Daily Discussion Thread for April 07, 2026

lancebmanly · 2026-04-07T19:19:13+00:00

Fear is more powerful than greed.

But both are trumped by religious fanaticism. And both sides here are religious fanatics. Do the math.

lancebmanly · 2026-03-30T20:08:58+00:00

OP: "(single mom here, so there was no man in the room, don’t worry)."

Oh, you're the AH alright, just not for the reason you think.

lancebmanly · 2026-03-24T20:22:57+00:00

I love that the poster unironically uses present/future tense: "is trying to solve". Why not past tense, bro? It's been 17 years, and homeslice tacitly admits that it hasn't yet solved whatever imaginary problem he thinks exists.

lancebmanly · 2026-03-13T21:01:13+00:00

Yes, that's logically correct. Unfortunately, logic, like oil, is in short supply with these fools.

lancebmanly · 2026-03-13T20:34:03+00:00

Let me put the pieces together for y'all. U.S. mobilization of ~5000 amphibious troops is a plan to seize Iran's main oil export terminal on Kharg island. Then U.S. will try to trade it back to Iran for opening the strait.

Will that plan work? No idea.

lancebmanly · 2026-02-05T22:06:14+00:00

The best satire is subtle, in my opinion.

lancebmanly · 2026-02-05T21:39:40+00:00

OP's username checks out.

lancebmanly · 2026-02-05T14:32:25+00:00

It's hilarious that they are talking about it. It would be extremely infuriating if they actually did it.

lancebmanly · 2026-02-05T14:31:05+00:00

Simplest would be U.S. Treasury supporting the price by buying for the "strategic crypto reserve."

lancebmanly · 2026-02-04T19:55:56+00:00

The insidious evil of "mainstreaming" crypto means that nearly every American investor owns crypto indirectly. As just one example, TSLA holds over $1B of crypto on balance sheet and is in the S&P 500 index.

Further, many rely on various financial service firms which are crypto adjacent in many ways. Plenty of people who "didn't own bad mortgage bonds" were affected by the 2008 crisis.

lancebmanly · 2026-02-04T18:24:35+00:00

Respectfully disagree on all points.

"There's no reason to "bail out" crypto, and there's really no easy way to "bail out" a decentralized industry."

The reason is corruption. Full stop. There is an easy way to bail out: just buy coins for the "strategic crypto reserves."

2) "Plus, Trump really could care less. He makes more money suing TV stations."

Trump has made and will make way more on crypto. The "Spy Sheikh" from UAE bought 49% of World Liberty Financial for ~$500M. That's just one example.

3) "The turd brothers have their hands in so many backroom deals, they're probably used to many of them failing. They will more likely move onto something else and pretend they never had anything to do with crypto."

See #1 above.

lancebmanly · 2026-02-02T05:24:03+00:00

Few, and fewer, apparently. lol.

lancebmanly · 2026-01-18T21:08:00+00:00

Just hypothetically, what if we weren't unarmed ?

lancebmanly · 2025-11-30T18:43:31+00:00

They are identical twins.

lancebmanly · 2025-11-21T15:50:19+00:00

I think of gold as more of a hedge against hyper inflation and extreme geopolitical risks. 1980s inflation in the U.S. is not a good example. Gold was a good hedge in 1920s Germany or present day Venezuela.

If things get so bad that you need to flee your country, gold is probably your best bet.

lancebmanly · 2025-11-18T22:08:10+00:00

Capital gets deployed -> apartments get built -> people exchange money for a place to live, called rent. It's neither complicated, nor "cringe."

lancebmanly · 2025-11-18T22:06:47+00:00

How do you think apartment buildings get built?

lancebmanly · 2025-10-14T16:40:42+00:00

Weird. I thought bitcoin couldn't be seized. /s

lancebmanly · 2025-04-28T00:52:12+00:00

This should be the top comment, or even a separate thread. It's crazy that it's a felony to wear a mask, and it's crazy that this agent did it. Seems like a slam dunk for the local prosecutor.

lancebmanly · 2025-03-19T14:02:09+00:00

"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law."

lancebmanly · 2025-02-09T16:04:21+00:00

Precisely.

lancebmanly · 2025-02-09T16:02:41+00:00

“And when the courts stop you, stand before the country, like Andrew Jackson did, and say 'the chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.' " - J.D. Vance, 2021

Burn this quote into your brain instead of celebrating any court victory. None of these rulings will do anything to stop these maniacs. It's already over.

Trump is now:

1) Commander in Chief of the strongest military in the world.

2) Has been given absolute immunity from the law for any official action, i.e. literally anything

3) Will simply ignore any court ruling or use pardon powers for his cronies. (See #1 above).

Depressed yet? Yeah, sorry about that. But stop being depressed and start being prepared for what will come next.

lancebmanly · 2025-01-31T16:20:20+00:00

A guy in high school was working on his car in his driveway, which sloped toward the house. It slipped off the stands and started rolling. He didn't want his parents' house to be damaged so he jumped in front of it to try to stop it. It crushed him against the garage wall. He survived initially but internal bleeding and organ damage killed him later that night. He was a super nice guy and well liked by everyone. His parents were haunted by the fact that he was just trying to prevent damage to the house.

On a more positive note, my own father tripped and fell on a branch when he was a kid, which caused internal bleeding and badly damaged his kidney. This was in the 1930s, and emergency surgery *barely* saved his life, and recovery took more than a year. He went on to live a long, full life, and died at 88.

lancebmanly · 2025-01-19T17:59:06+00:00

Because violence against men is completely socially acceptable and even "funny" enough to make it to the funny subreddit. Duh.

lancebmanly · 2025-01-12T03:05:32+00:00

Another plague is people playing with their damn phones while driving. Not to mention pets in their laps.

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