Obi

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[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

Next stop: banning folks just for looking/spending too much time on these posts.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

It's so much more complicated than that, but of course they can have "savings". What I will explain, is that profits are only taxed when realized, they're not gonna keep getting taxed until they run out of money in any country I'm familiar with.... They made X amount of profit in year Y, they get taxed Z% on it and that's that. It can then be put in a (business) savings account with interest, invested, or anything else they want to do with it. When they make profits from these "savings" or investments, that profit will be taxed, but only that profit, the sum itself which was already taxed is not taxed again the next year.

You are right that companies will try to reduce their profit as much as they can to reduce the amount of tax they pay by spending as much of the profit within the fiscal year as possible, but that doesn't mean they can't save it (and pay taxes on it, yes). This is because if you're spending the money on things you "need" anyway, then why not?

Profits are basically the company's salary, ignoring the complexities around accounting, it really works very similarly to how it works for an individual..

Here's an article discussing how business savings accounts work in the UK, as an example.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

All of that stuff is terrible for you anyway, I wouldn't consume them even if they were made by my next door neighbour.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

Lost me at "eye contact".

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

If you need to borrow an ultrasonic cleaner any optician worth their salt should be happy to help you out.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ah yes, the obscure tactic of having savings set aside for rainy days, you know, the thing they tell all us normal people to do, and which we get blamed for not doing in case of hardships and told to pull ourselves by our bootstraps... Novel indeed...

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

Holy shit what a load of crap, published on your official government website no less. Anyone with half a brain can clearly see this is utter bullshit, but I'm sure the magats drink this up..

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can always just email yourself stuff I guess?

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 58 points 1 month ago (14 children)

It's clearly just binary code.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

In case anyone's wondering, there's a few reasons for that. Firstly, of course the subject itself is badass. Secondly composition-wise we have what I call a "dynamic diagonal" which leads your eyes from the main subject to the background following the same line. The subject is back/side-lit with hard light giving an intense contrasty look. Finally, and that's probably the main one, the fog/smoke is lifting up the shadows as you move into the picture away from the camera, making the main subject much more contrasty and stand out from the background despite being overall the same colours/brightness.

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