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confusedbytheBasics

@ confusedbytheBasics @lemmy.world

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  • The Ouroboros

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  • Thank you for writing all that up. I don't understand most of it but it gives me a starting point.

    When TRUMPCOIN dropped right after Jan 20th I figured his goal was to break the economy so I just moved everything I was allowed to move into gold figuring it would be better to have gold than USD. So far that has paid off. I have several bond investments I'd have to take penalties to move so I left them alone. Given the state of things now I wish I'd gone ahead and done it.

    Did selling all my stocks and buying gold reduce market liquidity at all?

  • The Ouroboros

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  • I have no interest in finance but I have a big retirement account. Can you explain how to do this so I can help too?

  • Oh god

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  • I do. Unless it looks like an AIgen wall of text. Then nope.

  • anon discusses car dependence

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  • I lived next to a little natural grocery for a few years. Prices were about 20% higher than the ordinary grocery and maybe double what I'd pay at Costco. At first I was resistant because they seemed to be overcharging so much. Overtime I talked to the employees and realized the savings I made on time and not needing a car more than made up for the higher price. Plus they had to keep prices high because shoplifting was very common.

    I started figuring my time and car expenses into future shopping trips and now I don't mind paying a bit more for the local co-op.

  • Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics

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  • I have never heard of someone seeing a psychiatrist or therapist and not getting any diagnosis at all.

    I have twice. Two different therapists, after three sessions, told me I was well adjusted and experiencing normal emotional response to stressful events. One told me she saw no reason to schedule additional meetings. The other said I could keep visiting him but he couldn't bill insurance since there was no diagnosis.

    That said, this story is unique among everyone I've ever spoken to about it.

  • It is mean

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  • What can I say. Your attempts at communication are too advanced for me. ¯(ツ)_/¯

  • Thank G*d I grew up in the 90s. Everything is woke now. Smh my head

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  • Sounds more fun than my dumb antihistamines.

  • It's been downhill since 2020

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  • None of those are correct. There is before Harambe and after Harambe. The day he was killed everything changed.

  • It is mean

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  • Huh? I think you replied in the wrong thread.

  • Thank G*d I grew up in the 90s. Everything is woke now. Smh my head

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  • Then there are those of us who are mostly taking drugs to calm down our immune system when god's green creatures are mating.

  • It is mean

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  • I imagine the woman in the profile picture posted this shortly after introducing her new 50 year old boyfriend to her parents.

  • I wouldn't have believed you either

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  • Thank again, Japan is the size of California. This is rural Japan not a suberb. And even many of the actual suberbs in California don't have fiber to the home.

    This is about monopolies running rampant and misuse of public money not about the technical feasibility.

    Edit: These companies literally bought back their own stock to inflate their market cap instead of building out the infrastructure we funded.

  • The average age of Disney princesses is 505y.

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  • 😂 how does the fact that that average person doesn't use meth oppress anyone?

  • Being far right is so corny

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  • We determined this would be less expensive than the current system in the USA. More than half the jobs in "health care" are insurance related. We would completely eliminate that overhead. Insurance analysts could be retrained for useful work like nursing.

    A single fraud investigator could monitor 100 doctors or more. Instead of each insurance claim needing to be reviewed by the practicing physician and an insurance company doctor we could have investigators watch for patterns and cite doctors who are overprescribing.

    We had some knowledgeable people on the team so I think we were likely correct.

  • Being far right is so corny

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  • In my future leaders program we decided it would be better not to have benefits tied to income at all. Everyone gets the benefit. No cliffs. No need to ween anyone off. Like the roads these benefits could be part of the social contract. This creates an actual safety net and removes the most negative incentives.

  • A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen

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  • Juice is advocating for taking power from the privileged elite and returning it to the public at large. That won't be peaceful. Strikes are not peaceful. They will certainly need you at some point.

  • Should Jon Stewart Run for President in 2028? The Movement Is Growing — and It’s No Longer a Joke

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  • Please accept a giant thank you for the clear and helpful answer. To me he seems genuinely centrist and in support of "the status quo but slightly better". I can certainly see how accepting donations from big finance while talking about regulating finance can feel disingenuous. Trying to support Israel as a strategic ally while also denouncing genocide is an impossible line to walk and hate watching him try but he does seem to be genuine in his sad attempt.

    I like AOC, Bernie Sanders, Kat Abughazaleh, and Zohran Mamdani more than Buttigieg but I love how he speaks and I still feel like I could happily support him.

  • Should Jon Stewart Run for President in 2028? The Movement Is Growing — and It’s No Longer a Joke

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  • Interesting. I think Buttigieg is one of the most genuine people in politics. Do you recall the moment you first noticed him lacking the quality?

  • Respect fire guy

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  • There are quite a few black comedians in the USA who explain why. Basically life as a black man in the US is hard enough and there is no need to introduce recreational "challenges" like campingto feel fulfilled.