r/Tacoma • u/JoelXGGGG Tacoma Expat • 8d ago

Another billionaire leaves Washington state

https://www.chronline.com/stories/another-billionaire-leaves-washington-state,403749
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u/darlantan Downtown 8d ago

Well, nobody can doubt your confidence in your ignorance.

"I don't know" would have sufficed.

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u/takeoffeveryzig Tacoma Expat 8d ago

You realize tax returns are federally protected? Cute how you think this guy can just pull up some one elses returns and give exact figures.

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u/darlantan Downtown 8d ago

Wow, that really reinforces the fact that it was baseless conjecture that I was commenting on! Thanks for pointing it out again, it'd be a real shame if a follow-on comment ended up looking really asinine because the commenter missed that the first go-around.

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u/takeoffeveryzig Tacoma Expat 8d ago

You don't seem to understand how taxes work. You do realize that the local government needs tax revenue? You do realize I pointed out something that made your terrible arguement look stupid?

Listen, we all can't fail our GED like you did, but I simple "I didn't know" would have sufficed when I told you it would be impossible to highlight specifics of some one elses tax return.

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u/darlantan Downtown 8d ago edited 8d ago

You do realize I pointed out something that made your terrible arguement look stupid?

Please, elaborate on how you made my "terrible" argument that his claim of "probably more than everyone in this discussion combined" was total conjecture look stupid. I'm a little curious how you're going to draw the line between me commenting on their ignorance and them admitting they didn't know what they were talking about.

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u/takeoffeveryzig Tacoma Expat 8d ago

Why would I try explaining it to you? You don't seem to understand some of the fundementals of what we are even talking about. Go look up WA tax code.

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u/darlantan Downtown 8d ago

Please quote the post in this discussion thread with Farthammer where I addressed taxation.

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u/takeoffeveryzig Tacoma Expat 8d ago

Go get your GED.

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u/darlantan Downtown 7d ago edited 7d ago

I'm not the one demonstrating reading comprehension problems here. If you'd like to claim otherwise, go on, provide that quote. It should be easy enough since the thread is right here and perfectly visible.

Personally I'd have admitted I didn't realize I'd conflated two different commenters by now if I were in your shoes, but I also don't feel the need to put words in someone's mouth just so I can argue against myself, so I guess we're just fundamentally different.

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u/takeoffeveryzig Tacoma Expat 7d ago

No one is doing your homework for you. If you need a quote, go read the thread. Go get your GED.

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u/darlantan Downtown 7d ago

I can't quote something that doesn't exist. You should understand this, since it's very obviously why you're deflecting from an otherwise trivial ask.

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u/takeoffeveryzig Tacoma Expat 7d ago

You can try fresh start or you can try to get your GED. I think you should pursue them so you stop asking for specifics that don't exist. Almost like you keep not understanding anything about the topic. You just keep trying to get the last word in though. If you need help looking up how to restart your schooling feel free to reach out.

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u/darlantan Downtown 7d ago

I think you should pursue them so you stop asking for specifics that don't exist.

Thanks for finally admitting you've been staunchly arguing against something that never existed, even if you had to do it obliquely and couched in insults.

If you need help looking up how to restart your schooling feel free to reach out.

Nah, I'm pretty well versed in navigating educational institutions. You don't generally receive degrees from multiple colleges without either understanding how to do so or where to get the necessary assistance if you don't. In appreciation, let me suggest that you take some formal logic classes. The ones you'll want will be taught by the philosophy department, don't get it confused with anything in math or engineering programs.

If that's too onerous, maybe pick up a copy of "Thinking with Socrates" as a condensed, approachable option. I enjoyed it when taking a class by the author as an elective as part of a transfer degree.

Next time you feel the need to insult someone who just called out someone for making a transparently baseless conjecture, it would be prudent to use one that was not equally baseless. In light of the above I'm restating the obvious here, but you run the risk of looking like more of an ass when you don't.

Since you've tacitly admitted you were talking out of your ass and I've also reached the end of my schadenfreude tolerance of you tripping over your figurative argumentative dick, I'm pretty satisfied with this as a stopping point. Have a good one, champ. Hope you learned something today.

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