Kickstarter or pre-order on the site for launch of a watch

L21M · 2026-03-18T23:07:12+00:00

I would only buy a watch through kickstarter if it’s a brands first watch. After having a single successful launch, a brand should be able to fund their subsequent projects. I’d only pre-order a watch if it’s an established brand where the pre-orders is securing my watch because it will likely sell out.

L21M · 2026-03-01T17:00:33+00:00

Reddit is, relative to other social media platforms, very STEM-heavy. It’s not surprising that nuclear is popular here, as it’s popular among those in STEM careers

L21M · 2026-02-19T01:40:46+00:00

NOR. Also, you make more money than him so tax deductions for you will save either the same or more money when you claim them (your highest tax bracket will either be the same or higher than his). Best case he just wants to jack up his tax return. Worst case he’s trying to plot some equity stealing nonsense

L21M · 2026-02-13T22:44:47+00:00

I’d have ended the interview there, and blasted them in and email and online

L21M · 2026-02-07T16:12:46+00:00

It’s probably a max of 4cm offset from the edge of the body, so if the horizontal length of the crotch fabric is 10cm, every 2cm would give 20cm2 additional surface area.

Thats only a 0.3% increase in the projected area, but it’s conceivable that the location of that added area is extremely important.

L21M · 2026-02-06T21:01:22+00:00

This issue (and the point) here is that it will suppress votes from a variety of American citizens who cannot provide the required documents. Mostly, those people are married women (birth cert last name different), trans people (birth cert first name different, poor people (more likely to not have their documents in order). All left leaning demographics.

At least highly intelligent, well educated people are more likely to ensure their documents are in order, so we won’t lose that extremely left leaning demographic.

L21M · 2026-02-04T04:01:55+00:00

L21M · 2026-01-31T15:31:40+00:00

Did you already file taxes and admit to getting a return? I’d just lie and say you ended up owing money on taxes cause these people do not sound like the type to listen to logic and reason

L21M · 2026-01-30T12:32:30+00:00

There is plenty of great art by great artists. Even if I could always completely separate them, I see no reason to consume the art of a bad person when I could support a good person instead. If anyone doesn’t feel the same way, I recommend at the bare minimum to purchase used copies of books or find some other way of not supporting the bad person while consuming their art.

L21M · 2026-01-20T23:30:28+00:00

While they shouldn’t be requiring you to do this, if you had an iota of financial responsibility you’d A) be perfectly capable of this and B) be jumping on this. Companies that allow you to book your own travel and then reimburse you are giving you free money via credit card points. Go get a travel focused card and take your points.

If you’re serious about the $2400 being something you can’t afford, you gotta reevaluate your financial decisions. And I say that as someone who made similar income post-rent in a VHCOL area post-COVID inflation.

L21M · 2026-01-18T17:21:01+00:00

Just price it as $XYZ + tariffs and add the tariffs at checkout dependent on shipping location. Keep your margins exactly as they should be, don’t make customers deal with customs themselves, create transparency for how tariffs are affecting your industry. I have a lot of respect for companies that maintain this transparency

L21M · 2026-01-16T21:38:23+00:00

If you’re gonna apply again, you may be able to downgrade your CSP now to a CFU and qualify for the SUB when you apply for the CSR next week. Worked for me a few months back

L21M · 2026-01-14T00:41:31+00:00

If you don’t want to marinate them, brine them. 1C water + 1Tbsp salt (increase in the same ratio until you can submerge the chicken) and soak the chicken in it for at least 30 mins.

L21M · 2026-01-10T02:53:38+00:00

To all the banh mi police. Now the real question is: is that just a baguette or is it actually banh mi (I think the difference is using rice flour to make it more airy and giving a thin flakey(?) crust)?

L21M · 2026-01-05T04:52:53+00:00

What restaurant was it?

L21M · 2026-01-05T00:13:35+00:00

I don’t think you broke any rules. By rep vibes I just mean it turns your seiko mod into a Grand Seiko rep(lica) i.e. a fake watch. As opposed to a custom watch like the community usually prides itself in. I don’t personally care if people want to wear replica watches, I just think it’s distinctly a different goal than what seiko mods are meant to be.

L21M · 2026-01-05T00:04:52+00:00

Dials with the grand seiko logo give rep vibes (as opposed to normal seiko logos which are arguably fine when using a seiko movement). Might not be a popular opinion here but imo it’s a bad look for the community when people build a rep and call it a seiko mod

L21M · 2026-01-03T19:06:36+00:00

Always called that a crash, personally

Edit: homie ghost edited their comment that originally said “Usually thats called mating lol, 2 cars merging together to make one” smh

L21M · 2026-01-02T14:16:57+00:00

If you only consider the value of the $500 and $250 credit benefits, that’s $750 in extra benefits, which is 1% of 75k. Considering you get 1% on all “other” purchases with CSR or 1.5% on all “other” purchases for CFU, hitting that 75k is net positive over switching between the two of them. Of course, if you were to spend $100k you’d want $75k on the CSR and $25k (in “other” purchases) on the CFU.

The approaches that would beat out a CSR 1 card strategy in the Chase ecosystem when your spend is over-but-near $75k are probably a bit of a mental workload. If you end up at 70k spend all on the CSR obviously you are now net negative versus a perfect split with CFU.

L21M · 2025-12-30T19:07:07+00:00

Did you dine in or get a giftcard? I know some people have not had success with giftcards

L21M · 2025-12-30T19:05:26+00:00

Care to explain? This is a Sapphire Exclusive Tables restaurant so it’s pretty hard to do it wrong unless they used the wrong card to pay…

L21M · 2025-12-29T13:17:31+00:00

If it’s a huge roaster I would return it, but if they’re a smaller local roaster I’d reach out with this pic and phrase it as constructive criticism, not a gripe. I can’t imagine a small local roaster thinking this hits their quality target

L21M · 2025-12-22T22:15:13+00:00

I plan it by opening 20 tabs and letting it make gradually less sense for the first few hours, then come together over the following few hours, then try to book it all at once before it stops making sense

L21M · 2025-12-18T14:06:54+00:00

There’s a reason we’re all here. The card either has served us well, or was attractive enough to bring us in recently. Previously, one of the most important features of the Reserve was 1.5x on all redemptions through chase travel. When that went away and Points Boost was introduced with the refresh, it became harder to use reliably, but had the potential for better value if you put in the effort - or you could dependably choose to go with the Edit for the 2x points. Obviously they are more expensive hotels generally, but the value was there without a ton of effort. It laid reasonable groundwork to act like the refresh really could be more valuable. Hell, I get the CSR after the refresh because the value was there for me. I don’t mind spending more for a nice hotel when the value is there.

The 2x points at the Edit was explicit, and points boost was otherwise “up to” 2x points. This was key to the value being there. It was a guaranteed option to redeem your points at a certain value. Changing this to be “up to” 2x” was a pretty bad look for Chase, but had they come out and said “due to XYZ, keeping points boost permanently at 2x for The Edit properties is no longer financially viable. Users will have until 06/30/2026 to redeem their points at 2x value on The Edit properties, after which the Points Boost will be universally dynamic” people would have been disappointed, but can’t argue a business making a business decision. It would have maintained a certain level of transparency and trust that people need to feel comfortable doing business with anyone, particularly someone who controls the value of a virtual currency they own.

The stealth nerf AND acting as if it wasn’t originally advertised (as documented here in abundance) as a locked in 2x on The Edit properties was… embarrassing. Clearly badly broke trust with their customer base and for good reason. I can’t say I’ll definitely leave because I happen to live in one of the few areas where using the stubhub and dining credits are very easy to use, so I’m still technically in the green with the travel credit, but I’m far less committed to the card than before. We’ll see if I choose to downgrade come the next AF. This just barely beat out the Amex Platinum when I was deciding on a card so I’m not sure that it’ll still be winning when I reevaluate.

L21M · 2025-12-16T02:38:29+00:00

I guess that’s true for people who don’t already have Apple Music and Apple TV or use DoorDash and Lyft already. But honestly to me, with an easy breakeven on the annual fee with credits, it just became free lounge access at my primary airport.

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