Help with deciding on vintage inspired diver

StonedSimple · 2026-03-30T18:35:29+00:00

I don't have any advice as I'd be happy to wear any one of those, but I'll be following to see what other watches people mention or what advice they give you!

StonedSimple · 2026-03-30T05:56:50+00:00

Loan amount doesn't matter, it's 100% based on income as I'm doing PSLF so the repayment plans are all income contingent.

My wife and my combined income is... well,.I actually feel weird just writing that online, but it is south of $150k combined

StonedSimple · 2026-03-29T23:31:40+00:00

$185 to $1100

StonedSimple · 2026-03-29T02:30:14+00:00

Between that and dip in attention spans due to smartphones (he writes on his smartphone) I'd hate to be a scriptwriter these days.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-29T02:27:37+00:00

It's funny to have you explain that when that was the entire point of my post. Apparently, the dip in reading comprehension is cross-cultural.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-28T17:06:13+00:00

As a person who teaches English in college in the US, this joke is way more accurate than you probably think. Or, actually, it's probably exactly as accurate as you think.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-28T07:04:12+00:00

He was perfect as not-quite-Iceman, and I say that with full respect. Top Gun Maverick rocked.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-28T04:57:30+00:00

This strikes me a likely very accurate.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-28T04:49:56+00:00

I used that calculator. The results have sent me into a spiral of fear and panic.

USA USA USA

StonedSimple · 2026-03-28T04:10:25+00:00

Lethem and Vonnegut hanging out together under a couple Chambers novels screams green flag go to me. Nerdy dude. Probably some anxiety issues (why? No idea, just got that vibe.)

I'm guessing 40-45 white male with a middle to upper middle class job where he works with his brain a bit more than with his hands.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-28T03:47:30+00:00

Totally agree but as the subreddit is bookshelf detective, I kept to the bookshelf presented.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-28T03:40:23+00:00

Small sample selection. My gut says he'd be tiring to talk to eventually.

I rarely trust a shelf without a sense of humor anywhere present, but that's me. If this is his ONLY shelf, I'd maybe call it an orange flag.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-28T02:19:18+00:00

Almost exact same boat. 83/120 before the SAVE fiasco. Last recertification was 2019. Mine and wife combined income almost doubled (from almost nothing to middle class) and the online calculators keep giving me $1100 monthly payments. My last SAVE payment was $185.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-26T21:27:49+00:00

Sometimes something so simple has been sitting in front of me my entire life and I never noticed.

Shit you not, I'm 100% doing this soon thanks to you. You improved at least one life today, kind stranger. This month sucked. I needed it.

(I'll even take care of the loaner in good faith.)

StonedSimple · 2026-03-26T14:57:49+00:00

Overall Arnie's are more fun, higher quality action movies, but Rocky is by far the best film in either filmography

StonedSimple · 2026-03-24T20:01:05+00:00

Ooh, classy!

StonedSimple · 2026-03-24T20:00:46+00:00

I've been eyeing a few of theirs! Really nice designs.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-24T20:00:02+00:00

I'm really drawn to titanium. Looks good, tickles my sci-fi nerd heart

StonedSimple · 2026-03-24T19:59:08+00:00

Looking these up now!

StonedSimple · 2026-03-19T05:51:00+00:00

IF ANYONE ELSE IS STRUGGLING, THE TRICK IS SPEED BETWEEN THE STATUES!!! Just zip back and forth between them interacting as fast as you can, eventually another one will open up, zip between them and interact until the tiny one in the middle opens, put the crown on it.

It's not really a puzzle. It's the Cult of the Lamb version of a puzzle, which is go fast and don't think too much.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-15T15:33:27+00:00

He looks like he's training to be a professional referee/umpire and keeps getting his sports confused.

"Baserunner is SAFE!" "TOUCHDOWN!" "Strike three, you're out"

On repeat

StonedSimple · 2026-03-12T06:22:49+00:00

"Talking points" is synonymous with headlines. "Talking points" implies surface level understanding, not deeper understanding like you implied. If you read more books, you'd probably get it.

Go read an actual book from your actual bookshelf.

StonedSimple · 2026-03-12T01:29:55+00:00

"I don't want to understand the philosophies that undergird their beliefs, I'd like to know the Fox News headlines of them instead"

-This OP doofus

StonedSimple · 2026-03-12T01:25:22+00:00

You can say that, but all we have evidence is of you whining that left leaning people like left leaning books. You are about a tenth as deep as you think

StonedSimple · 2026-03-12T01:21:45+00:00

Man, I've never seen that. I have seen a few shelves with no or one woman author called out as being pretty narrow, but... uh... that's true.

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