probably wont antagonize the government because 95% of people wont pay the membership fee. Myself included, Grocery Outlet FTW

Tragic. Far right pushing pro-life and far left pushing masks/lockdown/no jabs no job/UBI-communism.

Your body your choice. Not going to get fixed either because these people want the fight. Before social media they couldnt form mobs this large.

"I fall asleep in less than a minute. Never heard of kraton before." A.I. created to troll me. My Billy Budd. The only thing I want is good sleep. And then cherry picks data to fit a pre-established, comfortable narrative, in this case that kratom is bad. But he's right, as usual. Its a mi...

Get on my level Vinny. Also I slam 6oz black coffee when I wake up, then lay down again for 20min until it hits. Waking up has always been rough. Setting up a treadmill with a TV. Should be able to walk for hours if I can surf youtube. Seems I need a lot of exercise to sleep well, still trying to fi...

"Bubba with a gun" has arrived! @1m15s https://youtu.be/aDyQxtg0V2w?t=73 "What kind of American are you?" Headcanon: "Ok. How many weeks did it take to flatten the curve? You dunno?" Could be good flick if they touched on inflation etc. Impressed they left comments unlo...

Black coffee or a spoon of peanut butter are good appetite killers

Indeed, martial law over a cold, pushed by the Left was unprecedented dysfunction.

Took 9 years to bleed out the Russians in Afghanistan.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked ... s-in-2022/

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked ... orts-2022/

^ this

"What did this do to you? Tell me. And remember, this is for posterity so be honest. How do you feel?"

well...all those folks are counting on their home and 401k for retirement. They will not be consoled if asset prices fall 30% permanently even if CPI drops 40%. So in shrinking/deflationary Japan you have their FED buying private companies for more than their worth. "a merger of state and corpo...

Yes, along with Vanguard. Asset holders + homeowners are the most powerful lobby. They arent going to allow assets to drop nominally in USD, for very long. The governance issues are interesting, with Blackrock and Vanguard CEOs voting on your behalf https://old.reddit.com/r/Bogleheads/comments/14771...

Scott Adams isnt going to transmogrify anyone here into a conservative.

Never listened to the podcast, but they have one of the best sub-reddits. Maybe that isnt saying much. Its for centrist women or something.

https://old.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/to ... top&t=week

Not smart enough to understand bitcoin, but Gates, Bezos, Buffett and the corporate boards ARE the US government and their megacorps arent going to accept gold, bitcoin, or any sound money that isnt theirs . The company store. 10% seingnorage + its very difficult to start a war when you have to rais...

Any other Texans want to confirm?

Whats the motivation behind the pro-life folks. Are they really church goers? As a libertarian I dont get it but I want to at least empathize/understand

edit1 for some content: HWFO is a decent blog. https://hwfo.substack.com/p/newsoms-per-capita-shuffle

Why would people buy gold with cash at 5%. Is the money supply increasing at 7%+ ?

Id say they might create a boom for the election, but dunno if they'll ever lose again, with this new army of children(under 30s) on social media, martial law/lockdown option, and record immigrants.

In a couple areas I trust women more than men. Finance is one

https://www.lynalden.com/november-2023-newsletter/

Still tldr tho

> I am not able to precisely answer your question

Either he is AI or I am. Hope its me, studied gerontology for a while. Maybe I could upload myself to the cloud and troll for centuries

Also https://www.thisamericanlife.org/archive

Sound Money hasnt gotten much traction. The people who understand it give up and buy a bag of real assets. Or they end up a homeowner where the inflationary regime is mostly a benefit. Speaking of the Pauls, Rand pushing the narrative that covid was super deadly is sus. And it doesnt matter where it...

Vinny after listening to these podcasts, what have you been wrong about. ie who has changed your mind and about what Econtalk is good to add content to this post, Aunt age 64 had mild heart attack 3 days after 4th booster. Even the traditional flu shot needs another look, they guess which strain is ...

Its not that AI is going to outsmart us, its that the easy jobs it might replace are important, they keep people in a routine and away from drugs. many smart people will choose to do nothing when they have UBI and social media.

The world is historically richer than average and continues getting richer. Plus shrinking opportunity for risk-free return as family formation slows. Theres a savings glut. On the other side you have government with the money printer. if they increase money supply 10% year, no one is going to loan ...

Excerpt if paywalled You could imagine three phases in the life of a wildly successful billionaire hedge fund manager. In Phase 1, before you become a wildly successful billionaire, you will have access to more or less accurate facts about the world. ​You’ll be motivated to find out true facts, beca...

Go ahead m8 buy some REITs if you like the narrative. Maybe where you dont live, to diversify.

Randomly leaving this here, Levine on Dalio https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/artic ... ity-issues

There were a couple posts claiming FAANG is overvalued and capweight indexes are "distorted" Maybe, but bubbles can last years. Meanwhile every day youre using headspace debating when to get out then back in. Titling wont have much impact either way provided you dont keep trading based on ...

Tempting, but I dunno if I trust "anti-ethical" managers to not front-run their index