/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>16092239

Implying that there’s anything meaningful to do in this world and not contributing to the Borg is bad.

>>16092239
Went to work. Am still here.

>>16092239
I got suicidally depressed at work

>>16092239
bought BTC early and have been down 0.5-1% points since then. Played some multiplayer EU4, it lagged a lot.
All in all a worthless day..

made 50 bobs on grub /shrug

>>16092239

i worked, went to the gym, now im here sitting, thinking, and slightly shitposting.

how would YOU sell art /biz/?

ive got a bunch of pieces here complete with buyers guide but have no idea what the fuck to do with any of it and was given little if any direction.
theres a good chunk of commission change in it for me if i succeed but fuck.

i think i might just go door to door with this buyer's guide/book thing

>>16092239
Made colleague laugh. Someone who have to deal with cancer and disability in their family.

>>16092239
i coomed again

>>16092239
8 hour AWS foundation course, company paid the $700 bill

Made 300 USDT swinging some BTC. Made tortillas and played with dog. That's it pretty much. Sweet to be neet.

>>16092239
I cooked some bacon, and ate it
Also had a nap

>>16092441
it's pretty easy to find auction houses that sell that sort of thing as long as the art is any good

One day closer to death

Woke up at 8 am. Played Madden 20. Napped from noon to 3pm. Drank coffee, drank pre-workout, got a tan, worked out. Ate some food.
Pretty good day.

>>16092501

So about 170 after taxes? That sounds like a miserable time.

>>16092501
Anon how did you learn to trade I wanna do this plz halp.

Took the day off work to get something done for once because I reminisce all the time when I'm actually at work about all of the other productive things I could be doing.

Watched anime and slept all day instead

>>16092545

This is the only right answer.

Bought a $500 laptop to replace my 7+ year old one.
Went from 14inch to 15.6inch and kind of regretting it now since its so much bigger.
The new one weights less though so I thought it would be ok for traveling but kind of wish I went with 13inch now.

>>16092239
Wagecucked in my own business. Made 2k. 3k from stock market going up.

>>16092525

thats a good idea, ill make up a list of people to call tomorrow.


its good stuff actually, i wouldnt be doing it otherwise. its just all the people with art money around here only buy those shitty pour over style paintings that go with whatever lame decor they have in their house.

>>16092239
Didn't kms. So doing pretty good.

>>16092239
Tidyed up the text engine for my furry fetish adventure game and watched some cronenberg movies. At least crypto earns me enough money so I don't have to wageslave

>>16092681
what anime fren?

>woke up sweating
>tired, can't move body well, most of body hurts
>alarm goes off
>smoke a cig, cofe, make boom boom
>can't think, racing thought, hard to focus
>shower and try to not drink too much bathwater
>just got new comfy sweatsuit, put it on
>pose in mirror and say good things to myself
>still can't focus, brain and body feel like exploding
>eat and triple check everything
>get bus to therapy
>everything is confusing and bad, at least im wearing sweatsuit
>try to focus on phone and read things i can talk about to normies
>words blur, feel like i'm peeing constantly, heartbeat in brain
>some homeless girl is talking about videogames to this bald guy
>pubg, call of duty, playing the hottest games on my phone
>deep breaths try not to go to bad place
>tune out stare at window
>made it to therapy on time today
>try to ask therapist how to be a better person
>mumble and stutter a lot
>accidentally stare at therapist bob when eyes play tricks on me and colors blur
>laugh sometimes when i feel extra weird
>look directly at therapist crotch because i can't control mybody
>ears start ringing and i try to talk casually while i can't hear anything
>get headache from tinnitus
>therapist says session is over
>con't

Jerking of all week in preparation of no nut November

>>16092668
Why would he lose nearly 50% to taxes on only $300?

I went to bed at 9am and woke up at 6pm.
This is my life.

Sat at home secure in the knowledge that I didn't contribute taxes to a hostile government.

>>16094249
In all seriousness, you sound like you have Lyme disease.

>>16094313
why? i don't go in woods

>>16094320
Lyme is std too

>>16092239
I finished my CBOE options training. I already knew most of it and the training wasn't terribly difficult, but I got it done. There was other stuff too but I've been working on that for a couple days at work and I'm just glad to be finished with it. Interesting strategies.

>>16094323
hm think im just a lil mental ill this time of year. i'm really old and this has been happening awhile. at least im trying to get better:)

>>16094333
i'm glad fren. keep doing goodthings

>>16094155
Been watching Gate, it's pretty good basically a gate to another world opens up in japan and they attack a city. Naturally they only had swords, were prompty wiped out by modern forces and they then invade the gate/other world.

It's pretty well done and I liked it anyway. Overlord is really good too, one of the only two I've bothered reading the light novel for.

Nothing. I work at my family's run gas station and mechanic shop and I slaved away here today, fixing people's shitty cars, and doing cashier bitch work. I'm 28 now, and when my uncle who owns this station was around my age, he was able to buy the fucking station just from working as a cashier.

How come it's so much harder to be successful. I feel like a loser.

>>16094360
Too many people so the competition is significantly higher than it was even 30 years ago, newer forms of entertainment that consume our time, and last everything is owned creating an atmosphere where you have to purchase it for equal value rather than using what resources you have to carve out your own place.

I have no opinion of this either way, but it just seems like these are the facts when it comes to why things are more difficult now.

>>16094351
>Been watching Gate
One of my favourites. Absolutely love it.
>Overlord
My man has good taste

>>16094360
Jews ruined the currency
I've been using bitcoin for 7 years and I'm basically retired

>>16094384
Thanks anon, you have any others you recommend? I've seen most of the popular ones already

>>16094399
im not sure if laid back camp or domestic girlfriend or flying witch are popular but those were the last ones i enjoyed

>>16094320
You don't necessarily need to go in the woods, especially if you live in the Northeast. There are ticks as small as grains of sand and all it takes is one bite to infect you.

>>16094348
thanks fren. we're all going to make it.

we need a secret handshake or something so we know when we're talking to each other irl. will provide premium financial services at a discount if I ever make it.

>>16094382
Yeah this is what I think too. I work hard but it's only enough to just get by. The more money I make, the more I pay to taxes and nonsense that puts be back where I started. Working hard doesn't seem to get you anything nowadays, I really hate to bitch and moan but I'm working 90 hours this week and I have nothing to my name.

I own a 2001 lexus with 300k miles, that's all I have.

>>16094405
Sounds good I'll check those out, I really like the ones where someone from the modern world is sent to a fantasy one. I know a lot of them in that category usually turn out to be bad but I like even the bad ones. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo was... Interesting and is in that genre as well, it's the one I just finished before watching Gate, it's more of a comedy

>>16092239
took an exam, think i did ok

>>16094399
Akame ga kill
Vinland saga
Is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon?
Hai to gensou no grimgar
Rokka no yuusha
They're all fantasy. Enjoy!

>>16092239
MMMMMYYY PREEEEEEECCIIIOOOOOOOUS

Expenditure equations

>>16094430
Yer I feel you, when I first started at my wagie job I actually tried to do a decent job to see if the demoralization attitude was correct, after about a year of having the best track record I am still the lowest paid employee from my group despite the fact that I was the person in charge of two fairly important projects and consistently did my best. Stopped giving a shit a while ago and simply do the minimum to not get fired now. I too own a beat up car, prius with 200K miles. It isn't the best car around but it's really good on the spending, I only buy gas once every 3 weeks.

We gotta do what we can to get ahead in the modern world, following the same path people did 30 years ago will only get us mediocre wages and a life of paying off debts. I like to think of it as a challenge in a really shitty video game. Gotta do what we can with what we have, probably sounds retarded coming from a guy like me though lmao

>>16094451
Nice anon thanks, I already watched vinland and girls in a dungeon so I'll check those out too

>>16092239
I think I'm getting less and less awkward at work, which is important because I'm an operations manager. I have serious autism and know that eventually I'll be relegated to a process specialist track.

I'm hoping I can trick them into letting me use my general knowledge of logic and nerd shit into becoming more and more of an analytics/engineering manager over time instead.

Woke up at fucking 5 am, went to the shitty grocery store I own and wasted my fucking day babysitting the retards I employ, I just got home ten fucking minutes ago.

God christ I want out of this business, I'm so fucking tired all the time. I dont even have a dollar to my name, all profits from the store go straight to bills and buying product.

>>16092239
Picked up my drugs from the pharmacy, Thought about doing stuff, took a shit.

>>16094471
>Nice anon thanks
You're welcome. By the sounds of it you'll really like DanMachi. And no grimgar. Oh also you MUST watch Goblin Slayer if you haven't.

>>16094510
Yer I've watched goblin slayer a couple times, it's really hilarious listening to a few normies I used to know discussing it, I was actually expecting it to be a bit more violent based on the shitstorm it caused but it was still pretty good

>>16094471
Good advice.

>>16094428
How do you trade options

I finally found the key for roof access! This is great for when I need to jump from my wageslave prison building.

>>16094526
Good shit. There's quite a few more I've seen from the fantasy genre over the years since it's my favourite but I can't be fucked going through the entire list. Re:zero I highly recommend if you like psychological shit. Is fantasy also.

>>16094537
there's a really good wikipedia article about that buddy. it'll explain a lot more than we can/will ;)

https://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Options_strategy

>>16092239
>wrote an economics exam
>did a case for a business class
>attended class
>did an accounting quiz
>finished an audiobook

>>16094586
wut book?

>>16094498
>Woke up at fucking 5 am, went to the shitty grocery store I own and wasted my fucking day babysitting the retards I employ, I just got home ten fucking minutes ago.

>God christ I want out of this business, I'm so fucking tired all the time. I dont even have a dollar to my name, all profits from the store go straight to bills and buying product.

Same except restaurant life. Some retard threw a lit cigarette into a dumpster full of card board in the back alley and smoke and fumes just started billowing into the kitchen. They want a day off for every stupid shit. Cut my staff and half and started doing all the work myself.

I hate commies so much.

Ate shawarma, then had sex with an Asian girl, Made a pile of COOM

>>16094606
sometimes days are bad. tomorrow will hopefully be better 4U ;)

>>16094336
Frank psychosis is actually a symptom of Lyme's Disease.

I was treated for psychotic depression with really heavy shit for nearly a year before my family doctor saw me and went "wtf." She put me on some lyme disease treatment thing and I was almost instantly better. My joints still hurt and my muscles fatigue halfway through the day, so I'm sure I'll have mad scoliosis in my 40s and 50s, but at least I'm not (as) crazy. Those meds leave lifelong effects for sure.

>>16094606
Why are they always such goddamn lazy retards? We pay them to do basic fucking tasks and expect them to have more brainpower than a fucking chimpanzee and they always find a way to fuck things up and make us clean up after their messes.

Like christ, it's not that goddamn hard to rotate fucking bread, yet every time they act like it's the most impossible job in the world.

>>16094626
bruh i just have some tbi that's slowly healing with my attempts/attitude/neuroplasticity. i should still have a fully broken brain but i'm repairing it with sheer will. thanks for concern tho

>>16094640
maybe you should actually train them? it seems so simple but most people who are new to a skill don't have your expertise, even after a considerable amount of time.

>>16094667
I do train them. I show them how to do the basics of the job and where to find the information in the event they forget, and I'm always available to answer questions if necessary.

But I am also responsible for making sure we get more business and doing all the shit that ensures they have a paycheck every week, so I put my trust in them to ensure the floor is taken care of while I do back office work, and they betray that trust by taking lazy fucking shortcuts that make my store look bad.

>>16094705
perhaps your version of training isn't suited to them. and i'm sure someone who is not completely comfortable with their duties isn't exactly thrilled to be running off to ask their busy boss questions. think like your hires. i'm sure running everything isn't ez fren, but try to make life easier for everyone around you so you can all work as a better team

>>16094336
>mental treatment for physical problem
okay anon

>>16094753
neato condescending remark with no explanation. i obviously am a tbi patient with many physical repercussions. you're not a caregiver. i'm gonna die in a nuke next week anyway so take your negative attitude to some fud thread ;)

>>16094596
Pretty decent, it basically looks at CEOs as capital allocators, having to run the business like investors with common themes of stock repurchases, decentralized management structures, efficiency of operations, and returns to shareholders as the main measure of success

>>16094789
have u read thiels zero to one? that was my next read. other than an encapsulation, what were your thoughts on that book?

>>16092239
>Unpacked the house a bit
>went to check my mail at the post office
>joined multiple crypto discords and telegrams
>ditched a few shitcoins
>organizing more of my crypto notes on my c64
>downloaded bitbean/beancash wallet
>snycing beancash wallet
>mining fortune1coin
pretty much everything I wanted to do so not bad. now its just relaxing and waiting for beancash wallet to sync

>>16094807
I haven't read that one. As for The Outsiders, I don't really know how to critique it. I don't expect to remember many of the details about the particular CEOs or their businesses; more important are the common characteristics that the author brings out in each of them. I guess the book mostly provides a loose model with which to evaluate businesses or managers. It provides some ideas of things to look for, the book even ends with a checklist for creating value through capital allocation decisions. It would probably be especially useful to someone who actually wants to run a business.

>>16094705
Hiring from the general public it's like a 1/10 chance you'll get a basic non-retarded human being it seems. Even the basic non-retards start to get retarded without constant "motivation" and "appreciation". Some guy got all emotional because I offered a little critique on the timing of making an order and said he couldn't remember the last time he felt appreciated. In my head I was like WHA- SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU SUCK AT YOUR JOB AND I PAY YOU MORE MONEY THAN YOU DESERVE. IT'S THE MIDDLE OF A RUSH JUST DO THE FUCKING THING I JUST SAID. Alright I guess I'll put on my calendar appreciate fuckface once a week on top of all the other shit I have to do.

>>16094890
How much is he getting paid vs what he deserves, and what is the job?

>>16094890
i feel like i should quit my job because i probably make my boss feel like this. i don't feel great about the tasks either, and i'm sure i do a poor job

Ever since curimgy opiate addiction I haven't been flfilled. No amount of food, money or sex can replace the warm embrace of a strong opiTe high. I ja ENT used in a year but God damn I'm ready to treat myself. Just. A. Little. Taste.

>>16094886
this is exactly what every article i've read in the past few years espouses; "here's how i conquered a niche, now u"

and it doesn't translate. it truly elucidates meritocracy and intellectual inequality

>>16094924
please be safe and smart fren

>>16094896
It's a very low skill requirement line cook job. They're getting ~20 an hour because we tip pool. But I'm not allowed to keep any tips because I'm the employer even though I fill shifts myself every morning and night.
>>16094902
Most of the people who suck think they're amazing.

>>16094966
dunning kreuger is a sad reality

>>16094966
u have c corp or s corp status?

>>16094966
Damn that's more than $3 more/hr I get for doing my job, im kind of jealous. I was just curious to see if you were the sort that pays their employees min wage and wants them to work for $7/hr or something. $20/hr for being a line cook seems pretty good

>>16094926
Yeah it's clear that the common traits shared by the CEOs in the book can't just be taken as a recipe for success. He makes it sound as if all other managers just have their heads up their asses and if only they'd been more like these guys they would have done better, but obviously most CEOs are not idiots, so clearly it's a lot more complicated than what we have here. He definitely doesn't sell short the feats of the people in the book, but I think in order to establish themes and some clear takeaways he had to oversimplify. I don't know that there would be a better way to do it in a book of this length, and I'm fairly satisfied with the handful of concepts that I came away with.

>>16094779
I hope you’re doing well anon. TBI is very scary. It’s frightening how much of our life is dependent on our brains.

>>16095000
I pay 11-13 base wage I managed to get really efficient and trimmed down on FOH labor with the ordering system and tips are split between the employees and it coming out to a sizable amount. Nobody pays minimum wage in this area. My neighbor was asking me if I know any good dish washers he pays $14 just for that. I said I don't. I fired them all and save them all up soaking in a huge tub and do them myself.

>>16095052
congrats for running your restaurant efficiently
>>16095035
the brain cooperates with the body; if you are fortunate. i appreciate the sentiment

>>16095021
it is quite obvious most ceos aren't idiots. i felt the sowell books i read were perhaps a bit tight lipped or intentionally terse. shame, thomas is quite talented

>>16093171
>my furry fetish adventure game
That furry game is going to make you a millionaire if you pander hard enough, their wallets are as deep as their degeneracy

>>16095110
It's true, there's one furry game in particular that makes like 70K/mo on patreon

No, I'm not joking

>>16095125
i'm sure many do. that's one path

nothing, i feel like absolute shit.

>>16095365
it's gonna be ok fren

>woke up
>checked the price of LINK
>still not rich
>continue doing drugs and banging my head against the wall to lower my IQ to go to work
>almost getting stupid enough that I enjoy work

>>16095483
if you hold link your IQ is already low