wedrifid comments on Rationality quotes: October 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 06 October 2010 07:05:09PM 2 points [-]

Now, I've gotten a bit better: I stopped maxing out the 401k (i.e. putting 25% of pre-tax earnings in it), and I'm keeping a car loan I could pay off.

Wow. I was the one that initiated this line of reasoning and even so I took a double take at seeing that

Comment author: SilasBarta 06 October 2010 07:43:23PM 1 point [-]

Elaborate.

Comment author: wedrifid 06 October 2010 07:51:55PM 2 points [-]

I'm just noting that while it makes sense in context I don't usually expect to see "Now, I've gotten a bit better ... I'm keeping a car loan I could pay off." The irony appeals.

Comment author: SilasBarta 06 October 2010 08:00:42PM 1 point [-]

LOL good point. 99.999% of personal finance discussions, it's supposed to work out the opposite.

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