[quote]Professor X wrote:
It is hilarious that the people crying because this topic isn’t accepted openly are either reluctant to share their own income…or they are unemployed.[/quote]
Hell, I wouldn’t mind sharing if I was employed. If I can tell folks about my being broke, I can easily tell them when I’ve actually got some money.
I’m assuming most of the younger folks like myself feel the same way. You old farts and your strange social convention confuse the hell outta us.
[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
ctschneider wrote:
Yo Momma wrote:
I make money in my basement.
I thought that was a federal offense.
Maybe she’s an amateur ‘chemist’ and makes…uhmmm…‘supplements’.[/quote]
Damn you, Neuromancer!!!
OK, my money MAY be counterfeit, but my “supplements” are the real deal, my friend :^)
[quote]MarvelGirl wrote:
There’s no point in discussing income because it’s something that nearly everyone lies about.
Just like every guy on the internet has at least an 8 inch cock. Or, if you’re ever asked your IQ, the person asking you is always 5-10 points higher. Strange how that works…
[/quote]
6 inches (erect).
115 to 125 IQ (silly tests - nothing offical).
5’6" tall (add a few inches if I stand on my tippy toes).
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
R@NE wrote:
750 - 800 euros, depending on the amount of social security I am granted each month.
I am happily unemployed and not about to change that anytime soon.
Why would anyone openly admit this?[/quote]
I did it so you can feel better about yourself.
[quote]Spry wrote:
MarvelGirl wrote:
There’s no point in discussing income because it’s something that nearly everyone lies about.
Just like every guy on the internet has at least an 8 inch cock. Or, if you’re ever asked your IQ, the person asking you is always 5-10 points higher. Strange how that works…
6 inches (erect).
115 to 125 IQ (silly tests - nothing offical).
5’6" tall (add a few inches if I stand on my tippy toes).
[/quote]
People who are confident in themselves have no reason to lie.
I’m in university, so I’m not working full-time right now. I do work part-time doing .NET programming though. To be honest I’m very proud of the amount of money I make for my age. My hourly rate is $70, but I find it impossible to make accurate quotes. It’s also hard to balance setting a price too high and not getting the job at all, or setting the price too low and missing out on money. On one job I ended up making more around $20/hour, because I drastically underestimated the time. But on the opposite extreme, I made $1200 last weekend in about 6 hours work. When you can re-use your old code, you are golden.
Actually right now I am very unmotivated to do school work and came really close to dropping out this semester. I basically hate everything I’m learning, and I would do programming full time in an instant if I could get a non-freelance job without a degree.
[quote]Vicomte wrote:
Professor X wrote:
It is hilarious that the people crying because this topic isn’t accepted openly are either reluctant to share their own income…or they are unemployed.
Hell, I wouldn’t mind sharing if I was employed. If I can tell folks about my being broke, I can easily tell them when I’ve actually got some money.
I’m assuming most of the younger folks like myself feel the same way. You old farts and your strange social convention confuse the hell outta us.[/quote]
You sound like someone with very little life experience. The more you have, the more people want to take it from you, especially if you flaunt it. In a competitive sense, if you work at a job getting paid differently than someone else in a similar position, you don’t think that will cause some animosity if you openly discuss it?
Of course this wouldn’t be a concern at all to someone who doesn’t actually have shit.
I am wondering why that needs to be explained at all or if you think the world is such a rosy place that you can walk around exclaiming your wonderful yearly income to anyone who will listen and never experience any negatives as a result.
The fact that you related this to “age” speaks volumes about how in the dark you really are.
I personally never thought that way. But then, I was never clueless enough to think people with more experience who happen to be even mildly successful are somehow doing it wrong when they speak on their actions.
I don’t make much money but I own my own nice ‘middle class’ home, have two kids and an '99 Dodge Caravan. I have no debts.
I prefer my current low stress, low paying job to my previous much higher stress, great cash job. It was a conscious decision to go this route and I find I’m a much happier person for it.
I’m much more comfortable with a fairly frugal lifestyle and the time to enjoy it. My priorities have changed as I’ve aged. Everyone will choose a different path for themselves and it may or may not require cash.
If I do, at some point require an infusion of money, I’m considering being a part time assassin. I hear that pays well.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
If I do, at some point require an infusion of money, I’m considering being a part time assassin. I hear that pays well.[/quote]
Especially if you have mad ninja skills.
[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
If I do, at some point require an infusion of money, I’m considering being a part time assassin. I hear that pays well.
Especially if you have mad ninja skills.[/quote]
Well, that goes without saying.
[quote]Vicomte wrote:
Spry wrote:
MarvelGirl wrote:
There’s no point in discussing income because it’s something that nearly everyone lies about.
Just like every guy on the internet has at least an 8 inch cock. Or, if you’re ever asked your IQ, the person asking you is always 5-10 points higher. Strange how that works…
6 inches (erect).
115 to 125 IQ (silly tests - nothing offical).
5’6" tall (add a few inches if I stand on my tippy toes).
People who are confident in themselves have no reason to lie.[/quote]
What people have lied in this thread? Not disclosing information and lieing are not the same.
Do you pay for your interent? (rhetorical)
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
Neuromancer wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
If I do, at some point require an infusion of money, I’m considering being a part time assassin. I hear that pays well.
Especially if you have mad ninja skills.
Well, that goes without saying.[/quote]
Glad to see you’ve done your market research.In today’s tough economic assassin climate,it’s imperative to have the correct skill set in order to edge out the competition in the hunt for those lucrative contracts.
[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
Neuromancer wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
If I do, at some point require an infusion of money, I’m considering being a part time assassin. I hear that pays well.
Especially if you have mad ninja skills.
Well, that goes without saying.
Glad to see you’ve done your market research.In today’s tough economic assassin climate,it’s imperative to have the correct skill set in order to edge out the competition in the hunt for those lucrative contracts.[/quote]
Son, you have some worrying to do in SA.
Where do you live?
I’m from JHB - actually going back tomorrow evening for 2 weeks for a holiday, but I’ll never go back long term.
[quote]RSGZ wrote:
Neuromancer wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
Neuromancer wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
If I do, at some point require an infusion of money, I’m considering being a part time assassin. I hear that pays well.
Especially if you have mad ninja skills.
Well, that goes without saying.
Glad to see you’ve done your market research.In today’s tough economic assassin climate,it’s imperative to have the correct skill set in order to edge out the competition in the hunt for those lucrative contracts.
Son, you have some worrying to do in SA.
Where do you live?
I’m from JHB - actually going back tomorrow evening for 2 weeks for a holiday, but I’ll never go back long term.[/quote]
Yep,SA is not easy.I’m living in Jhb.Been in Montreal for a few months,flying back tonight.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Vicomte wrote:
Professor X wrote:
It is hilarious that the people crying because this topic isn’t accepted openly are either reluctant to share their own income…or they are unemployed.
Hell, I wouldn’t mind sharing if I was employed. If I can tell folks about my being broke, I can easily tell them when I’ve actually got some money.
I’m assuming most of the younger folks like myself feel the same way. You old farts and your strange social convention confuse the hell outta us.
You sound like someone with very little life experience. The more you have, the more people want to take it from you, especially if you flaunt it. In a competitive sense, if you work at a job getting paid differently than someone else in a similar position, you don’t think that will cause some animosity if you openly discuss it?
Of course this wouldn’t be a concern at all to someone who doesn’t actually have shit.
I am wondering why that needs to be explained at all or if you think the world is such a rosy place that you can walk around exclaiming your wonderful yearly income to anyone who will listen and never experience any negatives as a result.
The fact that you related this to “age” speaks volumes about how in the dark you really are.
I personally never thought that way. But then, I was never clueless enough to think people with more experience who happen to be even mildly successful are somehow doing it wrong when they speak on their actions.[/quote]
There are no negatives in our current situation. None of us here at T-Mag are going to take your job, or dislike you because you make more money than us.
If you’re sitting in a room full of dentists, that’s one thing, but if you’re with your friends or family or someone not in your profession, there’s no reason to be so guarded. What are they going to take from you?
People don’t tell others what they make because they are either ashamed of how little it is, or feel superior and pity those who make less than they do. It’s your compunction, not mine. If you were so concerned about causing animosity you wouldn’t say half the things you do here, X.
Some people are so worried about protecting their little scrap of land that they forget it’s not always under attack.
One can try to justify why money is such an issue, but it’s often not more than a silly social more, like in this situation.
[quote]JGerman wrote:
Vicomte wrote:
Spry wrote:
MarvelGirl wrote:
There’s no point in discussing income because it’s something that nearly everyone lies about.
Just like every guy on the internet has at least an 8 inch cock. Or, if you’re ever asked your IQ, the person asking you is always 5-10 points higher. Strange how that works…
6 inches (erect).
115 to 125 IQ (silly tests - nothing offical).
5’6" tall (add a few inches if I stand on my tippy toes).
People who are confident in themselves have no reason to lie.
What people have lied in this thread? Not disclosing information and lieing are not the same.
Do you pay for your interent? (rhetorical)
[/quote]
I wasn’t referring to any post but the one I quoted.
[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
Neuromancer wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
Neuromancer wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
If I do, at some point require an infusion of money, I’m considering being a part time assassin. I hear that pays well.
Especially if you have mad ninja skills.
Well, that goes without saying.
Glad to see you’ve done your market research.In today’s tough economic assassin climate,it’s imperative to have the correct skill set in order to edge out the competition in the hunt for those lucrative contracts.
Son, you have some worrying to do in SA.
Where do you live?
I’m from JHB - actually going back tomorrow evening for 2 weeks for a holiday, but I’ll never go back long term.
Yep,SA is not easy.I’m living in Jhb.Been in Montreal for a few months,flying back tonight.[/quote]
Cool - whereabout in JHB?
I’m a South boy but have friends mostly around Randburg and Craighall.
[quote]tootles27 wrote:
Spry wrote:
I’ll also say that the initial responses answer my question.
Agression at being asked.
I didn’t offer my income details either.
So we can talk about porn, drugs, naked wombats but not money?
Gotchya!
It really doesn’t matter what you make. What matters is your debt to income ratio. Some poor fuck making 30,000 per/year can be better off than you if they don’t have any rent or cc payments.[/quote]
Very true. I earn probably 10 percent of what I used to living in London but my quality of life is better because everything is so much cheaper.
In London I lived in a rented apartment and travelled by public transport.
Here in Mexico I have bought an apartment, have some land in one of the best estates in the city on which I am planning to build a house next year and I have a car and an SUV.
[quote]RSGZ wrote:
Neuromancer wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
Neuromancer wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
Neuromancer wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
If I do, at some point require an infusion of money, I’m considering being a part time assassin. I hear that pays well.
Especially if you have mad ninja skills.
Well, that goes without saying.
Glad to see you’ve done your market research.In today’s tough economic assassin climate,it’s imperative to have the correct skill set in order to edge out the competition in the hunt for those lucrative contracts.
Son, you have some worrying to do in SA.
Where do you live?
I’m from JHB - actually going back tomorrow evening for 2 weeks for a holiday, but I’ll never go back long term.
Yep,SA is not easy.I’m living in Jhb.Been in Montreal for a few months,flying back tonight.
Cool - whereabout in JHB?
I’m a South boy but have friends mostly around Randburg and Craighall.[/quote]
East,Bedfordview side.Have lots of mates in the South,Glenvista,Robertsham…
I make 5-6 grand a summer as a pool boy
I make or lose money during the school year by gambling at the casino.