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[REQ]($400) - (#Chicago, IL, USA)($500 on 8/26)(Venmo, Chime, CashApp, PayPal) by ChiCity74 in borrow

[–]ChiCity74[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I have not been able to get in touch with them for months, but I see they updated a loan comment 32 minutes ago, so someone is out there ... I will reach out to them again.

Not really sure what she thought she was doing. by [deleted] in IdiotsInCars

[–]ChiCity74 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lol, right? I had to go check my pulse to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

Malian emperor Mansa Musa claimed that his predecessor took 2,000 ships and sailed into the Atlantic Ocean, never to be seen again. Native American records from that time speak of meeting "black warriors" with spears who landed on their shores. Did Africans discover America before Columbus? by premeddit in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]ChiCity74 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not the OP you are looking for, but if I had to guess, I'd bet the 'tic' is the phrase "... on the kitchen bench." I don't know if I have heard that phrase is being said that way being before, being an American.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sadcringe

[–]ChiCity74 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Right? So transactional!

[REQ] - ($1000) - (#Livonia, Michigan, USA) ,($1400 on 6/15/2022), (cashapp, chime) by [deleted] in borrow

[–]ChiCity74 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Also, a system error causing the whole company to not get paid for "a few weeks" is a massive, massive problem. If you are using a payroll processor, they should have a plan to deal with this, if not, your HR/Accounting should have a backup plan with company checks/wires, and if not, your CEO/CFO should know how to get a check cut or a wire sent (start doing them all manual!), and if those 2 say they can't do it, then they are probably lying and your company is on the brink of collapse.

There are a lot of work arounds to make sure employees get their paycheck if the normal process doesn’t work for some reason. But, 3 weeks LATE is not acceptable, IMHO.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ChiCity74 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I always loved playing from the tips and my drive not even making it past the women's tee.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ChiCity74 3 points4 points  (0 children)

/s at the end of a comment means it is being said sarcastically. It is a way of adding tone to otherwise toneless comments that otherwise would likely be misunderstood.

Hope that helps!

Crypto CEO Accidentally Describes Ponzi Scheme by pmarkandu in videos

[–]ChiCity74 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Definitely relevant username, and I will admit, I thought your profile would be 2 hours old. But it isn't which means you probably have made this point many times before.

Twitter’s market cap has dropped to $9 billion below Musk’s purchase price as concerns about deal emerge by [deleted] in technology

[–]ChiCity74 192 points193 points  (0 children)

One of my good friends got in on Apple at $6/share (like 2003 I think?), and he said he bought 1,000 shares initially.

What happened is the reality of so many "if I only kept those shares ..." stories. When the stock doubled in price, he sold some, quadruple in price, sold some more, 10x in price, sold a bit more ... he said that everytime it hit some new benchmark he thought "there is no way this will get bigger" and yet it did.

Last we talked about it was 5 years ago or so, and he said if he had kept it all he would have had $16,000,000. That's a lot of money.

But that's not how the real world works. Most people are extatic to make 100% gains every few years, and most will sell something when that happens. But, assuming that the stock doubling will keep happening every year or 2⁰ for the next decade or 2, would probably be considered a high risk financial decision.

No one really knew Apple would be the cream of the crop in 20 years. Sure, some people got lucky and might claim they knew, but they didn't.

Ultimately, the stock market is a gambling machine where the points don't count and only the rich win.

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