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  1. Gravel

    Retard Dumping Ground

    We had pretty much a no tolerance policy for it (only ever served in one unit). You'd go for UCMJ and demotion, but also kicked out of the unit (if not out of the Army altogether). I can only think of 2, however. Both were into clearing barrels in Iraq.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    This is the state of media now. No one gives a shit about getting information correct, only first. Which is why when I heard Kobe was dead, I said, "How about we wait for confirmation." Because there was a good chance the whole thing was wrong.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    If that's the case, this looks like it needs a quick edit on that TMZ page.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/
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    The Prepper Thread

    A few years ago our work hosted a disaster preparedness briefing. It was a bit of a wakeup call for us, and so we went out and bought about 10 gallons of water that we stored in a closet. Unrelated, we ended up building our van (2018 Promaster) for camping. It's got a 100A lithium battery and...
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    The Animated GIF Thread

    I don't know how people can stand the Skids. They're always super awkward, and not in a funny way.
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    Mindhunter

    I thought that plotline worked decently well. My complaints about the season were mostly due to the completely out of place lesbian shit, and his son.
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    Selling stuff - dejunkin your life

    When you say Facebook, do you mean a local page setup specifically for that? That's been by far the best option I've found. But I'll caveat that with we haven't done a massive "get rid of shit" in several years. Otherwise, I'd say a fucking yard/garage sale.
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    Westworld

    You're not already out after season 2?
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    Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 - 2019

    I really wanted to enjoy this crowd Zelda run, but I cannot listen to this god damn tranny on the couch.
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    Annual Christmas Key Giveaway - 2019

    @gshurik Can I get Trine 3? Something my wife has been wanting to try for a while.
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    Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 - 2019

    Pretty sure that's a T-Rex.
  13. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    I prefer total market. Small cap companies are often the biggest market performers.
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    Happy New Years, you dirty hoors!

    Over the last year I've been "revisiting" music from different decades during my workouts. Shit's kind of depressing, and since it's 2020, I figured I'd make you all feel bad with a small selection. 20 years old: 25 years old: 30 years old: 35 years old:
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    Investing General Discussion

    Weird, because the only reason real estate really works is leverage. If you've got the cash to buy something outright, you're probably better off investing elsewhere.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Except he said 40 hours, and not just one year, every year. Over the course of 40 years, that's almost an entire year of "extra" work. I get it, the allure of extra cushion is appealing. The difficult decision to make is calling enough, enough. I won't chastise you for making that decision...
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    Investing General Discussion

    Life is finite. If you're one of those people who has a passion for a job, congratulations. If you're the other 90% of people, well, is it really worth trading precious hours of your life for money to buy shit you may not actually want or need?
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    Investing General Discussion

    So I should sit out the market completely for the chance a black swan event happens, worse than just about any event in our history?
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    Investing General Discussion

    "Market fundamentals" Please. See my post on the last page about how CAPE has been a complete failure of a concept for almost 2 decades ago now.
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    Eh? She was a fappening "victim." She's always had big tits.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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...
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    Investing General Discussion

    401k to match. tIRA to max (will be Roth next year due to income). 401k to max. Taxable account.
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    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...
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    Top Gun: Maverick (2020)

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

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

    Survivor

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

    DOTA 2

    So from what I've seen, OD and Magnus are completely broken heroes right now.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Cheated out of my youth

    For a supposed model, there are very few pictures of her.
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    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?).