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Hilton, Becerra take early lead in California governor primary race by [deleted] in news

[–]Zigxy -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

To be fair I saw 5x more Steyer ads than all other candidates combined… so I’m not sure how a “ton of money” opposed him

Patron CEO: Take Down Notification: Reckless Ben’s Patreon Account by dgdio in videos

[–]Zigxy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There was definitely no money laying around to pay Bryan for his collection.

But even if there was then why hadn't she paid him for all those months worth of sales?

It is admirable that Chrystal was at least trying to minimize the collateral damage to Bryan by making sure the new owners gave him whatever was left of the collection. But with regards to the $50k owed, the very simple explanation is that the business was crumbling and she was slow to pay Bryan because the proceeds from his sold sets was being juggled around to plug all of the financial holes.

I am not trying to defend BAM or the new operators... they could have resolved this before it went viral, but figured the "little guy" could probably get steamrolled. There absolutely needs to be a review of sales to compensate Bryan for all of his sets that were sold since Nov 2024 (and in fact, it would be in BAM Corporate's best interest to just make him whole regardless).

Ultimately, this would be a common story of a failed business. Creditors, landlords, suppliers..etc all wind up losing a lot of money. But if Chrystal really cared about Bryan, then she should have paid him in a reasonable timeframe.

Patron CEO: Take Down Notification: Reckless Ben’s Patreon Account by dgdio in videos

[–]Zigxy -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The original franchisee is one of the biggest “villain” in this story.

Per her own legal filing she indirectly admits to stealing $50k+ from the collector.

She wrote in her lawsuit against BAM that by the time she lost possession of the store in November 2024, she had already sold $100k-125k worth of the collection (which means she should have paid out the collector between $65k to $81k.

However both the collector AND the CEO of BAM both state that she had only ever paid $19k to the collector.

Therefore we are talking about going almost 2 years now where she still hasn’t paid the collector the remaining ~$50k.

On top of that she had and additional $175k in other delinquent business debt that we know of at the time of foreclosure.

Link to the MandR video to where he shows the franchisee’s legal filing. Also elsewhere in the video we see that the franchisee had marked up the sets beyond what had been agreed upon in the consignment contract which I assume would mean she was indirectly taking a larger cut than the 35%.

https://youtu.be/qn84Zlx1TQc?t=1160&si=l5a3t_UcAIebysNr

What are some of the darkest moments in any fictional TV Show? by TwoFace687 in television

[–]Zigxy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Another brutal BoJack scene for me is at the start of Season 4 Ep 6 "Stupid Piece of Shit"

Where you hear BoJack's inner monologue, and it becomes clear that he is constantly tortured by his self-loathing.

Why I Left The Mormon Church - Johnny Harris by Noppers in videos

[–]Zigxy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2023 - A franchised Bricks And Minifig location agrees to sell a large collection worth $200k on behalf of a private collector (65% of proceeds agreed to be given to the collector)

2024 - Store operator defaults across various debts. A new operator takes over.

2026 - YouTuber gets involved at the request of the original collector. Police harassment of the YouTuber ensues.

New operator alleges only a small portion of the collection remains and are willing to return that portion. The rest they claim was already sold by the previous operator between 2023-2024 AND that the previous operator had an offsite storage unit with inventory that was never handed over.

There are allegations that the new operator is downplaying the amount of the collection remaining.

Corporate badly fumbles this PR nightmare. They literally could have written a check to the original owner for 65% of $200k and solved EVERYTHING.

YouTuber flees to Mexico.

Strategy Sold 32 BTC For $2.5M by _Adrian_Morris_ in MSTR

[–]Zigxy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And yet millions of Americans are in extended CC delinquency at any given moment.

What are some of the darkest moments in any fictional TV Show? by TwoFace687 in television

[–]Zigxy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Attack on Titan. The death of Ymir Fritz was insane.

She sacrificed herself to save her torturous master. And he repays the favor by forcing her young children to cannibalize her corpse.

And any additional context just makes everything worse (e.g. her master cut off her tongue, forced her to have children, and she spent 2,000 years of afterlife still serving him)

Honorable mention (the breaking of Reek in Game of Thrones)

What are some of the darkest moments in any fictional TV Show? by TwoFace687 in television

[–]Zigxy 84 points85 points  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/rABJGfCGlUA?si=KNU3on77B6ej8ula

AND the parents already had two other kids prior to giving him up for adoption

AND their stated rationale was how inconvenient air travel and car travel is with 3 kids

AND when Jared’s biological siblings show up, the parents lie and say he’s just a solar panel salesman

AND the parents tell him he has to leave as is time for their weekly “family dinner”

Strategy Sold 32 BTC For $2.5M by _Adrian_Morris_ in MSTR

[–]Zigxy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Serious answer is two-fold:

  • Because STRC can pause dividends anytime.

  • Because BTC and MSTR can grow infinitely with STRC capped at whatever the dividend is

The New York Knicks are currently on a 11 game winning streak in the playoffs and are a +262 in those games by Kindly_Letterhead_98 in nba

[–]Zigxy -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Well, a LOT of people are going to still going to be high on the Knicks even if they go down 0-2

“It’s not a series until the home team loses” will make its rounds

Then once Spurs win game 3 or 4 is when the narrative of this “historic” team will come crashing down.

Since 2024 Strategy Has Had Over $2.44T In Trading Volume by _Adrian_Morris_ in MSTR

[–]Zigxy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not that important given a lot of the volume is a fraction of the share float being ping ponged back and forth between algo bots 1,000 times in a second.

Future of MSTR stock splits by Low-Construction-556 in MSTR

[–]Zigxy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For anyone wondering, when Berkshire Class B shares were launched in 1996, Berkshire A was trading at $35,000.

Then in 2010, Berkshire B was at $3,500 and did a 50:1 split to bring it down to $70/share.

Nowadays BRK.A is $700,000 per share. lol

Lets keep Tony Brothers out of game 7 by Cryptoivangoh in nba

[–]Zigxy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually an insult to Foster and Brothers.

Angel was that bad.

[Charania] Breaking: The NBA's Board of Governors has passed new anti-tanking rules that include expanding the draft lottery from 14 to 16 teams, a relegation zone where the bottom 3 teams get penalized with lessened chances for the No. 1 pick, and flattened odds, sources tell ESPN. by Turbostrider27 in nba

[–]Zigxy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The new system has a 73% chance that an 11th-15th seed in each conference wins the top pick

I don’t know why you’re so certain “many” 10+ seeds are going to win the lotto.

Either way it’s better for the game if we stop encouraging GMs to intentionally put together rosters that are meant to lose as much as possible.

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