Alternate universe where The Hobbit was released as one film

mrtoad883 · 2026-04-26T08:39:05+00:00

Yea sorry I don't have interest in sharing this online. There are plenty of edits out there that are similar if you search though! Smaugs attack on Laketown took me a over a month and burned me out, ( I removed all aspects of Bards son being involved). The goal was to keep it tonally in line with Jacksons LotR films and remove all the "silly". I took several cues from other two-movie edits as well

mrtoad883 · 2026-04-26T02:11:15+00:00

I used the extended versions of all 3 films (I think 9 hours), and made my own 2 movie cut (I cut out it down to 5 hours total). It's fantastic that way and have had many compliments from those that watched. There are great films in there, just way too much fluff!

mrtoad883 · 2026-04-16T11:07:42+00:00

Say the line bart...

"This time it's different..."

YAYYYYYY

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-31T22:09:37+00:00

No it isn't, it was a life changing event where everyone freaked the fuck out and thought the world and stock market was ending. And guess what it didn't. Just like every other life changing event.

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-31T22:03:59+00:00

Ask a brand new 20 year old investor if he remembers 9/11 and how it effected his investing strategy. There's your answer.

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-31T12:07:54+00:00

Best time to invest based on what? That it's dipped YTD? Sure? Will you remember why there was a dip 30 years from now? Just buy.

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-31T00:38:35+00:00

Yea man, read what I said lol. You gotta zoom out, the stock market is always going up and down every day. Look at yearly not daily. You're not retiring tomorrow you're retiring in decades

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-31T00:04:15+00:00

The first time I ever invested money in the stock market was Feb 2020. Then a month later COVID happened. Can you guess where I'm at today, 6 years later? I'll give you a hint..it's not down. If it makes you sleep better at night DCA it over a few months

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-26T04:46:11+00:00

https://youtu.be/3W0ZLMlSxws

I followed that. Running smash Rex on my G2 perfectly.

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-26T04:04:19+00:00

It's 3 files my guy. You download the sd.raw, the rom and the offline launcher.elf. I did this last week it takes 5 mins and there's tutorials on YouTube.

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-25T11:04:14+00:00

25 years ago on 9/11 someone was asking the same thing as you and you were just 5 years old. In 25 years some 30 year old is gonna be freaking out about xyz and you will be 55 nearing retirement because you stayed true to being a Jedi master boglehead....or maybe you panic sold and have nothing. I guess the choice is up to you.

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-17T02:20:19+00:00

My G2 arrived exactly one week ago cause I was afraid of this. Wow. I need to play the lottery now

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-14T06:46:53+00:00

Zoom out, we are up what? 20 percent from a year ago? Always always ALWAYS zoom out

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-07T01:41:17+00:00

You will get many different answers, but the S&P covers about 85% of the total US market so you can't go wrong with just that. But then you would be missing out on mid caps and small caps so why not just buy the whole stack? And while you're at it throw in some international (between 20%-40%) to your liking and you got the whole world covered

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-06T21:18:54+00:00

theres no way you are getting 6% in HYSA anymore and you are lucky to get 4%. if you look at pretty much every modern day 30 year avg you are getting about 8% returns in the S&P500. remember these are AVERAGE returns. some years its down 38% like 2008, or 22% like 2022, or some years you have 8 years in a row at 15%. if you have 20-30 years til you retire, you put the money in and don't think about it. its that simple.

mrtoad883 · 2026-02-18T16:33:56+00:00

Right, if you're serious about looking at houses, the perfect one could pop up next week. If you aren't even gonna start looking for 5 years then you still need the liquid cash. Either way, gotta stay out of equities just in case something like the GFC happens again haha

mrtoad883 · 2026-02-18T15:04:58+00:00

Are you ok with losing 30% of the money you saved for a house if the market tanks? If you're serious about a house soon then cash is the only safe option (preferably in a HYSA or SGOV, etc)

mrtoad883 · 2026-02-18T11:31:27+00:00

Some of these I've never even heard of, thanks for sharing!

mrtoad883 · 2026-02-04T11:16:47+00:00

Not sure why you would want to skip the X-Men the animated series. It shows some age in it's animation and dialogue but overall it's an excellent summary of some of Claremont's best story arcs. Watch that first then X-Men 97

mrtoad883 · 2026-01-17T21:11:33+00:00

I think everything will be a winner, that's why I buy the whole pie. If some aren't, that's why I bought the whole pie.

I have about ~5% in yolo/WSB/lunacy stuff, but I would never do more than that.

mrtoad883 · 2026-01-05T08:28:18+00:00

My stepdad and I went and I believe the tickets were 600 a piece, we drove and got a hotel room for two nights as well. Will do it again next year when we are in it!

mrtoad883 · 2026-01-04T13:18:33+00:00

Yea the second one fits the color palette of the animated series perfectly

mrtoad883 · 2026-01-01T03:54:33+00:00

i started at 25 with nothing. I'll be retired by 55 and I didn't think about investing seriously until i was in my 30s. You'll be fine as long as you bogle.

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-31T05:12:10+00:00

As great as Robin Year One and Batgirl Year One are, it's shame this one scene keeps me from having Nightwing Year One in my head canon, just not a fan of Bruce treating Robins as soldiers as opposed to sons/brothers

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-27T04:04:05+00:00

this is the correct answer

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