleanest way to do this is to just double the state amount, so a lot will end up at 100% at the very least, with many high earners around the 70%.

The wage replacement ratio of UI varies by state, but 50% is on the high end for sure.

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TopicBeing angry at people who are unemployed and collecting unemployment is weird.
Balrog0
07/23/20 2:28:52 PM
#30
That was a joke during the great recession, a period of lower unemployment than we're currently facing

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TopicBeing angry at people who are unemployed and collecting unemployment is weird.
Balrog0
07/23/20 2:15:39 PM
#20
Enhanced unemployment benefits help create jobs by stimulating the economy.

States where the $600/week is a larger portion of median wages actually saw less job loss and more job growth than states where it was a smaller share

In simple, turns, more generous UI is not bad for jobs and if anything it would be good to make them larger

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TopicLooks like the new unemployment benefit will be 70% of your normal paycheck
Balrog0
07/23/20 1:32:58 PM
#21
The additional UI payments stimulate the economy and thereby support employment in other sectors

Right now, poor people have essentially unchanged spending habits, because the stimulus payments and UI made up for lost income

The reason we're seeing such a drop in economic activity is that rich people are not spending as much, because leisure activities are severely limited in the 'in-person' sector of the economy which they spend more as a share of their income on than the poor

Making poor people incapable of paying for necessities isn't just bad for them, it would further wreck the economy

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TopicLooks like the new unemployment benefit will be 70% of your normal paycheck
Balrog0
07/23/20 1:09:42 PM
#14
People who are working deserve additional assistance, too

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TopicPaper Mario Origami King is a fantastic game
Balrog0
07/23/20 12:27:02 PM
#8
Herodopus posted...
I havent and won't play it, because I don't play bad games. So it must not be good

Can't find a hole in this

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TopicLooks like the new unemployment benefit will be 70% of your normal paycheck
Balrog0
07/23/20 11:50:37 AM
#11
The Top Crusader posted...
Isn't standard unemployment like 2/3rds of regular income, so they are only raising it by 4%? Or am I missing something.

I just hope they throw a bonus to everyone that has been working this entire time and didn't get crazy huge paychecks for staying home. >_>

The replacement rate for UI is variable based on your state

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TopicLooks like the new unemployment benefit will be 70% of your normal paycheck
Balrog0
07/23/20 11:50:06 AM
#10
Coloradough posted...
it won't pass anyway because they'll fill it with pork

Something is going to pass bro

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TopicAt what age were you in college?
Balrog0
07/23/20 10:55:51 AM
#2
17-22, then 25-27

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TopicC/D: liberals who hate southern/small town people only do so because
Balrog0
07/23/20 10:43:51 AM
#10
lurk posted...
Then talk to them rather then shitting on them. Not you but the kind of people who usually do.

https://www.fox16.com/news/former-students-accuse-cabot-schools-of-bullying-racial-discrimination-in-federal-lawsuit/amp/

Both boys who are originally from Cambodia publicly identified with the Black Lives Matter movement, which they believe prompted the bullying and harassment, according to the lawsuit.
[They] actually had other students wanting to do harm to them; physical harm to them, Theresa Caldwell, Kameron and Noahs attorney says.
According to the lawsuit, when Kameron approached a school administrator about the bullying issue, the administrator blamed Kameron for the bullying telling him that you cant go around Cabot High School saying things like that.'
Kameron and Noah were told things like Well what do you expect?' Caldwell says.


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TopicIYO, should well educated people be forced to work minimum wage?
Balrog0
07/23/20 10:21:06 AM
#20
Prismsblade posted...
There is?

Yes.
https://www.glassdoor.com/research/job-market-report-june-2020/

U.S. job openings rose to 4.9 million, rebounding 10 percent since early June. Job openings are still down 23 percent from the pre-crisis peak, but have rebounded to 2017 levels as the labor market further distances itself from March lows.

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TopicIYO, should well educated people be forced to work minimum wage?
Balrog0
07/23/20 8:33:26 AM
#6
ReDaZnDraGoN97 posted...
specifically for pandemic related unemployment

I know people who think theyre above these jobs because they went to school and got an education but if they arent working.... anything is good if they dont have nothing....

who cares if they made big money before

It's irrelevant because there are way fewer available jobs than unemployed workers

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TopicIYO, should well educated people be forced to work minimum wage?
Balrog0
07/23/20 8:09:55 AM
#3
Of course, though I'm not sure what that has to do with PUA

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TopicU.S. church membership down sharply in past 2 decades
Balrog0
07/23/20 6:32:21 AM
#3
Cool.

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TopicArguing with conspiracy theorists in this climate is very frustrating
Balrog0
07/23/20 6:30:02 AM
#10
Yeah I'm seeing more from people I went to hs with than ever before

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TopicI smoke an ounce of medical marijuana every day.
Balrog0
07/22/20 9:40:34 PM
#52
Arkansas

Yeah I need a tolerance break for sure. I mean we'll go through a couple cones before we get out of bed and another when we go downstairs. It wasn't this bad before covid but now we're definitely on the 'smoke two joints' schedule

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TopicI smoke an ounce of medical marijuana every day.
Balrog0
07/22/20 9:27:27 PM
#50
That's a lot

My gf gets 2.5 oz every two weeks as a medical allotment and we probably would go through that in flower if we didn't have concentrates

And that's like way too much

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TopicWhat's your car insurance liability coverage?
Balrog0
07/22/20 9:18:49 PM
#2
N/a don't own a vehicle

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TopicAcademic twitter is freaking out about study on bisexual men
Balrog0
07/22/20 9:09:07 PM
#18
COVxy posted...
Academic twitter is a big thing. Only reason I'm on twitter.

Twitter definitely matters in 2020 man, these folks have no idea

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TopicAcademic twitter is freaking out about study on bisexual men
Balrog0
07/22/20 7:50:44 PM
#4
It's a brave new world baby

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Topicno rich dipshit should ever get to say what poor people deserve
Balrog0
07/22/20 7:01:48 PM
#19
I mean, when I share my unpopular among lefties opinions (like unpaid internships are okay) and share my background, generally it isn't like 'oh a poor person has a different perspective, let's listen' it's more 'oh so you had to deal with some terrible stuff and now you think everyone should'

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TopicHow did your childhood help shape you?
Balrog0
07/22/20 3:04:46 PM
#27
Pus_N_Pecans posted...
This sounds really difficult too. I'm glad you're working to help other people in similar situations. A sense of obligation can be a great motivating factor, as long as you don't let guilt from not being able to do more swallow you up.

I appreciate it, but honestly I wouldn't trade childhoods with some people here. I get Maslow's hierarchy and all, but my parents never told me crap like boys shouldn't cry; just the opposite. When someone teased me that the little mermaid was for girls they were like 'well do you like it? Yeah? Are you a girl? No? Well there you go'

I can't even imagine living with the kind of emotional abuse some people suffer from

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TopicBack to playing MTG Arena. Any heads up?
Balrog0
07/22/20 1:29:00 PM
#29
MrNintendo1213 posted...
And I just realized that starting in a few days, Throne of Eldraine Premier draft with humans will be available for one week! I've been hoping they would do this for a while now. And then after that week is over Dominaria will be available for Premier draft for 2 weeks! Dominaria is largely considered one of the best draft environments ever, so it should be pretty fun.

And then on top of that, Amonkhet Remastered is coming out next month later in the month too. It is going to be draftable and have a sealed event, and all the cards will be playable for historic.

I missed a couple of these sets, that's awesome. I literally only draft except when I want gold sometimes

I got to diamond during ikoria but I'm stuck in platinum on m21. Just too aggro in bo1 for me

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TopicBack to playing MTG Arena. Any heads up?
Balrog0
07/22/20 1:25:43 PM
#28
Tag

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TopicRent should be optional
Balrog0
07/22/20 1:18:17 PM
#46
Questionmarktarius posted...
Shed next to tank factory, with fifteen other tank factory workers.

That is basically military housing yeah

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Topicis being a landlord a job?
Balrog0
07/22/20 1:12:17 PM
#22
Rental income is different from earned income for tax purposes

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TopicHow did your childhood help shape you?
Balrog0
07/22/20 11:57:13 AM
#14
My parents are addicts, they fought a lot my whole life, though rarely (not never) physically.

My dad was arrested when I was 4. It happened while I was in the car, I remember we got pulled over for expired tags and my dad had a failure to appear warrant so they searched the car and he had crack, too. So they took him away for longer and my family became homeless shortly afterwards.

We lived in a homeless shelter, a car, a broke down rv in a liquor store parking lot, a shed in someone's backyard, and various illegal rental situations over the years. My mom's family helped move us across the country when I was 13 from California to Arkansas, which was the first time I had my own room since I was 4

My parents did always have high expectations of me and instilled a lot of positive values and virtues in me, too, though. My dad taught me to be generous to others because you don't know what issues they're dealing with, and my mom always stood up for her principles even in the face of professional and personal disaster.

Both the good and the bad influenced who I am today. I feel an obligation to kids who grew up like I did because I know I was lucky. So I work to change public policy to better address the needs of poor and marginalized people and communities.

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TopicRent should be optional
Balrog0
07/22/20 11:42:35 AM
#40
Public housing still exists

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TopicAre HOAs libertarian, non-libertarian or unrelated?
Balrog0
07/22/20 11:23:00 AM
#35
Romes187 posted...
some hoas are alright

some fail miserably and have dumb CCRs

but I live in a city which is HEAVILY cookie cutter HOA developments. And some have full on olympic swimming pools, parades, events for holidays, etc etc that they provide for the residents so if you like those amenities then def worth it.

i prefer no hoa

Yeah, the draw of HOAs is that they provide 'public goods' for a fee (this is often referred to as 'club goods' in the literature)

That ranges from parades to beautification projects to snow plow services, it really just depends on the HOA

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TopicAre HOAs libertarian, non-libertarian or unrelated?
Balrog0
07/22/20 10:55:34 AM
#20
Gheb posted...
I just want to know how HOA's even get formed. Like I understand why they get formed. I understand why people like them. I understand why people hate them. But like what are the logistics of how they get formed, because I feel like they only way they could be even remotely binding is if you got everyone in the neighborhood to initially agree to it

The housing is built by the developer as an HOA, more or less

I think it's technically possible to establish one retroactively like that but very uncommon

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TopicAre HOAs libertarian, non-libertarian or unrelated?
Balrog0
07/22/20 10:51:28 AM
#15
dolomedes posted...
oh yeah, easy as pie lol

It probably is, hoa governing bodies are notorious for having empty spots from a lack of interest


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TopicAre HOAs libertarian, non-libertarian or unrelated?
Balrog0
07/22/20 10:49:40 AM
#12
dolomedes posted...
if you can afford another home, sure

With an HOA you can run for office and change the rules, too

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TopicAre HOAs libertarian, non-libertarian or unrelated?
Balrog0
07/22/20 10:46:41 AM
#6
There are certainly libertarian schools of thought that like the idea of private governments that you can opt into, which HOAs represent, at least on the surface

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Topicyo so what's up with those ppl who just copy/paste the same post every thread
Balrog0
07/22/20 10:43:47 AM
#16
Herodopus posted...
it's gotta be more than 99% man

i thought the dude was a bot or at least a joker for like, the first month i noticed that's all he does. then he kept going for years

He's posted normal posts recently in fitness topics and he used to basically be a normal poster on lue iirc but yeah

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Topicyo so what's up with those ppl who just copy/paste the same post every thread
Balrog0
07/22/20 10:43:06 AM
#15
Plz do tell

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Topicyo so what's up with those ppl who just copy/paste the same post every thread
Balrog0
07/22/20 10:35:24 AM
#12
The alephzero one is weird because even though like 99% of his posts are his 'chads' post or taking a socialist point to extreme supra-averagejoel levels he is actually a real person too

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TopicRent should be optional
Balrog0
07/22/20 9:51:07 AM
#22
Hexenherz posted...
It's a property tax. You can have a plot of land with nothing but weeds and gravel and still have to pay money on it.

It's based on the value of the property, though, so you pay less if you have nothing but weeds and gravel

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TopicMy fiancee broke off our engagement two weeks ago. She's dating another guy now.
Balrog0
07/22/20 9:36:15 AM
#11
She's been dating another guy for probably two weeks

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TopicKeyboard warrior admits he'll get his ass kicked.
Balrog0
07/22/20 8:59:47 AM
#10
DemonBuffet posted...
Lmao that was the most honest and rational online confrontation that Ive ever seen.

Indeed. Almost wholesome

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TopicI couldn't name an actual funny movie that Robin Williams was in.
Balrog0
07/22/20 8:37:53 AM
#24
lilORANG posted...
This tbh. His "high energy" gimmick was cringey af. I think Night At the Museum is probably his best and that's hardly his movie.

I like his stand up, which is even more like that, though.

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TopicI couldn't name an actual funny movie that Robin Williams was in.
Balrog0
07/22/20 8:32:00 AM
#18
jon1012 posted...
Mrs Doutfire was funny. Hook was funny as a kid

I like hook but not because it's humorous exactly

Tbh there aren't a ton of movies he leads that I like

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TopicCobra Kai News
Balrog0
07/21/20 7:08:19 PM
#2
Nice

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Topici'm watching team america world police and it's not that funny
Balrog0
07/21/20 5:07:53 PM
#4
It's alright, I don't remember it being that popular though

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TopicAnyone else lose complete interest in a big hobby during COVID?
Balrog0
07/21/20 5:03:59 PM
#33
Been lifting a lot more, gaming a little less, writing a lot more for work and a little more for pleasure, but honestly nothing that I would consider huge either way. Watching a shitload more movies which is fun but not exactly productive

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TopicJust watched Mission Impossible 2. Why were early 00's action movies like that?
Balrog0
07/21/20 1:01:49 PM
#30
I should watch more action movies of that era. I've mostly watched 80s action movies

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