Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

[Subsonic]

Your struggle today is someone else’s dream

Today I wanted to skip leg day.

Then I though "No, I don't have to so this I GET TO do this. Imagine if I had no legs and didn't get to train my quads."

Life and emotions are all relative.


I love posts like this because it allows one to take a step back and see that happiness is just a choice.

 

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[amp0193]

see that happiness is just a choice.

Life's too short to be negative.

Enjoy the experience and journey.

 

[Kak]

In other words: don't hate the players, hate the game.

As long as there is market demand for obscenity, stupidity, quick dopamine, sugar, processed foods, etc., the supply will soon follow.

If this is what people want, this is what people will get.

Yep. Same deal with low quality chinese made junk. The most popular item to buy on Amazon is always the cheapest POS.

 

[Awakened2022]

How about _nuggets spewing?

just came to me... "Authority-skipping"

 

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[MTF]

 

[heavy_industry]

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This horrible disease was so rare 150 years ago, that people would fork money just to see it.

Today, this is basically the norm.

But if you call it a disease, you are fatphobic.

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This really helps put things into perspective on what we collectively did as a society:

1. Become ill.
2. Call it a genetic disorder.
3. Normalize or glamorize the illness.
4. Anyone disagreeing with the new paradigm is a right-wing extremist.

Results:

• Obesity is normal.
• Diabetes is normal.
• Depression is normal.
• Anxiety is normal.
• Having suicidal thoughts is normal.

I'm not sure what needs to happen so we can finally wake up from this nightmare.

 

[Andy Black]

This horrible disease was so rare 150 years ago, that people would fork money just to see it.

Today, this is basically the norm.

But if you call it a disease, you are fatphobic.

---

This really helps put things into perspective on what we collectively did as a society:

1. Become ill.
2. Call it a genetic disorder.
3. Normalize or glamorize the illness.
4. Anyone disagreeing with the new paradigm is a right-wing extremist.

Results:

• Obesity is normal.
• Diabetes is normal.
• Depression is normal.
• Anxiety is normal.
• Having suicidal thoughts is normal.

I'm not sure what needs to happen so we can finally wake up from this nightmare.

Is it a first world problem?

 

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[StrikingViper69]

Is it a first world problem?

Nestle built a floating supermarket of crap and took it up the Amazon, gave the locals the first cases of obesity and diabetes that had ever been seen.

It’s a problem with highly processed and marketed food.

 

[MTF]

Is it a first world problem?

If you're asking whether it's a problem only of the wealthiest countries, then no. Some of the most obese countries in the world are relatively poor because people rely on shitty processed imported food:

List of countries by obesity rate - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[amp0193]

If you're asking whether it's a problem only of the wealthiest countries, then no. Some of the most obese countries in the world are relatively poor because people rely on shitty processed imported food:

I spent a couple of months in Scandanavia a few years ago, and the first thing I noticed when I got off the plane when returning to the U.S. was an unbelievable amount of overweight people everywhere.

Amazing how you can just get used to something as normal.

I miss a lot of the nice grocery options in Scandanavia. Grocery stores there have a junk food section, but it is like, one shelf. In America, it's a majority of the store, and everything has an obscene unnecessary amount of sugar in it.

This is one of many reasons pushing me to move out of this country.

 

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[MTF]

I spent a couple of months in Scandanavia a few years ago, and the first thing I noticed when I got off the plane when returning to the U.S. was an unbelievable amount of overweight people everywhere.

Amazing how you can just get used to something as normal.

I miss a lot of the nice grocery options in Scandanavia. Grocery stores there have a junk food section, but it is like, one shelf. In America, it's a majority of the store, and everything has an obscene unnecessary amount of sugar in it.

This is one of many reasons pushing me to move out of this country.

I had this experience in reverse in the US. Nowhere in the world have I seen such sick, obese, and overall unhealthy people as in the US.

 

[TempusFugit]

Just finished reading chapter 34 of Unscripted about the Commandment of Entry.
Then I saw the below post on Facebook.

Note to self: The difficult things are the opportunity. Easification is a RED FLAG!

Godspeed,
Thomas

 

[TempusFugit]

This horrible disease was so rare 150 years ago, that people would fork money just to see it.

Today, this is basically the norm.

But if you call it a disease, you are fatphobic.

---

This really helps put things into perspective on what we collectively did as a society:

1. Become ill.
2. Call it a genetic disorder.
3. Normalize or glamorize the illness.
4. Anyone disagreeing with the new paradigm is a right-wing extremist.

Results:

• Obesity is normal.
• Diabetes is normal.
• Depression is normal.
• Anxiety is normal.
• Having suicidal thoughts is normal.

I'm not sure what needs to happen so we can finally wake up from this nightmare.

I have a coworker that constantly talks about taking her anxiety medication and how much anxiety she goes through (especially in her family life which she talks about often).

Then the other day I was venting to her kinda out of nowhere about how weak and immature our generation is. I didn't call her out specifically, but I don't think she exactly got the message even though she said she agreed with me...

In many circumstances I actually have a lot of faith in my generation...but in too many more I just shake my head.

On one hand (on the hopeful side of things) I know plenty of people in my generation dealing with their fair share of issues and bullcrap. The big difference is that they deal with them head on. Some of them might complain along the way, but ultimately they put their nose to the grindstone and get shit done.

On the other hand (the "shake my head and say 'WTF?'" side of things) many people I've known through college whine about things and then never change their circumstance.
They get dealt a hand of cards in a game where they are allowed to draw new ones and choose not to.

A girl in a poetry class I took wrote a poem about how she was upset that she didn't get cast in the university play because she was deemed too fat by the director.

Whose fault is that?

 

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[Andy Black]

Google 'considering Hubspot acquisition'

The search engine is reportedly in discussions with Morgan Stanley regarding a potential offer, but no offer has yet been made.

searchengineland.com

 

[MJ DeMarco]

@Kak will enjoy...

 

[Antifragile]

@Kak will enjoy...

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And don't forget the Jobs Report that just came out this morning.

Woah, unexpected gains in jobs - probably all government workers!

Economy will go boom boom boom...

 

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[Black_Dragon43]

And don't forget the Jobs Report that just came out this morning.

Woah, unexpected gains in jobs - probably all government workers!

Economy will go boom boom boom...

You should celebrate. Those cushy well-fed gov workers need property, the banks lend the dough, you pocket it. That’s a good thing, not a bad thing.

Here government workers (who are better paid than private atm) are key to driving real estate and other prices up. They spend ALL their dough, don’t give a damn. Because govy prints more !

 

[Bounce Back]

And don't forget the Jobs Report that just came out this morning.

Woah, unexpected gains in jobs - probably all government workers!

Economy will go boom boom boom...

It's always that or medical - as if your country losing jobs in basically industries and gaining in medical is a good sign.

 

[Matt Sun]

Literally millions of people are crazy, expert manipulators, liars, smart, deranged, dark, drive normal people crazy.

They are clearly a problem not being addressed. Business opportunity ? Been dealing with a new one lately and let me tell you pain in the a** is an understatement

 

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[Kak]

@Kak will enjoy...

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The condescending explainer picture of Newsom is just hilarious in this context.

 

[Kak]

And don't forget the Jobs Report that just came out this morning.

Woah, unexpected gains in jobs - probably all government workers!

Economy will go boom boom boom...

The new fastlane.

Get a job at the post office.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-much-will-you-need-to-retire-americas-magic-number-surges-to-1-46-million-cbbfe7f4

Up a whopping 54% since 2020.



All those stock market gains the FIRE people love raving about is a wash in terms of inflation and purchasing power.

This is WHY "saving $XXX a month" is a losing game.

Start a business and go for asymmetric income, the only way to defeat the money printer, is to print your own.

 

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[TempusFugit]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-much-will-you-need-to-retire-americas-magic-number-surges-to-1-46-million-cbbfe7f4

Up a whopping 54% since 2020.

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All those stock market gains the FIRE people love raving about is a wash in terms of inflation and purchasing power.

This is WHY "saving $XXX a month" is a losing game.

Start a business and go for asymmetric income, the only way to defeat the money printer, is to print your own.

Thank you for helping me realize this.

I finished TMF at the end of February and I am almost done with Unscripted and TGRRE .

 

[Kak]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-much-will-you-need-to-retire-americas-magic-number-surges-to-1-46-million-cbbfe7f4

Up a whopping 54% since 2020.

View attachment 55227

All those stock market gains the FIRE people love raving about is a wash in terms of inflation and purchasing power.

This is WHY "saving $XXX a month" is a losing game.

Start a business and go for asymmetric income, the only way to defeat the money printer, is to print your own.

I don't see how that is some kind of nice retirement. A minimalist retirement for someone in their 60s maybe.

Is it net worth? Or does it assume a paid off home?

Just to continue an upper middle class 200k a year lifestyle from 65 to 90 you'd need $5m ish without relying on investment gains that aren't a sure thing.

That's 65.

If you want to do the same thing at 50... You need $8m.

$10m to do it at 40.

Retirement, to me, should mean more resource rich and finally enjoying the fruits of your labor... Not cutbacks.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I don't see how that is some kind of nice retirement. A minimalist retirement for someone in their 60s maybe.

Is it net worth? Or does it assume a paid off home?

Just to continue an upper middle class 200k a year lifestyle from 65 to 90 you'd need $5m ish without relying on investment gains that aren't a sure thing.

That's 65.

If you want to do the same thing at 50... You need $8m.

And in 2-3 years, these numbers will likely be 30% higher. Inflation has not retreated -- how do I know? There are still F*cking car dealers who think they can sell Dodge trucks for $110,000. LOL, OK.

 

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[Kak]

And in 2-3 years, these numbers will likely be 30% higher. Inflation has not retreated -- how do I know? There are still F*cking car dealers who think they can sell Dodge trucks for $110,000. LOL, OK.

The strange few idiots that go for that... WTH...

 

[MJ DeMarco]

The strange few idiots that go for that... WTH...

I'm sorry, I was wrong. It's $140,000+ after taxes, and USED.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I'm sorry, I was wrong. It's $140,000+ after taxes, and USED.

Here's another LOL.




The MSRP of a 2003 Tacoma Base in 2003.

Today you can get that same truck with 100K+ miles for the great low price of $25,000 -- more than twice the MSRP back in 2003. Oh and don't forget that this is specially priced with $2K off.

But don't worry folks, saving $100 month for 40 years will make you rich, never mind that a used Tacoma in 40 years will likely set you back $200,000.

 

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[Costa]

Today I learned that CONSUMING and PRODUCING are two completely different worlds. And I'm not talking about movies or video games, those are projects almost impossible to produce by an average joe like me.

I mean, I enjoy watching youtube videos in certain niches, but after I imagine myself doing a similar video and asking myself how I would do it, how many hours would take me and if I would enjoy doing that, I realize that I would hate it. I tried researching and writing many times, but I always quit because I really hate the process.

And even If I forced myself to do it, I'm not providing any additional value. How am I gonna stand out? I rather doing something that I hate but being one of the best at it, that doing something I hate, but sucking at it and getting zero results.

Maybe the truth that I never wanted to accept is that "making a living from your Passion" is not for everyone and the best way to become "wealthy" is by giving something people need and you being one of the most qualified people doing that (like the best chef who loves football cooking for the best football players before the superbowl), so you can get money and just consume all day the things you love without feeling like a loser who lives in their mom's basement and get the freedom to enjoy hobbies or consume more in another level until you figure out how to provide value or how to produce the same thing you love to consume... or not. Idk maybe I'm just sleepy lol

 

[Kak]

Here's another LOL.

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The MSRP of a 2003 Tacoma Base in 2003.

Today you can get that same truck with 100K+ miles for the great low price of $25,000 -- more than twice the MSRP back in 2003. Oh and don't forget that this is specially priced with $2K off.

But don't worry folks, saving $100 month for 40 years will make you rich, never mind that a used Tacoma in 40 years will likely set you back $200,000.

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Man.... They took 12k Tacomas from us...

They have us conditioned. I would have thought 20k for one back then.

That Tacoma is worth 5k.