WhateverHappenedToNorman
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WhateverHappenedToNorman
4d ago
usually redditors
Unkind, unnecessary
WhateverHappenedToNorman
7d ago
but if I were a man of average stature, I would never have to worry about any of this to begin with.
You would be worrying about other things.
But if I were you I'd hit on the 5'11 girls.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
10d ago
What would be the point of designing a house that you can't build?
Realistically, who's going to stop you? Genuine question, if you submitted a compliant project and then built something else that's not very obviously out of code, barring some incredibly nosy neighbours, as long as you don't have to sell it, wouldn't you just be able to do it?
WhateverHappenedToNorman
10d ago
I mean, you spend a lot of time posting here and, I assume (but am not 100% certain), in the ACX (formerly SSC) comments, that's not exactly IRL friendship but it's not not social interaction. Perhaps, as an antisocial person, that is enough to assuage your need for human connection.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
21d ago
You have to take the context into account, this guy was already her boyfriend, so the implication is that he's a "settle for guy", rather than "a guy that's attractive enough to have sex without commitment with".
It might be that it genuinely wasn't what she was thinking, but it's nonetheless a very emasculating comment.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
22d ago
From someone you're interested in, it's a shoot-down
If it's unprompted (that is, not in the context of active pursuit), IME it's not.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
22d ago
"you'd make a great dad" is generally a straight up compliment.
If I recall my genderslop properly, the case you're referring to is one in which the girlfriend said "I wouldn't consider you for a hookup, but yes for a relationship", so the implication was a bit more explicit.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
30d ago
Apartments are houses!
I don't share nybbler's raging hatred for apartments, but apartments are most certainly not houses: no upstairs or downstairs neighbors, having your own garden/patio, being able to expand it, etc. Houses have a lot of things apartments don't.
In the very short term, my relative salary went down, since there was a "price rearrangement" (lots of inflation without currency devaluation) and I was working for a foreign company. Later on, said adjustment meant professional salaries became competitive enough to the point of being able to get a job here, which is convenient for a variety of reasons. Most of my peer group's (of those that hadn't already emigrated) income was significantly boosted. Also, wokeness stopped being institutionally mandated and electorally viable, which is nice.
Overall my purchasing power has diminished (eating out is more expensive, as is meat), but it's compensated with a variety of psychological benefits.
This is, of course, how it affected me personally, and I am fairly isolated from the negative effects of most governments, if you want my opinion of the overall impact: as with all Trumpian Bargains, it has been a mixed bag, but I think it was overall very positive, and I'm optimistic. That being said, it has been a very painful process for a lot of people, and I'm kind of proud (of the people) that the midterms were as good as they were despite this.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
The world cup or the government change?
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
For whatever it's worth, I had basically lost all hope by 2022 and "we" then proceeded to win the world cup and then elect a libertarian.
Gotta keep dreaming.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
but when Germany play Argentina in the World Cup you don't have to hold your nose and root for the lesser evil
It's never, ever, coming home, mate.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
which has a negative impact on the economy and housing for locals
Housing, maybe in the short term (it's at least intuitive), but the economy? Is there any strong evidence for that?
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
It is, the point is to make better predictions, not to create a fair competition ground.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
I think Noah Smith's take that Japan is "France for Millennials" fits the data a little better.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
Does anyone have any examples of something that's red on the outside and brown on the inside?
An m&m?
WhateverHappenedToNorman
2mo ago
Are you counting Botox?
WhateverHappenedToNorman
2mo ago
To be fair, many Greek shippers use this strategy IRL to this day, so it's not fully unrealistic.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
2mo ago
hits pipe
WhateverHappenedToNorman
2mo ago
It might've worked if you closed the position right at market open, when the euphoria was at its peak.
Resource producers (almost) always lag these kind of spikes because they can't really profit that much from them unless the change is confirmed to be structural.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
3mo ago
It is real in the sense that it exists, but it seems to be blown way out of proportion.
The more conspiratorially minded believe it's a media op to distract from congress passing a labor law that will significantly reduce some workers rights.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
3mo ago
Did anyone here ever play Warcraft 3 custom games?
I spent a lot of time in my youth trawling for cool custom maps, only for my friends to reject them in favor of DotA again and again.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
3mo ago
Hasn't Milei tightened up residency requirements?
Yeah, but in practice it's just for the browns (and occasionally the Russians).
WhateverHappenedToNorman
3mo ago
You could probably come to Argentina, but the welfare you get here, if any, would probably be significantly less than what you get in Alaska.
I don't have decades of experience, but have outperformed for the past 6ish years, with a combination of a few high conviction bets (tempered by a number of duds), luck, and discipline to dump a significant percentage of gains back into the market rather than doubling down every time.
Selling options and market making have positive expected returns, since you're basically providing a service (you're basically selling insurance and providing liquidity), but in the former you're explicitly taking on extra risk, and for the latter you'd need to find a niche market to operate in, because the big ones are crowded by actors with way better economies of scale.
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