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  1. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Except that even if we now have a 20%+ drop, we'd be higher than we were. So that logic is shit. Have fun with your sub-performing assets, market timer.
  2. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    You all remember a few months ago when every media outlet was saying a market drop was imminent? They're up almost 14% since then. Up almost 40% since December 2018's drop. I pity people who market time and/or listen to pundits.
  3. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Yes, you can max both an IRA (Roth or Traditional) and 401k in a single year. Company stock is okay. Some say it's putting too many eggs into one basket (e.g. if you lose your job because your company sucks, your stock probably plummets too). Assuming that doesn't happen though, you're getting...
  4. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    401k to match. tIRA to max (will be Roth next year due to income). 401k to max. Taxable account.
  5. Gravel

    Watchmen

    So I hadn't even realized this was a show until last week and binged the whole thing. I barely remember the movie, and never read the comics. But I went into it knowing you all said it was good. The first episode had me wondering what in the fuck was going on, and why anyone would recommend it...
  6. Gravel

    Top Gun: Maverick (2020)

    Apparently that plane I mentioned might actually be an SR-72? Dunno. I'm excited for this though.
  7. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    CAPE has been failing as concept since GAAP was introduced, so they "modified" it. And it correlates to a 12 year lagging change in the S&P 500...so...something something.
  8. Gravel

    Survivor

    I completely skipped the entire reunion. Watched the votes and preview. Figured the rest would be shit I didn't want to hear.
  9. Gravel

    Survivor

    Not a fan of this season. And based on how the last couple episodes went, I feel like the 2nd place person got screwed...again. Dean played a significantly better game than Tommy. Tommy did really well at making friends, but he played a pretty shit game otherwise. I said this would be the last...
  10. Gravel

    Top Gun: Maverick (2020)

    I just kind of assumed it was because I know there's an SR-71 on set. It definitely could've been something else. And yeah, that flying video is fucking cool stuff. I'd love to see a making of, but it's pretty unlikely just because of the sensitivity of where they filmed. I'm honestly surprised...
  11. Gravel

    Top Gun: Maverick (2020)

    I thought I had a bunch of posts in this thread, but not seeing them anymore (edit: I remember now that there was a Top Gun thread before this was officially announced). Anyway, that last scene in the trailer is the one I talked about where they built that little shack. It's probably a few...
  12. Gravel

    Survivor

    It's also partly probably an overreaction by CBS after Big Brother. They had the very loud Reddit crowd accusing them of covering up for racism and it resulted in an absolutely fucked up finale where they basically publicly accused the winner of the season, on live TV, of being a racist. My...
  13. Gravel

    Survivor

    Geez, what the fuck dude? I hope those chicks feel extra shitty now. Probably production, too, since they let it continue.
  14. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    So from what I've seen, OD and Magnus are completely broken heroes right now.
  15. Gravel

    Survivor

    That and the idols. Seriously, there's no way they're hiding these well when they're found immediately every single 3 days after being played. And they really cheapen the game. I know the producers love them because they get crazy tribals, but I'm tired of it.
  16. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    And yet I haven't seen anyone utilizing the courier as an "extra hero." There's just not enough gold to go around unless you've got a 90+ minute game.
  17. Gravel

    Cheated out of my youth

    For a supposed model, there are very few pictures of her.
  18. Gravel

    Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2019

    Wait, why do you think kreg screws are ugly? Part of the point of them is you can't see them (unless you mean the hole?).
  19. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    225 and 11% body fat? Holy shit you must be a fucking monster.
  20. Gravel

    Weather

    So it's been snowing here all morning. In the California desert. It's pretty wild considering it gets to the 110's in the summers. We've probably got an inch accumulation, and it might get another 2. Since snow plows and road salt don't even exist here, it'll be quite an interesting day.
  21. Gravel

    The Irishman (2018)

    After the last year or so, I'm not sure how anyone can give any weight to movie ratings. All of those people are full of shit and they pay and manipulate ratings. The whole thing is a sham. This movie may be amazing, but RT saying it's good means shit.
  22. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    What the? Only at the top of the notes and this courier shit sounds bonkers. I was just hoping they'd fix Morph Shaker, but I don't even know what to make of this.
  23. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    I'm confused what this is supposed to prove? A Chinese company in the construction business isn't on the up and up? Yeah, no shit...
  24. Gravel

    Military Service

    Best one I had was an Air Force one in Spain. Can't remember if Moron or Rota, but I think Moron (which is odd because Moron fucking sucks). It was fully staffed by Spanish women.
  25. Gravel

    The Animated GIF Thread

    Puck bunnies...
  26. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    Yeah, we get a direct price from the content owner instead of a middle man marking it up. So even if we end up consolidating them, it may still end up significantly cheaper.
  27. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    Ironically though, this is kind of what everyone was asking for 25 years ago with cable. Let people pick what they wanted to watch instead of pay for every single "bundle" the cable company had a deal with.
  28. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Indexing is boring. People don't want boring. They don't want the easy answer. If it's as easy as indexing, it doesn't "feel right." So people pay other people tons of money to "manage" their money for a 1-2% fee, for worse results. Or, they think they know better, and either try to market...
  29. Gravel

    Game Pass for Xbox and PC

    Yeah, I was annoyed because I wanted the Spotify deal. I hate these deals for "new customers." How about customer retention?
  30. Gravel

    Gemini Man (2019)

    I wish I could find the article again, but many years ago I read one about why Last Action Hero ended up like it did. It was pretty fascinating at the time, but I remember literally zero of what it contained now.
  31. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    Wife and I started slowly going through them all after Endgame (we hadn't watched all of the movies). We're at Age of Ultron now. I'll be honest, I don't think any of them are bad. Even ones that are the "worst" like Hulk were still good movies. Especially compared to the other BS Hollywood...
  32. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    Yeah, started watching it yesterday. It really holds up well still (despite the old computer shit). It was one of those ones I used to watch over and over as a kid.
  33. Gravel

    Jungle Cruise (2020)

    I've been having this conversation often with my wife, but I just want to be fucking entertained. I don't need to be preached to. I keep getting examples of shows where they insert this stuff and it's not necessary (first that come to mind are Survivor last night with #metoo, Big Brother with...
  34. Gravel

    Survivor

    If they keep this shit up, I'm out. Forever. The do-rag episode was rough. But 2 hours of #metoo? Fuck off, CBS. Especially after they dicked up Big Brother with that "racist" shit so badly.
  35. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    Yeah, I'm confused. I browsed through it and I feel like it's loaded with shit to watch.
  36. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    I couldn't get Plex to work on our FireTV.
  37. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    Yeah, good news is that they came to an agreement yesterday. Fire will have Disney+ at launch.
  38. Gravel

    Weather

    Fucking global warming again?!
  39. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Yeah, I had seen that video a couple days ago. Dude was like $10k in the hole. That doesn't just disappear. He took on more leverage than his ass could handle, bet wrong, and now owes money. Could he have bet right and struck it rich? Maybe. But this isn't really much different than gambling.
  40. Gravel

    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    I can't figure out if it's just me, but it seems that way. I'm reading reviews of season 14 and they're all raving about it. I made it halfway through the zoo episode and just couldn't do it. Deleted the show from my Sonarr and I think I'm finally done. This entire season has been horrific...