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  1. OU Ariakas

    Path of Exile

    What are the characteristics of that player base and what financial decisions would they have to make in order to be able to dump them? This is not tongue in cheek, i'd like to know what you think their best path forward would be. You are obviously very invested in the game and are not a...
  2. OU Ariakas

    Twitch.tv

    Yep, it is funny having people try and bring "feelings" into arguments on how assets are divided in a divorce. She honestly better hope that her state is a one-party recording consent state or she just broke the law by recording the call.
  3. OU Ariakas

    Twitch.tv

    Do you think he cares if he'll get alimony or not if he gets half of all of their investments? Marriage is a contract, not some feels bullshit. If she claims abuse is why she is ending it that still doesn't entitle her to all of their assets. This is even doubly true if he is an employee of a...
  4. OU Ariakas

    Investing General Discussion

    I have a question for our group of experts when it comes to markets; are you at all concerned about the impending population declines of most of the western nations when we talk about historic growth trends and predicting them into the future? If you are not worried about it is it because there...
  5. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    As bad and as predatory as it sounds, this just means I will be looking to pick up some nice rental properties on short sale in 5 years when the loans don't adjust and those borrowers are drowning. I have no sympathy for investors or a couple buying their third house that choose an ARM; it is...
  6. OU Ariakas

    Twitch.tv

    2 & 3 are fucking retarded takes because the law is VERY straightforward when it comes to earnings while inside a marriage: They are split evenly and the PERSON making less is given some sort of alimony for some set period of time. That means that she will be splitting everything made while...
  7. OU Ariakas

    College Football 2022-23 Season.

    Who is this person? I feel like I don't know you anymore.
  8. OU Ariakas

    League Of Legends

    Yep, 10k average viewers for those 'washouts' means a few hundred thousand a year to spectate the pros games.
  9. OU Ariakas

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    The thing about getting rich in an investment (real estate, crypto, stocks) is that you have to SELL THE ASSET AND REALIZE THE GAIN. Just like everyone says that it isn't a loss until you sell.....well it isn't a gain until you sell either.
  10. OU Ariakas

    Path of Exile

    I saw my AHK Flask macro on my desktop today and thought about re-installing.... Just kidding, fuck GGG and their shit ass decisions.
  11. OU Ariakas

    League Of Legends

    This just in... NA fucking sucks. If the joke that is C9 is the best we can vomit out every year then why even send anyone to Worlds? Do they make enough money for it to be worth losing 90% of their games?
  12. OU Ariakas

    Investing General Discussion

    I usually don't care about big downturns because that means all the 401k contributions are dollar cost averaging like a motherfucker right now; but I have a rollover 401k with Fidelity that has no money going into it and thinking of it just sitting there going down just feels bad. I guess I'm...
  13. OU Ariakas

    Investing General Discussion

    I agree with most of what you are saying besides housing. Rents are insane because people a.) value the idea of "living close" so much that they are willing to bid up rents higher inside of cities and close suburbs instead of saving some money and living further away, b.) take *slightly*...
  14. OU Ariakas

    Investing General Discussion

    Of course, my boy Thomas Sowell torpedoed this fallacy 8 years ago. Bootstraps, indeed.
  15. OU Ariakas

    Investing General Discussion

    Look at fucking conservative bootstrapping Mist over here.
  16. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    These are the people that I am most concerned about since it is always the lowest rung that gets hit the worst in recessions. How can we say that we are different than the Left if we ignore and/or exacerbate the very things that can assist them in making their lives, and by extension their...
  17. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    They seem like starter homes to you because that is what you have seen as the quaint little houses for a new couple that has 1 kid or is trying since you have been old enough to appreciate the market. This is almost exactly the same house that I grew up in (same neighborhood) with parents, a...
  18. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    I think the decline is coming because builders are building the type of houses that people could/would buy when money was cheap but now with the price of everything going up people are going to choose houses that they need, not that they want. So builders who have houses with tons of bonus...
  19. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    Damn, I didn't realize the insanity had reached that far out. Those are all too big to be true starter homes; it is what the current generation has been conditioned on as a starter home. In truth those prices say to me that Dallas and its suburbs are a terrible place to have a starter home...
  20. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    That's why I said 15%; I don't think we need high unemployment to get this decline because the meteoric COVID rise had no basis outside low rates and those are gone. My house 'value' went up roughly 33% for no reason and now that rates have more than doubled the priced in my neighborhood are...
  21. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    It should be equal to the COVID rise, but I'm going with 15% (should be 25%).
  22. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    Why does everyone think that starter homes are in the middle of well established, already costly suburbs? If you are looking for a starter home in North Dallas then you are already out to Melissa or Anna and commuting in. That's like looking for a 'starter home' in the Woodlands north of Houston.
  23. OU Ariakas

    Cyberpunk 2077

    Boston has never improved a single thing....unless that thing was leaving Boston. Instant improvement.
  24. OU Ariakas

    College Football 2022-23 Season.

    No dice, I'm going to shit all over every other team until we start winning again.
  25. OU Ariakas

    College Football 2022-23 Season.

    @Foggy, I know you are having a great time right now and are probably drunk; but I need you to help me. How do I handle having a terrible team as my Alma mater? You've handled it with such grace this past decade that I am really counting on you to show me the ropes.
  26. OU Ariakas

    College Football 2022-23 Season.

    Bro, there is no talent on this team and now the offense sucks too. I don't see 1 win.
  27. OU Ariakas

    College Football 2022-23 Season.

    Well I nailed it here. What the holy fuck. I guess its a good thing I live in Houston since I never hear a word about the Big 12 unless I go looking. Holy shit. Edit: Enjoy Kansas as your Big XII champions.
  28. OU Ariakas

    Investing General Discussion

    This also starts happening inside of Fortune 500 companies where the goal stops totally being about money and starts to be about public perception and marketing. Competent employees are more at risk because there is a much larger bottom line to hide missing a few if you can pump those ESG numbers.
  29. OU Ariakas

    College Football 2022-23 Season.

    I have a hard time hating UT (and OK State) fans when it is not sports related because I have had to work with them closely for the last 2 decades. I have lived in Houston for ten years and can say that ATMs fanbase is more around 40% normal people and 60% delusional fucking retards that are...
  30. OU Ariakas

    Super Mario Bros. (2022)

    Yep, my kids are going to flip their shit over this one.
  31. OU Ariakas

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Yep, I posted that and then saw the video. Moving on.
  32. OU Ariakas

    Interview With the Vampire

    If I remember correctly, the slaves were well treated under Louis and liked him; it was only when they learned that he was a vampire (and was using his slaves as food) that they revolted and burned the plantation to the ground.
  33. OU Ariakas

    Investing General Discussion

    I hate the term union because of its negative connotation with Public Unions and their ability to strike for anything since the people paying them are paying them with unlimited government coffers. On the other hand, think of how different the Twinkie bakery union vs. company fight would have...
  34. OU Ariakas

    College Football 2022-23 Season.

    For any other team I'd say that this is loser talk for the team that doesn't expect to win. Oh God.
  35. OU Ariakas

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    That is all good news.
  36. OU Ariakas

    Investing General Discussion

    PREFACE: I am mainly ignorant of the inner workings of the stock market and how it allows companies to be valued and then that value to translate to shares that are used to vote for "public" actions at board meetings even though they are dominated by insiders. Through many years of working...