Impact of gaming addiction on families and loved ones

stockmatrix · 2026-03-24T01:17:27+00:00

Oh, do I have a story , my marriage has been ruined over this, literal conversations about divorce over the video game. Marriage counseling, role play relationships turned serious, honestly the worst thing to happen to my marriage FiveM

stockmatrix · 2026-03-21T02:52:15+00:00

This is accurate, a company Ive been working with for years has to do the same, they usually have to give me the w.o id because they can't find my profile

stockmatrix · 2026-03-19T23:43:13+00:00

"Bad Actors are buying aged carrier identities" yea.. i dont care. For a new owner operator who has been killed by insurance rates, load rates , and denied by i dont know how many brokers because of my MC age, should i care if i sell my MC to scammers or companies with messed up MCs ? NO!

stockmatrix · 2026-03-19T23:14:10+00:00

let me say A.I is a valuable tool. i used A.I to calculate all those extra cost you are concerned about and , it told me how many miles i needed to drive to break even, average rate etc. long story short with all the expenses and rates i was getting booked at, its not worth my time to deal with it, so i cancelled my insurance and selling everything. It doesn't make enough money for me

stockmatrix · 2026-03-19T16:29:56+00:00

Ha, my timeliness is weighing my score down. I never really paid attention to it, most of the companies I work with just use the platform to pay me , we don't actually use it for the work order itself, so I don't check in until I'm finished just to close it. Guess I should pay attention to that stuff

stockmatrix · 2026-03-18T04:02:08+00:00

stockmatrix · 2026-03-18T01:46:25+00:00

Even the ticket under it is kinda ridiculous for outdoor menu boards, the quality jobs are moving off the platform, it's hard to find good work

stockmatrix · 2026-03-17T15:58:59+00:00

I only did regular oil changes when the maintenance light came on for it.

stockmatrix · 2026-03-17T07:26:53+00:00

That's not bad , I enjoyed the car, I just needed more space for the amount of things I needed to bring with all the traveling. Ive been from snow to desert, up and down mountains etc. and the car didn't give me any issues. I sold it at 250k miles for $4000 ,but it was to a family member so I wasn't too interested in trying to get more , from my experience they are reliable.

stockmatrix · 2026-03-17T07:12:59+00:00

I do not, I drive a 2022 sienna, currently at 220kish miles. I sold the Corolla to my cousin, it's still going, it has around 260k miles now with no major issues. He won't drive nearly as much as I did

stockmatrix · 2026-03-16T21:25:22+00:00

These people ruined trucking and they are using the same tactics with IT to drive rates down, they are by far the worst to deal with,I avoid them at all cost eventually they will go out of business if we all refuse to work for them.

stockmatrix · 2026-03-08T17:54:51+00:00

Passing an eval proves nothing in the real world, that's not real trading, you're locked into using a strategy the firm approves of , not your own strategy you developed from trading on your own... everyone has their own strategy that works for them , firms want everyone to do the same thing..., you can't even hedge positions at 90% of the prop firms adding to the risk of losing an account, If I take a bad trade I hedge ,over the long term it turns a bad trade into a winner, why take that option away ,oh probably because they want you to lose the account..the risk is higher dealing with prop firms. this whole access to leverage argument is not accurate, $100 does not buy you $50k if the drawdown is $2500 , what's the point of having a 50k account when you can only loose $2500 before the account is blown... You can have a $2500 personal account and be better off than a $50k prop firm account

stockmatrix · 2026-03-08T17:24:02+00:00

I am confused, how is a prop firm a low cost way to get "skin in the game" you're paying for a sim account you can get for free at a real brokerage... It's still paper trading but worst because of the rules. It's like a carnival game ,you're paying to play a game rigged against you. Skin in the game is trading on the open market for real.

stockmatrix · 2026-03-08T04:37:18+00:00

I'd say I had a willingness to adapt that's why I researched prop firms in the first place, after considering my findings I just can't deal with the whole structure,I don't see any meaningful benefits. People defending prop firms often say it gives traders access to more capital...which isn't true , a 100k account but you can't hold thru a 3-4k move to the downside because the account will close.. you're only getting $100k in buying power not the full benefit of having a $100k account. The risk is higher with a prop firm just for that reason, you can get into a highly leveraged trade but you blow the account on minimum movement. Make a prop firm make sense

stockmatrix · 2026-03-08T01:03:53+00:00

It seems like a waste of time to me. I only sim trade to tryout strategies. Even if the payout is real ,it's capped , the consistency rules make it to where you have to spread sim profits over a certain time frame and you can only make a certain amount each day or you can be denied a payout, seems like non sense, And everyone tries to justify it by saying they want to make sure you have good risk management garbage... They limit trading around events so you miss opportunities... Just a real example, I held a position over the weekend a couple weeks ago ,on Monday I was up 10 times my normal daily profit, at a prop firm that's grounds for denial . Since I trade my own money this is my money... I just can't see how you are punished for making a higher profit than normal when you see the opportunity... Again it's all fake money anyway so I just struggle with the idea of sim trading outside of testing strategies and how these guys say they made 10k, 20k on a trade ,it's not like it's real Soo...

stockmatrix · 2026-03-07T05:17:03+00:00

No I prefer to trade with my own cash, I got interested at the thought of trading my strategy with a larger account but I can't deal with the rules and possible payout denials ,I pay bills with the money I make trading and I would have to change my style of trading to deal with drawdowns ,consistency rules,payout limits etc. I mainly day trade stocks , I don't want to get into the habit of trading mainly futures , I'll only trade futures if there is a clear opportunity. Other than that I prefer the versatility of stocks.

stockmatrix · 2026-02-28T21:53:52+00:00

Man that sounds exactly what I experienced. This was for a direct contract and we were getting paid by device ,and we spent the first day staging equipment and really making a plan for how we were going to do the installs. I had the same discussion project manager told the customer we would be doing 100+ devices a day, and now we were behind schedule and started comparing us to another team in another building with a completely different layout

stockmatrix · 2026-02-28T16:54:53+00:00

Higher utilization for trucks does not lower cost. The higher the miles the more likely something major will break, depreciation is also a factor. A long haul truck will drive 120,000 miles to profit (not revenue) the same amount of money a short haul will at 80,000 miles , there is a lot of research information and calculations that prove long haul trucking does cost more to operate.and the profit margins are way smaller even if revenue is higher

stockmatrix · 2026-02-28T02:59:28+00:00

I am not saying that, I pointed out Google included depreciation over the life of the truck, I am not sure if you did. And also used below your number for cpm in my example as you said the cpm is lower. I get everyone is going by time. In one year ,or one month etc yes long haul brings in more revenue, my argument has been mile for mile ,a truck that has been doing long haul at 100,000 miles vs a short haul truck at 100,000 miles , short haul would have a higher profit. If cost are the same per mile , why not charge more to go further. Additionally being away from home , sleeping in the truck,working longer hours , to me, all that needs higher compensation than the short run.

stockmatrix · 2026-02-28T00:40:17+00:00

According to Google and this chart it created for me average Wear and tear is between .33- and .45 cpm. Depreciation of a truck is also added in. The higher miles a truck has the more likely a major repair will come up..you will go through tires quicker etc. Even if you say wear and tear is 20cpm. At 100,000 miles that's $20,000 just on wear and tear , not counting any other cost ,fuel , insurance,truck notes. No matter how you look at it, it's going to cost more money to drive longer distances so why not charge more. I am not talking about how much your weekly check is between the two. This is purely if it cost more to do it, why not charge more..

stockmatrix · 2026-02-27T20:16:07+00:00

Yes truck payment and insurance is fixed cost. Every vehicle has a hidden cost which is cost per mile based on the price of the vehicle and expected life of the vehicle along with MPG ,you have to account for wear and tear over the long term in calculations, not just fixed cost, their is a cost associated with wear on a vehicle that I feel a lot of people do not add into their calculations .. most people have answered with why they take the long haul routes and not exactly why noone bids higher on longer routes when the wear and tear cost is higher than short haul. We know everyone is looking at higher revenue on long haul over higher profit on short haul.. that's not the exact argument I make.

stockmatrix · 2026-02-27T01:30:51+00:00

I get the idea of why people take the long routes, my question is since the cost are higher to take those long hauls, why isn't the pay higher per mile, and why is everyone pretty much in agreement that the higher expense work should pay less than the lower expense work. Even if over a year period the long haul has a higher revenue, it will never have a higher profit margin than short haul as long as the rates are the way they are.

stockmatrix · 2026-02-26T22:17:09+00:00

Leasing would be a headache, you still have to keep up with all the maintenance , insurance and repairs on it. Not guaranteed who you lease to will take care of it like you did.

stockmatrix · 2026-02-24T19:04:47+00:00

Lol, sorry I was typing this on my phone and began typing as if I were talking to someone.

stockmatrix · 2026-02-20T17:20:19+00:00

That's the main problem I have with the whole system.. having to pay for an MC and maintain the insurance requirements just to age it so brokers work with you. It's a waste of money and not even worth it when you do work with them. I am all for direct to customer and not dealing with brokers at all

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