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Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit

I mean the ring is there, but what is it "supposed" to be?

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Dawncloack
Nov 26, 2007
ECKS DEE!
Nap Ghost
Hey Rondette! Is that the palace of culture in Sofia???

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

Iron Crowned posted:

I mean the ring is there, but what is it "supposed" to be?

space ship on the landing pad. White part is prob not the ship

I bet this is related to star citizen

Shame Boy
Mar 2, 2010

Rarity posted:

We're going to need armed security guards to protect the children from all the armed security guards

They're called teachers and they have a god-given right to concealed carry in elementary schools and maybe we should make that right a job requirement here in the great state of Florida

Minecraft Holmes
Oct 21, 2016


Is that a hotel in there

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!
This is the worst Great Wolf Lodge I've ever seen.

Minecraft Holmes
Oct 21, 2016

From the climate change thread



e: this isn't doomsday econ thread but whatever it belongs here too

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
where u gonna get your food when you seastead this thing?

also pirates would turbo gently caress you so there's at least that.

T-man
Aug 22, 2010


Talk shit, get bzzzt.

for 5.9 mil it better have hydrophonics for food and other goods

Minecraft Holmes
Oct 21, 2016

And gun turrets

Coolness Averted
Feb 20, 2007

oh don't worry, I can't smell asparagus piss, it's in my DNA

GO HOGG WILD!
🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗

SniperWoreConverse posted:

where u gonna get your food when you seastead this thing?

also pirates would turbo gently caress you so there's at least that.

It looks like even moderate weather would sink that deluxe sea coffin too. Like most of the toys for the rich, this isn't meant to be practical it's just another toy you store on some of your private islands, like a giant pool toy or floaty.

necroid
May 14, 2009

Minecraft Holmes posted:

From the climate change thread



e: this isn't doomsday econ thread but whatever it belongs here too

no place is safe from SEA PATROL

The Nastier Nate
May 22, 2005

All aboard the corona bus!

HONK! HONK!


Yams Fan
I'm posting this from Starbucks, suck it libs

Stevie Lee
Oct 8, 2007

The Nastier Nate posted:

I'm posting this from Starbucks, suck it libs

are you in the bathroom

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

I know what it ended up as, but what was that supposed to be in the first place?

Zeond
Oct 16, 2008

Please give generously to The League for Fighting Chartered Accountancy, 55 Lincoln House, Basil Street, London, SW3.

Darth Walrus posted:

I know what it ended up as, but what was that supposed to be in the first place?

Star Citizen valentines card depicting a ship overlayed on a heart. The only edit made was the addition of the ring. Every year the SC community produces some really cringe worthy content for valentines.

Note that the game has been in development for 8 years, it is still in "pre-alpha" and there are no female models in the game at all. Publicly acknowledged funding to date has passed $250 million including the recent $46 million investment from private capital.

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit

Zeond posted:

Star Citizen valentines card depicting a ship overlayed on a heart. The only edit made was the addition of the ring. Every year the SC community produces some really cringe worthy content for valentines.

Note that the game has been in development for 8 years, it is still in "pre-alpha" and there are no female models in the game at all. Publicly acknowledged funding to date has passed $250 million including the recent $46 million investment from private capital.

Who gave them $46 million, and why?

NO LISTEN TO ME
Jan 3, 2009

「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」
iirc it was some real estate guy in Florida with a son who wanted to invest too much money into a video game. The son's name was Keith and that's all I remember about the story.

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit

NO LISTEN TO ME posted:

iirc it was some real estate guy in Florida with a son who wanted to invest too much money into a video game. The son's name was Keith and that's all I remember about the story.

Sunk cost fallacy is a hell of a drug

Zeond
Oct 16, 2008

Please give generously to The League for Fighting Chartered Accountancy, 55 Lincoln House, Basil Street, London, SW3.

Iron Crowned posted:

Who gave them $46 million, and why?

Here is a Forbes article on the investment

SC has shown a truly remarkable ability to separate chumps from their money, often measured in the thousands, without actually delivering anything and I guess someone wanted a piece of that.

Warmachine
Jan 30, 2012



Powershift posted:

That reminds me of the huge arena in memphis that's now a bass pro shop



The Temple of Nod Bass


Minecraft Holmes posted:

From the climate change thread



e: this isn't doomsday econ thread but whatever it belongs here too

This is a Sims 3 expansion.

Arcteryx Anarchist
Sep 15, 2007

Fun Shoe
i love fudd outdoor stores :allears:

Doggles
Apr 22, 2007

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1094329470612357125

quote:

When planning for early retirement, Hester and her husband had the advantage of six-figure salaries and jobs that left them with millions of travel points.

...

Unsurprisingly, full early retirement is not cheap. Hester recommends having 25 to 35 times your projected annual retirement budget in savings before making the leap.

Hester said she and Bunge got to 36 times their projected annual retirement spending by the time they retired. In addition to their savings, the couple enjoy passive income from index-fund investments and they own a rental property in Reno, Nev., that will start turning a profit in 12 years, once the mortgage is paid off.

Retiring early is simple, just get a $100K+ job along with investments that pull in passive income. Why didn't I think of that sooner?! :shuckyes:

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Doggles posted:

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1094329470612357125


Retiring early is simple, just get a $100K+ job along with investments that pull in passive income. Why didn't I think of that sooner?! :shuckyes:

Also they have never worked a day in their lives. (a real job that is.)

Ruzihm
Aug 11, 2010

Group up and push mid, proletariat!


Doggles posted:

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1094329470612357125


Retiring early is simple, just get a $100K+ job along with investments that pull in passive income. Why didn't I think of that sooner?! :shuckyes:

turns out life is easy if you manage to be a capitalist

Day Man
Jul 30, 2007

Champion of the Sun!

Master of karate and friendship...
for everyone!


Doggles posted:

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1094329470612357125


Retiring early is simple, just get a $100K+ job along with investments that pull in passive income. Why didn't I think of that sooner?! :shuckyes:

2 $100k+ jobs.

Arcteryx Anarchist
Sep 15, 2007

Fun Shoe
I love all these unintentional "capitalists are parasites" news articles that have been making the rounds

boar guy
Jan 25, 2007

CONSIDER INVESTMENTS AND PASSIVE INCOME
Hester suggests researching methods for earning additional passive income in your retirement years — from owning rental real estate to various forms of investments. She and Bunge prefer index funds, which “have grown to become a favorite of savvy investors, now comprising 29 percent of total invested assets in US markets. Mark and I now invest primarily in index funds, and we devote zero brain space to trying to pick the right stocks or mutual funds.”"

:hmmyes:

and dont have kids

Arcteryx Anarchist
Sep 15, 2007

Fun Shoe
"have you ever considered being wealthy and using that wealth to drive the creation of more wealth for your benefit through the subjugation of others utilizing perverse property rights so you can retire early and post on instagram?"

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit

boar guy posted:

and dont have kids

They might grow up to post on Something Awful.

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Day Man posted:

2 $100k+ jobs.
As "political consultants." I don't know who their parents were but pretty good odds they were born into the do-nothing class.

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Powershift posted:

That reminds me of the huge arena in memphis that's now a bass pro shop



I miss when the corporate arcologies were going to be run by insane AIs and people doing blood sacrifice at the top.

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth
Big Brain Retirement Plan
- Make a huge amount of money during your 20's and early 30's: Self-explanatory and very easy to do.
- Buy houses and investments: These mean other people are working so you aren't.
- Congrats you're retired early.


Obviously a very simple plan that you could apply the masses without an incredible logic break.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

Halloween Jack posted:

I miss when the corporate arcologies were going to be run by insane AIs and people doing blood sacrifice at the top.

Corporate arcologies are run by insane AIs by definition, and I'm sure whatever billionaire ghoul lives in the penthouse is getting regular Ambrosia (TM) shipments pumped into their veins.

Elysiume
Aug 13, 2009

Alone, she fights.
How to retire:
1. Have money
2. Don't not have money
3.

Woof Blitzer
Dec 29, 2012

[-]

Elysiume posted:

How to retire:
1. Have money
2. Don't not have money
3.

3. Rob a bank

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Woof Blitzer posted:

3. Be the bank

Fixed

Mr. Lobe
Feb 23, 2007

... Dry bones...


Elysiume posted:

How to retire:
1. Have money
2. Don't not have money
3.

I am one of many people I know who speak without a wisp of irony when I say socialism is my retirement plan

because I definitely do not foresee meeting either of those criteria otherwise

double negative
Jul 7, 2003


Powershift posted:

That reminds me of the huge arena in memphis that's now a bass pro shop



i used to go to bball games at this place as a kid and now it's disneyland for people who model their lives after duck dynasty, from a retailer attached at the hip with the nra and i'm sure plenty of other cool poo poo. a temple of chuddery in one of the biggest black cities in the country

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Doctor_Fruitbat
Jun 2, 2013


I love how their huge salaries are always described as 'an advantage' that 'helps' them reach their goal. As if it isn't a literal necessity.

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