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Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:37 am
by ousdahl
Qusdahl asks if we should start a whole new thread that’s simply called “Zucked”
like for real what’s bad about this?
https://www.instagram.com/puppers.again ... =copy_link
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:45 am
by KUTradition
zuck and his wife just donated a record sum to the University of Hawaii (i think that’s the one)
i guess we should forget about all of his questionable business decisions
related, there’s some interesting conversations being had surrounding his buying up of land from native Hawaiians
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:36 am
by Deleted User 863
Did they sell the parcels of land willingly?
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:38 am
by japhy
Mjl wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:53 pm
Yep.
Wife and I are going to take the upcoming summer off. We figure we're at about the halfway point in life. Seems like a good time to take halftime and discuss how we're going to approach the second half. What plays do we keep running, what do we need to adjust, etc.
I will be interested to hear how that goes. My daughter who is only 27 has discussed doing similar at key decades in her life. It can be a useful process. Some people end up having to reassess their lives due to crisis. The idea of doing it as a periodic practice and not waiting for, reacting to, a crisis has real merit. The chances of any crisis being existential I think will go down.
Allow for flexibility and be willing to pivot if it makes sense. Major changes can come as a result of once in a lifetime opportunity. Three years ago Annie and I had a nice simple retirement all planned out. She was going to save Denver through recycling and I was going to get a part time job as the crazy high old fart Walmart greeter in the Colfax store. It was all going according to plan, until someone pulled up to us on a street corner and rolled down their truck window and asked us, "are you here to save our town?" WFT people, do we just look stupid? And the next morning the town matriarch told us "you were sent by god to save our town"; she got this message after discussion with her dead brother in a dream the night before and then of course we had take it more seriously.
So, I recommend consulting the dead this summer as well.
And here we are, investing our life's savings into saving a sorry ass town and looking forward to the challenge of making lives better. What a fucking travesty of an end for someone who has spend years perfecting their vulture capitalist skills.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:06 pm
by Mjl
japhy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:38 am
Mjl wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:53 pm
Yep.
Wife and I are going to take the upcoming summer off. We figure we're at about the halfway point in life. Seems like a good time to take halftime and discuss how we're going to approach the second half. What plays do we keep running, what do we need to adjust, etc.
I will be interested to hear how that goes. My daughter who is only 27 has discussed doing similar at key decades in her life. It can be a useful process. Some people end up having to reassess their lives due to crisis. The idea of doing it as a periodic practice and not waiting for, reacting to, a crisis has real merit. The chances of any crisis being existential I think will go down.
Allow for flexibility and be willing to pivot if it makes sense. Major changes can come as a result of once in a lifetime opportunity. Three years ago Annie and I had a nice simple retirement all planned out. She was going to save Denver through recycling and I was going to get a part time job as the crazy high old fart Walmart greeter in the Colfax store. It was all going according to plan, until someone pulled up to us on a street corner and rolled down their truck window and asked us, "are you here to save our town?" WFT people, do we just look stupid? And the next morning the town matriarch told us "you were sent by god to save our town"; she got this message after discussion with her dead brother in a dream the night before and then of course we had take it more seriously.
So, I recommend consulting the dead this summer as well.
And here we are, investing our life's savings into saving a sorry ass town and looking forward to the challenge of making lives better. What a fucking travesty of an end for someone who has spend years perfecting their vulture capitalist skills.
Ha, cool story. That's one thing we've discussed, is that most of the best things in life have come from some risky thing being presented, and we said, sure, let's do it. Sounds like that happened to you.
For us, this is more like, we've done the things you're "supposed to do".
Get good grades in school (well, at least the wife did).
Get a good job.
Save for retirement.
Have kids.
Ok... So... Now what?
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:21 pm
by japhy
Mjl wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:06 pm
Ha, cool story. That's one thing we've discussed, is that most of the best things in life have come from some risky thing being presented, and we said, sure, let's do it. Sounds like that happened to you.
For us, this is more like, we've done the things you're "supposed to do".
Get good grades in school (well, at least the wife did).
Get a good job.
Save for retirement.
Have kids.
Ok... So... Now what?
If you have done everything you are supposed to do, then yeah, now is the time to decide what you want to do from here on out. If you happen to be traveling through the San Luis Valley late in June stop by. There's a dead guy who visits the Spud Lounge on occasion who seems to give sage advice. If nothing else it's a good place to have a beer and soak in the scenery and an interesting culture.
You never know what street corner you will meet an oracle on.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:05 pm
by TDub
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:24 pm
by Overlander
Presidential run coming up
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:29 pm
by ousdahl
Ha, maybe.
I’m pretty sure that’s cool by Cuban, right? That seems cool. I can only imagine how many pharma bros are pissed about it.
But the fact we’re relying on the good faith of billionaires, seems like quite a testament to just how fucked the healthcare system is.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:32 pm
by Deleted User 863
Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:24 pm
Presidential run coming up
I'd take him over our 2 likely choices in a heartbeat.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:45 pm
by RainbowsandUnicorns
BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:32 pm
Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:24 pm
Presidential run coming up
I'd take him over our 2 likely choices in a heartbeat.
Who do you feel are our 2 likely choices? My guess is neither Joesph nor Donald run.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:08 pm
by Deleted User 863
RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:45 pm
BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:32 pm
Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:24 pm
Presidential run coming up
I'd take him over our 2 likely choices in a heartbeat.
Who do you feel are our 2 likely choices? My guess is neither Joesph nor Donald run.
Don't tease me...
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:25 pm
by ousdahl
I dunno anyone who gets THAT excited about Biden, or anything in particular he’s done.
I do wonder, though, how many Mericans get all boned up at the thought of a Trump 24 run.
As stoopid as that sounds, it’s also prob in the tens of millions who want it.
The idea of some outsider candidate might be cool. But man, they better bring a platform.
Cuz generally, it sucks that the only folks who get a chance to run for President are the evil rich people…
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:56 pm
by Deleted User 863
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:49 pm
by japhy
I wonder how high Elon was when he said that shit.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 7:00 pm
by Deleted User 863
japhy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:49 pm
I wonder how high Elon was when he said that shit.
He doesn't even know how to smoke. Watch the video, he doesn't know how to inhale.
He's a strange creature.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:49 am
by Qusdahl
Illy how do you even have the audacity to start a thread with a name like this?
Elon Musk is my hero. You should raise yer kids to be like him.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 11:33 am
by ProudBoy
I’m all for making fun of artistic people.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:23 am
by Qusdahl
Listen up libs!
This is what a real tragedy looks like.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:38 am
by Mjl
Seems like a good thing that so many more people can afford boats. Upward mobility is a real thing. And at the same time median (not just average) wages are rising, so it's not at the expense of the working class.