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troph

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  1. We live in a two adult - ADHD house - no meds - it’s a fucking beat down some times. I have successfully adapted with some near OCD rituals but my wife not so much. She can’t find the sunscreen sitting on the counter while she stares at it. I have rigid places for many things that once upon a time were lost in special places. Keys always go here, sunglasses always go there, take my meds at the same time in my morning routine so I don’t have to ask if I have taken them later and not remember, when I take my meds I put the bottles on that side of the sink, after taking today’s supplements I move them to the back and put tomorrow’s in front. My list of memory / don’t forget rituals goes on and on and on.
  2. Reminds me of a Facebook fight I got into on what’s is essentially the “is the lake full yet” group. Talks of Mexican volunteers for the flood victims, and I chimed in I wasn’t surprised every Mexican I’ve ever met is humble, kind and generous. Normal human stuff, people lost their shit about illegal criminals in the US, putting aside the conversation about how we created the migrant mess wanting and needing cheap labor for work no American will ever do again, we got into it over criminals and terrorists. With respect to terrorists I posted the Cato institute’s report that (going from memory so concepts not dialed in 100% factual) in 45 years from 1975-2020 there were 9 terrorists who crossed illegally. One conservative woman thought she had me, not so fast ms troph! She posted an article saying 100 during the 4 year Biden stretch were arrested as potential terrorist threats. A good portion were deported. Others were released (presumably to kill Americans amirite?). I responded, well then if there are 11M undocumented migrants and 100 were possible terrorists we absolutely need to engage in gestapo KGB style round ups over 0.001% of the undocumented migrants (add the 0.001% trans people problem and we are cooking with gas for a massive 0.002% problem - insert fuck yeah woman gif). Criminality is less extreme but it’s well documented (no pun intended) that criminality among undocumented is much lower than among citizens. George HW and George W Bush had the correct position on immigration. So did Obama and Biden. Covid was a massive outlier both in the complete border shut down and in the influx initially after Covid restrictions lifted but both of them were actually quite strong on illegal immigration for many points in their presidency. This shit doesn’t have to be cruel. Pass modern reform not draconian guns and prison budget explosions and get on down the road. No we can’t do that, so conservatives use extremely weak data points to justify abject cruelty, and actual reform that is good for everyone has no chance. Hashtag winning? Sheesh.
  3. troph

    Getting old sucks

    You’re not doing so bad your self there fella
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    Getting old sucks

    I was trying to joke didn’t realize it was that close to true. Does confirm the bird thing though and gives me plenty to be scared of.
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    Getting old sucks

    wait, there's someone older than army brat on here? mind blown.
  6. the ones that look like this?
  7. You’re fine, I probably messed that part up. I see it as stable, value, and currency. I’m in BTC for long term value only, and as someone who is not an early adopter I'm trying to adopt sooner on assets and stocks I think have aggressive upside. The momentum here, the fundamentals, and the adoption all point to a massive increase in value over the next 10 years, potentially in ways a stock of a particular company cannot achieve. the supply/demand and scarcity along with the signals of trust are just coming in too strong even though it's still very early in the life of this asset.
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    Bidet Meta Threas

    I always thought you were a silk robe guy. also everyone had their "if we move to Mexico here are my non-negotiables" and while a bidet was on mine (goes without saying) the wifey made it crystal clear that was a non-negotiable. duh.
  9. thank you for your attention to this matter.
  10. Yeah this is totally ending in a bunch of Dems are pedos and Trump and republicans are not on the list. it’s going to be unreal how fucking played the Dems are going to be on this one. get ready it’s going to be shockingly bad. Dems get Congress in the mid terms open it back up find the truth and …. Fake news. party’s over folks. Find your exits now.
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    Bidet Meta Threas

    I generally don’t like to talk about shit and poop and pee and all that, consider me traditional and old fashion that way. But… it’s good to be home to my bidet after a near month in Mexico.
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    Getting old sucks

    I’m actively trying to figure out how to house and feed birds right now. I’m scared.
  13. “Stop sliding that thing so fast you’re going to break it.” skill was a fast slide from a network channel say cbs channel 5 to MTV channel 32 in one single quick move. yes all while sitting right next to the big tv set inside box furniture on the floor.
  14. I make a mean smash burger bring it I’ll do that deal. I remember when coffee shops and pizza joints were taking BTC. I hope those shop owners held them!
  15. That’s a great spot !
  16. You can’t read can you. My investing strategy is long term hold for aggressive growth. You really need to be right though, so I’ll let you because I’m not invested in this argument its returns suck.
  17. Crypto stable coins like bitcoin can be used to store value and as currency. It’s not a widely accepted currency much like pesos are not widely accepted in the US but you can go to the bank and exchange them for dollars. You can sell bitcoin for dollars and some do take it as currency. One of bitcoins biggest threats is reform to the financial system where 1-3.5% of every non-cash financial transaction is raked for fees. Fix that and you could see crypto crater. anyway, I have no need to convince anyone again, I’m following some wickedly smart money that is in on bitcoin. Everyone else can do as they please. Idgaf.
  18. Y'all are the ones claiming an asset that is now broadly accepted by Wall Street - so much so it’s quoted on tickers next to the S&P 500 is unlikely to remain so. You’re the one lacking seriousness. How does it go? lol is it? Sheesh.
  19. My water isn’t worth shit unless total complete collapse occurs. So your logic is quite stretched and quite attenuated.
  20. Then gold has the same characteristics and it’s now so valuable you can’t really use it well as currency even if paper currency collapsed. Silver is a better metal for currency but in both cases it’s scarcity and perceived value that make it so. The two risks for bitcoin are regulation (out of existence) and total collapse of society. I think the time for the first has recently passed. That ship has sailed. What’s left is total collapse, in that sense it’s just like paper currency. But that’s where gold, silver, water, unique goods that are disappearing come in handy. I’m fucking loaded if water becomes a currency sheesh.
  21. neither of these are acceptable, I demand more.
  22. in the purest sense so is paper money and i'm not a gold bug or crypto bro. it's been around long enough to be a proxy for value at this point. but I hear your point.
  23. hahaha, there's some truth to that. funny how our parents were afraid of us getting naked and I'm like just get off your god damned gamer stations and fuck a girl already wouldya?
  24. well, I'm a lawyer and while not a trial lawyer, I've learned that humans are preconditioned to respond well to a good story. storytelling is everything. I've clued my boys into that and on occasion they are at cocktail parties at our house and the older one sticks around and chats with the adults. he's keenly aware of my stories and I think he's taking notes. next to stories is laughter. if you can make someone genuinely laugh with you, you're rounding third and headed home. the other side of the coin is listening, but in this instance, the task is to share so you listening is not an option.
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