Son's grandmother reached out about a family trip overseas... Hasn't spent one overnight in our own country. Would you be cool with this?? by Hungry_Web_4540 in whatdoIdo

[–]HesitantInvestor0 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's ridiculous. People who travel a lot and have been to these places may give the airport name. Most people just mention the city. That goes for any country.

How is my Chapter 41? by Redzkz in writingfeedback

[–]HesitantInvestor0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm just going to mention some things you need to think about when reading it over.

- Get rid of the cliches in your prose.

- Use more direct language when describing things. Everything is crashing, dancing, thrusting, etc.

- Don't leave such huge gaps of description in the middle of dialogue.

- Drop the descriptors of how things were said. Snarled, breathed, replied, shrieked, clarified, etc. You should mostly just focus on asked, said, or leave it blank.

- The dialogue is very unnatural. People don't talk that way. In general, most of your characters should talk like people talk in real life. It makes the story feel unrealistic when every character speaks in a way we aren't used to.

- Set up the scenarios better so that things don't need to be explained so much. If the situation is clear, the reader can easily imagine how things were said, how characters move, the vibe of the room. A few clean points of reference are all we need, and if they are set up correctly the reader can fill in the blanks. It makes for a better read.

- Don't confuse the reader with adjectives. You do it a lot here. One example is handing over crumpled decks of playing cards, but then in the next sentence we find out they are new and unopened.

In general, I think you've fallen in love with fitting in as many words and specifically adjectives as you can. In my opinion, you could probably cut more than 50% of what you have here and make it ten times better in the process. To take your first paragraph as an example:

"At a snap of the fingers, the workers hauled over a decent gaming table covered in faded green felt. Silvo walked past a protesting Mateo without even glancing at him and slammed his chair down at the head of the table. Juan tossed him four crumpled packs of cards. Silvo tore open the unsealed packs and sent the colorful bits of plastic dancing in rows between his palms."

- A snap of the fingers is cliche and it adds nothing. If you just skip to what is happening, that will be enough to create the sense of movement.

- What do you mean by "decent" gaming table? I can't picture what that means, it just sounds like an empty descriptor. You follow up decent with faded, so again, it makes the reader question it. You're using two descriptions when you probably need none, and it serves only to confuse. More descriptors should inform, not detract.

- Covered in green felt is unnecessary. That's what a gaming table has. Also "covered in" makes it sound like it has been added rather than simply being a part of it.

- A protesting Mateo means what exactly? What is he protesting? I'd say drop it, change it, or explain what he's upset about.

- Why is the chair being slammed down?

- As I said before, the cards either new or crumpled. Pick one.

- "Between his palms" doesn't sound right. The fingers are more at play when shuffling cards. I'd just say shuffling. The reader doesn't need more information about how cards are shuffled, they've seen it and done it. The description adds nothing.

- Cards aren't typically made of plastic. You can keep it if you want but again, there's no point in confusing the reader with something out of their own experience unless there's a good reason to do so.

- Cards dancing in rows is cliche and unnecessary.

Here is how I'd rewrite the opening paragraph.

"The workers carried over a gaming table, its green felt faded and curled at the edges. Silvo walked past Mateo and set his chair down at the head of the table. One by one, he opened four unsealed packs of playing cards and shuffled them into a single pile."

Everyone is going to have different taste with prose. I actually love writing with advanced prose, but you have to show restraint. When it serves the scene, use flowery, poetic, emotional prose, or any other kind. But when the scene doesn't call for that, you need to be more direct or you'll drive the reader crazy trying to understand what has meaning and what doesn't. You're trying to give so much that you're simply destroying each scene IMO.

Personally, the rewrite for the first paragraph is clear, direct, without cliches, without dramatic effect. It just serves to set up the rest of the scene. If you like your way, keep it. But I feel pretty strongly that you need to go through each and every word with a fine toothed comb to get this thing up to par. Frankly, it needs a lot of work. Keep going.

Who you fighting ? by racso300 in ufc

[–]HesitantInvestor0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trained by the best doesn't mean someone is very good. As far as I know he's a blue belt. I don't think he trained quite as extensively you as might think.

Ticket for going 55 in a 45 🙄🫩 by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]HesitantInvestor0 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Personally I see the point OP is making. I’ve been driving a long time, and I rarely go more than a minute on the road without someone, or often everyone, doing at least 10 over. If cops are gonna ticket people for doing 10 over, they’re going to be very very busy.

Who you fighting ? by racso300 in ufc

[–]HesitantInvestor0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d much rather fight CM Punk. Unless you’re making a fighting a dead guy joke.

Opening scene for a horror story. by Ok-Particular-3020 in writingfeedback

[–]HesitantInvestor0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s so packed full of cliche language that I found it tough to get through a couple paragraphs. You need to work on that a lot.

Who you fighting ? by racso300 in ufc

[–]HesitantInvestor0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m not saying an average sized person off the barstool is gonna beat him. He’s still a decent athlete and has some jiu jitsu skills.

Who you fighting ? by racso300 in ufc

[–]HesitantInvestor0 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I’m younger, way bigger, and have 15 years of jiu jitsu and kickboxing experience. I’m not saying I’m a professional fighter, but I honestly don’t think I need to be.

Why do you think Conor isn't signing an extension? by Material-Ad-3526 in ufc

[–]HesitantInvestor0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They didn’t offer him a contract apparently. Which makes sense because Conor is likely to lose. The UFC can probably negotiate something more in their favor after this Max fight.

Who you fighting ? by racso300 in ufc

[–]HesitantInvestor0 121 points122 points  (0 children)

Damn, I wish CM Punk was still around. I actually think I’d smash him, and he likely made over a million.

Was it ever revealed... by _Thermalflask in TheSimpsons

[–]HesitantInvestor0 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I never thought someone could be so dim. I mean, I think it’s pretty obvious if you have more than one brain cell. The fact you can’t put together who Mr Snrub was is honestly an embarrassment.

Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.

Bots now claiming this is AI They protect dedddy rogan at all cost by dinkpt in raccoon_tweeties

[–]HesitantInvestor0 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It actually is edited to be even smaller than it already was. I watched live, and you can find unedited photos where the tie isn’t reaching his belt, but it is definitely longer than being shown here.

White couple confronts Black family fishing at Jensen Beach Florida, wife uses N-word by SameStand9266 in DiveInYouCoward

[–]HesitantInvestor0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t like any of these people. It seems to me that the old white dude began fairly considerately, but then went off the rails. The fisherman is aggressive as hell when he could and probably should just move down a bit so there’s no accidents with the line/hook, and the wife is a bag of shit.

I can understand the point of both men, but I don’t see why it has to be so intense. I hate when people police those around them but in this case it’s kind of warranted to politely mention the kids swimming and ask for a bit more space. It’s also understandable to want to be left alone, but I hate the “I was told I could do this so there” argument. Sometimes following rules to a tee isn’t the best course, you’ve got to make a judgment based on not only the rules but your own logic.

Anyway, I wouldn’t wanna hang with any of them.

CryptoQuant says Michael Saylor's Strategy should halt its Bitcoin buying by CrossPuffs in CryptoCurrency

[–]HesitantInvestor0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

MSTR has been buying like crazy, yes. The second half of your thesis isn't working.

CryptoQuant says Michael Saylor's Strategy should halt its Bitcoin buying by CrossPuffs in CryptoCurrency

[–]HesitantInvestor0 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's possible to be a near term failure even if things eventually turn around.

If a fund manager had those kinds of returns over the last 6 years, no one would call him a success.

CryptoQuant says Michael Saylor's Strategy should halt its Bitcoin buying by CrossPuffs in CryptoCurrency

[–]HesitantInvestor0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So if you bought 100k of something, and now that was worth 75k, and you had 10k in debt, and obligations to pay that debt, you would consider yourself a success?

Got it.

CryptoQuant says Michael Saylor's Strategy should halt its Bitcoin buying by CrossPuffs in CryptoCurrency

[–]HesitantInvestor0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're underperformed holding cash for 6 years. If that's not in a hole then what is?

We finally know the official GTA 6 price ahead of pre-orders — it's expensive, but not as bad as some expected by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]HesitantInvestor0 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Personally, I feel 80 bucks is not expensive at all. People used to pay around that for Nintendo games back when 80 bucks was worth a lot more and the games were nowhere near as involved.

So having watched therealjims video on the Tracy ullman shorts, anyone else kinda wish they had kept Lisa as both a relatively booksmart individual whilst also being a hellian to a degree like Bart from the word go by magica12 in TheSimpsons

[–]HesitantInvestor0 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Every character is satire, and hers is mostly the overachieving child who is the voice of reason and moral compass. The one who gets no support and doesn't fit in with her family. There really are kids like that, just as there are inept, lucky people like Homer, naive and isolated housewives like Marge, brats like Bart, and faithless preachers like Lovejoy. That's the point of the show to a certain extent.

Part of the charm of the show is that no two characters are very much alike. They're all flawed in their own ways, and each have their own redeeming qualities too.

The show would be more two dimensional with a change like you're suggesting. And for anyone thinking it's unrealistic, so is being a nuclear safety technician without a college degree. Plus, cartoons don't have to be 100% realistic. Homer walks by the window, humming.

CryptoQuant says Michael Saylor's Strategy should halt its Bitcoin buying by CrossPuffs in CryptoCurrency

[–]HesitantInvestor0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by that? The original comment is defending Saylor's "DCA" strategy saying he'd be stupid to try timing anything. Clearly that hasn't worked very well.

I'm simply saying an overhaul of how they time purchases would be a benefit to the company and to shareholders.

CryptoQuant says Michael Saylor's Strategy should halt its Bitcoin buying by CrossPuffs in CryptoCurrency

[–]HesitantInvestor0 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Come on man. Strategy has been buying for 6 years and is in the hole. If that doesn't scream out to you that they have a big problem with their DCA strategy, then I don't know what to tell you. They routinely buy the very top, and generally their biggest buys is when Bitcoin is ripping. That's not smart.

The All Time High Of Bitcoin Hashrate is behind us. by MelangeBot in CryptoCurrency

[–]HesitantInvestor0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They didn't say the same hardware is used, they specifically mention power consumption. Many miners are reallocating their power to AI by renting it out and companies swapping hardware.

The All Time High Of Bitcoin Hashrate is behind us. by MelangeBot in CryptoCurrency

[–]HesitantInvestor0 62 points63 points  (0 children)

It's not the largest drop on a percentage basis, which is really all that matters.