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6/15/2025, 12:43:07 AM
I think you truly do not understand how different the numbers are outside of the US. I make around 60k per year pre-tax, but that's about 40k per year post-tax. As it happens, currently I live like a rodent and own a shitty little flat. So I can live on 12k per year, just about. This leaves me with 26k per year in savings. So, I can more or less match these FIRE calculations.
But this is only the case because I'm a lifeless incel substisting on the bare minimum, I literally only work and sleep. If I ever want to have things like a family or even a car or a nicer flat or eat at restaurants that goes out the window and I will live hand to mouth.
For this country, in terms of salary I'm in the top 20% and in terms of monthly savings I'm fairly certain I'm in the top 10% or more. So yes, I can retire one day, assuming I live in an old one-bedroom flat alone and eat beans until I'm 50 (and then I'll have barely enough to not work but continue that lifestyle until I gracelessly expire).
Here, it's supposed to be part of the social contract that you pay out your ass in taxes but the state has you covered for retirement, sickness, family and education. Unfortunately that turned out to be a pyramid scheme that is collapsing as we speak, and I think the people here don't fully understand it. Or if they do, I'm disappointed that they're not turning boomers into mincemeat. Taxes are higher than ever but the public systems are largely unavailable and this will only become worse.
But this is only the case because I'm a lifeless incel substisting on the bare minimum, I literally only work and sleep. If I ever want to have things like a family or even a car or a nicer flat or eat at restaurants that goes out the window and I will live hand to mouth.
For this country, in terms of salary I'm in the top 20% and in terms of monthly savings I'm fairly certain I'm in the top 10% or more. So yes, I can retire one day, assuming I live in an old one-bedroom flat alone and eat beans until I'm 50 (and then I'll have barely enough to not work but continue that lifestyle until I gracelessly expire).
Here, it's supposed to be part of the social contract that you pay out your ass in taxes but the state has you covered for retirement, sickness, family and education. Unfortunately that turned out to be a pyramid scheme that is collapsing as we speak, and I think the people here don't fully understand it. Or if they do, I'm disappointed that they're not turning boomers into mincemeat. Taxes are higher than ever but the public systems are largely unavailable and this will only become worse.
6/14/2025, 3:51:25 AM
Fragrances should be worn for yourself, not for others or attention.
That being said, you should keep in mind several things when reading others accounts of getting compliments/attention due to their fragrance.
1) Most of its bullshit. Flat out, most of its bullshit from people lying on the internet to seem interesting to randos, because any minuscule amount of attention they can get, even on a Kyrgyzstan mussel diving website, is more than they’ll get in their normal life.
2) In the cases where it’s true, it’s coming from someone they already know and are familiar with, someone where it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary to chat with and have the topic of their fragrance come up. Coworkers, friends, family, and the like, not strangers.
3) Last, in the rare instances of true, genuine compliments from strangers on the street, it’s almost always has little to do with the actual fragrance, and more to do with the person wearing it. Which is to say, they’re usually a very attractive person and the stranger complimenting their fragrance cares less about the fragrance and more about the fact they find the wearer attractive. But, because outright complimenting a persons physical attractiveness in civilized society is a bit looked down upon (e.g. shallow), they can instead compliment their fragrance as a more passing, socially acceptable reason to start a conversation with a stranger.
That being said, you should keep in mind several things when reading others accounts of getting compliments/attention due to their fragrance.
1) Most of its bullshit. Flat out, most of its bullshit from people lying on the internet to seem interesting to randos, because any minuscule amount of attention they can get, even on a Kyrgyzstan mussel diving website, is more than they’ll get in their normal life.
2) In the cases where it’s true, it’s coming from someone they already know and are familiar with, someone where it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary to chat with and have the topic of their fragrance come up. Coworkers, friends, family, and the like, not strangers.
3) Last, in the rare instances of true, genuine compliments from strangers on the street, it’s almost always has little to do with the actual fragrance, and more to do with the person wearing it. Which is to say, they’re usually a very attractive person and the stranger complimenting their fragrance cares less about the fragrance and more about the fact they find the wearer attractive. But, because outright complimenting a persons physical attractiveness in civilized society is a bit looked down upon (e.g. shallow), they can instead compliment their fragrance as a more passing, socially acceptable reason to start a conversation with a stranger.
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