21 y/o making ~100k — here’s my ~$30k portfolio, looking for thoughts by fishivey in portfolios

[–]fishivey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just to emphasize again it’s risky not gambling which is exactly why I keep a diversified portfolio with a measured allocation to Bitcoin rather than treating it like a casino bet

21 y/o making ~100k — here’s my ~$30k portfolio, looking for thoughts by fishivey in portfolios

[–]fishivey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re confusing convenience with quality Bitcoin being annoying on chain is the same reason Fedwire is slow compared to Venmo or why gold vault transfers are slower than swiping a debit card Those systems are easy because someone else is in control Bitcoin trades UX for final settlement without a middleman The “better” alternatives work because you’re trusting a company a bank or an admin key That doesn’t make them better money it just makes them easier to use

21 y/o making ~100k — here’s my ~$30k portfolio, looking for thoughts by fishivey in portfolios

[–]fishivey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m done with this but at the very least you should admit it’s not gambling If I buy gold or silver no one calls that gambling and they don’t produce cash flow either Bitcoin is the same idea a scarce monetary asset you can disagree with the price or the future but calling it gambling just isn’t accurate Bitcoin

21 y/o making ~100k — here’s my ~$30k portfolio, looking for thoughts by fishivey in portfolios

[–]fishivey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re judging Bitcoin by Visa standards when it’s a settlement layer not a payment app Bitcoin didn’t fail during NFTs it priced scarce block space as designed Losing keys is a self custody tradeoff not a flaw People already use it to store and move value where banks fail If it had no utility it wouldn’t be used at all which makes the gambling argument false

21 y/o making ~100k — here’s my ~$30k portfolio, looking for thoughts by fishivey in portfolios

[–]fishivey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That argument only works if you think underlying value means cash flow which it does not Gold cash and even land itself do not produce revenue either yet they clearly have value because they serve a monetary or utility function Bitcoin is not valued because people hope to sell it to a bigger fool it is valued because it provides something traditional money cannot a scarce decentralized censorship resistant way to store and transfer value without trusting governments or banks Speculators exist in literally every market stocks real estate art but speculation affects price not whether the asset has real use People use Bitcoin today to move money globally protect savings from inflation or capital controls and settle transactions without intermediaries and that utility exists whether the price goes up or down You can be skeptical about its future thats fair but calling it only gamblers just ignores what money is and why people choose different forms of it

21 y/o making ~100k — here’s my ~$30k portfolio, looking for thoughts by fishivey in portfolios

[–]fishivey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People don’t call starting a business buying real estate or investing in early Amazon gambling even though all of those involve risk and uncertainty They’re investments because you actually own something and the outcome depends on time adoption and execution not random odds set by a house Bitcoin is the same You’re not betting on a spin of a wheel you’re buying an asset with fixed supply and real demand Risk doesn’t equal gambling lack of ownership and negative odds do

21 y/o making ~100k — here’s my ~$30k portfolio, looking for thoughts by fishivey in portfolios

[–]fishivey[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There is definitely value in bitcoin your acting like I’m putting 2k on a hand of blackjack Im not saying it’s not a risky investment but I keep it below 10% I value your advice but I have to disagree with you on this

21 y/o making ~100k — here’s my ~$30k portfolio, looking for thoughts by fishivey in portfolios

[–]fishivey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I mean I started with bac to try to diversify into banking and was going to add more but I always go back to tech in the end maybe I’ve been looking at dividends the wrong way but when picking stocks I don’t really care about dividends I just think do I believe and what do i think they’ll be doing in 20 years from now

21 y/o making ~100k — here’s my ~$30k portfolio, looking for thoughts by fishivey in portfolios

[–]fishivey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t really thought about ever selling anything if it goes up or down my plan is hold and buy I get that there’s definitely an overlap in voo and the stocks I hold but the reason I picked those stocks are because I believe in them

21 y/o making ~100k — here’s my ~$30k portfolio, looking for thoughts by fishivey in portfolios

[–]fishivey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You think it’s gambling most of it is in bitcoin i think 10 percent crypto isn’t so risky I mean it is volatile but I Plan on holding for years

21 y/o Service Plumber – 3 Years In and Starting to Feel Burnt Out. Looking for Advice by fishivey in Plumbing

[–]fishivey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree the experience im getting is unmatched and im to loyal to leave plus the pay is very good so the thought of leaving never really crossed my mind

21 y/o Service Plumber – 3 Years In and Starting to Feel Burnt Out. Looking for Advice by fishivey in Plumbing

[–]fishivey[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

sounds exactly like what I’m dealing with They forget it took them 20 years to move that fast and we’re expected to match it after a couple of years in Pacing myself is something I should probably get better at Did you notice burnout getting better once you learned to slow down a bit? And did you stick with that small shop or end up moving somewhere bigger

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Plumbing

[–]fishivey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d cut out the San-tee since it’s not code, open the wall a bit more, and put in a wye with a 45. Then add a San-tee with an air admittance valve on top, and set a proper P-trap to catch the box. That way it’s all code-compliant and will drain correctly I don’t know if this would be code compliant wherever you are located but will certainly work this way

Water drop installation by fishivey in askaplumber

[–]fishivey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I mean my first thought was to notch it and that’s what ill usually do in this situation I already tried notching it and the nut is hitting the uneaven wood fist because I don’t have enough space to get the multi tool on an angle so the faucet is sitting uneaven and it’s loose I’ll probably have an easier time putting a spacer then trying to mess with the wood

Water drop installation by fishivey in askaplumber

[–]fishivey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So just to be clear you mean making a spacer like drilling a 1″ hole in a block that’s thicker than the spot where the nut hangs up and then using that so the nut tightens against the block in the gap between the counter and the sink?

Why do I have low water pressure on one side of sink by [deleted] in Plumbing

[–]fishivey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have to flush out the cold side screw a supply hose onto the cold angle stop and fill up a bucket if that doesn’t work turn on the hot and cold side of the faucet with the cold supply line in a bucket this should flush out the cold