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Halloween Kills is the only Halloween movie I've seen start-to-finish (I've watched bits of the original), and rarely has one installment so completely deterred me from an entire franchise. I really, really hated it.

I also watched The Invisible Man a few days ago and really enjoyed that one!

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One Cut was definitely a neato watch.

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I honestly didn't feel like it's a "hit or miss" kind of movie at all.

Even if a viewer doesn't enjoy how the overall narrative opens itself to interpretation... I still absolutely loved the way this movie built tension. Every scene added layer upon layer to the discomfort, and - hats off to the director - it NEVER lost that tension with a flurry of cheap boo scares. It just kept building and building. The effects were great - from the use of lighting and shadows, to the way the "architecture" was presented (trying to avoid spoilers here). The acting was understated and meaningful, especially from the protagonist.

For a film that completely ignored the use of jump scares and gore, I felt it nailed all of the traditional horror elements.

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Even if I watch a horror film a day between now and Halloween (I won't), I doubt that Night House will be topped. Loved it.

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You guys helped me realize I've seen quite a few 2021 horror flicks already (despite not yet doing any "Halloween season" viewing).

Quiet Place II
Don't Breathe 2
Malignant
Fear Street (x3)
Candyman

The only one I genuinely liked was Fear Street '78. I'll take this topic's general recommendation and check out Night House next - hopefully things will start picking up!

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I wouldn't count on another crash of this magnitude for another decade at least. It was 12 years between the last two.

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Bloody Tuesday

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Airline stocks up noticeably today. People wanna vacay

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I'm in the red on nearly every speculative stock I've ever bought (I jumped in on both AMC and NOK at the worst possible times and am still holding those), my one foray into cannabis stock has been a year-long exercise of nothing, and I held Lucken Coffee too long and am now barely even on that one.

Overall, I'm still way up because of longterm investments in steady companies, but man, if I had done something like take all my speculative investments and throw it in... any reputable security (even something as unsexy as Walmart), I'd be rolling in it.

But I guess I'm greedy, and without a spouse and kid to support, it's easy to be undisciplined.

Speaking of, how many of the regulars here have kids to support? I think neon and Chris?

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I thought the focal argument re: Uber was in the classification of employee vs independent contractor. A part-time employee is still an employee (this is what Uber fought against).

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StartTheMachine posted...

Even if AVCT doesn't make me a millionaire in the next couple years, I'm eternally grateful for having to hold it red for 4 months to help me not turn into a Moonroof. Turning off emotions is the best thing.

I've held ITHUF and Lucken Coffee for about a year. Yeah I feel like a putz sometimes, but I really don't want the emotional rollercoaster of gambling with these stocks every day.

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But if you're optimistic toward the longterm growth of Bitcoin, why not directly buy coin itself? I might be missing the forest for the trees, but what actual value does a coin miner provide? Will they be lending coin the same way a bank lends cash? Will they like... pay their shareholders Bitcoin dividends? I don't get it.

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As far as I can tell, the company just mines coin.

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Seriously Riot Blockchain is the first and only time I've seen a childhood friend ascend so high up the corporate ladder, and I have no idea how he did it apart from being a rich guy from a rich family. He's a pretty smart dude, but he was also a pro poker player until like three years ago. Now he's the CEO of a NASDAQ listed corporation. I'm uhh... not sure if I'd trust their strategic vision, whatever it is.

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If SSHD is actually launching at $60, that's also more expensive than the original (pretty sure Wii games retailed for $50 back then).

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So yeah, holiday 2022 is a best case scenario for BotW2. Aonuma said they were hoping to deliver new INFO this year. Covid probably delayed all of Nintendo's major game development by a solid year. =/

Also disappointed in the SS showcase, as they didn't mention any additions/tweaks to the game aside from the control scheme (which is less a feature than it is a necessity). SS is a game which could use a lot of modernization and pacing improvements, so it'll suck if we get the exact same game with an HD paint job.

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Those Joycons are gorgeous, favorite announcement today. Happy for the people who get hyped by Splatoon, but it just ain't my thing

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Profound sadness

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Resigning myself to expect BotW2 in December 2022.

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Lmao SALT and IRON

SALTIRON

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Mac Arrowny posted...

Can't believe people didn't instantly realize the Xeno trailer was Smash.

They did a good job fooling me into thinking it was DLC for a game I don't care about, so I hardly paid attention until the swerve.

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Sure I know a Beckons

FADIEL BECKONS

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I think this is the first time I've seen 1 million+ concurrent viewers for anything

Omfg Outer Wilds

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....I was trolled

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The CEO of Riot was a high school friend of mine. I can only imagine how much dough the guy's rolling in now.

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I immigrated to the US in early 1992 (as a 6-year-old), which gives me an interesting perspective toward this q since I had no prior knowledge of TMNT. I think it had to be X-Men. The premiere was the first media event I remember my new friends and myself being hyped for.

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They tasted ok but yeah, they were they weakest link

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Laying down atm

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You still gotta pay federal taxes like everyone else. I feel bad bursting your bubble, but that's simply how it goes.

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If tomahawk is hard mode, beef wellington is a blindfolded run. Good luck to YOU.

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Funny, I just bought this

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017613C3C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'll be using it this weekend to help grill a fat tomahawk steak for vday, which will also be the first time I've ever tried grilling a hunk of meat that big. I'm a novice at best, but if this thermometer is accurate, I should be able to prep a decent steak since the risk of overcooking is 90% of the battle.

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Final Fantasy VII Remake

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Too rich for my blood. Facebook dipped for months after the IPO, so I'll keep tracking BMBL for similar trends.

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I'm guessing WSB started dumping their weed stocks because my ITHUF stock quickly tanked.

I just can't meme fast enough to keep up with their trends - not a good investment strategy for me to ever try.

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Depending on what your marginal tax rate is, yes that's quite possible and a popular reason as to why HOLD often means "hold for over one year".

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I'd be looking to hold for at least a year, so perhaps I'm just looking at it from a different perspective.

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Bumble isn't the first dating site! Though I think it might be the first with that idea, which I at least figure isn't a *bad thing* for your dating app to be associated with.

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Sure it can be copied, but there's value in being first. I've never used dating apps outside of Tinder years ago, and even I associate Bumble as the "girl-friendly one".

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I thought women were more comfortable with Bumble because only they could send an initial DM.

Plz correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not sure at all.

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Whoa, I might get in on that. As a part-time teacher working primarily with early 20-somethings, I see their social anxiety (and comfort with digital communication) firsthand. Dating apps will only get bigger as they grow older imo.

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GameStonk posted...

In what timeframe? <1 year?

three to five hours plz

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Finally breaking even on ITHUF after being in the red since buying it during the Covid crash. At least I should probably have longterm tax treatment whenever I decide to unload it.

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Definitely glad I bought into Delta when I did.

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FFVII Remake

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7 states don't have a state income tax

I live in another =)

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Just wanna say that I've been grappling with a constant feeling of financial failure for quite a while (I've only been working part-time the last couple years while I figure out what I want to do with the remainder of my work life), but I took a step back, did a quick recalculation of my financial position, and realized I have a net worth of around 175k.

And about half of it is in my condo's equity. Buying a home as early as I was financially able to may have been the best decision I've ever made.

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Also, I'm a Manning guy for life (I still think his comeback from near paralysis is one of the most impressive sports accomplishments of our generation), but at this point, it's impossible for me to deny Brady. His longevity and accomplishments are remarkably peerless.

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ShatteredElysium posted...

Current - Online through a dating app but I wasn't necessarily looking, just stumbled into it. I had been separated from with my ex-wife for like 7 months (there was zero no hope of reconciliation). I hopped on Tinder for literally 1 weekend when I felt shitty. Ended up talking to one person but decided Tinder wasn't for me almost immediately so just sent her my number, told her I was deleting the app but didn't actually expect her to contact me. Took a few months for us to get together given my situation but we kept talking throughout it. It's a little over 4 years later now and we are getting married in April (delayed from December due to COVID). It's the best, healthiest relationship I've ever had.

Wow, reading this made me really happy.

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If you've had multiple significant others, just pick the option most applicable to you (either where you've met the most or where you've met your "most significant" SO).

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GameStonk posted...

Is there a major American sport where the team can have as much of an impact on an individual's legacy as football?

Switch Brady and Rogers and I think it's Rogers with 7 rings and Brady with 1. And the statistical argument would be completely closed.

Someone should run this in a simulator.

Baseball seems even more team-dependent (has Mike Trout even been to the playoffs?), but then again, no one seems to care about winning when discussing great baseball players, so you may be right.

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