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| Topic | Do you get upset about politics much? Is it healthy? |
| bigblu89 05/12/24 11:57:51 AM #15 | I used to. It used to get me pretty heated.
But now I just focus on what I can control. I understand it is a VERY selfish way of looking at things, but I know my bills are paid, my kids get fed and clothed, my roof dont leak. I vote for EVERYTHING. Local elections, school budgets, mayor, president. I know nothing I say to people with opposing views will change their minds, just like nothing they say will change mine. So I let them be idiots, think what they want, and only sweat what I can control. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Rule's for dating dis mother's son |
| bigblu89 05/12/24 11:42:33 AM #22 | The I dont mind going back to jail is what would motivate me to transition trying to date the mom instead.
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| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/11/24 2:01:12 PM #172 | lydiaquayle posted...
Does this $5k a month increase with inflation and cost of living indexes?No --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/11/24 12:03:50 AM #150 | SailorGoon posted...
Supposedly, it was originally posed as a personality test based on what you value. If you choose option 1, you value time and freedom. The ability to live life on your own terms. You also probably value time spent with friends and family, and have a lot of hobbies. If you choose option 2, you probably live by the motto: do the hard things now for an easy live later. You're not happy with the status quo, and you always want more for yourself. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 11:42:48 PM #148 | theAteam posted...
$5k would eventually succumb to inflationI think this is lost on most people. $5k now is, like $2800 in 10 years. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 5:20:29 PM #100 | rick_alverado posted...
$2800 a month is still more than double what I currently make. But do you think your living situation, whatever it may be, will be the same? As far as expenses. I feel like a lot of people that are saying $5k have jobs that pay their insurance, may live with their parents still and pay a reduced/no rent, and have no kids. They either don't own a car, or it's paid off, etc. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Weezer Blue Album turns 30 today. |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 5:17:45 PM #16 | Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...
Went for a nice 40 minute walk which was the time it took to listen through the album. ^_^ Funny you say that, becasue this next tour is celebrating t30 years of the Blue Album, and they're going to be playing it in its entirety. And I was like "OK, and after those 42 minutes are done, what are they going to play?" --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | The New York Times has its finger on the goddamn pulse |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 5:07:49 PM #22 | ssb_yunglink2 posted...
why is a fashion critic critiquing court room attire in the first place Because it gets people like TC to post it on here, and then people talk about it. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | What's up with this "Soft Guy Era DRIZZLE DRIZZLE" shit? |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 5:01:39 PM #11 | Dating in the 2020s sounds miserable.
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| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 4:29:08 PM #96 | leonkr41138 posted...
How many days per week do i have to work? 3 or 4 12 hour days would do it for me but you have to work 12 hours a day. 5 days a week. So you're basically working a 7-7 instead of a 9-5. Everything else is the same as a "regular" full time job. Benefits, 401k, hour lunch break. Lets go with 10 vacation days, 5 sick days, 2 floating holidays. 10 vacation days go to 15 if you decide to stay after year 5. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Have you ever been to a wedding with celebrity guest? |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 4:25:53 PM #6 | I used to be ab altar boy when I went to catholic elementary school, and did a wedding where Ralph Macchio was the best man.
Other than that, I was at a wedding where one of the groomsmen was the current head coach of the Anaheim Ducks AHL affiliate (San Diego Gulls). --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 4:19:04 PM #90 | I feel like a lot of people underestimated how little buying power $5k a month is going to get you 5, 10, 20 years down the road.
Considering you would need about $8500 now to buy what you could have bought for $5000 in 2004. With an average inflation rate of 3%, $5000 no will be worth about $3700 in buying power in 2034. $2800 in 2044. Y'all gonna be broke AF. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 13) |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 3:51:14 PM #31 | Michael Jordan
Queen --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Dana White's Viral NYC FedEx Delivery Video Leads To Driver's Firing |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 3:41:40 PM #14 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
My assumption is the concept of the message changing depending on the messenger. Since it Dana White, and he's rich, and the FedEx drive makes A LOT less than he does, people will give Dana crap about being the reason why this guy loses his job. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Would you support your local police department buying new Mustang GTs to catch |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 3:01:22 PM #30 | TotallyNotAGirl posted...
Just invest in cameras that catch the speeder and send them a ticket in the mail. Haha. Ask the average citizen how they feel about speed and red light cameras. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 2:13:55 PM #88 | Unsuprised_Pika posted...
Does the money adjust for inflation? No. And how strict is it? Like if I upload gameplay videos to youtube and I hit the threshold to make money but don't change my behavior at all does that count? Yes. Click button and make my 10$ a month passively. Does accepting a neighbors offer to mow their lawn one time for 20$ stop the money? Yes. What about if you inherit something that brings passive income without you doing anything? Need an example. Does normal Ebay selling count like selling off some old trading cards you found in the attic or just doing so regularly or effectively as a job? Yes. I assume basic investing like buying and sitting on a fee stocks, 401K, buying a bit of gold and the like don't count but something like Day Trading would? Profit made from non-physical investments is ok. Including stock trading. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | welp its happening a movie made entirely by AI |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 1:46:44 PM #42 | masterpug53 posted...
The difference is that, while people marveled at and were entertained by Trip to the Moon and other early films in their heyday, no one in our current era (other than the techbros who made it) will marvel at or be entertained by this AI movie. Why? Because it's not a new form of media. Photography and film were new, exciting forms of media. 3D animation was a new form of media. Apart from the 'fever dream' aesthetic, AI isn't creating anything new; it's just repackaging and regurgitating what already exists, taking an already-oversaturated market and threatening to flood it to biblical proportions. Maybe not right this second, but as it gets perfected (if it gets perfected) it will get to a point where it will be seamless enough to pass as "real". Just look at movies today. Look at the top 25 grossing movies every year, and it'll be the ones with the most CGI. Taking people that made animatronics and special effects by hand, and replacing them with a computer doing the work. This is just the next step. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | WB says the Suicide Squad game contributed to a $200 million hit to revenue |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 1:39:22 PM #36 | This game holds a very ominous place in my household.
My wife knows very little about video games, but I mentioned this game in passing when it was first in development, saying something like "If it can be anything like the Arkham games, but with all the Suicide Squad members, it has potential to be really good". And then it came out. And then unknown to me, she got it for me for my birthday from the kids. And I played it once. And now anytime she sees me playing anything other than that, she asks why I'm not playing it, and I don't have the heart to tell her that it's god awful. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 12:21:44 PM #71 | mystic_belmont posted...
I have about $800 left after all expenses, not counting food. So lets be conservative and say you food budget is $150 for the month. You now have $650. That's about $160 a week for savings and dicking around. And then you blow a tire, and there goes a whole week-plus of dick around money. And the following week you need a new pair of sneakers, cutting that $160 in half. Etc. Etc. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 12:18:15 PM #70 | BucketCat posted...
In this scenario, would releasing games for free on itch.io count? I'll allow it. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 12:17:40 PM #69 | TheGoldenEel posted...
What about I get health insurance through my wifes employer Sure. I just think a lot of people that chose Option 1 and currently get their employer fail to realize how expensive health insurance is, and will continue to be as they get older and have to go to more specialists. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Weezer Blue Album turns 30 today. |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 12:15:59 PM #11 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
Same. On both. 9/11 at MSG --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 12:07:54 PM #65 | PraetorXyn posted...
Do taxes and insurance premiums and all that stuff that comes out before you get your paycheck still need to come out of that 5K? Because that would be less than I make now and make that a no go. I wouldnt do the other option either.Its after taxes, but since you have no job, theres no I get health insurance through my employer option. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Weezer Blue Album turns 30 today. |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 11:54:05 AM #8 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
Yes. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Weezer Blue Album turns 30 today. |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 11:53:39 AM #7 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
No idea what youre talking about Fixed --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Weezer Blue Album turns 30 today. |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 11:22:46 AM #1 | Released May 10th, 1994
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e2e8e219.jpg --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | What's the most money you think you'd ever spend on a watch? |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 11:05:59 AM #61 | Unless it was given to me as a gift, Ive never owned a watch.
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| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 11:04:12 AM #44 | Prestoff posted...
Damn, you nailed Option 2 voter down to the "T" for me.Same. Except Im over 40 --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 11:02:57 AM #43 | Murphiroth posted...
I'm here for a good time, not for a long time, I'll probably be dead before 60.Especially when youre 60 and realize you can live on $60k a year --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Would you support your local police department buying new Mustang GTs to catch |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 10:59:07 AM #14 | Support in what way? Just blindly continue to pay taxes and not pay attention to how its spend, like we all pretty much do now?
Sure --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 10:55:15 AM #39 | Murphiroth posted...
5 years of 12 hours a day is also going to destroy many people's physical and mental health, especially doing something as awful as sales calls.Its definitely more of a personality question than a financial one. Because theres no wrong answer, just the argument of the pros and cons of each situation I just cant help but think about someone in their early 30s taking option 1 not realizing that by the time theyre 60, $60k will be the equivalent of making minimum wage now. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 10:48:12 AM #34 | mystic_belmont posted...
It's nearly twice what I make.What are your current expenses though? --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 10:46:18 AM #31 | Murphiroth posted...
A shitty retirement with 60k is better than not being able to retire at all which is going to happen to a lot of millennials and younger.But like I said, assuming were all 50 years old or younger, $60k in 20 years is going to be more, like, $40k is today. 5 years of option 5 is gonna give you at least $8 million to play with, plus the option to transition to a different job to keep money coming in. I understand everyones finances are different, like how Asprins house is already paid off, and that changes things, but fear of the unknown and the dollars future value, makes me leery of option 1. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 10:42:00 AM #24 | Giant_Aspirin posted...
Guess thats why I still look at option 2 as the better one. I have 2 kids still living at home, 18 and 15, and still have about 8 years left on my mortgage. Im all about option 1 in about 10 years though. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 10:36:37 AM #15 | I want to know where everyone (presumably we're all 50 years or younger) are going to retire on $60k a year, knowing how volatile everything is re: inflation.
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| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 10:35:00 AM #13 | modena posted...
I could retire easily with 5k a month. $60K, even after taxes doesn't go that far, depending on where you live and what your living situation is (married, kids, homeowner, etc.). --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 10:33:17 AM #8 | Giant_Aspirin posted...
$5k and freedom, easily. i live a simple life and only spend like $3k / month on regular stuff, so that would be an extra $2k each month to pursue fun stuff. hell yes. This was posed to me many years ago, and at the time I thought the 2nd option was the way to go. Put in 10 years, build a huge bankroll. You'd still be able to live off the $5k a month, but reinvest the $45k and retire with about $8-10 million in the bank after 10 years. Basically using option 2 to create option 1. The older I get, the more I lean towards the $5k option. Supposedly, it was originally posed as a personality test based on what you value. If you choose option 1, you value time and freedom. The ability to live life on your own terms. You also probably value time spent with friends and family, and have a lot of hobbies. If you choose option 2, you probably live by the motto: do the hard things now for an easy live later. You're not happy with the status quo, and you always want more for yourself. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 10:21:18 AM #1 |
Option 1: $5,000 a month without working, forever. On the 1st of every month you're alive, $5k will be deposited into you bank account until the day you pass away. If you decide to get a job, even a part time one or one that can be seen as a "hobby" (like selling stuff on eBay). the money stops. Option 2: $50,000 a month, but you have to work 12 hours a day. 5 days a week. With Option 2, the job isn't back breaking labor. It's a regular desk job, pushing buttons, writing reports, making (not cold) sales phone calls, filing papers. Meetings periodically on how to make things within the job better. Your average "selling widgets" job. It's not tough, but it's repetitive, and long hours. You have to work AT LEAST 5 years before you can retire. No 401k or pension. Once you retire, the money stops. The money you have afterwards is whatever you were able to save/invest. All money is after taxes. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Trump doesn't know how old his son is. |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 10:03:54 AM #27 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
My wife consistently says my son is a year older than he actually is. Her's and my daughter's birthdays are in January, min is in march, his is in September. So from March till September, she always says he's a year older, since everyone else's birthday has passed. That being said, reporting every single slip of the tongue a person makes is Fox News bullshit. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | welp its happening a movie made entirely by AI |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 9:56:26 AM #25 | GhostFaceLeaks posted...
First it'll be movies. Then we'll have AI generated games. And some companies want to use AI for fast food, TV, and even therapy. People said the same about the assembly line. And the computer. And a bevvy of other things. Now, I understand that tech is moving a a MUCH faster pace than it ever has, but to say there will "soon" be no more human jobs might be a stretch. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | welp its happening a movie made entirely by AI |
| bigblu89 05/10/24 9:29:31 AM #16 | This is just the beginning.
100 years from now, when every movie is made by AI and look as seamless as a movie shot with "real people", we'll look back at this like people look at silent movies and say "people were really entertained by this and thought it looked good?" --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | You can live forever, but have to take the youth of a random person every 20 yrs |
| bigblu89 05/09/24 7:53:20 PM #27 | Heineken14 posted...
Yeah, but think of how many wives and kids and grandkids you'll get to see grow up now that you're immortal!Yeah. And in just an infinite loop of watching everyone I love slowly die. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | You can live forever, but have to take the youth of a random person every 20 yrs |
| bigblu89 05/09/24 5:19:18 PM #16 | LeoRavus posted...
"Age swap". You'll still be you, but 20 years younger and a random person will be 20 years older. Still a no for me. I don't want to sit around and watch my wife, kids, eventual grandkids, and eventually everyone I've ever known pass away. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | You can live forever, but have to take the youth of a random person every 20 yrs |
| bigblu89 05/09/24 5:12:53 PM #8 | So you just jump into that person's body and live their life for 20 years, and then do it again to another random person for 20 years?
What happens to the life I'm currently living? --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Is Madden Ultimate Team a Gacha game? |
| bigblu89 05/09/24 4:30:15 PM #11 | wackyteen posted...
I played (and spent money on) MUT for the Madden 16 season and then 17 came around and I got a pat on the back for playing effectively and I never fucked with MUT again lol. Yeah, I pretty much just play it to play online "GM" franchises with my friends. There's 6 of us and we each get a division to run the teams, but Sim all the games. Other than that, I do a franchise with my son where we fantasy draft, but every player we draft has to be a rookie, and we can't re-sign any player, we must replace them with a drafted player or an undrafted rookie. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Is Madden Ultimate Team a Gacha game? |
| bigblu89 05/09/24 3:40:18 PM #9 | wackyteen posted...
The regular Madden game exists solely as a vehicle for MUT. I regularly get Madden, usually on an every other year basis, and have never played MUT, other than the year they had offline challenges vs the CPU (like replaying famous games) --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Ownership of NHL Utah offers 20 team name ideas. |
| bigblu89 05/09/24 1:27:20 PM #13 | Utah Sisterwives
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| Topic | $250 but Dave Ramsey gets to humiliate you live on air |
| bigblu89 05/09/24 11:04:57 AM #7 | Sure, considering I had to look up who he is, I doubt anyone I know should ever see it.
And if they did, Id just tell them they paid me $250 to be there. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Jerry Seinfeld has apologized to Howard Stern |
| bigblu89 05/09/24 10:47:45 AM #7 | Murphiroth posted...
How much is Jerry paying you to continually run defense for him in these topics? I hope you're getting some good money out of this.Nothing. I just can recognize why celebrities, especially comics, say stupid/controversial shit around the same time theyre promoting new movies/specials. Ellen is out there talking about why her show ended and how unfair it was. Why? Because she just stared a new tour and is about to film a special for Netflix. This isnt that tough to figure out --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Jerry Seinfeld has apologized to Howard Stern |
| bigblu89 05/09/24 10:04:41 AM #2 | You do realize he has a movie to promote, and that's why he's out there saying things to keep his name relevant?
People like him don't mean anything they say, as long as people are out there talking about them. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
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