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  1. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Ugh, kind of annoyed with myself. I got so focused on these stupid Jetina quests that I didn't really realize how big the AP gain on a TET Blackstar would've been. I think I had close to 9b silver, and there are TET's for 13.9b right now. Down to just under 5b. It'd bump me up to 264 AP. I...
  2. Gravel

    The Last of Us

    Pretty much. Whoever that girl was that someone posted before the show aired seemed perfect for it (blanking on name). I'm surprised by all the gushing in this thread over the episode. My wife, halfway through, was like "this is weird, I don't love this episode." At the dinner scene at the end...
  3. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Crystals have always been an afterthought for me, but then I went to do them today and...they changed the whole system? Guess there's just a giant grid now and nothing is bound to the armor anymore? Assuming I'm not just doing it wrong, there any good "beginner" type crystal builds? Seems like...
  4. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Florida is ridiculous. The builder who did our house is planning on adding an additional 300 houses next to our subdivision. There's another builder who's been knocking out a dozen a month it feels like. My wife was reading me something the other day from either the county or city, but it was...
  5. Gravel

    Apple TV+ thread

    First episode was decent. Will keep watching it.
  6. Gravel

    Black Desert

    My two highest (both season chars) are 61. Tried solo grinding Mirumok on my season Maegu and it seems...rough.
  7. Gravel

    Black Desert

    People apparently still recommend doing one for the end of season reward and free shit. And my season char is the Maegu. I guess I'm not sure why I feel the need to make another character for the timepiece. I think I'm still going to main my Lahn, so having another character with shit gear...
  8. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Little over 2 weeks for season left. Been grinding at Kagtum's, but only for potion piece. Guessing the exp there blows?
  9. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    It's funny, I actually was just texting her about it, and she was like, "He did buy the dip."
  10. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Was talking to my mom last weekend. I mentioned a long time ago that her husband has a lot invested in Tesla. For some reason it's like his entire retirement is hinging on Elon Musk. She said he lost over a million dollars on Tesla last year. Granted, he didn't sell anything, but still. Yikes...
  11. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Maybe after I get my 2022 market contest one! Just saying...
  12. Gravel

    Black Desert

    With these two Fughar timepieces, anyone got any suggestions for classes? My account is currently: 61 Lahn 61 Maegu 56 DK 56 Wizard 56 Striker 20ish Warrior (going to use one timepiece on him) I don't give a shit about PVP. I'm leaning towards guardian or berserker. Anyone know if life skills...
  13. Gravel

    Death Stranding

    That's exactly how I felt, too. Prior to the end game story marathon, I was all about 100%ing the game. As soon as I finished I had literally no desire to play anymore. Kind of a bummer.
  14. Gravel

    Weather

    Man made climate cooling going to fuck us up. Unlike warmer weather, cold weather will kill tons of people. At a minimum through starvation. If there were actually anything to man made climate change, we need to start ramping that shit up.
  15. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    People are morons. I've apparently misread the situation with Netflix too, as they're fucking dominating still apparently.
  16. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Womp womp, time for more interest rate hikes!
  17. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    And yet somehow the VIX is low despite crazy swings every single day.
  18. Gravel

    The Last of Us

    Man, I'd hate to hear her watch a show like Lost or Dark. Apparently if everything isn't explained from the moment it's introduced, it's too confusing and you have to stop watching? Didn't play the game, and obviously the Fireflies are a "rebel" faction against whatever the big city faction is...
  19. Gravel

    Alice in Borderland

    So is this actually any good? Because each episode into season 1 so far seems to get worse than the previous (2 episodes left).
  20. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    This is like the GME shit, except fucking a much wider audience.
  21. Gravel

    2023 Academy Awards. No Baldies allowed!

    Which is why Fabelman will. It's self indulgent trash and they love shit that strokes the ego of Hollywood.
  22. Gravel

    Black Desert

    So with all this free PEN shit, I'm not sure what I should be doing. I was thinking take the Magnus one for Red Nose, to convert to Fallen God (does this version work for that?). Jetina weapon and do main hand? Or should I buy that? Jetina armor 1 do helmet for the Labreska eventually. Jetina...
  23. Gravel

    Black Desert

    What's the chest event? And I've got a PEN Capotia Ring, so guessing grab the Cloud belt, and then Capotia neck at end of this season?
  24. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Oh, I thought the timepiece was basically trading your season character for a different class. You get to keep everything? Any advice on end of season reward? And what to pick for Cloud accessory?
  25. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Well I talked myself into installing this again. For the third time. Started on the season server with a Maegu, mostly just to get my bearings about the game again. This isn't my first go around restarting the game, so I already know it'll take time to remember what all the items in my...
  26. Gravel

    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    Yeah, watched the first episode. That was a weird experience. I'm surprised it made it two seasons as it seems a bit niche. Super depressing, and not entirely sure what the draw of the wife segments are (like Breaking Bad but where the main character's life is like every other poor fuck), with...
  27. Gravel

    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    Man, 2022 was rough for movies. And apparently even for TV. That's a sparse list. Only thing I watched (that I hadn't already) off part 1 was The Menu. Has anyone seen Kevin Can Fuck Himself? I'd heard of it (in title only) but never had a desire to watch. It's the only thing out of this that I...
  28. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    The exact same things that got us here in the first place, which the guy talked about briefly. The Fed would see it as an opportunity to do more QE, and our spending problem isn't fixed. Pump another $5-10 trillion out and yes, we'd see more inflation. This is what drove the 70s inflation, not...
  29. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    If he's right, it really is a repeat of the 70's and we're going to get a brief respite before shooting up to even worse inflation. And in this case, it'd be even stupider because they fudged the numbers to get there, and the "respite" wasn't even real.
  30. Gravel

    Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 2022

    My group of 4 played the shit out of Warzone 1. I think we played two nights of Warzone 2. It's just missing something big.
  31. Gravel

    Elvis (2022)

    I was wrong, wasn't halfway through. Made that post probably 45 min in. Lasted just under an hour before I turned it off. I don't know what the fuck that movie was.
  32. Gravel

    Elvis (2022)

    I'm like halfway through, and figured I'd check this thread (as I'm losing interest). The most jarring thing to me is the random, modern rap tracks that appear throughout. And for a movie about Elvis, there's a surprisingly little amount of actual celebration of his music. It's almost an...
  33. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    This plus QT is good shit.
  34. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Market just can't seem to break through this sideways trading.
  35. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Fair. But month to month isn't really a metric to make any inferences from. There's no trend to look at there. It's just a single data point. Since year over year is still massively up, we can see a trend that prices are still up, which is inflation.
  36. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Yes, we understand why inflation is bad now. Or at least, those of us being honest. I just meant 6% Y/Y PPI would've been astronomical 5 years ago and people would've wondered wtf happened. But today people are calling it deflationary. It's about perspective. And my point is that 6% is in no...
  37. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    "Miss," but in a good direction, yes? Seeing lots of talk about that being "deflationary," as if 6% Y/Y is somehow a harbinger of a deflationary spiral or something. It's still fucking 6% which is something a few years ago we would've been like "holy shit how did inflation get so bad?"
  38. Gravel

    Death Stranding

    So I know I'm like years late on this one, but just finished it. It's one of the best, and also one of the worst games I've ever played. The cutscene thing is just...not really forgivable. In the first 2 hours I think I actually "played" the game maybe 30 minutes. In the last 3 hours of the...
  39. Gravel

    Black Desert

  40. Gravel

    The Last of Us

    I'd never try to get her to watch me play games. Several years ago I did try to find some we could play together, but I eventually gave up cause she's not super interested in it.