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Today, 11:21 AMJ. Barron DeJong replied to a thread I love my wife and all, but Jesus Hercules Christ... in The Padded RoomOur fancy car seats had seatbelt style buckles on each end of the strap that secured them to the LATCH points. Probably less than a 30 second...6670 replies | 978458 view(s)
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Today, 10:46 AMHere’s one: ”I’m perplexed by the sell-off in stock and bond markets in response to today’s GDP report for the 1st quarter. The increase in real...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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Today, 10:40 AMI have no idea. I’ll wait to see what the experts actually have to say. That said, while it’s obviously not good, it’s also one quarter. But...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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Today, 10:03 AMYeah, the US economy is uniquely bad: https://x.com/darioperkins/status/1783517198750740617?s=46&t=3lUaICPxsR_NcRK2VkCfkg Wait... I meant...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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Yesterday, 07:07 PMI’m just wondering why an average, or even above average person cares how individual stocks are doing. Unless you have a substantial portfolio I’d...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:02 PMSure. I’d suggest putting all the money you can’t risk losing into it.16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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Yesterday, 03:08 PMCanyon Grand Canyon 5: https://www.canyon.com/en-us/mountain-bikes/trail-bikes/grand-canyon/grand-canyon/grand-canyon-5/3267.html 12sp Deore,...5 replies | 220 view(s)
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Yesterday, 01:07 PMWell, if people want to be able to post in this thread they have to get into it. That’s the rule. Should keep the price on an upward trajectory for...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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Yesterday, 09:27 AMJ. Barron DeJong replied to a poll Poll: How many of you idiots think you could kill a gorilla? in The Padded RoomWhen I was at the DC zoo a couple months ago all the apes fit your description, except for the two orangutans fucking in the back, which included the...503 replies | 24340 view(s)
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04-23-2024, 02:11 PMJ. Barron DeJong replied to a poll Poll: How many of you idiots think you could kill a gorilla? in The Padded RoomMaybe the monkeys at the typewriters came up with West Side Story instead of the planned original Shakespeare and these troops are just acting it out?503 replies | 24340 view(s)
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04-23-2024, 12:48 PMEspecially when your fees aren’t based on performance, but on assets under management. $300M to oversee a sinking ship? Good work if you can get...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-23-2024, 12:45 PMDid you know it was the high stakes table when you sat down? Maybe I just don’t remember you saying ARK was likely to collapse.16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-23-2024, 12:44 PMWut?16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-23-2024, 12:34 PMI’m not a victim. I didn’t invest in ARK.16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-23-2024, 12:27 PMCan’t post pics or you better believe I’d put up the chart showing she’s cost her investors more than any other manager in over a decade.16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-23-2024, 11:47 AMSo what’s everyone’s thoughts on Cathie Wood these days? https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/ark-funds-cathie-wood-investors-56e2950c Byates,...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-22-2024, 06:49 PMShit, guess I’ll buy some Bitcoin so I can keep pontificating here. Do I need to buy a Tesla if I want to keep complaining about Musk too?16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-22-2024, 02:29 PMAm I understanding correctly that fees from this bullshit is what’s supposed to save the miners?: ...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-21-2024, 09:19 PMJ. Barron DeJong replied to a thread Had An Idea Tonight (Disc Brake ‘Pads’ That Are Abrasive Material?) in Sprocket RocketsThis is my understanding, but anyone can feel free to chime in to correct me or add detail: Holes and slots are mostly to get contaminants off the...18 replies | 832 view(s)
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04-21-2024, 08:31 PMI never left.16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-21-2024, 08:30 PMJ. Barron DeJong replied to a thread Elon Musk: Smartest Guy in The World or Complete Clown? in The Padded RoomMusk is apparently suggesting that since Tesla sales dropped 20% Q4 to Q1, headcount should also drop by 20%. This is the type of reasoned...6352 replies | 586724 view(s)
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04-21-2024, 08:24 PMBut if a Ponzi hasn’t collapsed yet, is it really a Ponzi? Yes.16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 06:44 PMFor the record, it’s not just Krugman, or just progressive leaning economist claiming inflation was transitory. For example: ...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 03:35 PMI apologize. Next time I’ll be sure to include all waves of Covid, the Russian war in Ukraine, and the Oct. 7 attacks in my predictions. Going...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 02:13 PMGod-fucking-dammit! Predicting what’s going to happen in the future is not the same thing as just understanding the fundamentals of how something...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 01:14 PMJesus you’re dense. Just because you can try to buy low/sell high to try to take advantage of price swings with stocks doesn’t mean you have to....16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 11:22 AMSo where are your gains coming from? It’s not that fucking complicated.16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 11:16 AMJ. Barron DeJong replied to a thread Elon Musk: Smartest Guy in The World or Complete Clown? in The Padded Room“I don’t own an $80K rolling prison toilet but I’m drilling a random hole with a pop rivet in my gas pedal out of solidarity” ...6352 replies | 586724 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 11:09 AMGotta come back to this bullshit. A big problem with Bitcoin is that it isn’t an ‘investment’, as has been pointed out repeatedly in here. An...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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04-19-2024, 09:04 PMYou have a very fundamental misunderstanding of inflation. Does it ever seem weird to you that despite the dollars being on a steady march to zero...16245 replies | 1663049 view(s)
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