Jesus. I long for simpler days, when my deepest fear was prions.

Dang. Yes. It’s such a good idea it’d have been a shock of someone hadn’t already done it.

Hah!

I chose a BA in computer science because it indicated that I’d satisfied the requirements for both - it was literally my choice; I’d done all of the stuff for a BS plus a enough for a minor in a BA. Stupid me thought people would understand that a BA in CS meant you went beyond.

No. No, hiring managers think a BA in CIS is some weaker, non-technical, non-STEM kind of computer thing, like a degree in computer art or something.

So I’ve been lying my whole life; when asked, I say I have a BS in CIS. I wouldn’t say I’m ever exactly worried about being caught out, because it’s easily explainable, but it has crossed my mind occasionally, when filling out applications.

The what now? It’s where?

WHAT‽

That is wonderfully specific!

All saws, or just power saws? Do you have a similar reaction to all kinds of saws, or just specific ones? Table saws, band saws… How about chainsaws?

Holy. Shit.

Ok, product idea: a bra that’s a size or more too large, containing a actual pockets. The pocket would be in the padding, to disguise that there’s something other than breast in there.

A-cups would be envied for their ability to carry man-pocket levels of stuff.

Tell me someone’s already done this. It’s so elegantly beautiful a concept.

I am shocked that so many people are buying pre-made coffee.

Not that they’re buying a cup of coffee at the diner, or getting some syrupy, coffee-flavored suger drink from Starbucks while out and about… but that a bunch of all y’all are buying pre-brewed coffee for your home. I honestly didn’t realize so many people were doing this.

I mean, it’s not even hard, unless you’re doing some James Hoffman pour-over method, at which point you may as well admit you’re doing it for the ritual. But brew a pot, put it in a thermos, and there’s your liter of coffee.

Why? Just, why?

A full beard. Which I never have; it was just that one winter when I was in low key, unspoken competition with my BIL. I am, and have been, as a rule and for my whole life, been clean shaven.

So now on the rare occasions I need to pull out my DL, I don’t recognize me and it shocks me a little.

I mean, a shotgun is going to be the best for home defense; even a double barrel carriage gun would be comfortably light.

But your point is on the nose: this isn’t for home defense, it’s for insurrection, and unless OP plans on training as a sniper, bolt action is a poor choice. Heck, a lever guide gun would be better.

But, as little as I like ARs, for the purpose they’re looking to fill, some AR 5.56 is probably best. ARs come in all flavors, but .223 is cheap and plentiful, and you look at Creedmore or Blackout, or other exotic calibers if you know what you’re looking for and you already know 5.56 isn’t it.

The PS90 is a great suggestion! Good weight distribution, nice, compact rifle.

Fair warning, though: it’s expensive. The guns themselves are not cheap, and the ammo is relatively expensive and can be hard to source. OTOH, if OP goes down that road they can get a handgun that shoots the same ammo.

P90s are even harder to source; you need both SBR and full auto licenses, and they’re even more expensive.

If OP has time and money, absolutely. Otherwise, it’s more an enthusiast’s gun in the US.

I’m a vet and developed a dislike for the AR15 platform, but this is a solid recommendation. All things considered, it’s easy to source, and ammo is plentiful.

The power of voodoo!

Self-employed is different. You can deduct all sorts of things the majority of employees can’t.

So let’s go back to coffee and pot. Coffee isn’t deductible because it’s a drug people are addicted to; it’s counted as food. If you’re eating edibles, then… maybe? If they’re, like, pot brownies with some nutritional content, almost certainly. If they’re gummies, IDK. Maybe they count as food as much as candy does. Alcohol has calories, and counts as food, probably as much because it’s so socially ingrained as part of a meal any other reason.

If you’re smoking or vaping, though, a better comparison would be cigarettes. Cigarettes and vapes are not deductible, even for self-employed. And your Xanax example - again - is deducted as a medical expenses, which only counts if you have a prescription.

Another example: you can’t deduct homeopathic remedies, or other pseudo-science supplements. You can’t deduct anything that you don’t have a prescription for as a medical expenses. You can’t deduct acupuncture, because it’s not officially recognized as a legitimate medical treatment. You can’t deduct massages, unless you can get a doctor to actually prescribe you a message, like for PT.

So, going back to your original post: for self-employed, coffee is deducted as a food, not a medicine, and comes out of a daily allowance. Cigarettes can’t be deducted as a food or a medicine, and so aren’t deductible. And unless you have a prescription for pot, or are buying edibles that you’re deducting out of your meal allowance, you can’t deduct it.

Hey! Take some land away from the natives, create a new country, settle the Palestinians there and then keep them supplied with weapons to fight wars against the displaced people who want their land back.

What could go wrong?

That’s what Lukashenko thinks.

Are you in the US? Unless you’re self- employed, you can not (legally) deduct food - including coffee.

If you’re playing that game, maybe you’ll get away with it, but maybe you won’t. If you do, you’d better have your paperwork ready - receipts for everything you’ve deducted - because if you’re audited not only will you be fined and have to pay back taxes on ask of the stuff you’ve been deducting against the rules, but they’ll also question every legitimate deduction.

Now, if you have a medical prescription for pot, you can deduct medical expenses - although, if you’re itemizing, you have to be spending a shit-ton on pot to equal the standard deduction. You can’t take the deduction and itemize your expenses.

This is exactly what I was thinking. Immigration? Hah! Murder! Theft. But mostly murder. Musk would already be gone, Trump too. Putin. It would practically be a death sentance to be a world leader.

I believe that chaos monkeys will go down in computing history as being one of the century’s greatest innovations in testing.

Who gets to “write off” coffee? You can’t deduct food as business expenses.

Also, pot is an intoxicant. You’re being stoned, or drunk, at work is usually frowned upon.

The comparison to coffee is disingenuous. It’s like comparing coffee to chocolate - chocolate has stimulants in it, but only an idiot would compare the amount of chemical effect to that of a more powerful stimulant like caffeine.