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I would also add that the work you “put into” this is mainly in how you vote. We’re seeing the results of the “line must go up” culture in various parts of the world right now - most notably in the US. My biggest fear is that the global economy will need another Great Depression, probably right around the time I’m getting ready to retire, to realize that there is more to company stewardship that making rich people richer.

For most people, assuming they have disposable income, this is probably the right answer. One of the cornerstones of these forums is that trying to time the market is more often than not a fool’s errand unless you have inside information. Secondly, they rely on a long term view of investing. If you’re planning on retiring in 5 years, they’re a good start, but you’ll probably need more than they can offer. If retirement is still 10-20 years off, they can be very helpful in getting you pointed in the right direction. If you’re still in your 20s, they’ll have you set. I’ve often seen it said in these groups that if their strategies don’t work over 30-40 years, the economy probably has much bigger problems (like impending collapse)!

While the MAGA world sees “4-D chess,” other countries see checkers against an opponent who keeps eating the pieces.

Wow, people still watch South Park!? I’m sure they’re still killing it. Just kind of fell off the radar for me.

Columbia needs to experience a brain drain.

My favorite part of this is how hidden it all is. If you look at the page showing MS365 plans, “Classic” is nowhere to be found, except to purchase Office 2024. If you search “MS 365 Classic”, it takes you here, which says the only way to “downgrade” is to cancel your existing subscription. Like it’s a for-real plan they offer that they really don’t want people using.

Coke should sue Microsoft.

If this isn’t the most petulant, childish old man I’ve ever seen.

I would buy that jersey.

Sadly, if a certain person brought this argument to the Supreme Court, they would agree with this logic.

I see. Anyway.

This administration will welcome them back. Trump will probably give the wife the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

That, and not having anymore oysters or shrimp.

WILL. It WILL make it easier. Not that it’s particularly hard right now, but he’ll take (create) all the help he can get.

I know I don’t want to dig into this, but that one part of my brain is all….

Recently listened to the Surely You Can’t Be Serious podcast talk about it. I had forgotten about the Japanese brothers. They were great.

The Japanese brothers who learned English by watching Howard Cosell and always wanted to race him.

Someone needs to watch “Better Off Dead!”

This was my immediate thought. An M1 Mac laptop is still a very useable laptop, and the battery life on them is fantastic.

T480s is my backup work laptop. Runs Linux fine (have had Ubuntu, currently Fedora 42). Runs windows 11 like shit, but then my primary P1 gen 4 also doesn’t run 11 much better, so…

While you’re generally right, the T-series is a solid business laptop. Only thing I would add is steer clear of anything with “Yoga” in the name. They can be sleek, but very few of those ever impressed me.