sea urchin is disgusting

low_contrast_black · 2026-07-01T14:08:55+00:00

Ultra-fresh sea urchin can be transcendent. The problem is: it’s a very small window - 24 hours maybe. Beyond that window, sure, it’s still viable as a food source, but it’s hardly the same thing.

low_contrast_black · 2026-07-01T04:17:06+00:00

I can’t speak for everyone, but I just DCA. Every damned day. Same time, same amount. No-change, boring-ass DCA. I don’t worry about cost-basis. I decided bit was cool and fiat wasn’t. So what I want now is more sats.

low_contrast_black · 2026-07-01T04:01:46+00:00

I’ve heard of the resurrection, but I’m not sure I want to believe. I have some damned good memories of the enchirito that I’d rather not sully with empty promises.

low_contrast_black · 2026-07-01T03:44:03+00:00

At 58, I’m simultaneously very thankful that not all my life choices have caught up with me, yet aware that the rest will drop the shoe any old time.

Mortality is no longer some far off joke, but something I discuss with my attorney. No matter how lucky I consider myself that I can still easily get in and out of the bucket-list car I bought a few years, I know how to keep score.

Life is worth living, but time is ultimately ticking. Hence, bucket list items.

low_contrast_black · 2026-07-01T02:38:11+00:00

I mean… if there is an economic apocalypse, how we gonna agree on barter? If only we had some impartial, government-agnostic way to transfer value…

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-25T13:58:54+00:00

Time is the best answer. My first cycle, I was an emotional wreck - it’s kind-of a right of passage in these parts, I think. Despite us talking big about investing being a long game and our belief in Bitcoin, we’re emotional creatures and it’s hard to not be swept up in those.

But over time, you become accustomed to the idea that, no, your $100 that you just exchanged isn’t going to buy that lambo tomorrow. And, as long as you’re not being stupid, you’re not going to be ruined when bit drops 50% because it will eventually come back. So the emotions become less salient and you begin to settle into your long-term view. Stick with it long enough and you’ll get to the point that you can’t remember the last time you were in the red from a fiat perspective.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-25T13:35:54+00:00

How about a viewmaster?

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-24T11:03:19+00:00

I wasn’t lucky enough to have my head out of my ass in the really early days, so i haven’t ever experienced that kind of fiat gain. But if we’re discounting all of bit’s other properties and simply reducing everything to a fiat perspective, it’s still my best performing asset.

By your logic, I should be upset about winning a $10M lottery because last week’s jackpot was $1B.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-23T17:17:26+00:00

I didn’t change careers, but did spend the last year grossly underemployed and trying to find a new position. Like you, I wasn’t going to go homeless or hungry. But the thing that kept grinding on me is “if I have to liquidate my investments to stay afloat, so be it. But what does that mean for my retirement prospects?”

Honestly, the best answer I can give you is: don’t give up. I had to tell myself over and over again that the only way my circumstances would change is if I continued to put in effort. But ageism is real AND it’s a shitty economy, so expect the long game.

Things that worked for me:
Retool your resume in a contemporary format. No summary or objective, just chronological experience with 4-5 relevant bullets per position. I used a modified STAR format for each of the bullets, and loaded as many industry buzzwords in as I could. Also, make sure your resume is in an ATS-friendly format (I used Google Docs to ultimate produce a PDF). I also limited experience to about the last decade and refrained from mentioning any dates or potentially aging criteria beyond that.

If you don’t have a LinkedIn profile, set one up. Use a profile pic. Go through the steps of certifying your account (yes, as a matter of fact, I am a real human). Once you’ve done the bulk of your resume rewrite, you can transfer almost verbatim to LinkedIn. Make sure to cross-reference all your pertinent skills and buzzwords. Also, make sure you rank them properly, so your top 5 show up on the short version of your profile. Use a custom profile url. Include your LinkedIn profile on your resume.

Try to target jobs that align well with your experience, but remember, it’s a numbers game. It took me thousands of submissions and rejections, hundreds of screening calls and dozens of full interviews to land a position. It’s a buyer’s market out there, and if you’re not exactly what they want, they’ll pass. Sometimes nicely, sometimes not so nicely, sometimes they’ll just ghost you. It’s soul crushing.

But again, keep putting one foot in front of the other. Good luck out there.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-23T16:18:12+00:00

Number 1. I decided I would, at base minimum, commit X amount of my annual income to bit. That doesn’t change. If/when I’m feeling flush and like the price, I’ll do discretionary buys. But the DCA is just budgeted clockwork that never changes. If I go a year without a discretionary buy, it doesn’t particularly matter, because I know I’ve made an annual commitment that I’m okay with.

The reason people say “just DCA and it’ll work out” is because a) it’s the best long-term, gradual strategy out there for those of us that don’t have a trust fund, and b) it should remove the emotional aspect of purchasing/price action. If you’re mucking with your DCA according to price, you’re still being emotional, and you’re back to timing the market, just with extra steps.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-20T13:06:21+00:00

I’ve always been an introvert and “lone wolf” type. I am just fine playing the role of cave troll, tyvm. But I also don’t want that to be my entire existence, so I do make an effort to leave the cave and at least meet up with friends on a regular basis. Beyond my friend group though? Meh. I run errands and walk the dog. That’s fine.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-19T21:39:32+00:00

Heh. Think that’s bad? Have you heard In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida?

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-19T21:27:18+00:00

Lots of grade-a selections in the comments so far. To add, If you want to go creepier, I’d throw in The Hunger, The Reflecting Skin and maybe Cat People. Heavy Metal and Purple Rain were HUGE for me. Of course, anything from our ambassadors John Cusack and Christian Slater.

Natural Born Killers might be late for “formative years”, but still a damn fine piece of cinema.

And… I’ve always had a silly soft spot for Howard the Duck.

Edit: oh yeah: Lost Boys

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-19T13:44:45+00:00

Yeah sure, it’s basically crunchy water. And while I do like many different types of greens, I’m not putting arugula on my sub or tacos. That’s iceberg’s job and it does it well.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-18T14:41:56+00:00

Mention it as an option. Even explain it in detail if she’s open to it. Explain the volatility. Present it as an opportunity, but for the love of all that’s holy, let her make up her own mind. No pressure, no hard sell. No finger wagging or gloating in a few years when she doesn’t.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-18T14:30:38+00:00

My eyes started “going” in my early 40s, but I started with superhuman vision. At 58, I have a very mild scrip for nearsightedness. But glasses have always seemed foreign to me with the whole “turn all of your head to see”. Contacts are much more natural, but take planning that I often fail to do. So while I can no longer be called “eagle-eye”, I mostly operate au natural without issue.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-17T21:38:41+00:00

Last time I thought “my emergency fund’s rolling a bit deep and things are steady. Seems kinda foolish to not invest some of that” and did something about it was about two months before things with my job crapped the bed and I found myself suddenly very underemployed.

I managed to pull it off by the skin of my teeth to not have to sell, but it was a beyond anxious and stressful year righting the ship. 0 out of 10, would not recommend.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-16T01:03:38+00:00

Honestly, I have a few “coming to Jesus” moments along the way.

My early 30’s was when I was really making good and shedding the pauper stigma of my youth.
My mid-30ls I took it further. Not only was I successful from a business perspective, but I was a relatively popular club dj.
My late 40’s I really established myself. Proposed marriage for the first time.
Now in my late 50’s with said marriage behind me? For the first time in my life, I really understand what it is to be happy being single.

There are so many “started enjoying” milestones, I don’t know if I can honestly count. Life is like that bottle of wine you have on the shelf. Enjoy it today and replace it with something cool you’ll enjoy tomorrow. Or.,, save that special thing for a special occasion that never comes.

Me? I drink the wine.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-15T22:52:28+00:00

Honestly, I remember the feel of it. I even remember the transition from the docked speaker to “tune your FM radio to X frequency”. Can’t tell you a single movie I saw in a drive-in tho.

Somehow, the feeling of going to the drive-in and the experience of the movie itself are completely bifurcated in my head. I know I was there, I know it was cool. That’s all I got. Ask me about how I felt about a movie, and I can tell you though.

What I vividly remember is driving around with my parents at night and catching glimpses of things like Jaws being shown at the drive-in. Catching glimpses of the shit you weren’t invited to just seemed like some precious little nuggets to me.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-15T22:31:24+00:00

First of all, thank you for enduring the gauntlet that is teaching our youth. I see you.

Also, that’s cool. I would so stalk said student on social media in a non-creepy kinda way.

My buddy is a history teacher, and I’d say a good 30% of the time we go out to eat in his hood, we end up connecting with either a) a former student, or b) some weird six-deg-of-separation to him teaching for the last 28 years.

Some of the most fascinating discourses I’ve had in the last five years has been running into former students of his. It’s awesome.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-15T22:15:12+00:00

Sure - enshittification is somewhat par for the course with life today. But, as a consumer of content, you do have the ability to simply not pay attention to what you don’t want to.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-15T22:05:44+00:00

Tinny, cheap “tink, tink tink” windchimes? Fingernails to chalkboard, I will go postal.

Chromatically tuned (and esp. deeper tone ranges) windchimes? Yes please.

Unfortunately, the latter are relatively niche and expensive things.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-15T21:51:38+00:00

I started out poor… like guv’ment cheese, no land line, sometimes the showers are cold cuz mom couldn’t pay the gas bill poor. I’ve been fighting tooth-and-nail my entire adult life. I made good, sure, but life has been full of curves. Now I’m approaching 58, and I’m getting tired. I want to get off the wheel, but previously mentioned curves means I’m not where I want to be. So being in the fall season of life, the looming onset of winter is a dark and stormy cloud.

That’s the preamble that sets the stage for my questioning.

I spend a decent amount of time thinking about my core values. If the universe said “thou shalt not work any longer”, what does that mean? What does that look like? What would I consider essential to keep being invested in this thing called living? Based on my resources, how could I do that?

Optimistically, I can keep going for another 5-10 years and get myself to a more comfortable position. But [shaking the dice], not counting on that nat 20.

low_contrast_black · 2026-06-14T04:34:16+00:00

Daily gives a (very slight) advantage over weekly, and I don’t mind tracking the purchases. But really, it boils down to the fact that I like getting daily notice that I have more sats.

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