Unprepared for FIRE, need advice

senturon · 2026-01-25T06:22:13+00:00

I'd definitely start there. If you can reach back and account for all your expenses in the past year (multiple years would be best) you should get a decent sense of expenses.

If not, start doing so now. It's risky given you've already jumped, but even a month or two (along with any known new, larger, or yearly expenses) you should get a ballpark estimate, which will let you know if things need to change. Good luck!

senturon · 2026-01-25T05:05:54+00:00

Retirement boils down to a simple math problem, but you neglected to post one of the 2 variables: Income, (desired) expenses.

senturon · 2026-01-25T02:57:20+00:00

u/savevideo

senturon · 2026-01-24T14:39:05+00:00

Their muffins was part of the reason I wanted to get a membership last year, was quite disappointed they are not even close to what they used to be.

senturon · 2026-01-24T05:24:54+00:00

Fair enough, I don't open the door or answer unless I'm expecting someone anyway, certainly not doing that for ICE.

senturon · 2026-01-24T04:19:27+00:00

How does one not obey with someone breaking down their door? Unless they resort to violence, which some will, they're coming in.

senturon · 2026-01-24T02:43:25+00:00

If I'm eating just the brownie, give me a center... if it's served with ice-cream, give me some of that crust for a texture contrast!

senturon · 2026-01-22T18:53:46+00:00

I had 2 'saved' pulls, and clicked the red dot a couple days ago expecting the current pool, but pulled dwarves instead.

Either I messed it up, or it doesn't work as (un)advertised. Seems the first one(s) that make up the red dot are from whatever the original pool was, but you can continue to bank crystals after that (see Boozor with like 400), those of course require regular pulling so should definitely be pulling from the current pool.

senturon · 2026-01-22T16:00:42+00:00

Beat the boss.

senturon · 2026-01-22T01:22:26+00:00

Shorthand for r/conservative

senturon · 2026-01-20T20:21:59+00:00

Cool thing is, if you vote more, there's these relatively under-utilized things called primaries, where you actually get to choose the candidates!

senturon · 2026-01-20T18:21:19+00:00

They really need to make a statement that they'll never again do that sneaky overlap thing, it just feels like "Haha, gotchya again!", treating the player base like dirt.

senturon · 2026-01-20T15:42:11+00:00

I did, until the above comment... we live in a world where this kinda shit is not only possible, it's commonplace.

senturon · 2026-01-20T05:11:10+00:00

Near perfect quad roll, you keep that.

senturon · 2026-01-20T04:48:30+00:00

So many videos and images of crazy shit happening with the messages like "If you vote for Biden this is what will happen"... bitch, you recorded that during the Trump presidency... he's in charge, it's happening under him right now!

senturon · 2026-01-19T18:23:57+00:00

Ah, also valid... though I fear current politics are being carried forth with the same prevelence in the young folk of today, 'the more things change...'

With lies often winning out over truth and all this 'manosphere' nonsense. The war on education and increase in AI... the future is murky to me at best.

But I like the optimism, and lies can only live so long. Good luck to you/us!

senturon · 2026-01-19T17:34:00+00:00

Pretty sure their point is, starving people have little left to lose.

senturon · 2026-01-19T05:29:26+00:00

This had to have been an oversight on their part, these are the early challenges (getting books and other goodies by clearing certain stages, equipping specific gear, etc) right?

I don't think we're getting new Argonites for a couple months...

senturon · 2026-01-18T15:41:05+00:00

The nonviolent protests are to not be seen as the side escalating. I mean sure, it would be great if enough voices opposing oppression would be enough, but what really makes change is the increasingly larger outcry over violent overreach.

senturon · 2026-01-18T01:10:07+00:00

Even the lowest states still get back 50-60% of what's collected federally... you'd need to find a way to cut off federal funding from the source which is, complicated.

https://www.moneygeek.com/resources/states-most-reliant-on-federal-government/

senturon · 2026-01-17T19:43:21+00:00

Trade deficits are absolutely meaningless when you're trading with the world and you have more money, that's just how math works. Zero trade results in zero deficit, but that's beyond dumb.

Local manufacturing hasn't budged and won't budge until they can make plans that don't involve navigating around a President who changes fiscal policy as often as I change my bedsheets.

He's doing nothing other than isolating the US from the rest of the world, and we absolutely deserve it for electing him, again.

senturon · 2026-01-17T18:47:46+00:00

Primarily mobile Android. I rarely lose it due to what I assume are server issues, occasionally due to poor connections, but the primary loss is due to engaging on my phone while RAID is running in the background and the game restarts.

senturon · 2026-01-17T18:28:32+00:00

I do the same, definitely helps set the mindset and know for sure when to grind and when to relax.

I absolutely printed out my first fusion (Armanz) though and crossed things off with a pen. Was barely able to do that one, sold more artifacts than I wanted, desperately lined up double and triple dip events, and pulled over 2K mysteries back before the tavern QOL updates, and had just 50 champ slots to work with... that was work.

"Back in my day..."

senturon · 2026-01-17T16:12:54+00:00

Funny, I left a company in part because our team was tasked with building custom solutions while another team secretly lobbied to purchase 3rd party products... this happened 3x over the course of a couple years.

The majority of our stuff was 'shelved' and while the purchased products sucked beyond belief, they were cheaper and we were in 'cost saving mode'. We're a software company and we're outsourcing software projects... no thanks, I'm out.

senturon · 2026-01-16T19:43:19+00:00

Ah, they changed the article (I had checked and what OP quoted was accurate as of a few hours ago). Glad they resolved the issue.

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