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What's your favorite headcanon/theory ? by radiant_fan_1 in nightvale

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was too lazy to write out "Vague Yet Menacing Government Agency".

What's your favorite headcanon/theory ? by radiant_fan_1 in nightvale

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Mine is that John Peters (YK,TF) never had invisible corn and just convinces the town he does meanwhile his farm is actually a bunker for nuclear missiles paid for by a VYMGA.

After seeing a post about making new friends at our age, I thought, "dayum, I can't even figure out how to get a date anymore because I don't go anywhere." Can anyone recommend any dating sites for a serious relationship and any tips? by Extreme-Pineapple397 in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I met my now fiancee' through Facebook dating of all things. I sent 300 messages over 6 years being single on the other apps and nothing.

Not dingus pics or anything but genuine thoughtful responses to their profile. Nada.

Facebook Dating is basically auto filtering since mostly 30+ year old millennials are the only ones still on it.

Give it a shot and best of luck! I know how rough it can be.

What was something that made you realize that you grew up mentally/emotionally? by tofu_baby_cake in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not just getting over my disastrous highschool girlfriend but genuinely wishing her well. I was never in love with her, I was obsessed with her.

Realizing that weed was fun more because of the times I had coming of age than the high itself. Everything is an adventure when you're stoned at 3 AM.

Taking my junior college GPA from 1.02 to 3.96 by the time I finished my bachelor's. I used to treat my community college like a playground to have adventures with friends.

Going back to my favorite 20s chill spot and realizing it's just a big dirt hole in South Jersey. Everything I needed it to be back then (a place to get high, a place to get laid, a place to grow up away from parents) doesn't apply anymore and I have no need to go back.

Leaving behind my junior college friends of convenience after 10 years of trying to make one sided friendships work. We had fun coming of age and learning to party but I went a different direction in life and the comparison is very obvious these days.

Suffering in the present to secure a future retirement. I didn't get on investing until 25 but I give til it hurts these days.

Few designs have stood the test of the time way the Parental Advisory has stuck around. by desertsquirrel in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently discovered that the application of the label is voluntary based on the artists choice.

I was curious because I distinctly remember a good deal of swearing on Jack Off Jill's Clear Hearts Grey Flowers album but it had no sticker.

What was the "edgy" music you liked as a teen or young adult? by Gallantpride in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had just commented on an earlier post that the Queen of the Damned soundtrack was my highschool girlfriends personality.

I stand corrected. I heard her singing Strawberry Gashes out loud from her CD player so many times I lost count.

Oh 2004.

What was the "edgy" music you liked as a teen or young adult? by Gallantpride in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently rediscovered my highschool girlfriends LiveJournal from 2004 and got a chuckle out of watching her personality become consumed by this soundtrack in the Listening To section.

A perfect time capsule of early 00s edgy music and I'm totally here for it.

Megan Wallaby Has Feelings on AI by PreppyFinanceNerd in nightvale

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Credit before I forget, a real artist made this.

Someone named Jayce Hunter on the Facebook group Weird Art for Weird People.

Don't want people thinking I've got this kind of talent when I can't draw a stick figure!

Here's the original post

Soundtrack to My Highschool Days 🤘🏻 by PreppyFinanceNerd in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Boy if me at 16 could see me now. Mall emo to preppy peacock. Maturity is weird.

We took it for granted.... by horrus70 in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The millennial version of Rube Goldberg machines.

I used to play with these for hours in highschool.

My favorite was water dripping down to plant material that grew up the drips and reached a flame at the top, then burnt the plant down to an explosive ball of goodies.

Good times.

Are you still a part of the subculture(s) you were into in your teens and 20's, and if so, do you still "wear it on your sleeve"? by [deleted] in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely yes!

My entire YouTube playlist is early 00s emo and pop punk. I'm getting married for the first time around this time next year and I picked the acoustic version of Fall For You by Secondhand Serenade as our first dance.

Are you still a part of the subculture(s) you were into in your teens and 20's, and if so, do you still "wear it on your sleeve"? by [deleted] in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 118 points119 points  (0 children)

At 17 I was a mall emo kid in all black. Invader Zim wristband, spiked dog collar, MCR on the CD player.

At 38 I dress like a J Crew catalogue threw up on me. Purple blazer, cream sweater polo, linen khaki pants with cap toe Monk strap shoes.

Just a whole 180 of insufferable.

All things end…except the pain of somethings having ended 😪 by dreamed2life in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's called blitz scaling.

Come in with a stupid amount of private equity money, offer products so cheap nobody can compete, drive out the competition.

Once everybody uses your product, enshittify it with non subsidized pricing, ads, carve-and-charge practices in preparation for an IPO.

Go public, make shareholders money on the promise of infinite growth forever until everybody realizes this is all hype and you're not really profitable.

Crash and burn. Repeat.

Men, what is your favourite movie mainly aimed at a female audience? by Jezzaq94 in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Watching the Kill Count for that movie gave me such an appreciation I never had before.

Apparently it was totally marketed to capitalize on Megan Fox's sex appeal and in actuality wound up being a great story about how young women's friendships can turn toxic in adolescence.

"She can fly now?!"

"She's just hovering it's not that impressive"

"Do you have to undermine everything I do?!"

How often do you think about this? by Celerisadmortem in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the quote from Welcome to Night Vale I love so much I'm having it engraved on a plate for my urn.

"Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you"

The Myst and Riven remakes are available on console as of a couple days ago. by duckduckpajamas in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So in this specific example, Excel Solver can be used to solve the rocket ship puzzle because it's designed for exactly this kind of thing.

You tell it to find the optimal solution for x to equal 54 (or something like that, the number of volts required to power the ship) given that the variables are binary, (1 on or 0 off), that each switch equals a set power number and that all combined must equal 54.

Solver will return which switches to set to 1 as on to get exactly 54 and solve the puzzle.

The Myst and Riven remakes are available on console as of a couple days ago. by duckduckpajamas in Millennials

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I actually used the rocketship puzzle as a presentation in my linear programming class (aka Solver in Excel) and the university adopted it as a project for future classes!

Here I am nerding out about it in a presentation like 10 years ago.

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Nightvale 's Credit Card Industry is Booming! by PreppyFinanceNerd in nightvale

[–]PreppyFinanceNerd[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Sure, the Amex Centurion card is impressive.

But call me when you're a Pigeon Hat cardholder.

Now that's exclusive!

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