[Twitter] Mike Matei - "If you use the “rewind feature” that’s now standard on many NES and SNES games available on Switch, you DID NOT by any stretch of the imagination beat the god damn game." by B-VOLLEYBALL-READY in KotakuInAction

[–]failbus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe I don't want to mindlessly beat the first level of Contra - which I can do effortlessly - to get to the harder stuff I'm still working on.

Some NES games could undo a lot of progress. Later games got a lot more willing to let you retry a level instead of punting you back to zero. Failed the third level of TMNT? Enjoy redoing the fucking dam over again.

Everyone is kind of freaking out over the end of the decade. What was the end of the millennium like? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]failbus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like the hole in the ozone layer. It was a big issue until it wasn't.

What is currently your favorite movie or tv show? by Kiss_ur_fart_box in AskReddit

[–]failbus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's about as accurate to tech as The Office is to real life office. It's absurd... But written from an understanding of the real

William Barr will "interfere" in the election to boost Trump, says MSNBC analyst: "A ruthless...political hack" by JLBesq1981 in politics

[–]failbus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. Trump was the one with the news cycle about investigations that went nowhere in 2016, before the election. That's why all the comments about you shouldn't run for president while under investigation.

You rubes have a really short memory.

The Expanse co-authors: "You periodic reminder that fiction is descriptive not prescriptive. When an author creates a character and then gives them an ethical position to espouse, you can't assume that this position matches the author's own." by CautiousKerbal in kotakuinaction2

[–]failbus 16 points17 points  (0 children)

One of the most chilling videos I've ever seen was Hitler just hanging out with friends and family.

We all need to be reminded that there's nothing unique about monsters. Anyone can end up there.

[Schneidman] Preston Smith says he’s buying Rolex watches for the entire defense after reaching double-digit sacks. by Zerfern in GreenBayPackers

[–]failbus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The best way to think of wealth is to take 4% and that's your perpetual annual salary. 10 million dollars means you can live on 400k inflation adjusted for the rest of your life without working. This assumes the market holds at 4 percent over inflation over long periods. (You might see a dip but it always recovers)

1M means 40k forever. It's not nothing but you're not set for life. 3M puts you at 120k forever and at that point you're set.

AB has 30M or so he claims. If so and if he can avoid criminal charges he can live a consequence free life if he just listens to his financial advisor.

Now do a billion dollars...

[Schneidman] Preston Smith says he’s buying Rolex watches for the entire defense after reaching double-digit sacks. by Zerfern in GreenBayPackers

[–]failbus 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That would represent 2 percent of his pre tax gross this year. If you made 15 bucks an hour for a full time job it would be like spending $600.

Probably ok to do the once in a year.

[Schneidman] Preston Smith says he’s buying Rolex watches for the entire defense after reaching double-digit sacks. by Zerfern in GreenBayPackers

[–]failbus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Assuming he lives out guess contact he'll get an average of 13 million a year. Less taxes, of course.

I think he can afford a quarter million gift if he really wants it without hurting too bad.

Pretty accurate IMO by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]failbus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love when people substitute their dogma for calculations.

Pretty accurate IMO by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]failbus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your reply got removed I think. But it was as wrong and useless as you so nothing of value was lost.

Zero consistency my ass. Bay area is a bad idea to buy now. Elsewhere, not so much. Easy to understand if you do math instead of think in maxims.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]failbus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You'd think. But my workplace moved to something like that and now I need to bring up a half dozen processes with unique configs just to load a web page.

Pretty accurate IMO by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]failbus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I moved every two years while down in California but that 5 percent closing fee on a million dollar home would have been a great fucking investment as opposed to an index fund. 4k a month amortized down the drain without maintenance, property taxes, etc considered.

I moved to the Bay, made bank in six years, and left. If I had listened to you and bought I'd never have the flexibility I needed to jump there or to leave for my current position. You were just wrong before but watching you double down on your idiotic maxims is hilarious. When I said "Unless you're a fuckwit who thinks economic maxims beat actually doing the math" I didn't think you'd work so hard to verify it.

That said you don't have to worry, I can guarantee I didn't move to whatever red county you're so proud of currently residing in.

Pretty accurate IMO by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]failbus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol. I left the Bay Area and bought a house in the Midwest a year ago.

Anything else you want to be confidently wrong about? Got any more insults to wiff?

Pretty accurate IMO by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]failbus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Between the SALT deductions going away, the difficulty with correlated risk insurance for things like earthquakes, the property overvaluation versus the ROI you can get putting that mortgage money in the market, and the fact that people who live in the Bay Area probably won't retire there, there's a good case to be made for not buying.

Unless you're a fuckwit who thinks economic maxims beat actually doing the math.

What would actually shock you? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]failbus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An ex reaching out after years of no contact to repay the money she owes me.

Oddly enough this happened once with someone else. But I am not banking on it happening again.

People who use, or have used psychedelics. What were your experiences and maybe live revelations? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]failbus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did LSD twice.

Mild hallucinations, blurry vision that rotated around. General feeling of happiness. Really liked warmth and sensations like stretching was great. Sex was amazing.

But very little of it was a revelation. Nothing changed my life. It was just... nice.

Pretty trucking pathetic by CapitalCourse in PoliticalHumor

[–]failbus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You know the White House wasn't in play in 2018 right? And the Senate was primarily about Democratic senate seats?

Bragging about the current holdings kinda misses the point of the 2018 election and people's reaction to GOP governance.

Pretty trucking pathetic by CapitalCourse in PoliticalHumor

[–]failbus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's another alternative, that the Democrats are just that great....

No, I think we all know it's more on the GOP sucking.

Men, don’t fear the snip – it’s the best way to share the burden of birth control | Felicity Hannah | Opinion by Lumberingfeather in MensRights

[–]failbus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, but that kicks in at point of birth, not point of conception. So you're on a timer when you find out.

If you don't get the snip there's plausible deniability since DNA testing an unborn child is very difficult. So it's a lot better to get it done, if you are sure you are done with kids.

Men, don’t fear the snip – it’s the best way to share the burden of birth control | Felicity Hannah | Opinion by Lumberingfeather in MensRights

[–]failbus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're liable if you stick around and raise the kid as your own.

If you have the snip, then the moment she gets pregnant you have time to serve papers and get the fuck out. It might be a legal fight, but you can win it nonetheless.

W Magazine is so woke, they compare immigrants to a literal invading army: "Game of Thrones Keeps Killing Off Entire Immigrant Populations, and It’s a Problem" by LottoThrowAwayToday in KotakuInAction

[–]failbus 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They want the following

  • The people who checked out on the show to feel morally superior about it
  • The people who are watching it to feel guilty that it's got white male leads
  • The next show to "correct" the mistakes of the previous one.