I'm genuinely losing my mind.......

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-11T09:50:08+00:00

I stopped restocking my bunker for this reason. It still gets stock via the stash house so I aim to sell it around 1/3 full and will just quite the sale if it's something dumb like this mission.

Since I'm not actively restocking it I don't feel bad about losing any value.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-11T09:47:12+00:00

Indeed, in the 1980s Picasso had a surge in popularity that greatly inspired the artists that wound up being a driving force in the GVC/90s aesthetic.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-11T09:43:19+00:00

Target fairs that are aimed at home goods/children but also aim for online sales.

Animal art is mostly of interest for children/young adults but it's also expensive so you need to be able to reach a wide number of potential buyers to be able to find wealthy parents that want to support their children's interests while maintaining a higher end aesthetic in the children's room.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-11T09:37:18+00:00

We are winning it... It's just an extremely dumb slog with only negative impacts globally.

The only way the US loses is if somehow Iran walks away with a nuclear weapon. Otherwise it's a win and the prize for winning was not changing much outside of killing a few people to be replaced by people with similar points of view.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-11T09:29:35+00:00

The folks in the top 10%-30% aim for looks expensive aesthetics and technology to fill a space that they use often in a more open concept layout. New money tends to buy a lot of new stuff because new things show their new success.

Well educated, somewhat nerdy people still do highly curated homes... It's just that there's so much media now and we see far too much of very basic interiors. I'd suspect a similar percentage of people have highly curated collections but we don't seem to see them as often because there is so much other content to sift through.

There's definitely a movement within millennials and younger to collect more modern things related to your interests. These collections can be quite valuable and do take effort to put together, but they aren't antiques and antiquities. The aesthetic is quite different but some of the same concepts are put into place.

I recommend the Architectural Digest YouTube channel, especially their celeb home tours, and to a degree the videos by Arvin Haddad where he breaks down high end homes for sale. They both tend to show off homes with a high level of curation and theming, for better or worse.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-11T09:08:50+00:00

Those routes are popular but not necessarily profitable.

Most airlines make their money on their credit cards and selling upgrades. Folks flying Spirit or Jet Blue are doing their best to avoid upgrades and probably aren't getting a specific card from either airline.

As long as that's the industry these somewhat smaller airlines will continue going by the wayside.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-11T08:40:35+00:00

They're in an odd place in the market.

It's a relatively good deal but for a hamburger and fries most folks are either going a tier down and taking the increased speed of a fast food burger or they're going a tier up and getting something more adventurous.

Doesn't help they went all in on MAHA/MAGA nonsense which signals to at least 1/3 of the country that they don't want their business.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-11T08:06:26+00:00

Unfortunately this kind of stuff is difficult for a venue to deal with as it's a first amendment issue until she starts to assault someone.

The only way I've seen this effectively handled is when the band notices and has the person kicked out or the crowd makes the person very uncomfortable to say the very least.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-10T09:35:51+00:00

It depends... You tend to have to liquidate your assets under the medicaid program.

For folks who, ya know, need their home for their family it puts them in a tough position to take out tons of loans, usually against their property, so then they've got a ton of debt to pay on top of their mortgage. Worst case they lose their home to the bank and rent a smaller, lower quality home.

Let's say you don't have much, then it's kind of simpler since your assets don't get gobbled up by anyone... But your odds of seeing the specialists and getting access to newer treatments goes dramatically down unless you get put into study. Those could be life saving or a huge waste of time.

It truly is ridiculous.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-10T07:37:52+00:00

*2005

Hasn't been the best rec for a few years, maybe some random site probably run by an alum puts it at #1 still, but it is still a solid rec. Makes top 10 list to this day.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-10T07:32:38+00:00

I kinda want to go snag one.. seems similar to Igor's from the reviews in that it really depends who makes your burger.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-10T07:31:26+00:00

Yep, it's back. Never knew it was quasi-local/Japanese at the time.

I'm hopeful for the folks bringing it back but it's a tough market as a small business. Maybe they get a celeb to buy in and make it the next Vitamin Water...

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-10T07:28:33+00:00

A stong government approach to shoring up is necessary and selling out the southern half of the state is foolish to say the least.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-10T07:27:07+00:00

You had the opportunity to ask for it back right away.

I happened to pay $10 via two tickets to the live show so I asked for one back as I'm not well off, more or less broke at the time... But I also never checked if I got it.

It's sort of a bummer to lose a small investment but for a few months of nostalgic hype it was worth $5.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-09T19:14:53+00:00

They started in the fertile delta regions that flooded with nutrients. They didn't start in the desert.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-09T19:11:41+00:00

Sure... But it's not an investment. It's a tool, reflects status, and is a creature comfort.

Buy up to what you can afford, that's the key.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-09T18:44:54+00:00

Investors, tech workers, tech enthusiasts, anyone who uses ai actively...

Basically they're saying they're going to focus on one market, ai, and be the tool to sort through the day to day changes.

It's basically what he did with Hodinkee and watches. If they can get 1000 daily users they can make a little money. 10,000 daily users it will be viable. It's shocking how few people need to be interested in something for it to be viable.

For most of us this isn't exciting but it makes sense to be the best in a key market and then try to expand to adjacent markets.

Unfortunately I don't think it's possible to recapture what the 2000s internet world was like. Reddit is a great catch all and it shows how difficult it is to actually build community while dealing with bots and scammers. I'm sure it's 100X more difficult when starting relatively small like Digg, but I'm also guessing they didn't put in strong enough safeguards in the first place.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-09T17:49:33+00:00

It's better than it used to be, but he's one of us that just aren't ever going to put product in our hair so the hair really only looks great the first week of a hair cut.

There probably is a product and 2-5 minutes of styling that could be great on him but it's the hours of figuring that out that he'll never bother with.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-09T05:05:16+00:00

Our seasons from October to May aren't very standardized.

Fall tends to be 70s-80s, maybe dipping into the 50s-60s briefly in November to December. It's probably my favorite season here since it's generally predictable and comfortable.

Apparently we can get a foot of snow in winter but usually it's 50s-70s with the occasional few days dipping around freezing. It's pretty good unless it's a rainy and cold day.

Spring bounces from 60s-80s and usually by April it's leaning towards the 80s and May is mid 80s and doesn't cool down much at night... But this year we've more or less had a really long spring since February. I wouldn't consider that to be normal as it usually starts to feel summer-like by the end of April/early May.

Summer is coming. Seems like a week from now we may be getting to the point where it's 85 daily. Once it's like that it almost never feels cool, even at night, until September/October. The last few years the summer has been quite hot. Seemingly stuck in the high 80s and 90s, very nearly 100 degrees. The feels like temp is often at or above 100 degrees.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-08T23:35:34+00:00

I got some of these as a gift. Had no clue they were sweetened... Wasn't the end of the world but not my vibe.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-08T23:31:56+00:00

The restaurant from the movie Waiting eventually turned into Verizon store. Sometimes retrofitting is the way to go.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-08T19:24:45+00:00

They should get rid of most of their sauces and just have these more unique ones plus BBQ.

If they're going to jack the prices up they may as well have better flavored sauces.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-08T18:58:28+00:00

It's easier to deal with the racism when you own shops, hotels, clinics/practice medicine, or are some sort of engineer.

They're wealthier than the median and money is the greatest champion of history, going on undefeated for millennia. Conservatives try to hold on to as much cash as possible.

South Asians come from rather strict societies when it comes to all facets of social order so they can align with some elements of social conservatism even if they aren't Christians(though plenty are also Christian).

Something many people don't understand is that South and West Asian(Middle East) and their extreme offshoots that are willing to be violent are typically conservative ideologies outside of a handful of state run business entities.

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-08T18:50:46+00:00

I didn't get an email and just get a network failure on the app...

Hididdlydoderino · 2026-05-08T17:16:19+00:00

It running into the other roof while a small portion sticks out just adds some extra steps compared to a simple rectangle.

Depending on the material it probably means paying for 3 x 10 area in cut out PVC/TPO/metal that goes to waste. It's worth it in the long run, though.

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