EvacuateSoul

joined 1 year ago
[–] EvacuateSoul 2 points 1 hour ago

Why wait? Just click his link.

[–] EvacuateSoul 2 points 1 day ago

Got a vasectomy a week ago. I've been meaning to for a long time, but that was the push I needed.

[–] EvacuateSoul 2 points 1 day ago

Well they say it skips a generation

[–] EvacuateSoul 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There's not a strong enough argument there. If the things that were said around Jan 6 weren't enough to break through this protection, vague threats probably won't do it either.

Law only goes as far as political will.

[–] EvacuateSoul 7 points 1 day ago

"1880 was also a general election year in the UK, another country known for its contributions to the English language."

Hilarious

[–] EvacuateSoul 2 points 1 day ago

The land of milk and honey

[–] EvacuateSoul 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Speech and debate clause

[–] EvacuateSoul 1 points 3 days ago

And the Grinch

[–] EvacuateSoul 4 points 4 days ago

It's attached at your waist, so you can just cant your hips back and your junk should be in the clear.

[–] EvacuateSoul 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not of the bow, but the center of all lateral resistance, which must be aft of the center of effort (sails). This includes the hull and rudder, but more important is the daggerboard/centerboard/keel, otherwise you would just be pushed downwind.

[–] EvacuateSoul 5 points 4 days ago

It does still weigh on minds, I think, when justifying government overreach. But that would be like thinking about the Iran hostage crisis in 2001 for policy decisions.

[–] EvacuateSoul 64 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

The taxpayer doesn't pay for his meals, actually. Came as a surprise to the Obamas they said once.

2014 link: https://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/nov/28/obama-bill-white-house-thanksgiving

Didn't look to hard for the Obama quote, but Nancy Reagan's reaction is in that one.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by EvacuateSoul to c/[email protected]
 

I'm not a true believer in crypto, but I used to play around with it. I have received a 5-figure USD sum of bitcoin from the MtGox settlement, and I'm considering my options. It is a true windfall. It was worth maybe $100-200 when I used to play daytrader and shop silk road with it.

We are on track for early retirement as it is, but my "smart money" intuition says pay the long-term capital gains and invest in funds, how we do everything else. More money earlier is always good.

My gambler side says to withdraw some maybe, but split the rest into a half dozen likely candidates for someday real world crypto use which may take off. I don't stay up to date on them anymore, so this would take some real research.

The weird Trumpy stuff going on with BTC makes me think it couldn't hurt to hold through the election in case prepper types panic buy it lol.

My wife says it's unexpected so just leave it as a high-risk part of our whole portfolio, but I worry she underestimates the risk and scamminess of it all.

Update: I sold the account down to 0.1 BTC today. I may sell more later on. Thanks everyone for your input.

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