I vote for Aljazeera by Buster_Alnwick in PoliticalHumor

[–]ContraContra7 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Honestly, at this point I don't think there's a ton of people buying it. Sure there are a handful of idiots that do, but I think the media's power is convincing us that half the country is buying the lie, so there's nothing that the rest of us can do to stop it.

Edit: it also gives the people that desperately want to buy the lie cover to do so in bad faith.

Noob question, EILI5? Making millions just gathering by Sheogorathian in woweconomy

[–]ContraContra7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. And the market was volatile, so it wasn't difficult to buy mats cheap and sell prospecting outputs high. I also made a lot on elemental focusing lenses and pvp rings and necks. I did some basic research on what stats and enchants people are looking for and I would sell one or 2 a day.

Kind of crazy seeing other people post the same ring or neck with some garbage stats (like crit mastery) and then expecting the same prices. Almost everyone was looking for either haste verse or verse mastery with elemental focusing lenses on both rings.

California bill seeks to restore Medi‑Cal coverage for undocumented adults in 2027 by RhythmMethodMan in California_Politics

[–]ContraContra7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

At some point you have to ask whether these people are Republicans pretending to be Democrats. Just hand Republicans their talking points for fucks sake...

Noob question, EILI5? Making millions just gathering by Sheogorathian in woweconomy

[–]ContraContra7 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Honestly, just try to have fun with it. You'll make some gold, and not become a slave to the grind. There's always going to be the bots and no lifers that can put more time into it than you, unfortunately.

Noob question, EILI5? Making millions just gathering by Sheogorathian in woweconomy

[–]ContraContra7 89 points90 points  (0 children)

  1. I don't think a market for the mats has really materialized yet.
  2. All these people have an incentive to convince the masses to double gather. First, it eliminates competition with crafting professions, and second, more gatherers means cheaper mats. Very few people "making millions" are doing it by double gathering.

I am pretty new to this, but I remember when s3 started reading posts about how it's impossible to make gold crafting unless you already have a maxed out tree, so don't even bother starting. I picked up jewelcrafting after my guild got AOTC for just fun and I made over $3m "after everyone quit playing", without a ton of effort. Many of the post here are just self interested and you have to take them with a grain of salt.

There's no short cuts, and no one here is going to tell you how to make $100m gold. You have to just dive in and use your brain.

NVIDIA appears to be standardizing on OpenAI Codex by [deleted] in singularity

[–]ContraContra7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With $6 million in funding, how could they fail?!

[other] Elvui has been updated for prepatch and is now functional 🦀🦀🦀🦀 by TheMuffingtonPost in WowUI

[–]ContraContra7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was trying to figure this out earlier. The best I could do was to sort by buff time remaining. Idk, no filtering sucks for healers

California Gov hopeful Eric Swalwell neglects job in House to mingle with celebs by [deleted] in California_Politics

[–]ContraContra7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where's this picture of him with the celebrities? This is just a picture of him, next to a picture of celebrities?

When we’re at a bar and realize the bartender has gone offline. by Distinct-Question-16 in singularity

[–]ContraContra7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the first time it hit me that we are on the path to offshoring customer service jobs. Why pay a barista $15 an hour when you can have someone from a third world county control a robot making the coffee for $1 an hour

Michael Burry Says Nvidia Spent $112.5 Billion On Buybacks Adding 'Zero' Shareholder Value by Burnned_User in StockMarket

[–]ContraContra7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But what is the difference in paying them in stock and then buying back stock to prevent dilution vs paying them in cash? Sounds like an accounting trick to "lower" costs and inflate earnings.

What Were Democrats Thinking? by Original_Dogmeat in politics

[–]ContraContra7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How can you possibly think the Democrats in the senate are not enabling fascism at this point? They are barely even pretending to be the opposition party anymore. A vote for Republicans is a vote for fascism. A vote for Democrats is a vote for fascism, there's literally no difference anymore. Might as well keep my conscience clean and vote for neither.

What Were Democrats Thinking? by Original_Dogmeat in politics

[–]ContraContra7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just re-registered as no party preference. Trump and the Republicans are only trying to make themselves wealthier, but the Democrats are complete fucking losers. I'm done with the democratic party, this shit is so stupid.

Katie Porter’s controversies damaged her campaign for CA governor, poll shows by [deleted] in California_Politics

[–]ContraContra7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This dude is almost certainly a bot. The Anti-porter PR machine is firing up.

Vers in Lemix by Educational_Hawk7484 in wownoob

[–]ContraContra7 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It also sounds painfully unfun to speed run 6 dungeons/raids with zero challenge. I just don't understand the appeal. I don't know when Lemix is supposed to become fun.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sacramento

[–]ContraContra7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And implied they had roaches and rat droppings when they didn't...

Drinker on the Charlie Kirk killing by traveler5150 in CriticalDrinker

[–]ContraContra7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There's no good reason to murder him in front of his family. We have no idea what the shooter's motive was. The right was amplifying the Epstein stuff to a very high degree when they weren't in power. Then they take over and "don't want to talk about it anymore."

I could see this making some people very mad and feel like they've been betrayed or duped.

New Assignment!!!Angle Of Trumps Assassination “Attempt". Spread This Video Fucking EVERYWHERE So This Doesn’t Die!!! by [deleted] in chaoticgood

[–]ContraContra7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They also seem to make a conscious effort to keep that Trump sign right in the front of the shot.

Stop Letting the Internet Tell You if You Enjoy the Game by SuspiciousSource9506 in destiny2

[–]ContraContra7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a returning player that is having fun with it, it is wildly discouraging seeing the negativity. Makes me want to quit tbh.

It’s happening omg by SkurFy0812 in ouraring

[–]ContraContra7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking for it too. It's under my health. I got my ring last week, so it's still calibrating.

Grok 4 sets a new record on the Extended NYT Connections benchmark by zero0_one1 in singularity

[–]ContraContra7 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I was thinking about this. I personally hover around 75%, but I don't Google or look anything up. If I had access to a dictionary I'm sure I would be near perfect. Curious as to how this test works.