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  1. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Yup, we're still below average interest rates. It's funny because "cash flow is king" is one of those business adages I was told, but the reality is by the time I heard it, it probably wasn't even true anymore. Until now.
  2. Gravel

    Black Desert

    You on PC? Mousewheel to zoom the camera out would be my guess.
  3. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Yeah, for new seasonal characters, I don't even bother to learn any of the skills until level 59 or 60. I literally just mash combos hoping something works. Then once I need to grind on it, I'll look up a combos guide for the class. Before that it's a waste of time. And something I learned from...
  4. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Yeah, those aren't actually DLC, just packages of cash shop stuff. None are required to play.
  5. Gravel

    Black Desert

    You basically set characters with different loadouts, buff loadouts, crystal loadouts, etc. And then select them, and within each grind session set any additional buffs (like if there's a 50% drop rate event, etc). Once you get it setup with your usual setup, it's pretty fast. Just input all the...
  6. Gravel

    Black Desert

    For sure. And I'm not an amazing grinder or anything. But 1.4T beats everywhere else in the game by a significant margin.
  7. Gravel

    Barbie (2023)

    That's a butterface, bro.
  8. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Those numbers look absolutely ridiculous. I mean, I guess if they're legitimate, good for you. You're blowing pretty much every grind spot out of the water, including endgame shit like Hexe. Congratulations, you beat the game. Grind Blood Wolves till your eyes bleed because literally nothing...
  9. Gravel

    Black Desert

    That seems way off, unless you're just super lucky. I've got 22 hours each on Ronaros and Blood Wolves tracked in Garmoth for my pot pieces. No clue about Sherekhan (didn't track those), but that was my only full piece drop. I'm also a little bit confused by this "600-900m+" an hour at fucking...
  10. Gravel

    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Wow, that one stings. Grew up with Pee Wee. Shit, one of my best friends growing up has a Pee Wee tattoo.
  11. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Guess I didn't do too bad, in actuality. Missed maybe 15-20 cents a share. Been hovering around the same price for most of the morning now.
  12. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Looks like I kind of fucked the timing on that. Oh well.
  13. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Just barely in the green. Basically enough that I'd call it break even.
  14. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Think this might be my exit point on PLTR.
  15. Gravel

    Haunted Mansion (2023)

    October release also means fighting actual horror movies. Which basically means this would only get the families at best. Dunno, maybe that's all it gets anyways.
  16. Gravel

    Remnant 2

    The guy addressed that, although I don't think he actually made a statement about why that was the decision. The example was the "climb ladders and shit faster" trait. No one will ever, ever put a point into it. So why even include it? It's a trait that works if you can max every single one as...
  17. Gravel

    Snow White (2024)

    Haha! They trolled you so hard! This is why I hope Hollywood collapses into its own bullshit soon.
  18. Gravel

    Hijack

    Sorry to offend you. Just seemed like such an old trope that I'm disappointed it would even happen still. But then, most of the stuff that happens in this show is relying on "suspense by ineptitude" so it's kind of par for the course.
  19. Gravel

    Hijack

    This show is the worst. I'm half convinced it's supposed to be a comedy. "That's an airplane toilet" might be the funniest line of 2023. I'd like to meet the crack writer who typed that up and was like, "nailed it." And yeah, after 7 fucking hours now they're finally all, " oh wow, these...
  20. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Have a volante already and do Hark runs and Margoria runs. Sailies are easy because you don't have to do much, but they're only certain times (think 4 or 5 people run em). The Pit of the Undying is solid for a few hundred with minimal effort. And then warhero'ing on other guild's Khan's runs is...
  21. Gravel

    Remnant 2

    Ha! Yeah, we got to the last boss on veteran. That's some fucking retarded shit. Dunno how long this'll take to beat.
  22. Gravel

    Black Desert

    I mean, they're poorly designed bosses. "Instant wipe" mechanics are almost always just lazy. And in this type of game they're just retarded.
  23. Gravel

    Black Desert

    I've done the first three levels of all but Imoogi, and 4 on a couple. But I stopped caring and now I'm just running easy ones. The reality is the rng is too shit for me to spend time smashing my head against the wall with those bosses for negligible rewards.
  24. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Nice. Not entirely sure how big those changes are, but I've always felt Lahn was a decent grinder (although without much comparison). Pretty excited for the currents to be gone. Going to be able to shit stomp crocs now. Maybe I'll finally get off my ass and get my blue volante cannons. Been...
  25. Gravel

    Weather

    Luckily it's an El Nino year and the wind shear destroys hurricanes.
  26. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Market still isn't to where it was when I retired, and that was almost 2 years ago.
  27. Gravel

    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Could say that about a lot of people. Ted Kaczynski comes to mind.
  28. Gravel

    Black Desert

    The amount of raging about these PVP changes is hilarious. I hope they all fucking quit.
  29. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    And how much was it down last year? You realize the price it's at right now is the same as February 2021? In July of 2019 it was at 8330. That's up 71% in 4 years, or 17.8% a year. The CAGR of the Nasdaq over the last 15 years is 16%. Seems perfectly in line with expectations to me.
  30. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    What makes you say that? Trendline added by me and not really a measure of anything. Just an eyeball of "this doesn't look out of whack to me."
  31. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

  32. Gravel

    Black Desert

    I bought one and was like, nope, this is bullshit. Oh well.
  33. Gravel

    Hawaii

    I'd say hiking the nod goes to Kauai too. Although I haven't been to Maui. But Kauai was some of the best hiking I've ever done in my life, and I can't imagine Maui compares. We also did an open air helo ride which they don't do in the US anymore after those people died in New York I think (it...
  34. Gravel

    Black Desert

    It's bizarre too, because even the people that like pvp are always complaining because DP and evasion builds both mean jack shit because everyone gets one or two shot. So "open world pvp" doesn't even exist in the game anymore. It's literally whoever gets the drop first immediately kills the...
  35. Gravel

    Black Desert

    I figured best case scenario would be we may get 5 hours a week of Marni. And that's if they changed it at all. That's pretty crazy.
  36. Gravel

    Barbie (2023)

    I guess it's a binary thing then? Can only pick one movie a month to focus your energy on!
  37. Gravel

    Barbie (2023)

    This is why the left has won the culture war. "This isn't worth the time" is loser talk. Edit: In fact, there's a perfect example right this very moment with Sound of Freedom. Which isn't even a right/left issue, and yet, the media went on a spree with articles about how it was MAGA conspiracy...
  38. Gravel

    Weather

    Uh yeah, that's not from the outside temperature unless it's pushing 200 degrees in Arizona. I don't think plastic or acrylic is going to melt at 115 degrees.
  39. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    It's not just the land though, or they'd only tax you on the land value. I get the point you're trying to make though. Also, who's depreciating their personal home? The only time I've ever heard of buildings (capital) being depreciated is businesses.
  40. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Or, property tax is bullshit. Of all the taxes we pay, I think building is sitting there is just about one of the most ridiculous.