drphungky

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[–] drphungky 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, my prediction is that big puts will be selling for way higher than their likelihood, because so many retail investors want to to fail. So even though the stock will go down, tons of people will lose money betting that.

[–] drphungky 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"Oh no, they're not taking me seriously!"

Cashes 2.5 million dollar check

"Anyways..."

[–] drphungky 3 points 1 year ago

That looks like a cancer mobile game. Bet there will be a ton of microtransactions.

[–] drphungky 2 points 1 year ago

Whoa whoa whoa - the Jumanji reboot was excellent. It's still a kids movie, but Jack Black was amazing, and even Kevin "Homophobe" Hart showed some chops. And the Rock and Karen Gilliam are both good as always.

Yes, it's a derivative recycle of existing IP capitalizing on nostalgia, but everything now is a derivative recycle of existing IP capitalizing on nostalgia. At least they updated the board game idea to have fun 80s video game call backs and tried their best for a good script and good acting. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[–] drphungky 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the key is not good at shipping compared to themselves in the past. Same with Google.

They're still better than the alternatives, but they've gotten much worse in quality all around, and they squeezed out competitors years ago so there's no viable alternatives that aren't WAY worse.

[–] drphungky 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Granted you have to have VR for it, but Beat Saber has pretty famously never gone on sale and never will, but it's an unbelievably good game that super worth it.

This reminds me I need to start playing beat saber again.

[–] drphungky 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I live in DC. There are like 8 police forces in the area. The only ones worse than Capitol Police are park police, and since the Obama administration that's been in question, since Trump it might not even be true anymore. They are absolutely terrible.

This guy might be great, but as a general rule they're low training, high fuck up, harassers of citizens. They shoot people that are clearly on drugs if they get near their area, they shot into a panicked woman's car that had a baby in the seat, and that's not even getting into the day to day reputation.

[–] drphungky 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean you're right, but even if you weren't - it also is an obligation. Having a kid is signing up for way higher highs but also lower lows. Sometimes one of those lows is digging deep and being a good parent when you don't feel like it. It's the price for all the awesome times, like watching them put a new thought together or making you laugh with something completely original. It's also an obligation in the sense that relationships of any type, not just parent child, take work, compromise, and realizing you're not the center of the universe.

[–] drphungky 1 points 1 year ago

My Makita circular saw is great, though admittedly it gets pretty light use. The rip guide/fence system it comes with is absolute garbage though.

[–] drphungky 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Could be, but there are also like 80 different impact drivers in each brand, so tough to compare apples to apples. I also bought all my power tools years and years ago, so just going off what I remember when I was doing my research. I actually own mostly DeWalt and some Makita and Harbor Freight, and my router stuff is all Bosch. The only Milwaukee stuff I own is their M18 yard tools stuff and it's really shoddily built and quite shit, though it did look the best compared to the alternatives - so probably just a function of compromising on a multi tool. But hey, I'm just one dad.

The one thing I know for sure is there's a silly amount of brand loyalty and sweeping generalizations (like the ones I made!), and it's tough to cut through any of it since tool review websites and videos are probably the worst example of AI generated blogspam I experience in my daily life. Unless someone's a professional tradesman, they probably don't get to use tools enough to have well-informed opinions, and then their needs don't even really match harry homeowner in the first place!

It's probably best to just do blind tribalism and give us something to make fun of other dads for. What I'm trying to say is your response is exactly what someone in House Milwaukee would say.

[–] drphungky 2 points 1 year ago

We've reached the ends of my knowledge of both tool brands and Harry Potter unfortunately. Hilti I've got no idea - I only feel bad about leaving out Bosch.

[–] drphungky 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm familiar, but does a domino go to a job site? Or does it stay in a dedicated shop full of fancy/specialized tools?

Also we should probably remember we're talking dads getting sorted, not actual professionals, so if I'm wrong in industry - it's because I'm coming from hobbyist dad-land. I don't even know anyone with anything festool. At best I'm going off of forums and YouTube and guessing at what fancy dads want...though I wouldn't mind a domino of someone else is paying!

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