That mantis shrimp familiar is badass.
Do familiars count as dependents?
speak for yourself, yank.
I live in a country that is in the sweet spot between me telling the government how much I owe them, and the government reaching directly into my account to pay off a debt I did not know I had
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I remember learning that most atoms heavier than hydrogen and helium came from supernovas and it blew my mind. It was explained in a book in the college library that I checked out for no reason other than it being fascinating.
It also talked about dendrochronology - the science of dating wooden objects like boats and buildings by the tree rings in the wood. Rings from different trees of known ages have been matched with trees from other eras with partially overlapping patterns, creating timelines that span thousands of years. These can be matched up with wood used by humans, in some cases pinpointing the exact year the wood was cut down.
There was a chapter about how magnetic particles in rocks line up with north when the rocks form. Measuring how far off they are tells us about the movement of the land they’re on, helping map continental drift.
I’m just scratching the surface - this book covered a broad range of subjects. The jacket said it was meant to be a textbook for an introductory course in cosmology. This was all way back in the 1970s and for many years I’ve struggled to find this book again. I even physically looked for it in the library during a college reunion. No idea of the title or authors.
I’d suggest scanning here: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=cosmology&datePublished=1769-1979&itemSubType=book-printbook&itemSubTypeModified=book-printbook It is like searching all major libraries at once.
Thank you! The first one on that search looks like it could be the one, except I’m sure the word “Cosmology” was not in the title. It might have contained the word “universe” but I just don’t know. It’s a real needle in a haystack.
You’d be surprised if you play around with the search parameters. :)
Are taxes not also stardust?
Yep, it’s stardust all the way down.
… we are golden. and we got to get ourselves back to oligarch tax cuuuuuuuuts, yeah.
Oh fuck thanks for reminding me
In the US? You have to pay taxes. Don’t need to file. See Substitute For Return (SFR). I’ve done this ever since the Bush administration.
Intuit are quick to point out the massive deductions you’re missing out on. Until you pay for their services, and those theoretical deductions evaporate.
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There is nothing wrong with paying taxes when you’re part of a society. You use the amenities, so you pay your part.
Stop acting like it’s something bad. True wizards know living alone isn’t fun, nor wise.
Ah, my friend.
Mayhaps you’ve been hitting the halfling’s leaf a bit hard? They’re not taking about paying taxes, but filing them.
Those 'Muuuricans need to spend a whole lot of time every year doing paperwork on shit the government already has all their info on, so their corporations can fatten even more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj4anUL-LvY
My guess is you might be European an we mostly use return-free tax filing systems. In that the government sends you a paper saying “this is what we’re going by, any objections?” and then you have a few months to claim tax deductions if there’s anything you’ve not deducted. Otherwise you don’t need to “file” the taxes in any way.
But yah general sentiment against taxes is stupid.
European indeed. I can imagine that wizards on other continents have less pleasurable experiences.
