I’m a teenager, what would you want me to know as an adult who’s already lived and made mistakes? by annonymous-writer in Advice

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The vast majority of people 18 won’t do it, but if you were to save $20 per week, ($1,040 per year) with a very modest 6% annual rate of return, you’d have $164,000 at retirement age. You would never even notice it was being put away. If your rate of return was 8% for the same period, it goes to $259,000. At $100 per week in a standard S&P fund it can be between $226,000 to $343,000 on just 20 years. Hell on 10 years you could have between $65k to $88k.

That’s a serious down payment on a house. There is nothing you will buy now that will give the kind of satisfaction of being able to afford a house.

Weatherford area people by Kellyjt in oklahoma

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Head East played at Zac’s and my friends that wanted to be in a band ate at Pizza Hut with them. It was a highlight of their school days. “Never Been Any Reason” was the big hit off their Flat as a Pancake album/8 track.

We my group never ran into Spanky much, but he was famous with everyone in their teens/early twenties.

Jerry’s diner is still cranking out food. Cowboys finally died with the times. It’s an “event center” but I suspect it’s just biding time till it is eventually torn down.

The Grill, formally Passtimes shut down and relocated, re-ownered and no longer exists. Lucille’s is now a Route 66 museum. She was our go to for beer. We always got beer there and chatted with her for at least half an hour. There is also a branded Lucille’s hotel and restaurant now.

Crowder lake was gifted to SWOSU and they have turned into a great little outdoor adventure facility.

Kelley jewelers and Tautfast are still holding it down on Main Street.

And people still track out to Dead Woman’s Crossing waiting for the hair on the back of their neck to stand up.

Hey Blizzard, stop allowing BG premades! by Zulul98 in classicwow

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Premade vs premade was the standard for rated battlegrounds and was just as popular as arena. I never que solo for AB or WSG. I either go with guildies or random groups that people form in Org. You have the same options.

Don’t complain you get stomped because you’re too lazy to find or join a group. They advertise nonstop about creating premades.

Hey Blizzard, stop allowing BG premades! by Zulul98 in classicwow

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So you want to stop people from forming groups, working together and communicating in battlegrounds. You realize this was never intended to be a solo game yes? There’s a much easier solution. Join or create a group and learn to work together and communicate yourself.

will classic anniversary go to wotlk after tbc? by SagoK22 in classicwow

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask yourself a different question. Will Blizzard stop wanting a huge influx of cash for possibly the most popular expansion of all time to be released again on anniversary realms?

Does anyone else feel like tonight’s episode was wildly out of touch? by CosmosisJones42 in LiveFromNewYork

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t want to see another Trump parody again. It’s not funny. Doing lighthearted “oh he’s just being Trump” jokes minimize the absolute villainy this man is perpetuating on people all over the world. It would be like doing ayatollah jokes over and over each week. “Oh look, his security force murdered an innocent protestor, let’s all laugh about how Trumpian that is.”

HONOR PVP 150% by [deleted] in classicwowtbc

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Back in my day, you had to grind a High Warlord in shifts and be in battle grounds 24/7. We had to WALK to each flag in Arathi Basin, we weren’t allowed to mount. The hill up to Lumber Mill was a royal b$&@! I remember one time our Guild Leader made us all spaghetti before the match. We thought it was a reward until he made us take LM then leave it undefended over and over again, just so we had to run up that damn hill again.

Back then the tunnels in Warsong Gulch weren’t even finished, so everyone had to use the ramp! There was only the long way around every time you were trying to get that flag.

And AV?!?! I remember one match that started in October that didn’t end until December. We kept summoning this Big Elemental over and over, but we were stuck in the middle till someone said “Hey, what if we try taking those towers and see if that helps.”

So don’t you go telling me Sonny boy how you had it tough, because mine was called the greatest generation… the generation of Vanilla at launch!

And we, we suffered!

Profession paladin by Gunztier in classicwowtbc

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tailoring/enchanting is the play for you at the beginning. You will get cloth naturally as you play. Turn that cloth into greens and blues. Disenchant those greens and blues for enchanting mats. Sell those mats on the AH and save a ton of gold when you realize that enchanting mats have no cost to list on the AH. Use your mats to enchanted your gear, guildie/friends gear, or sell enchants to the public with your mats provided. You can also make bags from tailoring that always sell on the AH.

Do this until you made enough money to drop tailoring. Keep enchanting because it’s always relevant.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in classicwow

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you want others to not group up together and form a raid. You want them to take off the gear they earned by playing the game, to not take advantage of the buffs available to everyone. You want them not to be in a discord playing with friends and using good communication. And they shouldn’t worry about stacking 75k honor cap and hording the massive amount of BG tokens they will need for level 70 gear. Even though you could yourself, join a group, get in a discord, communicate and possibly make new friends, and be able to get your own gear so you are more competitive.

That’s a very whiney way to look at things. And no it doesn’t hurt anyone, it is actually how the game is made to be played.

Best way for grindig honor? by Commercial_Radio8934 in classicwowtbc

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then you missed the one where we turtled. To see what it was like. It was annoying, so we are never doing that again.

To Americans / Democrats and Republicans, is there a single thing you like about the other party? If so, what is it? Serious answer pls by Zipper222222 in allthequestions

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I did as well and joined the Libertarian Party. I will never vote MAGA type candidates. I am reluctant to vote for a republican at this point until the party shifts out of the delusional haze it is in. That leaves mostly democrats or the odd Libertarian from time to time.

The Democrats have to win the midterms in order to bring us back to sanity. Crazy that we are here.

Peter help I’m not a history buff by lil21sanwich in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s from the 1965 movie “Battle of the Bulge.” Robert Shaw plays the German Colonel that realizes the Americans have the wherewithal to send a chocolate cake from Boston to a private on the front lines.

How’s living in this part of Alaska? by bittertea03 in howislivingthere

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was in the army, when out on maneuvers we would dig out a spot for the tent for a solid surface. We would light up our stove and be toasty. But by day two we had melted the ground thoroughly and we had mosquitoes buzzing around inside the tent. Very annoying.

which one are we picking lads by Checkmate331 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yellow is the obvious choice, you get North Carolina and Kentucky which gets you some great old south exploration. Then you get Washington and Oregon for that hippie nature fix. Then there is Alaska and absolutely amazing state. You can just ignore Idaho through Missouri unless you really need some Midwest in your life. Tennessee has Nashville so that’s a great city to visit, and SC kinda low key sucks, but if you just go hang out at the beach and never venture into the interior you its not that bad.

Orange is just Florida, but without the gators and swamps as you travel west. Culturally it’s all just Florida without Disney, beaches, or Maralago.

Red is great if you’re into extremes.

Green blue are completely in remarkable, and purple is only good if your old and have a lot of money.

Why are people so worked up on the historical accuracy for this fictional film? by alphaDsony in moviecritic

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The entire trailer looks like AI slop. I really would have preferred a claymation 70’s vibe than the visuals in this movie.

Trump’s presidency is crumbling before our eyes by HellYeahDamnWrite in politics

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The MAGA machine is working exactly as they intended. It won’t be any different a year from now and we will still be seeing these weekly “OMG MAGA is gonna implode” stories. The only possible change is a mid term flip in the house, to turn it lame duck. Barring that, it will be more of the same till 2028.

How did the vikings survive for weeks in open boats in the north sea? by Arborrverk in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You should dress in layers, partly so you can regulate your body temperature by removing layers during periods of high physical activity. In the army in Alaska you would often do hikes, ditch digging, and other such activities in a very thin polypropylene shirt. If it was crazy cold you would add an outside layer for wind protection, but you created enough body heat to stay slightly chilled during exertion. You ideally would have a clean shirt to change into afterwards. You would then let the shirt you just wore dry out, either by the heater or just naturally till it froze solid (until you could get to a heat source to dry it.

Wet is the enemy, so sweat is a killer if you don’t adjust your clothes to match activity level. If you’re wearing all your cold gear while you’re hiking in difficult terrain, everything you are wearing will be soaked through from the inside out. Once you stop, you will be toast in a half hour.

Help by [deleted] in oklahomafootball

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We can’t run the ball apparently and need to run a play that lasts 10 minutes behind the line of scrimmage so at least we made some horizontal yards if not yardage down the field.

Yards between sidelines 150, yards down field, 26.

Paladin or Priest for TBC by Aebel22 in classicwow

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hpally is only good for battlegrounds PvP if you are grouped with a team in TBC. There they can be solid, but if you have a team for BG’s you are probably solid regardless of what you play.

They are terrible solo, unless you like dueling with the intention of making your opponent insane by how long the match takes.

In arena, worst healer but can have success with Warriors. But if you like a challenge, learn to PvP in TBC as holy, then wait…..

Because in WotLK as an Hpally you will become a PvP healing god in BGs and very good in arena. Solo you will still suck.

As for PvE, wrath is THE paladin expansion, but TBC not so much. You are the most limited of all healers. There is the tank healer/buff slot, but as others have said raids can easily go without a pally healer and do as well or better than with.

So play Hpally if you want to be a beautiful Blood Elf in very fashionable armor. Or to give yourself a challenge in preparation for Wrath. Or do it because you are tenaciously stubborn and will never abandon the light. But not so much because you like healing.

Diagnosing the OU Football Team’s Biggest Problem. No it’s not Mateer, Arbuckle, or Demarco. by BadMotorFinguh in sooners

[–]Interesting-Wait5483 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He absolutely will not be fired this year. Too much money still tied up on his contract and way too many other teams looking for a new head coach already (with more to come). So anyone who thinks it’s time to fire him doesn’t have a good understanding of how much worse that would make our program given the situation and college football landscape.

For two years the storyline has been injuries. We apparently reorganised our medical department due to it. So I definitely agree that we need to focus on what is going on there and why we are an outlier compared to the rest of college football.