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  1. Gravel

    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Oh no, not his daughter!
  2. Gravel

    Fallout

    Yeah, so reading the comments about this latest episode, I'm going to reiterate my above post. The problem with this show is they're relying on fans of the IP with easter eggs (see, it's those things you remember!). This does absolutely nothing for someone who doesn't remember or know this shit...
  3. Gravel

    2026 Official Stonks Contest

    6845.50 Nailed it.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Did my spreadsheet update for the year, and our portfolio went up more this year than our best earning year of actually working. And that's gross, not net. Considering our first year of retirement we saw a 21% drop (YoY, peak to valley was even worse), I'd say things are going amazing. 4 years...
  5. Gravel

    Pluribus

    I still haven't watched Squid Games season 2 when I heard they split it up. And then it turns out it sucked. But the reality was season 1 was pretty well self contained and it didn't need a second one.
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    Pluribus

    I think your points really echo the stuff @Fucker said earlier. If this season we're stretched out to a 20 episode season, sure, throw in long dramatic scenes where nothing really happens. The problem is we got 9 episodes and those super long scenes that didn't move the plot forward make the...
  7. Gravel

    What are you playing?

    That's where my comment about feint attacks probably comes from. Sure, I could memorize every boss and dodge roll at the exact time. I'm having trouble connecting Elden Ring game of the decade/ever doing it, and people throwing Claire Obscur out the window because you had to do a parry QTE.
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    What are you playing?

    So I bought it and...it feels terrible? Everything feels super clunky and slow. I'm not particularly far into it, but the combat feels like molasses. The dodge roll seems worthless, so I guess I'm just supposed to strafe run most attacks. It's odd I see so many people complain about Claire...
  9. Gravel

    Letterkenny

    For some reason Blue Mountain State was the first thing that came to mind when you said this.
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    Fallout

    This might be why I'm not particularly enjoying it. I played Fallout and Fallout 2 in the 90's and loved them. Played Fallout 3 and 4 on release. Played New Vegas. Played 76. I couldn't tell you a fucking lick of "lore" because it's either been to long or it just wasn't good enough for me to...
  11. Gravel

    Pluribus

    This guy doesn't even recognize exceptional TV anymore.
  12. Gravel

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    If you're investing with Vanguard, there's basically no difference. The downside to an ETF would generally be you need to buy whole shares, but Vanguard allows fractional ETF shares. It's basically whether you care to be able to trade during the day or if you don't care if it's after close.
  13. Gravel

    Fallout

    In power armor, yeah. In regular hand to hand combat he got the shit kicked out of him. He was basically the most pathetic person there. And based on what's happened in the show, I can't imagine more than even a month has passed total.
  14. Gravel

    Fallout

    I feel like I missed a training montage or something, because like 2 weeks before that scene, Maximus was a pathetic squire who all the other squires beat the shit out of, but now he's overpowering men almost twice his size and armed.
  15. Gravel

    What are you playing?

    I've been putting off buying Elden Ring for years. It's on sale a decent amount right now and I'm tempted to buy it, but I feel like I'm going to end up like you and it's just...not for me.
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    Nuremberg (2025)

    You expect blatant propaganda to have good writing?
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    Pluribus

    I feel like this describes just about every "mystery" show lately. Cool concept for a first season and it's clear they had no fucking clue what to do with it after that. Yellowjackets, From, Stranger Things, Severance, Westworld, Leftovers, even a comedy like The Good Place. It makes you...
  18. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    I've made this post several times over the last two decades, but if shit really hits the fan where you'd need gold, you would've been better off with bullets. And if you need bullets, the reality is you probably should've made a plan for either family or neighbors, on large scale (dozens or...
  19. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Some of my wife's family work at the gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah. They were getting ready to decommission it sometime in the last decade, and then it was like, just kidding, we should spin it back up again. This country doesn't really take nuclear seriously.
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    Pluribus

    The difference is Walter White and Saul Goodman are rational characters who descend into dark places due to circumstance, whereas Carol Sturka acts completely irrational and narcissistic in basically every scenario. Anyway, for 9 episodes of this show, I feel like not a whole lot happened. You...
  21. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    His point is that Congress (or the IRS?) would have to adjust the capital gains brackets incredibly frequently to adjust for hyperinflation. Otherwise you're paying current rates in pulling out millions in equities to pay for your bread. And I don't know about you, but I don't see a situation...
  22. Gravel

    Dune: Part Three

    Maybe they're counting on no one caring about Marvel anymore? What's the last one that wasn't a gigantic flop? Can't count Deadpool either since that wasn't really the same.
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    Rate Movies You've Recently Watched.

    I'm sitting here wondering if that Red One movie with The Rock wasn't inspired by someone watching the beginning of Scrooged with that Lee Majors movie where Santa and Mrs Santa and the elves all break out guns to fight off whatever it was.
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    Investing General Discussion

    I'm traveling, but there was a portfolio I saw a long time ago that's probably right up your alley. I want to say it was called golden butterfly, but I don't have my bookmarks to confirm.
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    Investing General Discussion

    This is recency bias. Look at a historical chart of gold prices and tell me how you would've felt investing into gold in the 80s without its price moving for two decades.
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    Pluribus

    I remembered hating Skyler, but holy shit was she a repugnant character. Vince sure does know how to make unappealing female characters. I think that's why Pluribus is floundering, because Carol fucking sucks. Then again, if Carol had been a male character, you'd cut out 90% of the retarded...
  27. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    It's a bet on the US economy. If you assume the US economy keeps chugging on, you invest in the public companies that encompass it. Not only that, but it refreshes itself dumping the losers and adding the new winners. Do I think the US economy is impervious? Obviously not, see my posts in the...
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    Pluribus

    I was bored to death this episode. Carol just isn't interesting. It's so odd because we started rewatching Breaking Bad and a lot of the cinematic elements are identical, but it's just so much better to watch. I also feel like that restaurant scene was really jarring with all the cars driving...
  29. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    What's the 1996 door? A massive run up for 4 years?
  30. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Average looks to be around 7500 just eyeballing it, which is like 8% up for the year...which is below the average market year of 10%. Looks less bullish in that context to me.
  31. Gravel

    Avatar 3 (2025)

    It's weird because I feel like I just posted similar about someone else a few weeks ago (can't remember who), but Cameron seems to get a lot of credit for a really limited run of success like he's some amazing director. But it's basically two Terminator movies, Abyss, and Aliens which was a...
  32. Gravel

    Good Sex

    Brown Bunny? Her career took off afterwards. That thing came out in 2003. She got Big Love in 2006. Hell, she was also in Kids. Look at her acting credits and I don't think it had any impact whatsoever.
  33. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Good thing I live in the US and basically everything I buy is denominated in USD then.
  34. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Nah. It dates all the way back to before the first great depression in the 1880s. Fuck off with your "equities only did well for the last 50 years." http://www.moneychimp.com/features/market_cagr.htm
  35. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Complex isn't better. There are a myriad of articles you can point her to that show she should just index and forget it. Most people assume that it shouldn't be as easy as just investing in the entire market and moving on, that there's gotta be some secret investing sauce that makes you a...
  36. Gravel

    Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (2026)

    She's got those retard eyes too far apart thing that seems to be the new trend in Hollywood. Is it fetal alcohol syndrome? Seems fitting.
  37. Gravel

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

    Honestly, Sprong is the one who opens up the rest of the game. Which kind of makes it a giant pain in the ass. I'd keep grinding it out til you kill him, and from there everything will seem easier.
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    Dune Awakening

    It's the end result for any game that tries to force PVP on the playerbase. Especially one that was PVE focused up until endgame. That's why you're seeing it for a "new" game. PVP players never want an even footing. Ever. They want to shit on people they have an advantage over (grief). Game...
  39. Gravel

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    Sounds like you're going to get an even crappier version of PoE.
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    Maybe the economy is non-existent because there's nothing in game to facilitate it? People aren't going to sit in one spot in a zone spamming an auction channel for hours.