I went back to reddit after being away for six years and I’m already done with the mods, the toxicity, the fakeness, just the whole thing. So here I am.
If you want to have peace here - beware of political spaces, they are often just as toxic. Other than that - the place does magic for mental wellbeing.
Not sure how much longer I’ll be using the 5950x tbh. We’ve reached a point where the mobile processors have faster multicore (for the AI 370) than the 5950X without gulping down boatloads of power.
I get that. I don’t think they’re capable of that level of self reflection. To them, weird is BAD. It’s being a part of the “out” group, which is anathema to them.
I think the point is that Republicans detest the idea of being weird no matter what, so they would rage at the suggestion of being a good weird anyway. To them “good weird” is an oxymoron, even though they are actually very weird and not in any kind of good way.
Isn’t that the exemption thing anyone can do with their employer’s payroll system? Doesn’t mean you don’t have to pay taxes, just that your employer won’t withhold it and you have to pay it yourself before the tax deadline. I mistakenly did that when I moved and first worked here and was shocked by the amount I owed when I did my taxes. lol
I’m not sure about exemption, but I know you can put as many dependents as you’d like on your W-4, reducing the amount withheld. Just like you said, this affects withholding only and has no bearing on the taxes you’ll owe in April.
It’s a good idea to adjust your withholdings so you break even in April. Big refunds seem nice until you realize you gave the government an interest free loan with money you could’ve put to work for you.
Right up front here - I am not suggesting that sovcits are in any way correct in their weird opinions on how anything works.
But --
You can have your employer not withhold taxes; your taxes are your responsibility. But many employer payroll departments will balk at that and tell you "they can't do that," probably because it's such an unusual thing for people to want to do that they don't want to deal with the hassle of it.
Of course, doing so is likely to raise a flag with the IRS. Pay your taxes.
That used to be common when bank accounts were giving high interest rates. You could save money by paying taxes quarterly (at the minimum amount so you wouldn’t get a fine) and keep that money earning.
I think we should stop with copium every time some change happens on Reddit.
It’s not going anywhere and it’s still the front page of the Internet. A few thousand folks migrating to Lemmy doesn’t mean Reddit is gonna die tomorrow.
And the CEO knows that perfectly well. Spez can juice this place more and more, and people, for the most part, will eat that and stay after a tiny show of discontent.
You know what? That might be for the better. While it sucks to have less content here, we at Lemmy also have a healthier demographic, and that’s something we should praise and look after.
If anything, at our best we should not spend our energy shitting on Reddit, but rather direct it to care for Lemmy. Start your cozy or important community and share it! Make new interesting posts, preferably not about Reddit or American politics - plenty of that in here. Leave useful and/or supportive comments. We can for once build our beautiful garden, not a place of powerless hate and spite.
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