The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[trappedslider]

As told to me from Candian twitter, all the hate/anger gets put into the Canadian Goose.

 

[Ryujin]

Oh, and here we are thinking that Canadians are nice.

True story: my wife and I were on a trip to Rome, and took a cooking class - making your own pasta and such. There was one other guy in the class, a Canadian.

And he was such a prime nozzle. My wife conjectured that, in fact, Canada was so nice just because of this - each year in a ritual, they produce a sin eater, who they then send out touring the world, exporting all their worst tendencies, and we just happened to run into this year's sacrificial lamb.

We are nice. Rather than being aggressive-agressive, we stop at being passive-aggressive. As a result we have raised passive-aggressiveness to an art form.

 

[Ryujin]

As told to me from Candian twitter, all the hate/anger gets put into the Canadian Goose.

Or, as it's sometimes known,. the Micro Raptor.

 

[payn]

Oh man, that clickbait sounds tempting but im sticking to my guns!

 

[CleverNickName]

Oh man, that clickbait sounds tempting but im sticking to my guns!

Don't do it! It's not even good clickbait.

 

[Umbran]

We are nice. Rather than being aggressive-agressive, we stop at being passive-aggressive. As a result we have raised passive-aggressiveness to an art form.

Ah, so, to quote the witch in Into the Woods - "You're not good, you're not bad, you're just nice."

 

[Cadence]

So, hypothetically, if there was a crowd funded legal campaign, are there any tax issues beyond what would happen if a single rich person hired the lawyer themselves?

Any insight @Snarf Zagyg ?

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Any insight @Snarf Zagyg ?

I generally avoid tax issues, for good reason. That said, it is perfectly common to have other people with common interests jointly fund litigation. In my area of expertise, this is usually done directly.

I would be cautious about direct contributions to an individual or entity to fund litigation, simply because those donations might be treated as income; however, crowdsourced donations (gofundme, etc.) are usually considered gifts. But that's definitely a tax professional issue.

 

[Cadence]

I generally avoid tax issues, for good reason. That said, it is perfectly common to have other people with common interests jointly fund litigation. In my area of expertise, this is usually done directly.

I would be cautious about direct contributions to an individual or entity to fund litigation, simply because those donations might be treated as income; however, crowdsourced donations (gofundme, etc.) are usually considered gifts. But that's definitely a tax professional issue.

Thanks. I guess any lawyer getting into it would work that out. For a relevant jousting with a big legal firm over the right issues I'd certainly contribute to the crowdfunding.

 

[J.Quondam]

I had resolved this year not to follow industry news, legal threads, etc; and focus instead on the fun, creative D&D stuff.

Welp, that lasted less than 5 days.