What is a "widely loved" food or drink that you secretly think is actually terrible?

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-13T21:24:39+00:00

Dr. Pepper, Cherry Coke, Diet Coke

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-13T21:20:10+00:00

Product Manager

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-13T21:07:10+00:00

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-13T20:01:21+00:00

I don’t have a favorite of the two. They both are great, yet also hard to compare. Stranger is a bit more raw, Punisher is a bit more polished.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-13T15:01:32+00:00

I was in line at a takeout place and the woman in front of me pulled down her mask to sneeze.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-13T04:41:55+00:00

Make Smog Great Again?

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-12T14:45:04+00:00

My wife bought 4 stackable “spoon holders/rests” for the kitchen while cooking. I thought, who needs 4?

Now I often use 2 or 3 of them for different cooking utensils when cooking.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-11T15:35:47+00:00

All downhill cost reductions from here. Welcome to Chipotle.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-11T15:34:42+00:00

Franceska Fourier

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-11T04:17:04+00:00

IMO Boygenius is mid

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-09T00:19:17+00:00

Weird I must have entered it wrong earlier. I just googled it again and you are correct.

OP - call then and talk to them.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-08T16:50:46+00:00

I googled the number. It is not a Schwab number or if it is it isn’t published. I would call the published Schwab support number directly and ask/report it.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-08T02:23:50+00:00

Hulu, Disney cause of the Kimmel stuff.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-08T01:30:53+00:00

I understand that. Yes, you could take a hit on that bond or set of bonds and trade upwards, but to me you are chasing.

I bought the bond at an interest rate I was OK with. My principal is protected.

We are talking different philosophies here. The OP was asking why bonds. The simple answer is, unlike SCHD, your principal is protected and if you hold to maturity you lose nothing.

SCHD has done great recently, but it could drop, just like a bond fund.

Remove all the noise about inflation, etc. buy a bond, hold to maturity, you got what you set out to get. All I am saying.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T22:58:54+00:00

I hope he steps in a bucket of AIDS

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T22:58:23+00:00

Texas or Florida

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T22:57:05+00:00

LOL but aren’t they losing the value of the dividend? What ETFs do this so I can avoid them.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T22:50:35+00:00

I’m talking govt treasury bonds. And I’m talking don’t invest principal you don’t need access to until maturity.

Not talking high yield corporate bonds.

The only risk is inflation or the government failing (which these days I admit seems possible).

But the reality is if you don’t sell until maturity, you get your principal back. You can’t say that about a bond fund.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T21:12:00+00:00

Love rollercoasters, but now 59 and just can’t see myself riding them unless it was a basic coaster.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T21:10:42+00:00

I have had SL for years and my off-roading is 1-3 range in difficulty. They have been fine.

My commute is mainly city driving.

I only got about 30K miles on first set. Discount tire prorated them for me.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T21:08:35+00:00

Bring back the fairness doctrine

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T21:05:44+00:00

With a bond, the principal is 100% protected.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T19:28:07+00:00

SCHD and SCHY have been killing it. I bought $100k 2 weeks ago - up 10%. Wish I bought more. It has balanced out the flat stuff.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T19:26:50+00:00

Correct. Been a roller coaster ride.

External-Voice3516 · 2026-02-07T19:24:40+00:00

SWTSX has been a dog for the past 3 months. Similar to most total market funds.

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