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bots dont tend to need gas station boner pills cut with sawdust, either, me, otoh..... how else am I going to snype gnarly sillyness.
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Carth Dookie posted:I wish I could pull up the study but I can't recall where it was. the basic theory is that money does not buy "happiness", but money absolutely eliminates a large swath of things that make you unhappy. if you need to worry about housing, food, etc, you're unhappy. if you're unhappy, you're ... well, not happy. but once you have enough money to eliminate those things that make you worry and unhappy, additional money doesn't make a long-term difference. it definitely makes a short-term difference, but then you get used to it and want the next shiny thing. but eliminating worries - that's a permanent upgrade to your life.
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Happiness is a warm gun. Inshallah
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The Bible posted:There's nothing someone like Musk can't buy (except obvious poo poo like a dinosaur, I guess) I would genuinely respect Elon Musk if he was trying to build an actual Jurassic Park
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Vampire Panties posted:I would genuinely respect Elon Musk if he was trying to build an actual Jurassic Park Yeah none of the billionaire are doing fun crazy billionaire stuff, just boring billionaire stuff. I think that guy who made the ultima games built a castle or something? But no weird genetic engineering of prehistoric animals or anything, alas.
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dr_rat posted:I think that guy who made the ultima games built a castle or something?
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Slyphic posted:Don't you lump Richard Garriott with the likes of Elon. That dude was cool. He built a castle and hosted legendary haunted houses in it every year, free and open to the public, and he actually went to space not like the cowardly muskrat. Hey I was specifically saying he sounded better!
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Slyphic posted:Don't you lump Richard Garriott with the likes of Elon. That dude was cool. He built a castle and hosted legendary haunted houses in it every year, free and open to the public, and he actually went to space not like the cowardly muskrat. Then he sold his blood in weird reliquaries and did a kickstarter scam.
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dr_rat posted:Yeah none of the billionaire are doing fun crazy billionaire stuff, just boring billionaire stuff. Are you not aware of the weirdos that are trying to breed Mammoths? They won't pull it off, but it's a thing people are doing.
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Xakura posted:Then he sold his blood in weird reliquaries and did a kickstarter scam. I don't know if I would call Shroud of Avatar a scam, per say. Though it is apparently... very 90's in its design from what I've seen/heard.
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The Bible posted:Notch is unhappy because he chose to gently caress over everyone who helped him get rich. He could have used his money to make them rich too.
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Randalor posted:I don't know if I would call Shroud of Avatar a scam, per say. Though it is apparently... very 90's in its design from what I've seen/heard. It was totally a scam. The only difference between Shroud of the Avatar and a modern NFT game scam is that its ingame objects and plots of lands instead of bitmaps.
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happyhippy posted:It was totally a scam. Ah, but there is an actual game in Shroud of the Avatar. ...I thought even the "game" part of "nft game" was always a scam. Has there been one that actually made it to players hands?
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Randalor posted:Ah, but there is an actual game in Shroud of the Avatar. Is there really though?
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Xakura posted:Then he sold his blood in weird reliquaries and did a kickstarter scam. He's less evil, but he's still a billionaire, and all billionaires are evil.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Does Alex even actually have access to that cat? He said it was his kids' cat and I thought the divorce was extremely acrimonious and he got basically no custody. The cat is with his kid from his second marriage. Him and his second wife are still together, although it’s probably not a great marriage. What with Alex being a rapidly crumbling alcoholic whose business is dying, that’s also having an affair while he has a PI stalking his wife. And the drunk driving/domestic violence thing from the Christmas before last. Or possibly the year before ; less than 3 years and not 2 months ago. I have really bad insomnia and listening to Knowledge Fight is one of the only ways I can fall asleep. It’s not fun, F-, do not recommend.
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The Bible posted:He's less evil, but he's still a billionaire, and all billionaires are evil. One recently bequeathed a billion dollars to a medical college, so future students won't have to pay tuition. That's something
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Xiahou Dun posted:The cat is with his kid from his second marriage. Him and his second wife are still together, although it’s probably not a great marriage. What with Alex being a rapidly crumbling alcoholic whose business is dying, that’s also having an affair while he has a PI stalking his wife. And the drunk driving/domestic violence thing from the Christmas before last. Or possibly the year before ; less than 3 years and not 2 months ago. Imagine marrying a wealthy beet red man expecting his heart to explode within 10 years so you can inherit, and instead he loses everything.
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The Bible posted:The courts will never make him pay those families. They'll drag their feet on this the way they do with all rich white men. This really shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. If you're that confident, ![]() ![]()
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Powerful Katrinka posted:One recently bequeathed a billion dollars to a medical college, so future students won't have to pay tuition. That's something That was a doctor who was married to a billionaire, inherited their money, then bequeathed it to the school. So not a real billionaire.
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Even then, that should be like the baseline for what any billionaire should be doing. Giving most of it away to a reasonable cause but you still get to keep enough to live more comfortably than almost anyone else in the world isn't that generous.
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Xiahou Dun posted:The cat is with his kid from his second marriage. Him and his second wife are still together, although it’s probably not a great marriage. What with Alex being a rapidly crumbling alcoholic whose business is dying, that’s also having an affair while he has a PI stalking his wife. And the drunk driving/domestic violence thing from the Christmas before last. Or possibly the year before ; less than 3 years and not 2 months ago. But what's your bright spot, buddy?
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Facebook Aunt posted:Imagine marrying a wealthy beet red man expecting his heart to explode within 10 years so you can inherit, and instead he loses everything. But enough about Melania Trump…
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Xiahou Dun posted:I have really bad insomnia and listening to Knowledge Fight is one of the only ways I can fall asleep. It’s not fun, F-, do not recommend. Fuckin hell, did a djinn trick you or something? That's truly awful.
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Xiahou Dun posted:The cat is with his kid from his second marriage. Him and his second wife are still together, although it’s probably not a great marriage. What with Alex being a rapidly crumbling alcoholic whose business is dying, that’s also having an affair while he has a PI stalking his wife. And the drunk driving/domestic violence thing from the Christmas before last. Or possibly the year before ; less than 3 years and not 2 months ago. Maybe he just needed a little sucky
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Fuckin hell, did a djinn trick you or something? That's truly awful. It's something about a soothing voice explaining something kind-of interesting but not actually important that lets me drift off instead of just tossing and turning and thinking about every mistake I've ever made. Then Jordan starts talking and fucks it all up.
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Xiahou Dun posted:I have really bad insomnia and listening to Knowledge Fight is one of the only ways I can fall asleep. It’s not fun, F-, do not recommend. This is the one time I'm going to suggest a crippling addiction to benzos as the lesser of two evils
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Just to be clear, you're saying Jordan fucks it up for you, not Alex Jones and his various guests?
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FFT posted:Just to be clear, you're saying Jordan fucks it up for you, not Alex Jones and his various guests? Who's soothing voice do you think he's referring to?
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Xiahou Dun posted:It's something about a soothing voice explaining something kind-of interesting but not actually important that lets me drift off instead of just tossing and turning and thinking about every mistake I've ever made. Have you tried any of the sleep podcasts actually made for this, because I do not see how there is any way to get out from being startled awake by Jordan shrieking or Alex bellowing
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oh jesus please do not let alex jones’s next career move be asmr streaming on twitch
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rotinaj posted:Have you tried any of the sleep podcasts actually made for this, because I do not see how there is any way to get out from being startled awake by Jordan shrieking or Alex bellowing I’ve tried a lot of things, as well as being in discussion with my doctor about this. It can’t be anything overtly relaxing, or my brain just slides off it and keeps going a mile a minute. It’s gotta have enough meat to hook my attention, but not enough that I fully engage. This is in addition to exercise and smoking a lot of weed. I have this whole multi-hour wind down ritual and if everything goes right I can get 5-6 hours 4/5 nights a week. I can’t take sleeping pills because of unconnected medical issues. It really sucks. The only good part is at least I’m single and not putting someone else through this.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:oh jesus please do not let alex jones’s next career move be asmr streaming on twitch I bet it sounds like all the joe don baker burps and farts they had to edit out of Mitchell
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Borscht posted:I bet it sounds like all the joe don baker burps and farts they had to edit out of Mitchell Alex Jones: Even his name says "Is that Chili?"
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I’d pay Alex $30 for a ten minute recording of him narrating the consumption of a bowl of chili in his raspy, sultry voice.
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bird with big dick posted:I’d pay Alex $30 for a ten minute recording of him narrating the consumption of a bowl of chili in his raspy, sultry voice. Wouldn't this be mostly just lots of grunting?
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Xiahou Dun posted:I’ve tried a lot of things, as well as being in discussion with my doctor about this. It can’t be anything overtly relaxing, or my brain just slides off it and keeps going a mile a minute. It’s gotta have enough meat to hook my attention, but not enough that I fully engage. I've found a let's player youtube guy who works for me with this trick. Jon from Many A True Nerd. Listening to him play Total War: Empire guarantees a good night's sleep.
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Powerful Katrinka posted:One recently bequeathed a billion dollars to a medical college, so future students won't have to pay tuition. That's something Her husband should never have had that money in the first place and tuition should also be free
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Xiahou Dun posted:I’ve tried a lot of things, as well as being in discussion with my doctor about this. It can’t be anything overtly relaxing, or my brain just slides off it and keeps going a mile a minute. It’s gotta have enough meat to hook my attention, but not enough that I fully engage. There’s gotta be other stuff, like three hour breakdowns of video games you have never played, the sleep with me podcast, or Levar Burton’s podcast where he reads short stories I feel like falling asleep listening to the dulcet tones of Alex jones is going to ruin sleep for you for the rest of your life
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Nelson Mandingo posted:Wouldn't this be mostly just lots of grunting? one long slurp, enough to make a man question the benevolence of the creator
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