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Mercer

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  1. Since I'm older and less Angsty Punk Rock & Rap, and hater of everything that isn't, I've been rediscovering music from my youth and before that I overlooked because I hated everything back then.

     

    So, today I fucked around & found out Linda Ronstatd was a bad bitch. Most of you will probably hate this shit but if I had a time machine I'd probably just use it to go back and buy bitcoin, and see live shows, this is one I'd love to see. What a fucking voice.

     

     

     

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  2. 3 minutes ago, fat ralphy said:

    I have always liked BIG's flow - always thought Puffy was a cornball. 

     

     

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    Same, Not going to lie, I still liked some of Biggies shit but was never truly a fan. Was more on my Wu Tang shit during that era. Still remember the intro to disk 2 on the Wu double album addressing Diddy and Big. "Player shit, dressing up like this some type of fashion show"

     

     

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  3. 4 minutes ago, misteraven said:

    I heard he never made it. His jet got grounded in FL by homeland and never left. 

     

     

    Last I heard he was still "at large" his Jet landed in Miami to pick him up. They got footage of him pacing around the airport all nervous, then it hit the Caribbean presuming he was on board.

     

    I keep seeing that too but most people still think he's on the run. Here's his jets tail number if anyone knows how to look it up.

     

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    Even Biggie always kept 1 eye on him at all times.

     

     

     

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    New Supervillian, P Diddler

     

     

     

     

     

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    Diddy escaping on Uboat to Argentina

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  5. From my own reduce the government's intervention perspective, no. Current consumer protection laws that force disclosure of ingredients/contents, and safety standards are more than enough. Also, I'd imagine this fake meat could be a life saver considering the health risks associated with having a plant based only diet since technically it doesn't require harming any animals.

     

    From my own personal perspective this stuff tastes like shit and the texture of it is even worse than the taste. I tried an "impossible burger" again, as recently as 2 years ago and could barely finish my first bite. 

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  6. I haven't been doing so well saving myself even with contributing to the 401k. Most of my "savings" goes towards home improvements to increase my properties value. I bought a beautiful home in a pricy area that was used as a rental property for 20 years and neglected before that. Needed everything redone, I bought it because I know how to do pretty much all the work it needed.

     

    For the next two years my focus will be upping it's value and nothing more. Then I'll get on some maxing out the 401K contributions again, and most likely cash this home out and build another home from scratch hopefully living mortgage free. I'm kind of scrambling because my father in law in Argentina, and mom may need a place to stay nearby family, and I'l like to have a larger property for that where they can have their own space. Possibly a guest house or MIL apartment or two. I know it would be more responsible to make double payments, drop 10/15% in the 401k but unfortunately my wife and I aren't as responsible as we were years ago. We like having an unnecessarily nice house, and my wife is way worse on the consumerism tip so she's on board with the improvements heavy. 

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  7. Fully agree on the retirement savings. My parents both grew up pretty poor, joined the army and we didn't have shit growing up. They started doing better when us kids moved out and did one hell of a job with their 401Ks. It's a sharp contrast between them, and their siblings in retirement. I hate seeing people in their 70's working as a greeter at wallmart, or standing in the isle at the drug store deciding between food or their prescription. Even worse is late stage when they end up in retirement/nursing homes and the quality of care is sub-par. I know a lot of people like to live like they might not be here tomorrow, but the overwhelming odds you will be are pretty obvious.

     

    Also, the whole Bitcoin/stocks thing is fun and all, but not a substitute for actual savings and investment into something you can mostly count on. I'm into 401ks simply because that's less money going towards taxes. A win/win. Investments like that are gambles, and fall into discretionary type spending category, you still need something sound to retire with and that's always going to be more of a priority. I'm at the point I could almost afford to retire to Argentina and live well in the mountains of Patagonia, or Mendoza now. Knowing I've got a secure future is much more satisfaction & happiness than I get from consumerism, and I'm a pretty consumeristic person.

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  8. It's weird, if I could convince my wife to move I'd have my house paid off and be able to pocket enough for another luxury wip. Unfortunately I'd earn way less though so I gotta wait until retirement.

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