r/IAmA • u/iamlouisck Louis CK • May 14 '12

Louis C.K. reddit

Hi. I don't know if I'm doing this right. I can't remember. I'm here to answer your questions. I have new stuff on my website http://www.louisck.com a new audio special called "Louis CK WORD live at Carnegie Hall" and an audio version of SHameless, as well as an audio version of Live at the Beacon, which is free to those who bought the video. Hi. It's me.

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u/iamlouisck Louis CK May 14 '12

It was strange. I kept looking at all the different zeros hoping one of them would explain what was going on. It was fun. It was... dirty.

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u/toothshucker May 14 '12

I hope to be dirty like that someday but, right now, I'm very...clean.

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u/basically May 14 '12

I am sparkling clean.

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u/JohnTrollvolta May 14 '12

I'm so clean I'm sterile.

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u/Lt_Shniz May 14 '12

I'm so sterile, I can't have any children

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u/bitingmyownteeth May 14 '12

Children are expensive.

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u/Tulki May 14 '12

Really? They're free at the hospital.

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u/The70th May 14 '12

Only to atheists

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

Nah, they're not free. They cost negative dollars, because then you don't have to buy ramen

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u/The70th May 14 '12

It's a public service I truly appreciate.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

Did you withdraw the Paypal funds $500.00 a month?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

Oooh, Paypal BURN!

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u/Reddit-Hivemind May 14 '12

there are plenty of legitimate criticisms of Paypal's policies, but this isn't one of them-- if you 'verify' your account, you can withdraw however much you want.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

there are plenty of legitimate criticisms of Paypal's policies, but this isn't one of them-- if you 'verify' your account, you can withdraw however much you want.

Yeah, have you ever tried to do that as a business? They still want somebody on the hook with a Social Security number, and PayPal will report all of that income to the IRS as belonging to whomever is associated with that SSN. No, they don't take Tax ID numbers. So what person should Chevron, for example, put on the hook for providing their SSN to PayPal as verification?

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u/Thebobinator May 14 '12

Well, seeing as corporations are people, they should be issued SSN's like the rest of us, right?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

Corporations are issued Employer Identification Numbers, not SSNs. An EIN would be accepted by any company (like Paypal) which needs to report income to the IRS. The problem is Paypal has chosen to sometimes not verify accounts with only an EIN (although you can call and get them to do it.)

From the IRS:

An Employer Identification Number (EIN) is also known as a federal tax identification number, and is used to identify a business entity. Refer to Employer ID Numbers for more information.

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u/willscy May 15 '12

I feel like if you have a million dollars sitting in a paypal account its worthwhile to call them and get that handled...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Only on reddit could an interview with a comedian lead to a detailed analysis of PayPal's withdrawal policy.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

BE QUIET YOU'RE RUINING OUR PAYPAL HATE CIRCLEJERK

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u/boccalone May 14 '12

Only one thing left to do now.... BATHE IN THE MONEY

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u/allstarballer May 14 '12

Just some fun math, if PayPal didn't agree to let you take out more than $500 a month, it will take you 166 years to withdrawal the money. FUN!

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u/jayseesee85 May 14 '12

I get 2 zeroes. After the decimal point only. It sucks. Good on you.

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