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| Topic | Would you ever spend $1,000+ on a phone? |
| brandunh11 01/01/20 12:16:18 PM #7 | |
| Topic | Is there even a point of marriage anymore? |
| brandunh11 01/01/20 12:53:04 AM #8 | Irony posted... Tax benefits This point is so overblown. For any person who actually does the calculations. The difference for most people is literally a few hundred bucks annually. Irony posted... You can claim your spouse as a dependent This is a moot point for 2 reasons. 1) Trump got rid of personal exemptions in 2018 2) Even when personal exemptions were still a thing, your spouse would have already been claiming themselves as an exemption on their taxes. The value of those exemptions is the same no matter how you file, assuming youre both in the same marginal tax bracket. --- |
| Topic | Why do banks penalize you for paying off your student loans early? |
| brandunh11 12/22/19 10:06:43 PM #27 | Esrac posted... Yeah. I've had several loans from different financial institutions. Not once have I ever had an early payment penalty. This. Every time Ive gotten any type of loan, I specifically ask if theres a pre-payment penalty. In my case, the answer has always been no. --- |
| Topic | Cop gets slap in the hand, after terrorizing black family. |
| brandunh11 12/18/19 9:18:37 AM #68 | gatorsPENSbucs posted... Nah thats exactly what this is. Dude on vacation is a regular ass citizen. I know you all hate cops and cant stand any of them, but like, time to let your bias go. Typical incorrect assessment coming from you. In fact, its a flat out lie. Oh and I definitely dont hate cops. In fact I find the people on here who say shit like acab to be annoying Wanting people to be appropriately held accountable for crimes is not hate. I know thats difficult to comprehend for small minded people though. --- |
| Topic | Cop gets slap in the hand, after terrorizing black family. |
| brandunh11 12/17/19 10:36:48 PM #61 | gatorsPENSbucs posted... Regular citizen committing a crime against authority Thats not what this is. This is authority figure committing crimes against regular citizens. Authority figures should be held to a higher (not lower) standard than regular citizens exactly because of the potential that power has to corrupt people. Also lol at trying to downplay breaking and entering and criminal threats to saying a word. Easily the dumbest take in this topic. --- |
| Topic | Tax help |
| brandunh11 12/13/19 8:01:45 AM #3 | Do NOT use 15. Im not sure exactly how you got to that number but its almost certainly wrong. Trumps 2018 tax changes got rid of personal exemptions(your number of withholdings) but raised the standard deduction. There are some tax credits for kids but Im not sure exactly how to qualify for them. --- |
| Topic | Isn't God a massive asshole according to the bible? |
| brandunh11 12/13/19 12:15:34 AM #10 | Funkydog posted... Given he is all knowing, he knew this would happen to begin with. For what its worth, some apologists and/or sects of Christianity dont believe that God knows the future because its not a knowable thing according to them. --- |
| Topic | Fat cows are angry at that Peloton bike commercial >_> |
| brandunh11 12/11/19 10:14:15 AM #13 | I cant watch the video right now. Why exactly are people mad? Because it encourages exercise? --- |
| Topic | This is the WINNER of MISS UNIVERSE 2019!! Is She The Hottest?? |
| brandunh11 12/10/19 6:55:55 PM #26 | They're all hot but based on the pics presented in this topic
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| Topic | What do you think of, Pascal's Wager? |
| brandunh11 12/07/19 12:49:50 PM #17 | |
| Topic | What happened to Will Smith's career? |
| brandunh11 12/02/19 8:07:25 PM #26 | CosmicShadows posted... The fresh prince should have a reboot. >_> One is coming. https://alt1037dfw.radio.com/blogs/alt-producer/will-smith-working-fresh-prince-bel-air-reboot --- |
| Topic | Got fired today |
| brandunh11 11/28/19 12:36:06 PM #4 | |
| Topic | Why do doctors' offices get away with being so impunctual? |
| brandunh11 11/14/19 10:45:33 AM #7 | I always set my appointment to be the first appointment of the day to avoid this. --- |
| Topic | Creep is the best TLC song |
| brandunh11 11/13/19 7:14:30 PM #3 | |
| Topic | Black man pulled over for air freshener on his rear view mirror |
| brandunh11 11/11/19 2:34:39 PM #11 | I know for a fact that police officers are trained to never take assumptions as fact. Yet in practice (as shown in the video) they almost always violate that tenet. The man had to tell him more than 10 times that he doesnt have weed or smoke it, yet the cop would not admit that he could possibly be wrong. Wasted 30+ minutes investigating a law abiding citizen. Unfortunately about half the country has no problem with this though. Oh and then he hit him with the you have signs of drug use which is bullshit because many of the same signs of sleepy or tiredness are similar to some signs of drug use. But of course the officer will never admit this. --- |
| Topic | Why do men send dick pics? |
| brandunh11 11/02/19 9:24:00 AM #46 | Every woman I've ever talked to IRL has stated that they hate unsolicited dick pics. Especially from men that they barely know or just met. Apparently lots of guys do this and it's just a quick way to get your number blocked. Then, when it comes to online dating, it's very common for women to specifically state in their profiles not to send them. Based on my conversations with women there, most women there just block the men who do it unsolicited. Then if you read any online dating forums such as r/dating or r/datingoverthirty, the overwhelming sentiment from women there is that unsolicited dick pics are a huge turn-off and they label the guy a creep and block him. Based on this, it's perplexing to me that guys do this because it seems like a simple cost-benefit analysis would show that sending an unsolicited dick pic is just not worth it. If she was interested in you before, now she's probably going to block your number. It's a waste of effort. In my experience, women in general like more tact when it comes to relationships/sex. Of course, there are some women out there who like unsolicited dick pics, but it seems that those are far and few between. --- |
| Topic | HIV-positive man shares the abuse he gets on Grindr for disclosing his status |
| brandunh11 11/01/19 2:01:44 PM #14 | thronedfire2 posted... that sounds like someone who already knew him and knew he had it. I had the same thought when I originally read it. Particularly because of his use of the word "still" when he said "still an arrogant c-word". That makes it seem like they already had some history together. --- |
| Topic | is it unethical to use a sick day for a job interview? |
| brandunh11 11/01/19 12:46:13 PM #5 | Not in the slightest. These companies dont care about you. Do what you gotta do to improve your situation. --- |
| Topic | I absolutely HATE the pet worshipping culture |
| brandunh11 11/01/19 8:01:57 AM #123 | This topic is just another reminder that a significant portion of CE are sociopaths. --- |
| Topic | How butt ravaged is Bryce Harper right now |
| brandunh11 10/31/19 1:10:44 AM #7 | spudger posted... I Like Toast posted...Why would he be mad he said he wanted to bring a title to dc and he did Care to explain for those who dont follow the story lines? --- |
| Topic | Are there people who still unironically don't use credit cards? |
| brandunh11 10/15/19 12:23:36 PM #16 | I get roughly $1000 in free money every year just by using my credit card to buy shit that I was gonna buy anyway. Its crazy how some people (mostly those who watched a Dave Ramsey video and think theyre suddenly personal finance experts) argue against them simply because they dont have restraint or dont understand them. Oh well. $1000 aint much but it comes in handy when a small unexpected issues pop up. Oh, and Ive never paid a dime in interest. --- |
| Topic | The Forth Worth cop who shot Atatiana Jefferson has been officially charged. |
| brandunh11 10/14/19 9:08:43 PM #12 | |
| Topic | You know what's annoying? Dialog choices that don't matter. |
| brandunh11 10/11/19 11:13:56 AM #19 | I agree. This happens a lot in Dragon Quest 11. Like seriously, why give us an illusion of an option? --- |
| Topic | Arrests made for killing of Amber Guyger witness (spoiler: it wasn't the cops) |
| brandunh11 10/09/19 4:28:59 PM #260 | AdviceMan posted... Brown made it clear that he had no interest in testifying in Guygers trial, Merritt told CNN. Brown had been shot in November 2018, just three months after Jean was killed, in an unsolved case, and Merritt said Brown was concerned that that person might try to come back and finish the job. Wait so the police threatened him into testifying...and then killed him for testifying? --- |
| Topic | Arrests made for killing of Amber Guyger witness (spoiler: it wasn't the cops) |
| brandunh11 10/09/19 10:42:51 AM #228 | Balrog0 posted... the0rebirth posted...I mean, it really just comes down to whether or not you believe something. Yep. I know people who used to regularly drive from Texas to Tennessee and Florida to sell large amounts of drugs. Hell some people drive to different countries to buy/sell. Its not uncommon for mid-level dealers. --- |
| Topic | Arrests made for killing of Amber Guyger witness (spoiler: it wasn't the cops) |
| brandunh11 10/08/19 10:12:32 PM #177 | Mecha Sonic posted... brandunh11 posted...At the time of the Jean shooting, Joshua did NOT live across the hall from Guyger. He lived on the 4th floor across the hall from Botham Jean. Guyger lived on floor 3. Also Josh Brown no longer even lived in those apartments where the Jean shooting happened. He had moved to the northern part of Downtown Dallas. I have no interest is refuting your speculation. Im simply correcting your verifiably factually incorrect statements. The apartments they lived in are one big building with 4 floors and long hallways connected to a parking garage. So unless you go onto other floors regularly, the chances of you regularly seeing a neighbor on a different floor are actually pretty slim in that complex. Edit: Oh and the only reason I brought up the fact that Brown moved is because we dont actually know if he was dealing drugs while living in the same complex as Guyger. Thats all speculation at this point. --- |
| Topic | Arrests made for killing of Amber Guyger witness (spoiler: it wasn't the cops) |
| brandunh11 10/08/19 9:48:16 PM #163 | Mecha Sonic posted... lol... drug deal gone bad... how convenient At the time of the Jean shooting, Joshua did NOT live across the hall from Guyger. He lived on the 4th floor across the hall from Botham Jean. Guyger lived on floor 3. Also Josh Brown no longer even lived in those apartments where the Jean shooting happened. He had moved to the northern part of Downtown Dallas. --- |
| Topic | The ONLY WITNESS to testify against AMBER GUYGER has been SHOT DEAD!! |
| brandunh11 10/08/19 4:19:25 PM #83 | https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/10/08/us/joshua-brown-shooting-tuesday/index.html Just in case anyone is interested in facts, at least one of the three men who killed Joshua have been arrested. Josh even shot one of the men before getting shot himself. This was a drug deal gone sour. It had nothing to do with Amber Guyger or the police. --- |
| Topic | The ONLY WITNESS to testify against AMBER GUYGER has been SHOT DEAD!! |
| brandunh11 10/07/19 10:46:24 PM #78 | First of all, I live in Dallas and I'm in that area a lot. The South Side Flats (the apartment complex where the Botham Jean shooting occurred) is not in a "bad neighborhood". Those are luxury apartments that are literally 2 blocks away from the Dallas Police Station. The whole area is luxury apartments and office buildings. There's a lot of talk in this topic about whether the South Side flats were in a dangerous neighborhood, yet that's not even where this shooting happened. Secondly, Joshua as no longer even living in the South Side Flats. He was killed outside of Altera Apartments which are also luxury apartments but on the other side of downtown. Lastly, the topic title is misleading. Josh was not the ONLY witness to testify against Amber Guyger. The prosecution called at least 10+ witnesses who testified against her. It'll be interesting to see whether this was related to either police or the trial at all. The fact that he was worried about violence from sources other than the police makes one wonder if he was also mixed in with some bad people. --- |
| Topic | Buy a house or rent an apartment |
| brandunh11 10/06/19 4:29:40 PM #71 | Sirfetchd posted... brandunh11 posted...Sirfetchd posted...chrono625 posted...emblem boy posted...I mean, that $600 a month difference can also go into investments that make money over time. Rather than using your home as what's essentially a forced saving account. A great deal of the money you pay to own a home also gets thrown in a money pit. HOA fees, insurance, taxes, PMI (if you put down less than 20%), maintenance, interest on the loan (especially in the first 10 years of the loan). Not to mention nearly all of your household bills (like electricity) will be higher due to having more space. As a home owner youre directly responsible for all of those expenses and none of them add value to the home or pay down the loan. Some of them are highly variable (like maintenance) or even go up annually (like taxes). In the first few years of a loan, the vast majority of your payments go to interest, so its important to be in it for the long haul. I own plenty of equity in other investments that are a lot more liquid. I even own two investment properties. Equity in my personal dwelling right now is not as appealing due to several personal factors. --- |
| Topic | Buy a house or rent an apartment |
| brandunh11 10/06/19 4:09:04 PM #67 | REMercsChamp posted... brandunh11 posted...Whoever said anything about NEVER buying a home? Oh yeah only you did because its a part of your strawman argument.Ok so then you're in agreement that buying a home is the superior situation and renting is just a short term stop before then In the long run yes. This was never in dispute. The short/medium run is a totally different story and depends on a lot of factors. As I already stated, assuming moderate appreciation. it would take me about 5 years to break even on a home so I have to consider other factors (such as if I plan on moving to a different area as an example). --- |
| Topic | Buy a house or rent an apartment |
| brandunh11 10/06/19 4:01:40 PM #65 | REMercsChamp posted... brandunh11 posted...Quit with the straw man arguments. I never said or implied this.Guess what happens if you never end up buying a home? Whoever said anything about NEVER buying a home? Oh yeah only you did because its a part of your strawman argument. --- |
| Topic | Buy a house or rent an apartment |
| brandunh11 10/06/19 3:56:14 PM #62 | REMercsChamp posted... brandunh11 posted...I cant speak for other people but in my case, this is definitely bullshit.You literally want to be renting and at the mercy of some landlord when you're 70 years old. ok. Quit with the straw man arguments. I never said or implied this. --- |
| Topic | Buy a house or rent an apartment |
| brandunh11 10/06/19 3:39:50 PM #59 | Sirfetchd posted... chrono625 posted...emblem boy posted...I mean, that $600 a month difference can also go into investments that make money over time. Rather than using your home as what's essentially a forced saving account. I cant speak for other people but in my case, this is definitely bullshit. --- |
| Topic | Buy a house or rent an apartment |
| brandunh11 10/06/19 3:15:39 PM #54 | The answer to this question is always it depends. There are tons of factors to consider about each individuals set of circumstances and goals (short term and medium term). Both options have advantages and drawbacks. I find that most people who think home ownership is always the better option typically havent actually done a true apples to apples comparison. There are plenty of costs (both expected and unexpected) associated with home ownership that add absolutely no value to your home. Based on my calcs, on average Id need to stay in my home for 5 years to break even. This assumes moderate annual appreciation. I invest in real estate, but Id never consider my primary home an investment, at least not one I expect to profit from financially. --- |
| Topic | Is Neil deGrasse-Tyson right? |
| brandunh11 10/03/19 10:47:02 PM #47 | Sad_Face posted... We're operating on the assumption that aliens have the technology for intergalactic travel. If they can send objects across galaxies within reasonable times, surely they can send light across just as fast. So we should be getting postcards from these guys by a bundle. Even if were operating with that assumption, theres no reason to believe that we currently have the technology to receive such messages, much less interpret them. --- |
| Topic | Is Neil deGrasse-Tyson right? |
| brandunh11 10/03/19 10:16:50 PM #30 | The Admiral posted... If intelligent life was so common in this galaxy that theyd find it mundane, wed be getting daily signals from those planets. I don't agree with the "we'd be getting daily signals from those planets" point. I mean, humans have only been using radio signals for less than 2 centuries. Based on the speed of those signals, they really haven't traveled THAT far into the universe (all things considered). Assuming other intelligent life exists, there's no reason to believe that their species would have had their signals (assuming they even use them) reach us by now. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/3390.html Here's a reference on how far our radio signals have traveled. --- |
| Topic | Amber Guyger trial live (police shooting of man in his own home) |
| brandunh11 10/03/19 8:04:26 AM #392 | *Sigh* Let's go back to your first post in this topic. MelzezDoor posted... Now that we can (officially) call it murder what motive could she have had for murdering him? Prior conflict? Noisy neighbor? Racism or not feels like there must have been another reason. We already know her motive for killing him and exactly how/why it happened. If you actually followed the case, you would too. If there was any other credible reason for her killing him, the prosecution (who spent thousands of man hours on this case) would have brought it up and backed it up with facts. None of your proposed alternatives have any amount of credible evidence to back them up. Literally zero evidence. You bringing up other alternatives and then suggesting that some alternative *must* be her true reason for killing him does nothing but muddle the facts for anyone uneducated on the case, which is a hindrance to anyone attempting to learn more about the case. My position is backed by facts and evidence brought out during the trial. Your position is literally nothing but baseless speculation about facts which aren't in question. Nobody but the low IQ people are confused about this. MelzezDoor posted... I can name several people I've met that no amount of man hours or pouring through media would be able to tell. In this case the only other person who could tell us anything about it is dead. Right here is where you tried to shift the goal posts. Your whole argument went from "there must be another reason she killed him", suggesting they actually knew each other or had some prior interaction, to "you can't prove that they weren't aware of each others existence". I mean yeah, it's possible they might have passed each other in the hallway and became aware of each other existence. But now what? How is this helpful or have anything to do with the case? It doesn't. The prosecution already worked that angle and they didn't find anything useful or relevant so we have to rely on the testimony/facts brought up during the case. All indication is that they didn't know each other at all. Any speculation beyond that is contrary to facts. MelzezDoor posted... I wasn't referring to Alexanaxela's post. No need to make shit up. StormFury's was a joke but mine wasn't? Your bias is showing itself. .....What? I never said you were responding to Alex's post. I was simply setting up relationship between Alex's and StormFury's posts. I wasn't "making shit up". And yes, StormFury's post was a joke. Anyone who's familiar with the "cops get paid vacation time for killing people" memes knows that his post was joke. Your original post was not a joke. It was a serious inquiry. For some reason, you're not satisfied with the factual answers. Anyway I'm done wasting time on you. --- |
| Topic | Amber Guyger trial live (police shooting of man in his own home) |
| brandunh11 10/02/19 11:05:49 PM #390 | MelzezDoor posted... lol. Careful though some people might whine to you about posting unsubstantiated stuff like this. .....Alexanexela's statement is a true statement. She didn't think she deserved to be fired which is why she appealed the decision. StormFury's comment was merely a joke in response. If you really can't tell the difference between what he said and what you've said then there really is no helping you. --- |
| Topic | Amber Guyger trial live (police shooting of man in his own home) |
| brandunh11 10/02/19 11:03:04 PM #389 | MelzezDoor posted...
My point isn't that it's impossible that they've merely become aware of each other's existence by passing in a hallway or something. It's that there is no good reason to believe that they had ever had any meaningful interaction based on the actual facts that came out during the trial. This is what your initial post asked, and now your shifting the goal posts to "well they may have at least been aware of each other" which is entirely different. If we had any good reason to believe that they had met in any meaningful way, it would have come out during the trial. MelzezDoor posted... Dude lived there for several months dunno about her but I'd imagine at least years. This proves that you didn't follow the trial the way you said you did. Facts such as how long they lived in the complex have already been gone over multiple times during the trial. I even mentioned Guyger's tenure in one of my posts in this very topic which you keep ignoring. Educate yourself on the facts and it'll become apparent why your speculation makes you look silly once juxtaposed next to the known facts. MelzezDoor posted... And no I'm not trying to muddle the facts you need to shut the fuck up with your accusations. I didn't accuse you of doing it on purpose, but that's exactly the effect your speculation has. You're literally speculating on questions which we already know the answers to. It's pointless and does nothing but hinder anyone who's actually trying to educate themselves about the case. --- |
| Topic | Amber Guyger only gets 10 YEARS IN PRISON..and the Victim's Brother HUGS HER!! |
| brandunh11 10/02/19 10:47:46 PM #77 | TheVipaGTS posted... Again, i think i read the other day that if she got 10 or less she would be able to avoid jail during her appeal....and the fact that the judge hugged her...this isn't over yet.  This is no longer true. The law changed in 2017 and criminals are required to serve time in jail while on appeal. Go to the 7 hr 32 min 30 sec mark in the video I linked. The guy on the right is a Texas judge and they mentioned this several times during the broadcast. --- |
| Topic | What did you think of botham's brother hugging amber guyger? |
| brandunh11 10/02/19 9:14:03 PM #5 | |
| Topic | Amber Guyger trial live (police shooting of man in his own home) |
| brandunh11 10/02/19 8:58:46 PM #384 | MelzezDoor posted... Not sure why you're so against speculation. Nobody is trying to muddle facts or mislabel anyone. To say trial evidence accounts for everything that happened is tremendously lacking in foresight. Because there were no reports and she said so? I wanted to know possible reasons outside of what was mentioned that's all. And again, I am already following the case. Because your speculation is does absolutely nothing but muddle facts of the case. We already know the answers to your speculative questions. There was an 8 day trial about it with 50+ hours of actual court time. Combined, the prosecution spent thousands of hours working on this case from every single angle you could imagine. They went through texts, emails, video footage, police records, etc., etc., and not one meaningful connection between Botham and Amber was made. We know how and why she was at the apartment. We know every move Amber made that entire day leading up to that moment. We know why she killed him and there hasn't been any real evidence to contradict the facts that we already know. If you were actually following the case, you would too. Speculation does nobody any good at this point. Your logic is akin to that of flat earthers. Even with all the facts in front of them, they're still speculating and touting nonsense. MelzezDoor posted... How long are you going to tout the topic over other sources Point out which sources contradict the facts I've presented in this topic. None of the credible sources have any of your ridiculous speculation. --- |
| Topic | Amber Guyger trial live (police shooting of man in his own home) |
| brandunh11 10/02/19 6:19:12 PM #349 | MelzezDoor posted... You're not seriously suggesting you need to know someone to have a motive to kill? People have been killed for far less. Following the case not the topic but facts were they WERE neighbors. The rest is speculation but not baseless. No Im not suggesting that at all. I only mentioned that because you asked whether there was a prior conflict. The answer is no, and that answer is based on evidence from the trial. All other speculation is baseless. Again, read through the topic. Theres plenty here that detail what actually happened. --- |
| Topic | Amber Guyger trial live (police shooting of man in his own home) |
| brandunh11 10/02/19 6:03:33 PM #346 | MelzezDoor posted... Now that we can (officially) call it murder what motive could she have had for murdering him? Prior conflict? Noisy neighbor? Racism or not feels like there must have been another reason. Read through this topic fully. Several post clearly explain what happened based on facts from the trial, not baseless speculation. Botham and Amber did not know each other at all. --- |
| Topic | Amber Guyger trial live (police shooting of man in his own home) |
| brandunh11 10/02/19 5:49:47 PM #341 | CADE FOSTER posted... especially when you murder an innocent man in his own home while fucking drunk She was not drunk. Her toxicology samples were taken the same day as the shooting and came back clean. --- |
| Topic | Amber Guyger trial live (police shooting of man in his own home) |
| brandunh11 10/02/19 5:04:45 PM #316 | |
| Topic | Amber Guyger trial live (police shooting of man in his own home) |
| brandunh11 10/02/19 9:10:04 AM #305 | Twin3Turbo posted... Reading through that text exchange, it looks kinda like they were double texting each other. So am I crazy or is that its ok, Im the same text her response to the the dog is a little racist text? Am I reading that right? I agree with your conclusion. Her its ok, so am I text looks like a response to the dog may be a little racist smh --- |
| Topic | These were the RACIST TEXTS that did AMBER GUYGER in and got her CONVICTED!! |
| brandunh11 10/01/19 10:40:35 PM #7 | Topic title is misleading. None of this evidence was presented until AFTER she was already convicted. These pieces of evidence will only affect the sentencing phase. --- |
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