Jessica

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

When it comes to small expensive electronics, you can never be too careful.

I was still in school when the PSP came out, and I had one on launch. I was dumb and was taking it to school daily, but I was very careful not to leave it out of my sight. One day in science class, it was stolen from right under me as it was inside my backpack, which was under my chair the entire class.

At the time, I blamed the 2 trouble makers in front of me since at points I was facing the back of the class for a group activity. I found out years later it was the Mormon next to me I trusted, who I can only assume expertly unzipped my bag and slipped it out while nobody was paying attention. I never got that PSP back, and I ended up buying another one later, both with my own money... It was a brutal reality check that taught me a handful of lessons in life

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I'm aiming for $1,000,000 by 50 to retire actually. I've got no clue if I'll pull it off, but this site seems to think so: https://networthify.com/calculator/earlyretirement

I'll honestly probably be dead by 70 anyways due to health reasons so even if I don't hit that goal, I'm probably just going to retire anyways and yolo it

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

First of all, I'm a millennial lol.

Second of all, you're preaching to the choir, and I agree on all points. I was simply trying to give some helpful advice in the form of a way to play the game that is becoming successful in America right now as I was literally just describing how I did things because it worked for me, and it's worked for others as well.

I was poor for many years as an adult. I went to college, and I got into computer science. After 5 years in my career, I just (barely) got to a 6 figure salary at my last review. I've been putting as much as possible into retirement and living very modestly because I know there likely won't be any social security for me so I took matters into my own hands.

Oh and for the record, my company doesn't match inflation, and I'm still a renter and will probably never be able to afford a home.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago

I guess I just assumed OP was in America since their retirement plan is a bullet to the head, which is a distinctly American joke since most other countries don't seem to make retirement such an impossibility.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago (2 children)

“I hope this century-long prison sentence serves as a warning that my prosecutors and I will not tolerate violent crime in our community,” 18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner said in a statement.

What a shitty judge. We already know making an example out of people doesn't work. Look at what happened to piracy crimes in the United States.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Oh my bad. I thought OP's quotes were the whole article. It does say he shot at people later in the night. Either way he clearly needs mental help, not to rot in prison for life.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

They literally threw away the key on this poor bastard over brandishing a weapon. That's insane. He clearly needed mental help.

People get a fraction of that jail time for straight first degree murder

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I went to Sakura Con this year and they had a Quick & Crash arcade cabinet from 1999.

It's not the oldest game I've played this year, but it was definitely the most interesting!

https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/quick-crash

Level 4 has a mug you shoot that appears to really explode

The effect is incredibly convincing!

Tap for spoilerThe secret is the real mug is pulled down very fast and real chunks of mug are shot up simultaneously

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Going to the comments is always a humbling experience. I literally had your exact train of thought before I opened the comments lol

 

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/319198

I got a lot of push-back on a comment I made here about how bigger trucks/suvs are the primary cause the increasing pedestrian death-rate in America so apparently more people need to see this video.

 

I got a lot of push-back on a comment I made here about how bigger trucks/suvs are the primary cause the increasing pedestrian death-rate in America so apparently more people need to see this video.

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