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  1. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Seems like there should be some kind of national interest law to block something so important from being sold to foreigners. But I guess it's 2023 and fuck anything that actually helps us.
  2. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    If you want to know why this is so confusing, look no further than every response to my question. Each one has a completely different mechanic that's "better for new players" while saying all the previous posts were wrong. Yeesh.
  3. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    Oh, another question. I'm using this build Level 89 Summon Raging Spirit Guardian [3.23] and I've basically got the mid-game thing completed (outside of the belt, which I've got bought, but my resists would fall). From here, what's my next step? I've basically been using the same gear set since...
  4. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    I mean, I'm assuming it's from selling the drops, not a raw currency drop. But the question is, how? It can't be from gear drops because those are basically all shit and I'm not going to sit there picking that shit up to ID it and then decipher whether it's good for a build I never heard of...
  5. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    Is there a good beginner guide anywhere for making money on maps? Every time I look something up it talks about all kinds of shit I just don't understand. Like, if it starts off explaining a bunch of shit about manipulating your map modifiers, it's already lost me. I'm at like 75 or something...
  6. Gravel

    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/16/colin-burgess-acdc-australia-dead
  7. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Lots of quality of life stuff, but I feel like nothing to address the end game grind. Which is to say, there isn't much of one. I really haven't found the motivation to do much but login and claim rewards without actually doing any playing. At 301k/390, and there's just not a whole lot I give a...
  8. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    So I mentioned this to my wife, and I guess that wasn't our situation. We actually had everything signed and notarized, but the title company just didn't get it filed with the county on time and so we had to wait til Monday. So they rented it to us for the weekend. And the reason we needed to...
  9. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    Didn't want people messaging me while I was afk. I think I just didn't set prices on a few things though and that's what I was seeing. Dunno, I'll play with it some more. For maps, should I just be rushing to get the highest ones I can? I've run one or two T8's and have some 9 maps. But I've...
  10. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Huh, I guess that sheds some light on why, in California, when we bought our house we had to rent it for the weekend because the title company fucked up and had to move our closing date last minute from Friday to Monday. I guess otherwise we could've just moved in, pulled our offer, and squatted.
  11. Gravel

    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    So it was drugs after all. Not surprising at all.
  12. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    Am I missing something with the listing prices? I set some items and then turned public off, and when I reenabled it none of my prices were there.
  13. Gravel

    Civil War (2024)

    People still have the wrong impression when it comes to "red vs blue state." It really comes down to how many major cities you have in the state. This is why the northeast looks like it does, because it's all just people crammed in on top of each other. Get over to the central valley in...
  14. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    I figured that one out last night after I bought the other tabs. Would've been nice to know earlier, but not a huge deal. The currency especially though was good timing. I had basically started filling up an entire second tab with them. 350 alteration orbs takes up a lot of space, but condensed...
  15. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    Man, the currency tab is great. Seems like the sort of thing that should be standard. Maps is pretty nice, too. I'm almost tempted to throw even more at this game and grab divination, essences and fragments.
  16. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    I'll keep that in mind. Hopefully the stash sale is this weekend. I bought the First Blood pack, just waiting to buy them (going currency, map, and 1-2 premium upgrades).
  17. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    3.5% to go!
  18. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    C'mon market, just a 4% more Santa rally and I can win the competition again!
  19. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    So I finally got around to trying to trade for stuff and I'm doing a lot better (apparently a few hundred life makes a massive difference). The whole process makes me not want to sell stuff though. Are people really just sitting in their hideouts waiting for people to message them to trade...
  20. Gravel

    Squid Game: The Challenge

    We finished it last night, and while I kept watching, but this was not a good show. Those were my exact words. Somehow they ended up casting almost entirely gay men. And the ones that weren't seemed like the most effeminate, pathetic men I've ever seen. I've also never seen anything so...
  21. Gravel

    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Bummer. Says brief illness. Wonder what it was. Grew up watching him on Homicide which as someone living in the suburbs of Baltimore kind of was a hometown favorite.
  22. Gravel

    The Day Before

    Which means it was never going to stay open. They were in a financial mess and were probably forced to release by their creditors to try to recoup any of their money.
  23. Gravel

    Leave the World Behind (2023)

    Is this the one the Obama's production company made? Good job giving propaganda +1 watch.
  24. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    If you absolutely feel like you need an advisor, find a fee based one. Anyone doing AUM is a huckster. But either way the reality is you can manage your own portfolio in a super lazy way that outperforms any advisor or manager.
  25. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Amazes me to see anyone say "raising rates so quickly." Had the Fed done what we wanted, they would've raised them twice as much.
  26. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    6 links, and 3 red/blue, which is basically what I needed. Pretty much the first item that's worth a shit and allows me to get my whole SRS skill build in.
  27. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    Goofed up and used that trading website for the first time. Thought it was listed at 1 Chaos, but was really a Divine. Dude gave it to me anyway. Not sure what the exchange rate is, but that really helped a shit load.
  28. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    Thanks, that's kind of what I need. Only problem is now finding the chaos orbs to spend. I've found 5, and didn't know about the recipe until just now. As far as people being impressed I made it this far, I'm guessing that's really a function of the SRS guardian build. I just need to run around...
  29. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    There's a guild? How do you join that? And I should do white maps, and not blue? I did get my resists up to 60/34/21/-32, although I'm still getting fucking smoked. Spent a butt load of currencies which probably wasn't smart.
  30. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    What's the best way to farm shit so I can survive? I'm on the maps portion now and it's fucking rough. I'm really flying blind here. Do I do any crafting? Just run random maps? This game is too complicated.
  31. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    Also, should I be stopping and farming for gear or something (and if so, how)? All these guides talk about having 3k life by act 10, or getting your resistances up. But I don't even have gear to run all my skill gems, much less that plus stats and shit. Feel like I'm really missing something...
  32. Gravel

    Weather

    *climate change
  33. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    Apparently Act 3 is where the game ended last time I played, because that was all familiar. Anyway, ended up going with an SRS guardian build. I'm about halfway through Act 8 and having a blast, even though I have no clue what the fuck I'm doing or should be doing. Like, they say to run a...
  34. Gravel

    Weather

    It's weird here in Florida, too. We keep getting these cold fronts coming in, but then it warms back up to 70. It's mid December and we still have the AC on a couple times a week. But it was also 39 this morning.
  35. Gravel

    The Astronomy Thread

    I mentioned it before, but we flew out from California to southern Illinois for the last one. It's I think the only place where both will have been visible. Totally, 100% worth it, even if it only lasts a brief moment. We'll definitely be there for the one next year. Helps that my wife's family...
  36. Gravel

    Path of Exile

    So is this thing even worth trying if the last time I played was February 2014? From the sounds of it, it's systems on systems on systems and takes forever to learn.
  37. Gravel

    What are you listening to at the moment?

    Uh, I said a year ago she was singing Radiohead. "I just found out that apparently grunge is making a comeback as well." I'm sorry reading is so hard for you.
  38. Gravel

    What are you listening to at the moment?

    Last year I mentioned my 16 year old niece was singing "Creep" by Radiohead. I found that odd. I just found out that apparently grunge is making a comeback as well. Not like, new grunge, just that the teens are revisiting it. I'm guessing that they finally realized the overproduced dog shit...
  39. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Does it still have that stupid catchup mechanic? That's originally why I stopped doing the races and it seems like the concept kind of died out because of it. It's pretty infuriating to actually get a good start, do everything right, and then some clown shoots past you because he was half a...
  40. Gravel

    Lady Ballers

    I only made it about 30 minutes in before calling it (when they get to the two brothers at the car lot). I have to agree with Drinker that it gave me a few chuckles (his daughter in the back seat of the car), but overall it just didn't feel funny. I hate to use the word "sophomoric" to describe...