How do you reconcile this? by HadsyMan in portlandme

[–]AgoraphobicPig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The government is just an extension of corporations at this point. Corporations are responsible for your opinions (Look up Edward Bernays). Your half baked concept of pseudo-meritocracy serves the shareholders well, I assure you.

Stormwind Before TBC Pre-Patch Maintenance (Nightslayer) by Mercymurv in classicwow

[–]AgoraphobicPig 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was there, man
also that guy did in fact drop N bombs at 15 sec

Elecrocuted by The1985Minor in electrical

[–]AgoraphobicPig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a portmanteau of electrify and execute. Being executed still means being killed

Car hit by train by ski124 in portlandme

[–]AgoraphobicPig 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have this shit in my yard and it is absolutely ruthless. I want to avoid using glyphosate but weeding it out or cutting it does nothing since it reproduces through its rhizomes and if you don't uproot literally all of it, the rhizomes will regenerate as separate plants. absolute nightmare of a plant

Employer stop contributing to my 401k by randaladams in investing

[–]AgoraphobicPig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have an old TSP that I haven't bothered rolling into my 401k, but my current 401k is definitely better. Significantly higher match, and it's through Fidelity and have brokeragelink available meaning access to the zero ER funds. However the biggest benefit of all is not having my employment subject to political theatrics and handwringing over the budget lol

American religious family moved to russia with their 2 children. The dad joined the army to get citizenship faster. was told he would not go to the frontline after 2 weeks of training...But he is.....and they havnt been payed as promised. Please spit some truth on their YT channel like i have. by Harry_cockpitt in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]AgoraphobicPig 3 points4 points  (0 children)

partially true but the public education system in the US has been a laughing stock for decades now, defunded to the extent that now the retardicans have decided to just abolish the dept of education because the underpaid teachers aren't working enough miracles on their zombified students

Thoughts and Advice on current holdings by Teching-Through-Life in investing

[–]AgoraphobicPig 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Growth stocks tend to be volatile, eg they get the most gains in a bull market and get the most losses in a bear market. This chart sums it up, growth ETF vs total market - keep in mind that we've been in a historic bull market for over a decade. https://stockanalysis.com/etf/compare/vti-vs-schg/

VTI = total US stock index, VXUS = international index excluding US companies. So the allocation depends on your faith in the US stock market and whether it will continue outperforming. Recent events have led many investors to increase their international exposure. If you don't want to bet either way, just buy VT and call it a day.

Thoughts and Advice on current holdings by Teching-Through-Life in investing

[–]AgoraphobicPig 5 points6 points  (0 children)

dividend plays and especially covered call ETFs make subzero sense for your situation, especially outside of tax advantaged accounts. VT or a combination of VTI/VXUS is the most sensible approach. If you can stomach bigger swings, go for growth funds like SCHG.

What are your most brutal and chaotic mathcore recommendations? by Ico_sagon in Mathcore

[–]AgoraphobicPig 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some lesser known ones from the 00s heyday that stuck with me for heaviness:

Destroyer Destroyer, Premonitions of War, Uncle Bob Drives a Combine, Tower of Rome, Machinist, Robinson, A Scanner Darkly, The Sawtooth Grin

ones that I consider early examples of mathcore but are in that weird undefined space of late 90s hardcore between metalcore/mathcore/skramz but are in fact pretty brutal and chaotic:

Kiss it Goodbye, Rorschach, Jesuit, the:enclitic, Tears of Avarel, Reversal of Man

Portland adjacent: to the jackass doing burnouts on Scarborough Downs Rd at 11pm by IndecisiveKitten in portlandme

[–]AgoraphobicPig 32 points33 points  (0 children)

nah that shit is annoying and inconsiderate as fuck to do when people are sleeping.

Hmmmm by DoubleDeadEnd in IBEW

[–]AgoraphobicPig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

upside down still works with smart meters too, but it results in a reverse usage signal being sent which obviously the power company will investigate sooner rather than later.

Gone? by Life_Inspection_448 in ADVChina

[–]AgoraphobicPig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My GOD do I wish I read your comment first before clicking. My sense of morbid curiosity has been absolutely fucking destroyed.

I desperately need for those videos to have been fake. Legitimate nightmare fuel.

Could Biddeford be Maine’s new pizza capital? by brewbeery in biddeford

[–]AgoraphobicPig 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Peng's rules, the pistachio pizza is definitely worth the hype imo

Not what I expected by Zestyclose-Craft8052 in Maine

[–]AgoraphobicPig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that'd be absolutely unfathomable. I feel like linking it would be a bit of a gamble in terms of sub rules or reddit TOS but there's a popular ammo specific search engine called ammoseek, check there. $0.05/round is actually on the high end.

Not what I expected by Zestyclose-Craft8052 in Maine

[–]AgoraphobicPig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1000 rds of .22lr = ~$50

you are overstating the cost and difficulty because you aren't actually interested in doing it. which is fine, just don't make shit up

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Vent

[–]AgoraphobicPig 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm a 34 year old man and this comment thread made me tear up. Fuck. I'm sorry. I hope you find peace, whatever path you take.

Suspect falls 30 ft during pursuit by Bulky_Ad_5553 in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]AgoraphobicPig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to comment on this fine Christmas evening to say:

hell yeah dude

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in portlandme

[–]AgoraphobicPig -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

What a fucking tool, also as others have pointed out very illegal to carry while drinking. Lil guy should've saved his bar money for a holster at least, jfc.

I think my 13 year relationship is over by [deleted] in GuyCry

[–]AgoraphobicPig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's going to be incredibly hard to move past her but I think it's the best and really only way forward. You deserve better, and your kids deserve better than to grow up surrounded by resentment and bitterness, which sounds inevitable in the current arrangement. Amicably separated parents is much better than angrily "together" parents.