kamen

Don’t feed the trolls.

Can’t believe it’s been 10 years. I’m getting old, and I’m not even 40.

… because you want to or because breakfast ends before you normally get up?

I admit I exaggerated a bit. It hasn’t happened to me, but I’ve had some teachers that strongly suggested buying their textbooks and frowned if you didn’t.

Mathematics ^teacher: That textbook was written thousands of years ago, and it is still as useful and relevant as ever, but I want you to buy this one I co-authored instead for the mere sum of $120, otherwise you won’t pass.

Same Samesies.

You’re doing your part, but someone else isn’t. Everyone should learn as part of their upbringing that wasting food is bad - just like littering and thousands of other things. Unfortunately we live in a world where someone has to be fined for them to realise they’re doing something wrong.

Why don’t you ask the kids at Tiananmen square?

Was fashion nothing the reason why they were there?

No, same thing here.

Not even useful IMO, just idiots.

Why, would anyone at all think about something else?

/s

Maybe it differs from country to country then - not necessarily representative for the whole EU. The only time I’ve heard yearly figures is when talking to colleagues from abroad. I’m making above average, and even from folks making 2-3 times more I’ve only heard monthly.

Edit: all job offers (at least those that state a range or a number) are monthly net too.

Fair point. It didn’t make sense to me because where I am you have mostly no say on the pre-taxed amount.

If you’re employed by a company, it has to pay taxes for you which are mostly going the state health insurance and state retirement funds, up to a particular sum (which is around the average salary for everyone - so if you’re making more than that, you’re not having more put aside towards retirement). A lot of companies offer extra (private) health insurance as a perk, but it’s fully optional. From then on you can save into a private retirement fund, but again fully optional and up to the person.

If you’re (legally) self-employed, you kind of have to do the same thing by yourself, you just have the liberty to decide how much to declare as your salary (people here usually as little as possible so as to pay as little taxes as possible). If you’re in the grey/black market segment and you don’t pay anything, you’d have to 1) pay for the basic state health insurance yourself (otherwise, if something happens, you’re paying way bigger sums out of pocket) and 2) you have to make up for the length of service, otherwise (if you don’t have enough years of work) you can’t retire.

Edit: I meant to reply to https://lemm.ee/comment/20945227 , but I guess it applies to your comment as well.

Thanks for explaining. So it’s kind of a class thing too - I didn’t know that. Still, I’ve heard (read) about a lot of folks in engineering and manufacturing (so not management) talking about their annual numbers.

On a serious note: why is it the norm in the US to state your annual gross salary? For context: I’m in the EU and to me it makes a lot more sense to deal with a monthly, take home (i.e. after taxes) sum. Moreover most people here don’t even have access to the non-taxed amount - they receive the net amount directly.

Would’ve worked better if “pridemonth” was really one word.

Oh, yes, you’re right! I read the question again.

P.S. And if really is a fake/made up test like some other folks claim in the comments, just look at how much of a discussion it throws us into.

Commendable for the kid to be thinking outside of the box, and a bit shitty of the teacher for not giving them maybe half a point (because it’s a correct answer, but not the correct/expected answer). The test maker is also to blame - they should’ve taken care to eliminate all ambiguity - it’s a math test after all.

It could be more RAM.

“Look, dad, someone 3D printed a save icon!”