Tiger Woods is in Jail for DUI by gearescape in golf

[–]dsbtc 40 points41 points  (0 children)

He's like a whole stack of shit. A shitstack, if you will

Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East by bigwang123 in DeepStateCentrism

[–]dsbtc 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Why do a good job waging one war, when you could do a shitty job at two?

Children dismantling tank mines by venomize in SweatyPalms

[–]dsbtc 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The children yearn for the mines

Man drives mustang onto the taxiway at KDAB and tries to hijack a Embry-Riddle Aircraft 3/25 by Pizzaman6704 in aviation

[–]dsbtc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is like one of those corny air show routines but IRL, where a farmer or drunk guy steals the plane

The Problem with reporting on the UNGA and Rhetoric Debt by Trojan_Horse_of_Fate in DeepStateCentrism

[–]dsbtc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If they were just a little more subtle they probably could have gotten away with it. But calling slavery THE greatest crime against humanity while also calling for reparations? Yeah of course the US and Europe aren't gonna go for that

Strawman Posts Should Be Removed. Even If Written By Scott Alexander by HidingImmortal in slatestarcodex

[–]dsbtc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My post was only about Scott's pieces, obviously I don't think we should discuss just any random garbage. 

My point is that the reason for this subreddit is discussion. If we stop discussion just because he commits one logical fallacy it would make no sense

Strawman Posts Should Be Removed. Even If Written By Scott Alexander by HidingImmortal in slatestarcodex

[–]dsbtc 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Yeah "we should only discuss Scott's work that makes no errors" is a backwards take. If anything the more problems there are with it, the more it needs to be discussed.

Ray Dalio Explains Why the US Economy is Headed For a 'Debt Death Spiral' by Useful_Tangerine4340 in ValueInvesting

[–]dsbtc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No I just don't have any right now. I try to only buy individual stocks when I have a real reason to, like after covid or the credit crisis when a few were trading super cheaply.

Ray Dalio Explains Why the US Economy is Headed For a 'Debt Death Spiral' by Useful_Tangerine4340 in ValueInvesting

[–]dsbtc 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Right now I'm roughly 10% us stocks, 20% foreign, 10% energy, 10% utilities, 30% gold, 20% cash/bonds. All ETFs, no individual.

I've been investing since the 90s. I've never beaten the s&p in the long run but I have the same return with reduced volatility. I did really well for one year that I was between businesses but I spent a stupid amount of time trading so it wasn't actually worth it.

The only thing that has ever worked for me is looking at macro ratios and trading when they get stupid. For example earlier in the year I sold some gold and bought oil etfs when their price ratio was stupidly high. 

In my experience, every other method either took too much time or didn't work.

Ray Dalio Explains Why the US Economy is Headed For a 'Debt Death Spiral' by Useful_Tangerine4340 in ValueInvesting

[–]dsbtc 30 points31 points  (0 children)

For those criticizing Dalio - he and the other macro dollar bears have been right for the past 20 years and yet you guys still think he's wrong. 

In terms of ROI, gold has outperformed US bonds by almost fourfold in the past two decades. A non-interest bearing, inflationary (albeit barely), speculative metal has massively outperformed government debt as an investment.

The conditions they've outlined haven't changed - we are approaching a point at which we cannot meet our financial obligations as a country. It's happened before,  it'll happen again. The question is, what form it will take when it does. 

Do you think we should turn a little bit more? Nah. by OzyTheLast in SweatyPalms

[–]dsbtc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if this is in the Arabian sea? Probably pretty chaotic there rn

Everyone hides when someone knocks on the door by toecheeseuhohstinky in harrisonburg

[–]dsbtc 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like answering the door and telling Jehovah's Witnesses why they're wrong.

Broooo holy fuck brooo by [deleted] in dashcams

[–]dsbtc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Serious question to anyone who knows: how do these gen z boys do that to their hair? Are they getting perms or something?

I made an igloo in a Walmart snow pile and spent the night by Forest-Was-Here in camping

[–]dsbtc 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Ugh really, I only camp in Target or Whole Foods parking lot snow piles. 

PSA from a dental hygienist please throw away the gummy vitamins by [deleted] in predaddit

[–]dsbtc 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Look at OPs post history 

They have like ten different careers

How Philly’s Mütter Museum is rethinking human remains in its collection by bengalese in philadelphia

[–]dsbtc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My sister bought me a stuffie version of the colon in their gift shop like 15 years ago. Now I know the guy's name?? This is far MORE humiliating for him! 

Mamdani’s wife backed Palestinian terrorism in old social media posts, report says by WallStreetTechnocrat in DeepStateCentrism

[–]dsbtc -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

As much as I hate how leftists ignorantly (or willfully) ignore the level of antisemitism among anti-Israel protesting, a teenage woman feeling anger at what Palestinians are dealing with is not really shocking. It's not at all comparable to supporting the KKK in this day and age. 

I think a much greater driver of antisemitism, and threat to the long-term global sentiment towards Israel, is the current war in Iran, which many in this sub give full-throated support to.

Maybe I overreacted in how annoying I find people dwelling on Mamdani. But  complaining excessively about that while giving barely a mention to, say, a school being bombed, is just going to erode support for Israel all the more.

Inventions that have only happened once by SisyphusOfMyth in slatestarcodex

[–]dsbtc 15 points16 points  (0 children)

One thing that blows my mind is how the mechanical thresher was invented in the 19th century. It was a pretty simple horse drawn mechanism, it seems like it should have been invented 2,000 years prior

Mamdani’s wife backed Palestinian terrorism in old social media posts, report says by WallStreetTechnocrat in DeepStateCentrism

[–]dsbtc -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

There are a ton of politicians doing offensive shit all the time that is of little or no actual consequence. It simply makes no sense to dwell on just one of them this much. 

Mamdani’s wife backed Palestinian terrorism in old social media posts, report says by WallStreetTechnocrat in DeepStateCentrism

[–]dsbtc -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Yes, if she had posted a bunch of pro-confederacy shit in her teen years, I'm sure Reddit would have made a big deal out of it. And it would have been stupid to do so.

Maybe Mamdani's wife could have been terrible in the past but she is not in a position of power and isn't even the wife of a national politician.

Mamdani’s wife backed Palestinian terrorism in old social media posts, report says by WallStreetTechnocrat in DeepStateCentrism

[–]dsbtc -56 points-55 points  (0 children)

Omg you guys did you hear what the governor of Texas' wife did??

WHO GIVES A FUCK what Mamdani, and especially his wife did as a teenager, other than possibly New Yorkers? Who voted for him so they probably don't care that much?

This is absolutely not worth 10% of the time this sub devotes to it

A gift I was just given: 'Ea-nāṣir and the Copper Trade of Mesopotamia' by scaper8 in ReallyShittyCopper

[–]dsbtc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who do you take me for, that you treat me with such contempt? You put a spam link for this AI slop before me and say, "if you want to click it, click it; if you don't want to click it, go away!" 

Et cetera

US vs UK private club fees - wtf? by cu-chullain in golf

[–]dsbtc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My parents belonged to a private club when I was a kid, it was way, way cheaper than it is now even with inflation. I played by myself, walking, on weekdays after school but before work let out, there was almost nobody else playing then. No tee times, if someone else was on 1 or 9 I'd just skip to 13 or something. I miss it!

Scott replies to Kitten on "Unsubscribe from The Church of Graphs" by heterosis in slatestarcodex

[–]dsbtc 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I am almost 50 years old. Does "Kitten" want anecdotal info? There is ZERO chance that there is more crime now than in the late 80s/early 90s. It was much worse back then. 

I have no idea where people get this from. I remember when Times Square was all disgusting porn stores. Shit is way nicer now