Recent content by Gravel

You kind of touched on it towards the end of this post, but it's one of the dangers this type of game can run into where the grind is punishing enough that the power fantasy doesn't really materialize in the higher levels. Where sure, you've got better gear and more stats, but your ability to...

Could just be a psychological method for a director to get the best performance possible from his best actors? Praise someone who doesn't make sense, and they'll fight to try to also win that praise.

I'd be more worried about AI displacement of the workforce on the market, than I would that companies are overvalued. The market is up maybe 30% in the last year or so, and if you attributed that all to AI (which you shouldn't), and it all got wiped out, that's...just a bear market (20%...

Sounds like the game just isn't for you, man.

Cmon Cad, we just wiped out 4 whole days of gains over two days! The end is nigh.

Glad I'm not the only one bothered by that. They load up the things with like 200 pounds of rocks each and then...they float. The acting is also starting to get terrible. Victor's dad weeping at the end of the episode before this, from a picture drawn by an 8 year old, was ridiculous. The nurse...

Nah, fuck that. Every sound engineer for the last decade is an asshole, and has made the movie experience worse. There are a multitude of these videos you can watch.

We're not talking about it because nothing substantial has actually been released. You can only get people so worked up about vague statements before they tune out.

That's disappointing. I probably put this one on my watch list because of your first post about it. And we finally watched the first episode last night and it was great. Laughed a lot. I'm not really into horror, but it's fine if that's the vibe they wanted. But if the humor is gone, that'll be...

I've said it many times over the years, too, but people really want to overcomplicate it. "Throwing it into an index sounds too easy, there's got to be more fiddling I can do that makes it successful." Whether that's day trading or trusting a financial advisor. Everyone thinks surely there's...

Market trades within 5% of an ATH something like 85-90% of the time. It's why time in the market beats timing the market. Human nature is risk averse and the market gives no shits. As far as company stock, I'm not a fan. Because you already have a ton at stake in your company since your entire...

Uh, inflation is always compounding. What am I missing here? Also, asset owners have always been the only winners.

When this comes out, we'll have a group of posters who go see it anyway because "I've got nothing better to see," and they'll say it sucks and then wonder why this slop keeps getting made. Happens every time.

My favorite part is they detained it, gave it a medical exam, and then just released it. "Alien" my ass.

That's not fair. These people are professionals at ruining things. They've got decades of experience. Of course you can't compete with that.