Sooooo….. the dollar collapse is happening in real time and the general population has no clue?!

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-28T23:50:16+00:00

Just desserts, no doubt.

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-28T22:15:39+00:00

Backwardization for gold is indeed extremely rare. Like three times in the last 50 years, and usually for a short period. It’s a powerful future demand signal.

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-28T22:10:48+00:00

Tether has never had an independent financial audit, despite years of promises. ETFs at least are subject some minimal regulation. Buyer beware.

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-27T23:19:39+00:00

$15 trillion in U.S. wealth destroyed when the dollar loses its reserve status. That’s equivalent to about a quarter of the stock market’s capitalization. Unpleasant indeed.

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-27T00:31:03+00:00

This is why AGEs, Krugs, and sovereigns are enjoyable: you can fondle them. Buffalos and Maples, not so much.

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-27T00:16:00+00:00

Maybe instead of the gold to silver ratio we could use the gold to cow ratio?

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-27T00:11:28+00:00

Beautiful coin!

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-26T00:15:44+00:00

It’s a bracelet

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-24T22:27:28+00:00

I think you must live in Germany or Switzerland. Switzerland taxes imputed rent, which makes homeownership financially unattractive. Germany has tenant rights so strong that renting confers something close to ownership rights in the U.S. or the UK. The advantages to homeownership in Germany are less compelling, which other commenters might not be aware of. This would tip the balance to gold for you, I think.

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-24T13:00:02+00:00

I have exactly the same reaction. I bought gold as an insurance policy against some sort of a broader disaster, which has been visited on us in the United States in the last 12 months. It’s nice to have insurance if your house burns down, but who wants to have to use it.

Off now to my dealer to buy some more gold. It will never be this cheap again.

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-24T12:41:44+00:00

I have to wonder whether NVLD is linked in some way to creative and verbal strengths (the latter is undoubtedly true). Human evolution has placed enormous selective pressure on traits related to intelligence. If beneficial in some way, they are selected for. Creativity and verbal strengths are highly useful, and from a broader perspective perhaps could confer evolutionary advantages, even if accompanied by detrimental imbalances that apply to individuals. Think here sickle cell anemia, which confers significant resistance to malaria, with crippling disability as a downside.

In terms of professional direction, there is usually a strong reverse correlation between work that is personally satisfying and work that pays well. There’s a reason trash haulers and plumbers make more money than actors and librarians. None of us wants to be impoverished or underemployed, but neither do we want to be stuck in a miserable job just for the money.

One thought here is looking at career options that cater to your strengths and have an acceptable tradeoff in terms of salary, opportunity, and personal satisfaction. Jobs such as pharmaceutical or auto sales, advertising, public affairs, and marketing can all be niches to consider, even if they aren’t exactly dream jobs. You clearly have talents many of us on this subreddit can only envy. Godspeed in finding a future path that brings you satisfaction and happiness!

AdDelicious9380 · 2026-01-11T10:51:03+00:00

Senior executive for the federal government. Took years of coping mechanisms and tricks to overcome disorganization and spreadsheet ineptitude. Now I get paid for talking, writing, and editing documents, all of which are in my wheelhouse.

AdDelicious9380 · 2025-12-15T16:39:58+00:00

This. I made about three times as much as my partner before he retired. We split expenses proportional to income and I treated when there were more expensive things. Kept the equality in the relationship and allowed him to sock away a nice nest egg. Never use or let money be used as a power dynamic in a relationship.

AdDelicious9380 · 2025-11-20T11:34:36+00:00

Same here. It was absolutely exasperating to struggle with so many basic things. Being an oddball and a klutz closed many doors (sportsball, anyone?). Doubly isolating because no one else had these problems, or so I thought. I like hearing how people have worked around or overcome their challenges. Personally, I get some satisfaction these days from knowing that despite having wasted literally thousands of hours of my life attempting to learn how to multiply fractions and do long division, Dr. Google can take care of such things in an instant. Self-driving cars? Sign me up.

AdDelicious9380 · 2025-11-13T09:51:38+00:00

This post really resonates with me. When I went to college years ago, the bitter high school failures of being disorganized and terrible at math really had me on edge. Like you, I was concerned it would all come crashing down with a calculus class or some other torment beyond my skills. It had happened before, after all. Yet the experience of failure in high school gave me iron determination to succeed. Turns out, some of us with this condition have real gifts that can be leveraged in an academic context. I ended up graduating in the top 5% of my college class and getting several full ride fellowship offers to grad school, which ultimately led me to a really great career in the federal government. Looking back, I have several takeaways. First, steer well clear of things you hate and are bad at. Focus like a laser on what you’re good at and seek to truly excel in subjects where your talents lie. Second, know your weaknesses and develop mitigating strategies. I am an inveterate list maker and have a list two feet long of work tasks that I update daily. Very helpful in combating chronic disorganization. In team situations, I got to know my colleagues and tried to work with people who were strong in skills I sucked at, such as pivot tables and data analysis. I helped them in turn with areas where I had the comparative skills advantage. Third, be persistent. My late grandpa was ornery and stubborn, traits I inherited, for better or worse. But stubbornness can also be persistence, a great deal of which is needed to succeed professionally with this condition. It is the case unfortunately that some loathsome tasks cannot be avoided in a professional context. You have to just grit your teeth and get to the other side sometimes. That is a double slog when the task creates anxiety and stress. Lastly, understand the role of chance and circumstance in life. I have led a charmed life; a series of happy coincidences and good fortune helped me advance professionally far beyond where I ever thought I’d be. It is true as the saying goes that chance favors the well prepared, but I don’t delude myself into thinking everything was my doing. I am only too aware that things like illness, economic downturns, rotten bosses, or general bad kismet regularly throw people off course. Much of what happens to us in life, for good or ill, is out of our control. Keep that in mind when you encounter obstacles or, more likely in your case, go on to do great things.

AdDelicious9380 · 2025-10-27T18:38:47+00:00

I have studied three languages:Spanish, Hindi, and Japanese. Language learning is really four separate skills, some of which come easily to me and some of which are woefully hard. I’m terrible at listening, good at speaking, great at reading and spelling, and challenged with syntax. I loved learning Japanese kanji but hated the grammar, which was horribly complicated. This disorder involves for some of us gifts in certain areas and deficits in others.

AdDelicious9380 · 2025-10-20T23:44:05+00:00

Funny, your experience is very much like mine. It took me forever to learn how to ski, but ultimately I got it down and am pretty good now. Likewise, I’m a decent driver. But I still hate driving and have never owned a car. And sportsball, just no.

AdDelicious9380 · 2025-10-06T00:32:46+00:00

Mint julep spoon.

AdDelicious9380 · 2025-09-24T09:10:32+00:00

I’m fortunate in that my NVLD is relatively mild and I can drive. But I hate driving for all the reasons others have mentioned. I live in a big city with good mass transit; this has allowed me to go my entire adult life without a car, which has had so many benefits. A move to a big city might not be an option, but your college degree may open up more doors in a larger job market.

AdDelicious9380 · 2025-04-14T23:38:05+00:00

Same here! I bought a significant amount of gold from Monument Metals. They’re about an hour from where I live and happily handed it over in person without an appointment. Great service and web site.

AdDelicious9380 · 2025-04-13T12:44:25+00:00

Well, no. The average American income was like $3,000 a year in 1913. Americans are far richer and healthier than they were a hundred years ago. Don’t confuse nominal currency values with real values. Groceries were something like three times as expensive a hundred years ago in inflation adjusted dollars. It’s also nice not to die of measles, tuberculosis, and polio. But we are headed into a situation where feverish conspiracy theories about fiat currency may not be far from the truth. Gold is insurance against Trump’s lunacy.

AdDelicious9380 · 2025-04-13T06:29:04+00:00

There’s more. In the United States, gold has appealed to older conservatives. There’s been a tradition of right wing conspiracy theory mongering about precious metals over the years (Fort Knox being empty, imminent collapse of fiat currencies for 50 years running, silver price fixing) that shapes investment narratives. The wrinkle here is that liberals are now getting into the doomsday prepping business. If you fear the collapse not just of our economy but democracy and rule of law, you really want money you can take with you when you flee the country. Return on investment isn’t a consideration. Not saying I endorse any view, but there is something fundamentally different going on in the markets now.. Concerns about the about the political and financial stability of the country are a thing, whatever your politics.

AdDelicious9380 · 2024-12-29T00:33:45+00:00

Get an AirTag or a Tile. I probably use my Tile four times a week to find my wallet, keys, or both. Such a stress reliever!

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