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Posts posted by The Royal We
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2 hours ago, Parliament said:
Yeah any turnaround would require some turnover on the board. You’d think the big investors would want to see change, and they’ll push for it? Or lol no?
I don't know enough to say with any certainty, but it would seem like large investors would at least be members of the Elon fan boi club, if not officers of the club. Money over everything tho.
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Tesla is trapped wrt Elon. His cult of personality and status as a "visionary" is a large driver of TSLA's meme stock status. But his toxic political brand is incompatible with the market that is most likely to buy electric cars. It seems like the music is going to stop at some point, but I don't know if it will before Elon is able to fully pivot to Tesla being an AI company.
Quite the conundrum. It seems to me that the BOD ripping the Elon band-aid off and eating the stock price meltdown shitburger now is their best chance to save the company, but I don't think that is likely.
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On 4/2/2025 at 11:07 AM, pyrohornIII said:
We've finally got a new State Chair. Let me know what you folks think. He's down in on the ground with us, not locked away in some blue bubble tower somewhere. I'm proud to call him a good friend.
This was shot immediately after he won handily this past Saturday in Austin.
And here's another interview:
Kendall was the guest speaker last night at the Nacogdoches County Democratic Party "Beans and Jeans" fundraiser. I came away very impressed by his passion and his message of focusing on working class issues and education. He's from New Boston, TX and comes across as very genuine. Time will tell if he'll be able to make the changes necessary to actually help Dems win in Texas again, but he's a step in the right direction IMO. I spoke with him briefly afterwards and thanked him for coming to Nac and told him how great I thought his message was. I hope he is successful.
Talking about why he thought he was elected as chair in a 7-way race:
He also has some good thoughts around the 6:50 mark about why a lot of dem leaning people stayed home in 2024.
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8 minutes ago, Red Five said:
So when Biden was president and the stock market was booming, Trump took credit for it. Now after he's been president for three plus months, and has single-handedly wrecked the market and our economy, it's Biden's fault.
I don't know how many times I heard about the "Trump Bump" when the stock market went up after the election/prior to the inauguration. So, that was all from the coming economic wizardry of Dear Leader, but now that he's been in office for 100 days we are still "suffering" from Bidenomics?
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Resident libertarian is more concerned with who is offended by certain slurs than he is by lawyers being visited by badge-less “officers” and being fired for talking to migrants.
Curious.
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17 hours ago, troph said:
Someone tell me about fiberglass v graphite or carbon… not sure I’ve tossed a fiberglass rod.
I've got two friends who bought glass rods the last few years. Both of them really seemed like they got it more for the novelty and/or to win the parking lot competition because they do look cool and are a conversation starter if nothing else. Neither one of them can cast them for shit though. It may just be that their casts are better suited and trained for a graphite rod or they were trying to throw heavier flies when I fished with them. But I don't really get it either.
I need all the help I can get so I don't think I'd buy a rod that needs even more skill to cast well.
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3 minutes ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:
The truth is a hostile and political act to an organization headed by a convicted scam artist whose lifeblood is lies.
You took the words right out of my mouth. Transparency in pricing is now a hostile act. JFC.
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3 minutes ago, troph said:
TFO is good, but I'm kinda moving on. I think for a casual angler it's pretty damn good. my original 5 wt is TFO, I might check out a few others of theirs for a replacement 5 wt, but my 3 wt sage, 8 wt scott and 12 wt thomas & thomas are noticeably more enjoyable to fish. I may find for my preferences that a different make of a TFO 5 wt would work well (for the lighter weight rods I tend to like slower action), but I haven't looked into it. but to be fair at the time that TFO 5 wt (9 ft) was like $250 and my 3 wt sage (8 ft) was $1000 and the inflation issue let's see I bought the TFO in 2020 and the sage in 2024. it's pretty clear the TFO is still a budget / value brand, so long way of saying, yeah TFO is good.
the Ross colorado 3 wt reel is what I have (Damor mentions the same reel) is great.
and I just re-read Chew's budget, under $1000, TFO and that ross reel is probably a really nice set up for the price.
I think we're on the same page.
I've got a Scott 2wt and a Loomis 5wt as well. The 2wt is ancient so not really fair to compare, but I can def tell a difference between the TFOs and the Loomis. I bought it from a friend for ~$250 and that included a ross reel, but I'm pretty sure he paid at least 3x what I paid for my TFO 5wt. I'm a very average fly caster that can usually land my fly close to the target, but it's probably not going to land softly and wind knots are still a thing for me. I wouldn't own the Loomis unless my buddy sold it to me for so cheap...
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20 hours ago, Chewbacca said:
Looking to buy myself a new fly rod. I've got a 9' 5 wt and want to get something lighter for the smaller rivers that are around me. Thinking of a 3wt, probably 8' or so.
@DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt or others, any recs? If like to keep it under 1k for the setup.You may not win the parking lot beauty contest, but I think TFO is still the best value you can get. I've got a TFO 5wt and 7wt.
It looks like they've started to make higher end rods now too that have some of the finer aesthetic touches - https://tforods.com/product/solution/ This 8ft 3wt look pretty sweet.
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By day one I meant I'd give it a whirl for a month or so and then punt after Putin told me to get fucked.
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16 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:
The hits keep coming. And this one is pretty bad.
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7 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:
To be clear isn’t the news just that he might flip flop on his trade war with China but hasn’t decided? Then the stocks all shot up based on hope and vibes? Bc economic outlook looks bleak over even just the next quarter. Recession, job losses, etc are only about a month away
It's all vibes. Tesla shit the whole bed in their Q1 numbers and it's up 7%+ today. This is a hell of a way to run a country.
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4 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:
Mom is like "Finally, Kayden, Jayden, Brayden, Kinsleigh, Brayleigh, and Jayleigh can get jobs in the chicken plant, Just as the lord intended. Praise God!"
That's a little too on the nose for my neck of the woods in East Texas. Looking at my daughter's class roster give me 2nd hand embarrassment.
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2 minutes ago, Red Five said:
I’m so sick of hearing stuff like “Trump’s controversial immigration plans”. We’re sending people not accused of committing crimes to a camp, where no one leaves until they die. That really has nothing to do with “immigration”. Any more than me throwing random kids over a cliff is child care.
Yea, the framing of this by the media is horseshit. "Trump's illegal kidnapping scheme" would be a more accurate description.
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1 minute ago, tokamak said:
If SPY breaks 500 again, then so help me God I'm going to YOLO all my cash into broad-market equity index funds like the sensible and dutiful middle-aged Gen X'er that I am.
Probably a lot of people in the same boat. What else are we going to do? Hookers and blow? I'm too old for that shit.
If we break 500 again and there is no clear line of sight to trade deals getting done, I'm afraid it's just going to keep sliding. There is no 90 day pause type action that can stop the bleeding again. The only hope will be that enough people like you YOLO off the sidelines and turn the market. Other indicators (10 year/shipping activity/consumer sentiment/dollar weakening) will make this difficult IMO.
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Those Easter Morning bloody marys hit different, amirite?
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59 minutes ago, bluto said:
doin that scary thing where ten yr yields go up the same day the stonks tank.
Yea, this the real dank stuff that gives me the fear.
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18 minutes ago, Pancho said:
It’s almost like putting a Fox News host who is a drunk and can out drink everyone on this board (and that is saying A LOT) was a bad idea.
We are turbofucked
It's harder to lead the Pentagon than it is to lick Trump's asshole on FoxNews and shitpost on Twitter!? You get the fuck right out of town.
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I thought the solar flares got his ass.
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I lived in a duplex off of Shoal Creek my senior year at UT. We had a great little backyard with speakers mounted up in the eaves, a picnic table, and horseshoe pits and always ended up playing whenever we had friends over. My roommate also worked for Red Bull back when they were first getting going and he got a couple of free cases of Red Bull every few weeks as a perk. This meant that our place always ended up as the late night party spot after we were done with whatever debauchery ended at 2 am.
One night we were tossing horseshoes and I'm sure being loud jackasses when this neighbor who I had never spoken a word to after almost a year of living there stuck his head out the window and yelled at me, "Are you guys really playing horseshoes at 3:30 in the morning!?" I was fully engulfed in god knows what all substances and all I could think of to say was, "Is it loud?" He yelled back much louder "My bedroom window is RIGHT HERE!" I just told him we were sorry and we shuffled inside to party some more. When I came to the next day and went outside to survey the mess in the back I noticed that the outdoor speakers were still on blaring whatever was on the TV inside. They were cranked all night. Oops.
That was the only time that dude ever said anything to us after probably 30+ loud nights in that backyard. I'm a grumpy fuck about stuff like that now when I'm on the other end of it and I need to try and remember Mr. Are You Really guy the next time it happens.
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It’s not a bad start tbh
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1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:
Play fuck shit games, win fuck shit prizes.
Hey Elon, ETTD. Thought you knew.
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Totally healthy market.
I think he enjoys the power he has over the market way too much so this manic market won't stop anytime soon.
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Tesla
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I agree with you. But the stock is down ~40% from the 12 month high. (still ridiculously inflated)
At what point do they throw him overboard?