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[Blue Kitty]

Erotica Written By An Alien Pretending Not To Be Horrified By The Human Body

[explicit]

Cheese!

[tragic_pizza]

[Orkboy]

Cheese!

What's this from? 

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http://jackcayless.tumblr.com/

It's the webartist who wrote Chimneyspeak if you ever read it. It was fairly popular last year and before, but he took down his site once it ended. Now he's making a videogame

[Orkboy]

Thanks

[LeeC]

1 ticket please.

[cesium133]

That poor leopard has a look on his face that just says "What did I do in some previous life to deserve this?"

[LeeC]

[The Seldom Killer]

I've not read or really looked this 50 Shades stuff. Can anyone tell me if this film review is accurate.

http://www.picturesthatigoneanddone.com/product/50-shades-of-grey

Cheers

[Loki]

Sounds spot on.

[Dalillama]

That poor leopard has a look on his face that just says "What did I do in some previous life to deserve this?"

That's a cheetah.

[Blue Kitty]

"As soon as he lets go of that leash I'm gonna run."

[osaka]

How exactly does tax return work anyways? If you were by any chance to get a tax return in Spain, you'd be lucky to get it within the fiscal year. And to get a tax return you have to either have a metric fuckton of kids, a crookedgood accountant, or a father that works in banking. I am one in the third group, thankfully.

[LeeC]

You can choose to have you taxes taken out of you paycheck and once tax season is done you file your taxes and you can be refunded some of that money back.


Anyone remember how creepy Flapjack could be?

[Blue Kitty]

Yes, yes I do

[SubaruStephen]

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Did you know that men report having significantly more sexual partners than women report (only counting heterosexual experiences)? Did you know that according to math that doesn't work?

[SubaruStephen]

$5 says you don't understand this one.

[Method of Madness]

[explicit]

I like Fireball, because I like candy.



I'm just adding this thing because I like it...

[pwhodges]

Did you know that men report having significantly more sexual partners than women report (only counting heterosexual experiences)? Did you know that according to math that doesn't work?

Actually, it can work just fine, so that maths can go and stand in the corner.  Trivial counter example:- consider a population of ten men and twenty women in which everyone sleeps with everyone of the opposite sex.

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Did you know that men report having significantly more sexual partners than women report (only counting heterosexual experiences)? Did you know that according to math that doesn't work?

Actually, it can work just fine, so that maths can go and stand in the corner.  Trivial counter example:- consider a population of ten men and twenty women in which everyone sleeps with everyone of the opposite sex.

The real world has about an equal amount of males and females (with about the same amount being heterosexual for either one). That's why it doesn't work.

[pwhodges]

It still can; it's about behaviour, not maths.

[explicit]

Break it down simply, 10 heterosexual males and 10 heterosexual females (because we can go on the basis that earth's population is about 50/50 males to females; again, I have to not count other types of sex, because that can in fact mess the math up). There is no scenario in that that can lead to males having more sexual partners than females, it will always average out the same.

[LTK]

Did you know that men report having significantly more sexual partners than women report (only counting heterosexual experiences)? Did you know that according to math that doesn't work?

That one about lying is total bullshit.

[explicit]

I agree the lying thing actually, but I do think most men lie about how many people they've done

[LeeC]

[Method of Madness]

What.

[LeeC]

[Method of Madness]

Wait, Fanboys is still around? (Goes to binge on the last few years)

[Dalillama]

I agree the lying thing actually, but I do think most men lie about how many people they've done

I am inclined to suspect, given our cultures' attitudes regarding gender and sexual experience, that both men and women tend to lie on these types of surveys, but in opposite directions.

[explicit]

I agree the lying thing actually, but I do think most men lie about how many people they've done

I am inclined to suspect, given our cultures' attitudes regarding gender and sexual experience, that both men and women tend to lie on these types of surveys, but in opposite directions.

I should have just used that study for the picture, because that's pretty much what happens

[explicit]

Did you buy pretty rocks for someone for Valentine's day?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giu23Ii3PAA

[Nikolai]

Wait, Fanboys is still around? (Goes to binge on the last few years)

Last post was in November 2014, so...sorta? Kinda? Not really?

[Blue Kitty]

give a man a guitar and he’ll play for a day, teach a man guitar and today is gonna be the day that they’re gonna throw it back to you

I swear to God I am so tired of this meme. You guys need to leave Wonderwall alone, seriously by now you should’ve somehow realized what you gotta do

You don’t understand how much Wonderwall means to me. I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do

[Method of Madness]

Wait, Fanboys is still around? (Goes to binge on the last few years)

Last post was in November 2014, so...sorta? Kinda? Not really?

I haven't read it since summer 2012, so that's still a plus.

[Nikolai]

Wait, Fanboys is still around? (Goes to binge on the last few years)

Last post was in November 2014, so...sorta? Kinda? Not really?

I haven't read it since summer 2012, so that's still a plus.

Well then by all means, enjoy the hell out of those two years, because they were excellent.

[Akima]

$5 says you don't understand this one.

Well... I'm guessing that is a hydraulic clutch. And "Hail Hydra" is a comic-book thing, isn't it?

In Australia a "tax return" is the paperwork you sent to the tax-office giving details of your income etc. for the year. If you get money back from the tax-office after they have processed your return, it is called a "tax refund".

[Method of Madness]

Yeah, that's the same in the states.

[osaka]

Yeah, that's the same in the states.

Probably the same in Spain too. What I was aiming for is "do they actually refund the money within the century?"

[Neko_Ali]

Yes. Relatively quickly even, by government measure. The whole concept around in in the US is you pay into a fund during the year for your tax obligation. At the start of each year, when your fill out your tax reports, they will then refund you whatever you have over paid them. Or conversely you own whatever you underpaid. A lot of people have a little extra taken out of every pay check as sort of a 'forced savings' program so that they get back a bigger refund. It normally take a few weeks. And a lot of places now will 'pre refund you'. Basically when you get them to fill out your return (or sometimes bring them your return), they pay you most of what you would have gotten back right then in exchange for you signing over your refund. Them keeping the difference as a fee.

In the end it works out all the way around for the government since you are basically giving them money, which they hold onto (and make use of) until up to a year later, at which point they return a small portion of it.

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Or audit you if you cheat on your taxes

[osaka]

My mind, she is blown. My dad's still waiting for the 2013 refund.

[cesium133]

Yeah, it only took a week for me to get my refund. I didn't go through an agency, either, just used the IRS's online forms.

[Papersatan]

Jan 31st is when employers/banks are supposed to have your paperwork to you (telling what you earned and what not) so you can file your taxes anytime after that.  We usually do ours that week since they are not complicated, and we've always gotten our refund around valentines day (it's frequently what we use to pay for a night out).

[cesium133]

The only time my tax refund has been delayed was in 2013. The reason for that was one of the forms I use (for a tax credit based on the fees I pay as a grad student) was being redesigned that year to make it more confusing (seriously, why would you make a form that requires the person filling it out to start at the end and work toward the beginning?), and they didn't have the form available until March.

[pwhodges]

The UK system (PAYE - Pay As You Earn) has the Inland Revenue provide a code to your employer which tells them how much tax to deduct each month.  If your tax position changes during the year, the code is changed, and the adjustments are made automatically on future salary payments.  If they find there was a mistake during the year, the correction will be factored into the code for the next year, if you owe them, or repaid to you if they owe you. 

If you have non-salary income other than UK savings which are taxed by the bank directly, then you may need to fill in a tax return and pay the additional tax bill when presented; you may be asked for an estimated amount up front if this is continuing year on year.

[SubaruStephen]

$5 says you don't understand this one.

Well... I'm guessing that is a hydraulic clutch.

Oohh, so close, but no $5 for you. It's a Mercedes automatic vacuum operated clutch/torque converter combo
http://www.mbzponton.org/valueadded/maintenance/hydrak.htm
http://www.mbzponton.org/valueadded/maintenance/Hydrak_1_10.pdf

And "Hail Hydra" is a comic-book thing, isn't it?

You haven't seen the Captain America movies? Did they retitle them to "Captain Australia" down there?

[Akima]

The UK system (PAYE - Pay As You Earn) has the Inland Revenue provide a code to your employer which tells them how much tax to deduct each month.  If your tax position changes during the year, the code is changed, and the adjustments are made automatically on future salary payments.

Australia's system is similar for employed people, except that the code adjustment is voluntary. Your employer deducts income-tax from your salary according to the amount you are paid, and at the end of the year issues you with a "Group Certificate" (in the UK it is a "P60", I think?), which you submit with your tax-return. If you have a tax-deductible expenditure (interest on certain loans, for example), you can apply to the ATO, and have it deducted from your PAYE payments, but many employees don't want the company pay clerks to know their private financial affairs and so don't do this*, but instead claim back at the end of the year.

*In Australia, mortgage (home loan) interest payments on your own home are not tax-deductible, so having deductible loan-interest implies that you are engaged in "negatively geared" investment in property, shares etc. which has at times been politically controversial as a form of tax-avoidance by high-income individuals.