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  1. Gravel

    The Last of Us

    Never played the game since I'm not a console person, but always wanted to (although hearing about TLOU2 kind of soured that). Kind of feel like I can't read this thread though because of all the fags who want to talk about the game and will inevitably spoil it (I've only been skimming a lot of...
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    Investing General Discussion

    Not many people anticipated just how horrific 2022 would be. In just about any other time period in US history, cash is one of the worst possible things to hold. It was just the perfect storm of shit.
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    Investing General Discussion

    XII was the funniest one to me, and really shows how fucking terrible 2022 was. Cash was the 2nd best performing asset, despite 9.1% inflation (and yes, I know it says T-Bills, but still).
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    Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet

    So I just finished season two, and I realized that sadly the best episodes of the show are the bottle episodes (not sure they're technically bottle episodes) taking place in the past with Dark Quiet Place and CW's backstory. Which means the episodes with the actual characters, the meat of the...
  5. Gravel

    History of the World, Part II

    This looks like the actor comedians in the movie had way too much input.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Ain't that the truth, that's quite the V this morning.
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    Investing General Discussion

    ...and the markets immediately dump into the red.
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    The Menu (2022)

    Pretty much my feeling too. One of the big differences between good writing and bad writing is coherent characters who act with a set of principles that the viewer/reader/whatever can follow as logical (unless the point is it's a crazy person). I think the main characters actually had this...
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    2022 Official Stonks Contest

    I'm ready for my prize.
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    Investing General Discussion

    If you're only looking for a year, max out the I-Bonds which are paying almost 7% right now. After that, I'd say there are a lot of other options like bonds and CD's which, with interest rates higher than they've been in forever, should give you a decent return. If you're going longer than a...
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    Social Security - Or How How to Theorycraft Retirement Like a Raider

    The only reason to wait, in my opinion, is to give your spouse a higher benefit if there's a big difference in benefit and you don't actually need the money that bad (the surviving spouse can transfer to the larger amount if the higher earner dies). Which also kind of means it doesn't matter and...
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    Black Desert

    Same. I almost made a post earlier today saying I needed to stop reading it because you all are trying to tempt me. I've quit twice before. The first time because I got frustrated with fails. Picked it back up like two years later and was playing the shit out of it, but my dog died a few months...
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    Florida (tour)

    I don't think you'll find anything even remotely comparable to Kauai. Warm ocean you'll want to stick to the Gulf coast, or the Keys. I live on the Emerald Coast and it's a hidden gem of the US with warm crystal clear water most of the year. St Augustine is super cool. We haven't been to the...
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    Investing General Discussion

    Guess the beatings will continue.
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    His politics aside, he seems like a good dude. Was listening to a podcast he was on and he was talking about how he has a thing for firetrucks and donates a bunch of them. He's also a volunteer firefighter I think.
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    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    I mean, both teams have full medical staff with doctors. I have to imagine a doctor was in the back of the ambulance.
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    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    Bizarre. The link is to the shortstop for the Blue Jays. And the tweet doesn't exist.
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    Home buying thread

    We had an insurance derail the other day in one of the Politics type threads, and I almost brought up that I'm basically a sucker with insurance. I'm not willing to make a claim because I don't want my rates going up; I hadn't even considered just getting dropped completely. Like, on the house...
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    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    69...520? Someone dun goofed.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Only really knew of her because of the Sex Pistols show. But that's cause it really predates me by a lot. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/fashion/vivienne-westwood-dead.html
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    Investing General Discussion

    That was super bizarre.
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    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    That was satisfying to watch. 2nd video in a row, oddly, where I just randomly checked RLM and they had posted a video within 20 minutes. Didn't post it here either time though. Nukieeeeeee!
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    2023 Official Stonks Contest

    I don't think you understand how Price is Right works.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Giving back almost all of yesterday's gains to end the year. Not surprising I guess.
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    House of the Dragon

    Didn't realize it's been over a decade since Dance With Dragons. I started reading the books about the show came out. And it's been almost a dozen years now. It's more hilarious than anything now. Can you even call yourself an author when you can't even shit out a sequel in that many years?
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    St. Louis/Nashville/Atlanta/FL

    It's the whole experience. There's always a gas pump free even when it's packed. The gas is generally cheaper than anywhere around it. Always a urinal open. The candied nuts are delicious. I had a pulled pork sandwich from there on Tuesday. It wasn't amazing, but for a gas station it sure as...
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    2023 Official Stonks Contest

    4876 We're going to go red to start the year, and probably continue through the early summer before rallying to the end of the year massively (I really wanted to go 4960, which is 28.72% like we had in 2003 and 1993, but I don't see us doing quite that well).
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    St. Louis/Nashville/Atlanta/FL

    It's a weird thing to say, but if you've been to one, it makes sense. Just like the gas pumps, there's like a hundred urinals, tons of sinks, and the place is spotless. It's just a pleasant place to take a piss.
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    Avatar 2 (2020)

    Yeah, my mother-in-law's dog likes to hump stuffed animals. Guess he's a furry!
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    Investing General Discussion

    I figured the lower CPI number would've done it and we've been in a downward slide ever since.
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    Investing General Discussion

    My gut would've said we hit 3200 by the end of the year, but we've just run out of time. January is going to be a bloodbath.
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    Babylon (2022)

    Apparently it's the worst opening for Pitt since 1993 with True Romance. Yikes.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Kind of surprised we're not doing a 2023 prediction contest. Seems like it'd be a lot more interesting than the last one after the year we've had.
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    St. Louis/Nashville/Atlanta/FL

    The Atlanta aquarium is one of my least favorite big aquariums. I'd rather go to the one in Gatlinburg.
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    St. Louis/Nashville/Atlanta/FL

    St Louis has a free zoo and it's pretty darn good. The botanical gardens there are also fucking top notch (dunno how good they'd be that early though). The basilica is also pretty neat, doesn't take much time, and it's close to the zoo. I'm not much on city stuff either, and as far as Nashville...
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    St. Louis/Nashville/Atlanta/FL

    Water will be cold, but temperatures should be great by March in Florida. What type of things do you enjoy doing? Lived between Nashville and St Louis for about a decade. I will say fuck Atlanta. I avoid driving through there at all costs, but you may just be screwed. I don't think there's...
  37. Gravel

    Italy - Honeymoon

    Must be a safe neighborhood.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Depends on the company. Some will still match it, some won't.
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    The Netflix Thread

    The cat is already out of the bag though. People know the alternative. Also, the worst recession in generations probably isn't the time to play hard ball. People will just say "fuck your streaming service." Eventually the consumer is going to have to make some tough choices. At the moment...
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    Violent Night (2022)

    Incredibly.