At least they are doing it to people that are still citizens so it at least makes a little sense. This is Japan trying to tax people that aren't citizens and aren't physically located in Japan. They have no right to enforce any of their laws on people like me and I refuse to pay any of their taxes. I also say good luck to the Japanese government in trying to collect those taxes from me.
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At least they are doing it to people that are still citizens so it at least makes a little sense. This is Japan trying to tax people that aren't citizens and aren't physically located in Japan. They have no right to enforce any of their laws on people like me and I refuse to pay any of their taxes. I also say good luck to the Japanese government in trying to collect those taxes from me.
Well, if I had been born in the US but grew up (say) in the UK and had never been across the Atlantic, you could be very sure that I certainly wouldn't be making tax declarations to a country who claimed the right to tax me based purely on an accident of fate X years before.
You do know that as long as you make less than $95,000 a year, you don't have to pay any taxes to the US government if you live and work outside the US, right? When it comes to foreign earned income for US citizens, the first $95,000 is non-taxable as long as you were out of the country for at least 300 continuous days out of the year.
You could also renounce your US citizenship, which would then absolve you of any tax obligation to the US government.
gay_Aleks
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but Arakhor isn't an US citizen
Seemed by the tone of his post that he was alluding to his own situation.
It was a hypothetical situation, but I do have relatives were born in different countries to the ones in which they reside. I recall reading that many expatriate US citizens are in a similar situation, so the fee to renounce one's citizenship has increased dramatically in recent years.
Yeah, that's true. The fee is a percentage of one's income or total assets, or something like that if I remember correctly. Of course, the government upped that percentage significantly due to the recent influx of super-wealthy Americans attempting to expatriate to Singapore since Singapore doesn't have a capital gains tax.
Rant: Time to pay for all those raves earlier this month.
I seem to have done a fantastic job destroying all my friendships. I'm in a poor mood, so I try to talk or socialize with them, it doesn't improve, they see me as a dour person not worthy of doing things with, which only destroys my mood even more. After a while I felt like I was dragging them into stuff they didn't want to do, so I stopped messaging them regularly to see if they would reach out and want to do things with me. It took almost a week before anyone even said anything to me, confirming my fears. Only got together through someone else and I think I ruined it again with my terrible mood.
I've tried to hint at it before but I don't think they picked up on it. Nor would they, it's not like them. I don't have anyone to confide in or talk to anymore. Try reaching out to old friends only to be ignored. Nobody wants anything to do with me. Once I stop forcing my close friends to interact with me, it all just stops and it makes everything worse. Petty things depress me and I lack motivation to do anything while I'm just waiting and watching everything go on without me.
I think I'm a terrible person and I'm only just now realizing it. How long have I been dragging these people along and sucking the joy out of everything? Why do I feel entitled to their attention or care? Why do I get jealous of missing out.
How am I supposed to go on and have meaningful relationships for the rest of my life if I'm so childish.
I don't even know what I'm saying, I'm rambling and I'm going to regret posting this come tomorrow. Little petty things are slowly destroying anything meaningful in my life because I'm haven't matured one bit.
Have I gone too heavy for this thread? I don't have anyone else to dump on, and I hate beating you people up about it since it happens in waves like every few weeks. It's just hit me hard and I have no unbiased perception of how much damage it is causing. From my view, everything is in ruins and the realization only makes it worse. My friends on the other hand may just see it as one of my bad moods and write it off as something that will pass.
But even that lack of empathy hurts me.
I seem to have done a fantastic job destroying all my friendships. I'm in a poor mood, so I try to talk or socialize with them, it doesn't improve, they see me as a dour person not worthy of doing things with, which only destroys my mood even more. After a while I felt like I was dragging them into stuff they didn't want to do, so I stopped messaging them regularly to see if they would reach out and want to do things with me. It took almost a week before anyone even said anything to me, confirming my fears. Only got together through someone else and I think I ruined it again with my terrible mood.
I've tried to hint at it before but I don't think they picked up on it. Nor would they, it's not like them. I don't have anyone to confide in or talk to anymore. Try reaching out to old friends only to be ignored. Nobody wants anything to do with me. Once I stop forcing my close friends to interact with me, it all just stops and it makes everything worse. Petty things depress me and I lack motivation to do anything while I'm just waiting and watching everything go on without me.
I think I'm a terrible person and I'm only just now realizing it. How long have I been dragging these people along and sucking the joy out of everything? Why do I feel entitled to their attention or care? Why do I get jealous of missing out.
How am I supposed to go on and have meaningful relationships for the rest of my life if I'm so childish.
I don't even know what I'm saying, I'm rambling and I'm going to regret posting this come tomorrow. Little petty things are slowly destroying anything meaningful in my life because I'm haven't matured one bit.
Have I gone too heavy for this thread? I don't have anyone else to dump on, and I hate beating you people up about it since it happens in waves like every few weeks. It's just hit me hard and I have no unbiased perception of how much damage it is causing. From my view, everything is in ruins and the realization only makes it worse. My friends on the other hand may just see it as one of my bad moods and write it off as something that will pass.
But even that lack of empathy hurts me.
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You're absolutely not a terrible person. I can't see how you could be. And you still have me as a friend
Don't worry about getting too heavy for the threads. The internet is the perfect place for getting things off your chest. The people who listen, help you work through whatever's on your mind and the people who troll you or whatever, you can just write them off as internet jerks.
Also, don't worry about your mood swings, everyone can't be the same or feel the same. And even if its some kind of mental thing you get to decide how you want to handle it, there's nothing wrong with talking to your friends at CFC about things.
And FWIW I like you too Joe, even when I am making you mad.
JohannaK
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I just want to echo the sentiment in the posts above. We all like you, Joe. You're not a terrible person as far as we know.
Lohrenswald
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So in a couple of weeks it's time for me to rant about failing exams, but that won't happen this year, because I've been doing beyond horrible with everything this year, so I'm not doing any of the exams.
This means all of 2016 has been a waste and I'm set back at least an entire year, probably more.
I hate myself
I also can't get engaged by cfc anymore. OT at least. I might dissapear for a while
This means all of 2016 has been a waste and I'm set back at least an entire year, probably more.
I hate myself
I also can't get engaged by cfc anymore. OT at least. I might dissapear for a while
Repeating a year is a tough pill to swallow, but not giving up is the most important. Also, sometimes you can offset a bad semester with a summer term. But if you need to take time off from CFC to focus on studies don't worry, we will all be here when you get back.
JohannaK
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It's alright. It really is alright. A year of classes is nothing. A year of life is everything. You've been through it, and there's so many more ahead. There will be setbacks in the way. There will be joy. The only constant is the way, and it won't change because you didn't pass your classes.
Snerk
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When is the joy part coming?? I'm getting unpatient here.
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Snerk
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I'll go to Argieland! And I'm assuming you can feed and house me indefinitely.
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