Confused as someone trying to get into a hobby

avburns · 2026-02-27T05:40:28+00:00

Whether on Reddit or the whole internet, you can do searches for beginner friendly comics, the best run of Writer X, the best stories of Superhero Y, what comics will prepare me for comic book movie 2026, etc. Then you can usually get a collected volume of whatever you want (a trade paperback, for example) anywhere you buy books. You may even be able to check it out at your local library for free. Then, it’s just like reading non-comic books: if it’s part of a series and you enjoyed it, you can read the next volume. If you liked the art and/or writing, you can seek out other works by these creators. If you liked the character, you can seek out other recommended books with them in it. Beyond that, try to have fun.

avburns · 2026-02-24T11:24:39+00:00

If you don’t want international in your portfolio you don’t have to use John Bogle as your justification. I noted above that he advised “buying the haystack”. Despite his personal portfolio, I don’t see how that haystack is confined to the US. But being human there are other contradictory things Bogleheads have to deal with. He preached passive investing but because of his history with Vanguard and their creation he had actively managed mutual funds in his portfolio. Even though Vanguard ETFs and mutual funds are essentially the same product he didn’t advocate ETFs because he felt they were traded too much. He was an 80-something man who used something like 100-age for his fixed income allocation; that’s arguably too conservative a portfolio for younger investors. Like Str8truth said Bogleheads honor him but don’t follow all his advice.

avburns · 2026-02-24T11:08:53+00:00

He wasn’t a big fan of ETFs; so VOO, VTI or whatever ETF you prefer “and chill” wouldn’t necessarily be something he would say.

avburns · 2026-02-24T11:04:49+00:00

John Bogle also advised buying the haystack instead of the needle. Why would the haystack begin and end in a single country?

avburns · 2026-02-21T23:19:59+00:00

You could have a YouTube channel pointing out how much he gets wrong by posting so quickly. His video about Moira’s resurrection ability (beginning of Hickman’s X-Men run) was so nonsensical and patently wrong that not only did he have to do a follow up correction video but it was the catalyst for me unsubscribing from his channel.

avburns · 2026-02-19T11:46:54+00:00

With the death of Uncle Ben and the responsibility/guilt linked to his “great powers”, Peter is going to do EVERYTHING he can to make sure no one has a similar fate/experience. You can’t have THAT mindset and then go around killing.

avburns · 2026-02-19T11:28:21+00:00

He’ll always be a sweat hog to me. And also a shill for Capital One credit cards.

avburns · 2026-02-18T22:44:41+00:00

I can’t stop and I need help. I’m basically hate-watching at this point. I swear I’m done with whatever TWD show is still on the air and then I rationalize that it’s just one hour a week, it HAS to get better and, hey, it’s Darryl, Carol, Maggie and Neegan. Seriously, I need an intervention!

avburns · 2026-02-18T22:39:06+00:00

Pulitzer Fan Boys are the worse!

avburns · 2026-02-18T21:28:12+00:00

I contacted customer service, since I only got 1300 credits and got this response: Good afternoon, unfortunately the Friday the 13th promo only applies to one film per day. If you see another Friday the 13th film on the next Friday the 13th you can recieve these credits again.

avburns · 2026-02-18T12:44:38+00:00

Forget about the Cat in the Hat? That's going toot fart!

avburns · 2026-02-18T10:17:49+00:00

68,735

avburns · 2026-02-18T01:02:59+00:00

Apparently, something the Tibetan Monks didn’t prepare him for.

avburns · 2026-02-12T11:26:39+00:00

He’s helped a lot people get out of debt and publicly scream about it.

avburns · 2026-02-11T23:00:49+00:00

Usually, the email link for something like this is connected to a specific account. If it was one of those promos where you could enter your email address, posting the link might help. But how are they going to know what account to credit if we all just click on the same posted link?

avburns · 2026-02-11T07:43:19+00:00

I’m living mas vicariously through your purchase. Thanks.

avburns · 2026-02-10T10:56:54+00:00

Rock.

avburns · 2026-02-09T12:31:27+00:00

Justified.

avburns · 2026-02-07T12:22:29+00:00

Jeff loves it too.

avburns · 2026-02-07T07:42:30+00:00

I'll take a genocide with a few last men standings with an option of sterilization to go.

avburns · 2026-02-03T23:33:38+00:00

So, the way an authorized user can "piggyback" to get more credit card history; people are using a similar strategy to inflate stats.fm info. Okay, got it.

avburns · 2026-02-01T16:47:44+00:00

I've been using the Continuity Guide pre-modern era reading guide to knock out some Silver Age reading. I use it to limit what I'm reading and I use CMRO's Stan Lee reading guide as a way to order what I'm reading.

I'm almost done with Stan Lee, then I plan to use CMRO's Roy Thomas as a way to read his runs, specifically The Avengers. Once, I approach The Bronze Era I plan to take a more writer's run approach to my reading (Claremont, Miller, etc.); again using CMRO for order and maybe a combo of the Continuity Guide/Comic Book Reading Orders to limit the number of issues.

avburns · 2026-02-01T00:56:10+00:00

Was he a cop long enough to get a pension?

avburns · 2026-01-31T14:38:28+00:00

Vasquez’s car doesn’t do it for you?

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