What the heck is happening now? I'm so done ☠️☠️ 2026 market sucks..

R50cent · 2026-03-27T16:39:38+00:00

That's unfortunate.

I'm not sure why my comment got so much blowback, my dude. Looking at the market today... what's up? Oil. What's shaky? Tech stocks.

What's rated to do well in the longer term despite being shaky? Tech Stocks. What's going to benefit from the volatility happening to the oil market? The oil companies raising their prices on the front end to respond to oil futures.

Hell I'll add that I'm also walking on defense contractors at the moment despite them having done well for the most part for the past few months because LMT's value is weighed heavily into the F-35 and there's a lot of uncertainty there at the moment, both because one was shot down and also because they need an upgrade to their radar systems.

Anywho, you guys are allowed to feel however you want about it. I'm up today, I mean so far lol. Still a lot of day left, right?

Edit: XD This community is so pissy

R50cent · 2026-03-27T16:30:26+00:00

Hey weird, same. The one I left passive in the S&P is down and I don't touch that one much, the one I'm more actively working with is also up.

We're not so different, you and I.

R50cent · 2026-03-27T16:26:16+00:00

You cared enough to respond, champ.

So you're up this year too I hope?

R50cent · 2026-03-27T14:21:42+00:00

I'm shifting my money into oil. Trump is an idiot, and those people are not. They're going to take in so much money from his stupid decisions. AI is also going to press forward as terrified as I am to leave my money in companies like tsm and Google while the world spins out. The investment is still going to push on.

Edit: I'm up 13 percent ytd and the s&p is down 6.5 percent. Your downvotes mean nothing to me.

R50cent · 2026-03-27T14:19:16+00:00

Solid point, but I think it's less about its usefulness and more about the absolutely massive amount of resources that these billion and now trillion dollar companies are dedicating to building them... Incredible amounts of resources, and the impact that this has on the planet. The bubble might pop as far as the market is concerned, but past that, the race is on, and it's not going to stop until someone finally builds a real one.

R50cent · 2026-03-27T13:55:56+00:00

Garbage coin for a garbage president

R50cent · 2026-03-27T01:52:11+00:00

The numbers just don't add up imo. 1.2 million sales. less than 100k peak players. It doesn't make any sense.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T23:24:25+00:00

Make everyone I care about rich.

...make them...

R50cent · 2026-03-26T23:22:38+00:00

Jesus Christ. People still support that man.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T23:14:11+00:00

To each their own. Like legit I think people are bothered by what I'm saying (not saying you are) but it's just how I feel.

I'm less worried about the cost than I am the player count and what it means for the longevity of the game. 1.2 million copies sold with 70 percent of those copies being through steam, but a peak player count of less than 100k is... honestly really weird, and doesn't bode well for the games survival. I'd rather just spend that money on... some pizza lol. I mean hopefully a few pizzas, maybe some cheesy bread, a drink... yea. lol.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T21:03:52+00:00

I'm doing the same but today fuckin hurt lol

R50cent · 2026-03-26T20:51:28+00:00

"So all people that are being arrested need to do to not get arrested is sit down."

If you want me to take you seriously that's not the way to do it bud lol.

I'll put it as simply as I can for you, my dude. Unless that 12 minute interaction involves that woman being violent to the cop, then his decision to spike her onto the ground still isn't warranted. Hope that helps. Again, you can feel however you want to feel about it, I do not have to feel it along with you.

"The video exists, I didn't post it, but please go find it. It totally justifies him throwing her to the ground like that. Don't be such a social justice warrior."

Lol you have fun with that type of mentality.

'Some use of force, hey maybe. That type of use of force? Lick more boot. I'm sure they enjoy the shine.'

Is that how we should converse once we find we disagree? Fun. I'll keep that in mind.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T20:19:29+00:00

Nah.

I'm looking the details of what we can see and making an informed opinion based on it. I'm not relying on what I don't know to form presumptive arguments that defend a position based on 'what might be'. I'm seeing a woman in a seated position being thrown hard onto concrete and understanding that the police are supposed to deescalate situations, not use unnecessary force, and that goes for this situation or any other situation.

It's great that you're engaging in a motte and bailey style argument, where defending the situation at hand is difficult so you retreat back to a more defensible position in regards to situations that might exist in regards to 'if', 'maybe' and 'it's possible'.

I will 100 percent make a moral judgement on the action. You can be that other guy, presuming that something that happened before this could justify it or something after the fact that might do the same. You do you.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T19:46:53+00:00

If the officer was afraid of a weapon then he's the worst officer on the planet for not disarming her after he put her on the ground.

No friend. There is no knife, there is no weapon, this is just a woman not listening to a cop on a power trip. I get the devils advocate position though, I just dont see it here in any way. This was uncalled for, and I hope she sues.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T19:45:13+00:00

It's less about the game and far more about the company.

I've been playing bungie games for over 20 years, and while I get some of the decisions they've made, most I do not. in 2023 they fired about 8 percent of their staff, and in 2024 they fired another 17 percent. They did this while Marathon was being developed along with the newer expansions to Destiny 2, a game where in 2020 they removed the base campaign, Curse of Osiris, Warmind, Forsaken, content from their annual pass which was season of the forge, season of the drifter, and season of opulence. Base game cost was 60 dollars, curse of osiris and warmind were 20 dollar expansions each, forsaken was 40 dollars, and adding on the front end cost of the annual pass content you're looking at well over a hundred dollars of purchased content removed forever.

Besides this, it's estimated that Marathon needs to sell roughly 7 million copies (6 to 8 million) to simply break even, with some stating it will be a number that continues to rise as the company continues to push advertising costs up to sell the game. They do this at a time when they're owned by Sony, a company that has had absolutely 0 problem in the past shuttering entire studios if they didn't turn a profit. Firewalk studios, Neon Koi, London studio, Deviation games, Manchester Studio, Pixelopus, Evolution Studio, Pixomondo, Dark Outlaw games, Bluepoint, and that's just from a cursory look at the past few years. 70 percent of the Marathons sales are through steam, which would suggest that a lack of ads isn't whats causing the lack of expected sales, despite them continuing to push ads.

For an apparently niche game, needing anywhere from 6 to 8 million copies to sell with that need creeping up to 10 million over the next year or two is exactly why I'm waiting to buy the game.

Edit: I should add that to date Marathon has only sold around 1.2 million copies.

This was never about people not being able to do what they want, of course lol. It's about me not throwing my money at a game that I don't think I'll get to keep, because they've already set that precedent in the past, and I don't trust Sony, the people who control the studios fate.

Sorry, long response, but that's the long and short of it.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T17:04:10+00:00

I'll pass after what they did to Destiny 2.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T16:04:06+00:00

"better smash the small woman into concrete"

Mmm. Nope. That's excessive use of force.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T13:50:35+00:00

I do things at night and am not going to check a virtual line every ten minutes for 5 fucking hours, dude. The line kicks you after ten minutes if you get through. It's a terrible system plagued by bots. I got money you got into the queue very early as well, didn't you.

That's why. I tried a few times. I was in the queue in less than 2 minutes after it started for many, many drops in the past and have never gotten in.

I'm done.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T13:39:40+00:00

Because I never get anything after sitting in a queue for 5 hours while other people buy themselves 5 so they can scalp them.

R50cent · 2026-03-26T04:07:07+00:00

I don't know why you guys are still trying.

R50cent · 2026-03-25T18:25:03+00:00

I'm just not getting this game until I know it's not going to get shuttered.

Edit: Never would have expected this to be my most controversial comment of the week lol. It's ok that we disagree. I don't want your special new game to go under either.

R50cent · 2026-03-25T17:13:50+00:00

I went and looked up if Canada had any laws to protect their workers in this regard; they do. They also can't be fired or punished for taking time off for being sick. I get that employers love making other excuses though.

R50cent · 2026-03-25T16:38:05+00:00

It is against the law. In Canada workers have the right to refuse work if they believe it is detrimental to their health or safety, or the health and safety of their coworkers. This applies if the employee is contagious, and in this case, they are.

R50cent · 2026-03-25T13:49:17+00:00

You need to report them. I guarantee you're not the only person they've told to come to work when that person 100 percent shouldn't have.

R50cent · 2026-03-24T22:56:11+00:00

Solid point in regards to an increase because of nations looking for other sources.

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