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I'm just over here preparing myself for our nation's gears of power to be handed over to an anti-democratic felon rapist and his party who historically only benefit the ultra-wealthy.
In other words, I'm looking into buying a firearm and protecting my assets.
Things are about to get a whole lot more desperate in this country.
looking into buying a firearm
For everyone thinking that: look into taking classes on how to shoot the thing BEFORE you buy it.
It's a lot harder than you might expect, and a gun does you no good if you cannot put two center mass if you ever have to use it.
I was part of a mass layoff from my well-paying tech sales job, with no prospects lined up despite having been looking. Now I don't have a way to pay the emergency housing unit I'm in, could be homeless for the third time soon, this time unemployed. Trump is set to be inaugurated in less than 3 days.
fuck. i'm very sorry to hear it. it's so cold out too
Our felon President just launched a self-described memecoin. We are so fucked.
I wonder what will happen if a bunch of people lose their jobs all of a sudden. That worries me.
If there's a critical mass, then we get into Something Must Be Done territory, and various levels of government will do what they can to handle it. Of course, that's if there's government left, so who knows 🤷
I dunno, Something Must Have Been Done about the pandemic too...
And the recent spout of inflation...
And the corruption in the Supreme Court, among other places.
And for women needing access to proper medical care...
For some, suffering seems to be the point, for others it's immaterial, leaving far too few to try to help.
But, that's a problem for next week.:-)
Went to the Asian Supermarket and bought a lot of nice things. Tons of types of curry to try, but no neat KitKats this time they only have those sometimes.
The kitten is being good. As good as a kitten can be. Mothers cats are doing well. I had to go medicate her cat who accepted it. I said hello to the two boy cats there who ate the size of barges.
My teeth are in a great deal of pain but appointments are in ages. Grinding through weed gummies trying to survive.
Made chocolate chip banana bread. It's nice.
My teeth are in a great deal of pain but appointments are in ages. Grinding through weed gummies trying to survive.
Sorry to hear it. That's so very US 😢 Hope the banana bread was good at least!
The banana bread is extremely good, thank you! And the teeth are at a low roar now.
This week I made a little over $1000 on the stock market. I’m literally one stock. That’s $1000 profit. So I’d say I am doing pretty good.
So let's say I'm looking to try my luck, any advice for apps or services to trade on?
I use Fidelity. I go directly through their app
The stock market seems like it's going to be in for a bumpy ride soon. Quick highs, and quick lows.
Watch a stock. When it drops, buy it. Quick jump? Sell it.
I’ll buy on (for example) Tuesday and sell on Wed or Thursday.
If I don’t have a morning job I’d be able to buy morning and sell late morning
Volatility kicks ass when you’re trying to make money
Surely you can't think it that simple...
Toss in checking the options. Checking to see if there is a chance of it going back up or down. Watching if an idiot ceo opens his big mouth and crashes stocks.
Check IONQ the last few weeks and see what I mean.
Got laid.
Lost a decent paying tech job a couple months ago. Not able to land anything. Finally applied for hospitality gig since it was my previous industry. Got the job, but they don't offer health insurance. Debating whether or not to just call it in and say no thanks...
Drunk.
we are all fucking doomed. last time trump killed a million americans. he's gonna make those numbers look insignificant this time around. gird your loins. buy batteries. plant vegetables.