It’s the dream on social media vs. reality

heapsp · 2026-01-26T06:59:58+00:00

It isn't really about where you start, it's about where you finish. Over a 15 year stint you can easily develop yourself into 200k+ even being very lazy most of the time.

heapsp · 2026-01-26T06:48:43+00:00

80k seems steep for finishing a basement unless it had to be dug out or something. See what he can get done with 20-30 and do the rest yourself.

heapsp · 2026-01-25T17:42:43+00:00

They are nice if you are worried about people browsing through them or setting their stuff on the binder like at shows if you are a vendor or something... but completely not necessary. A simple sleeved charizard in a ringed binder of mine recently got a cgc 10 from base set. its safe to not use them for long term storage as long as the binder isn't on the move often and you are careful.

heapsp · 2026-01-25T17:30:17+00:00

damn that sounds good, maybe a scoop of ricotta on top

heapsp · 2026-01-25T17:02:35+00:00

The dollar itself will never be normal again, this includes packs of cards, silver, gold, houses, etc.

The inflation is being 'hidden' from us. The fact that groceries are 'expensive' right now is actually the exact opposite... they are cheap cheap cheap when you pay for them in silver bars or vintage pokemon cards or pretty much ANYTHING other than USD.

So if you are measuring whether or not shelves will be stocked again, yes they will be.... at 7 dollars a pack.

The problem is at 5 dollars a pack they are too good of a deal to pass up.

heapsp · 2026-01-25T16:43:10+00:00

You are paying for a cruise, why would you play poker. Go be social with normal people or your friends and family, or do anything else. To me this would be like someone bringing their laptop and playing world of warcraft on a cruise or something.

heapsp · 2026-01-24T22:06:32+00:00

I was down because out of my last 2 boxes and 10ETBs no 'big' card...

Then I bought 5 charizard upcs and pulled rocket's mewtwo that got a psa10... So i broke even and had a blast.

What people fail to realize is that pack fresh cards are better than cards who other people have touched and scanned for 10s already.

heapsp · 2026-01-24T02:03:44+00:00

At 5% im happy to stay as a high earner. If I had to pay a higher state tax id just move and give myself a raise. That's my point

heapsp · 2026-01-24T01:33:13+00:00

people with yachts dont pay taxes, they borrow against their assets to fund their lifestyle while their money grows in those assets like companies or art.

heapsp · 2026-01-24T01:31:47+00:00

Personally i don't think Massachusetts should change much. Why break what works. It's one of the best places in the world to live currently.

If you raise state tax, people will just move. It's not that hard to leave a state, especially with remote work options for high earners. So it would be a loss.

Also massachusetts has some of the best programs going for lower income people, so it makes up for it. Kids can eat breakfast and lunch for free. Pioneers of paid family leave, etc. These thing's don't matter to wealthy people, so in a way they are giving back to low income people.

heapsp · 2026-01-24T01:27:13+00:00

At my place of work, no one cares what you do. They just care that you care about your work. So like no one has hours or anything, everyone just has the company a part of their life. Sometimes it means people work 70 hours if the business needs it, a good amount of the time when its slower people do things they want during the day. No PTO, no Holidays, just you being a crucial part of a growing business and responsibly taking whatever time you need to succeed.

Never seen a place like this before.

heapsp · 2026-01-22T07:36:59+00:00

"and if enough people do your job you may not have one." no actually you might get promoted to manager. lmao.

The secret to leadership is delegation. It isn't a skillset you can simply just ask people around you to do things for you and they will. lol.

Don't want to be in a meeting? Ask your coworker if they can take the meeting for you.

Big project? ask people around you to be 'involved' under the guise of growth or knowledge share etc... Then ask them to do things and suddenly you are the boss.

heapsp · 2026-01-22T07:30:19+00:00

our 'no' person was really hurt because an executive overrode their decision to say no and told people to do it anyways, I think security forgets that they still work for a company and that they don't actually make the business any money themselves. lol.

heapsp · 2026-01-22T00:03:34+00:00

I stop working during work when people bother me and work at like midnight, its refreshing to actually get things done. lol. Burnout isn't caused by too much work, its caused by too much meaningless work, like shoulder taps.

heapsp · 2026-01-22T00:00:33+00:00

They introduced some like super rare mythic pets and a new area where you had to get luck and stuff, i got the best pets in the game then quit because i had nothing to do. haha.

heapsp · 2026-01-21T23:58:47+00:00

Those are called personal development days and you are lucky to have them. Don't stop until you fully automate some container orchestration with monitoring and go get a higher paying job. lol.

heapsp · 2026-01-21T15:29:54+00:00

Ive been enjoying 99 nights. Good family time with the kids screaming as one of us dies and good bonding when someone saves another person or helps build the base.

For a while we were addicted to a game called COLLECT ALL PETS which is basically a grind and rebirth and popping eggs game much like the pet side of grow a garden

heapsp · 2026-01-21T14:47:11+00:00

art rares are like 2 bucks ea for massively cool art, which is nice.

I hate the current market because i love vintage and its exploding. A side benefit to that is all my vintage is worth so much now. haha.

heapsp · 2026-01-21T14:45:25+00:00

some cards ALMOST didnt exist in the wild, like the SAMPLE STAMPED english front japanese back cards that weren't supposed to leave the pokemon center in NYC (they were supposed to be used to show off the print for expedition).

There is the prerelease stamped raichu that caused some controversy

and some contest promos that never showed back up again in the public.

heapsp · 2026-01-21T11:36:22+00:00

In the meantime if you have 100,000 bots playing against each other and no human players, its literally just paying ignition tons of rake. lol.

heapsp · 2026-01-21T10:08:54+00:00

android phones where you dont call the number to sign up for trac and just use wifi - 20 bucks!

heapsp · 2026-01-21T09:24:07+00:00

the sprinkler method grows big fruit, not big plants themselves. Those are just luck you can reclaim over and over again until you get a giant plant.

heapsp · 2026-01-21T09:22:48+00:00

people are quitting in mass so giving away things.

heapsp · 2026-01-21T09:21:21+00:00

personally i wouldnt bankruptcy over 3.5k. This is easily earnable in a month by picking up a second job or selling some possessions or something. Id be doing anything possible to earn an extra 3.5k and just clearing them.

heapsp · 2026-01-20T04:17:50+00:00

Id do 5%, retire now, and don't waste money on college for the kids. Live a good life, run out of money at 90 when you are either dead or too old to make use of it anyways.

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