I've been leaning about investing the past few months, because I stupidly haven't thought about my retirement up until recently. It's not fun using a retirement calculator the first time, and realizing how much you need by X age in order to live off your investments comfortably. If you're not making bank, you're relying on compounding interest. And if a decade similar to 2000 to 2010 happens, it can ruin your plans.
Wondering what the opinions here are on picking your own stocks vs dumping your money in ETFs?
I always see the stat mentioned: Something like 85-90% of investors who pick their own stocks significantly underperform the market. Yet I chose to pick my own stocks, because like everyone else who does it I think I'm capable enough to beat the market. And I assume winning poker players have the temperament to do it. Or am I being retarded? I'm talking about holding med to long-term, not day trading.
Either way, what a time to get into it. The past decade was a bull market and it looks like that may change.
I've got the blues but I can't really play the blues (yet).
I wake up at a good hour greeting the morning sun. I run errands. I read a book. I take a nap.
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- Twitter is the same old shit all the time. I don't need all that information.
- Reddit is just too much. It's too extreme. I don't want to experience life through the lens of reddit.
- Liquidpoker.net - I just keep coming back. Just when I thought I was out it drags me right back in.
I was going to go to Food Not Bombs today and thought about 3 different AA meetings I could go to and didn't end up going to any of them.
I got some good guitar work in.
Is this life? Recover one day to work the next days. Work, eat something, don't get dehydrated, blot out the consciousness with whatever will work to do it all over again the next day?
We are all knuckleheads just flinging poo seeing what has some sort of impact.
Let's say I do learn John Mayer's guitar solo on Frank Ocean's Pyramids and can perform the full vocals and guitar and perhaps even the synthesizer composition... Then what?
The reward is in the journey. We must imagine Sisyphus happy and all that crap... I can sing the blues but I can't make my guitar sing the blues (yet).
It's grey winter out there today. Last night there was a light crescent moon and black grey clouds in the darkest dark of night. Listening to Emma Ruth Rundle driving home with the cream street lights illuminating the road it felt like a perfect moment. I was enmeshed with joy. Now, today, tonight, I sit here discontented with existence. It was as if last night was a dream. The thought of it brings me envy. The only chance to bring me out of this ennui is perhaps soothing hot white tea and more chipping away at the ole guitar or maybe it will be something completely unexpected.
I've got the blues bad and maybe the only remedy is more blues but what if the blues is like benzos in that the more you take the more there is a rebound anxiety? One becomes dependent on the blues.
Haven't posted in ages, but thought this would be fun, and that someone here might appreciate it.
I've been working from home since the start of COVID, and I generally keep on some background media while working - podcasts, tv shows, music, etc. About 8 months ago YouTube suggested a replay of an SC2 pro match. I played SC2 for a short while during beta, but to my knowledge, I haven't done, said, or watched anything that would warrant YouTube to think I would be interested in SC2. This is because I didn't know I was interested in SC2.
Out of curiosity, I watched that replay. I now watch this shit all day and actively watch these guys stream on Twitch. All because YouTube suggested one video to me. I'm not going to pretend to know how YT's suggestion algo works, but I like to think that if any number of things happened for me to not watch that video, that it would have never been suggested again.
Happy new year to anyone that may still be around here including the lurkers. In 2022, it seems I still have a compulsion to post here.
I finally got a job. The title is salesperson but I'm basically a fashion retail hoe. I don't suck dick but I will sell sweaters for cash apparently. I figure I'll give it a go. The company allegedly is a good company to work for so we shall see.
2021 flew by. Isn't there some hypothesis that time is relative or something like that? Or, the classic as one ages time speeds up. Terrifying. I realize aging is inevitable but the degradation of the body is no fun.
I know nuffin' I'm just sitting here looking at...by RiKD, December 24
Pretty colors.
If any of you lot is unemployed how many hours a day are you looking for a job?
I feel like there are only so many jobs for me out there and applying does not take too long but I know some people who are savage about the job hunt.
I don't know. This morning nothing was all that appetizing. I've got some interviews in the mix so maybe I feel higher than I should because interviews can come and go like a flash. I mean I just can't ever see myself putting in an 8 hour day on searching for a job. The more normal my sleep schedule the harder it is to be a NEET. There are only so many things to occupy the time. I came back to the Habermas but it is like I lost my place or never had a place in that book. I learned to code more. That almost seems like a waste as I don't know what my destiny will be. I wanted to learn Rust but I can't really go through the book because it is for good programmers. Even if I get good I don't see myself enjoying sitting around programming for 8-10 hours / day. I've gotten such conflicting advice regarding coding at this point it's me saying fuck off to people thinking I have to optimize every minute of my life and let me just tinker around and hack and have some fun.
Sometimes I don't understand my brother and sister-and-law. They itemized out 15 Marvel movies they need to see/re-see before seeing yet another shitty Marvel movie that is not out in theatres yet. 30+ hours of watching shitty Marvel movies sounds like torture to me. I also don't get how they can budget in a 5 figure trip to Disney a year in advance and my brother is not allowed to get a video game he wants when he wants it. I was thinking though that maybe their watching of excessive bad movies is not as bad as me being on here. On here feels more active which it is. It is almost a bad thing. The faster I type the faster I type the more I post the faster I type to type faster to post faster. There are some elements of addiction to it. I could finish Dark season 3. I could finish Arcane season 1. I could finish Dune (the book). I'd rather sit here listening to music and typing up literally whatever. OMG who knows what will happen when I click send.
I've been bed-ridden for a few days after having my wisdom teeth taken out. It kind of sucks balls I have been living off of carbo-gain, whey protein, vegetable-shake-powder, peanut butter, and multi-vitamins for the past 3days and the pain hasn't gone away yet. Feel free to donate to my paypal or patreon btw...i also take crypto.
Anyway I had some time so I was thinking about how concerned I am about the Loco's life trajectory. I remember he told me a story once on Discord about how he was on a long flight and some guy sitting next to him started giving him "life advice" how he told him "He is good at figuring out what people should do with their lives"...Loco said he doesnt give a crap about stuff like that but I thought to myself, "Man how pathetic must Loco come off as in real life for strangers to randomly start giving him advice on what to do in life"
I thought about the movie "Meet the Parents" and I imagine Loco has been in a similar situation a few times in his life...where he goes home to his girlfriend's family gathering and their right-winger father disapproves of Loco's life choices. I can see it in my head, Robert Deniro complaining that for starters, he doesn't even have a car! "What kind of guy doesnt even have a car?!!?" "And he works as a...video game tester? WTF is that!"...lol. What a dumb loco!!! I wonder how many times he has been dumped because of this!! LmK if you agree with this!!
Friday night. Friday night lights. Listening to Balam Acab. ACAB. Let's go!
I remember the days when Friday night lights meant something. It meant me, captain of the lacrosse team leading the way trotting out to More Human Than Human by White Zombie with the moaning at the beginning under the Lights. That is a check mark for this blog about romanticizing the past.
{Lasagna Recipe}
I've been quiet but I predict hiems will eventually try and go after me. At this juncture I am an easier target than Loco and that is just a fact. I don't even have enough money to fill up the gas tank so I can go out tonight so I am stuck here eating my nephew's left overs:
2 chicken tendies
about a cup or 2 of mac n cheese
3 sugar cookies with coffee
It cost me $0 + whatever the fraction of a coffee bag is.
hiems, making fun of me for roping or seppuku I don't think it goes down like that in my current state. I've only thought about it deadly seriously once and I had 60 units of alcohol in me. I'm not violent enough. It would probably involve Ativan but once I take the Ativan I would feel better unless I overdose on it but I don't want to do that and I don't want to drink alcohol even though my life appears to be in a dire situation which it is but I am not miserable like you claim. This could change obviously but I am not even mad I'm not going out tonight. Last week at the ending prayer I was holding hands with an attractive female and my hand started to tremor because of the medications I am on. I was going to let go of her hand but she grabbed on tighter and finished the prayer. I told her I am sorry about the tremor and she gave 0 shits. That happens to me all the time by the way. It's annoying. It's really not a bad enough outcome to avoid AA altogether it's just annoying. As long as there is no proselytizing, socialization with this group is actually more interesting than many. We've been to hell and back which just brings a more extreme sense of humor and levity I have not come across anywhere else.
I was wondering if there was a way to change Loco's shark avatar.
I realize that avatars change with post count, but the shark is a sacred animal in poker because of the term "poker shark".
In My Opinion, loco is a very dumb guy!!! He is also a dumb vegan!!!! He doesn't even have a car!!! Lol! Soo I think his avatar should be something more appropriate for him.
Like a fairy. Or a princess. Or a figure skater landing a triple axel.
Thoughts about NJ/PA/DE/MI Online Pokerby hiems, December 05
I've been really ramping up my due diligence on relocating to a different state lately. At the bare minimum, I am going to switch jobs soon to a company that can better facilitate my transfer to another state.
The thing that really bothers me is not being able to play NJ online poker. It's definitely a major hold-up. I haven't played much this year but have been messing around a bit lately . It really is great to be able to play poker on sites with great software (Stars mainly, but Party is good too). Even if I am playing like...30nl, 50nl it is alot of fun to be able to play and work a bit on your game here and there. Mainly I was thinking about moving back to Vegas, but really it's not the same comparing WSOP.com software vs Stars. I'm sure the traffic is there but I think that being able to save hand histories and see where your game is going is a really valuable thing that I kind of dont want to lose . It really is annoying that Vegas doesnt allow trackers on their sites.
Hey everyone, hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season and crush all your games!
small update on me - took 4 months off this year to work on me, just restarting, took 100 to about 1k in the last week, games are still great, seems i have no passion for cashgames though, gonna focus on only tournaments again. Feeling fresh again.
I'll try to find stuff to blog about more
Recently won a lil $5 mtt and a bunch of 2nd to 5ths, gotta play those FT more aggro...
Have a great holiday season, lots of amazing poker Crush!
Has anyone ever met someone that is a retire at 55 zealot?
Criticizing anyone that spends money or wants to live in a beautiful place, et al.?
There is almost a hubris in their plans.
Counting every penny.
It would suck to have to work at 55 but what are people going to do at 55?
What do people do at 65?
The existence and the opportunity for experience is just not the same as in one's 20s.
I mean it also depends on the person. What is optimal?
This person's spouse posted that his only joy in life was finding a new green tea he liked at Costco. Like, what the fuck world are we living in? I am not saying we have to pop bottles and make it rain at strip clubs because that is fucking stupid too. I don't know what I am saying. Just throwing some stuff out there.
I would say I am firmly in the enjoy life when younger and take some big swings at risk.
is Hem3 or 888 accurate????by HeRoS)eNGagE, December 01
Hi guys
So i am not really playing poker anymore but i play once in a while.
I use to play with HEM2 but no more support so i bought HEM3
it is the second time this is happening.
I start my session at lets say 1000$ Bankroll
HEM have me up 2 buyin but only up 1 and an half on 888
I just had 3 formal Thanksgiving dinners in 3 days. Why on Earth was that necessary?
I make it a rule to not break bread with Karens. I don't have any Aunt Karens. No complaints at all actually.
Now, it's time for the big one (Christmas). The Big One where most people's expectations get a little haywire. No, maybe your kid won't like all of his/her presents and throw a tantrum for half the day. Or, it's sets up a fucked up dynamic where the parents' and child's happiness is determined by materialism and hedonism only furthering the cycle of fuckedup'ness. Which is even more fucked up by the fact that many times for the parent how their child acts and behaves is all they have. That is The Magnum Opus.
I laugh at people that say not having children is selfish. Although, I don't think having children is inherently selfish. There is no denying it is a hell of a project.
But, I would love to look at the history of Christmas and the history of Black Friday. People are in a frenzy to find the right gifts and maybe purchase a piece of joy in this world.
As usual, I have no idea what I want for Christmas. The dam has too many holes. Who knows where to start plugging?
So far, I have gotten my sister a phone case and my parents a gift card to a restaurant that they like. T R A N S C E N D E N T A L . . .
I seem miserable but I am in bliss listening to this Stimming und Moderat. Ich habe zu Stimming und Moderat gehört und ich fühle glückseligkeit. Stimmung = mood in German. Stimming = what autists do to make it out alive but the artist name is actually Martin Stimming. Moderat is Modeselektor + Apparat both brilliant in their own right. I go through phases every 1 year, not quite every season, that I want to move to Germany and get immersed and study German Thought. Go to Stimming, Moderat, Booka Shade, et al. shows. Live in the hipster part of Prenzlauer Berg. It's all a dream. All a fantasy. I'm more likely to end up working at Taco Bell. Where did my life go?
I don't think it is easy for a lot of people. Even if you are making JP Morgan Chase type money you still have to work for JP Morgan Chase. They are seeing record numbers of resignations. I think rightfully so people are realizing it is not sexy to be a rent seeker especially if 1 or 2 people are bullied into covering an entire teams' work without any increase in pay or benefits.
I don't actually know which way the world is going to go. For me, it is fun to joke about collapse because that is certainly on the table for most of us on the planet and it helps me cope. Elon Musk perhaps can escape to Mars, Jeff Bozos can die in space, Bill Gates can have his own mansion/city with his own security and farming distribution and emergency room and hospital et al. We already live in a dystopia.
I try to laugh so I don't cry. No one wants to be around when the laughter stops.
So, when is this VR technology going to be as good as The Entertainment or The Experience Machine?
(Please guys, stay away from Zuck and his Metaverse)
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. It really is annoying that Vegas doesnt allow trackers on their sites. 
