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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    I said no such thing. I said that I do not think he was trying to do a nazi salute, he was trying to gesture "my heart goes out to you." It came out looking a whole lot like like a nazi salute, but intent matters. Why would he be making that salute in this situation? Do you think he was calling...
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    View: https://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403 View: https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1881451049787273621 Elon's kinda goofy and awkward, not a nazi. He even said "My heart goes out to you" at the time, which is obviously what he was trying (rather ineffectively) to communicate with that...
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    I quit my job and bought a shoe store

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    Buddy saw this in a local paper and texted it to me
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    To be fair, people who have immigrated to the US are a small subset of the overall population and not likely a representative sample. Plus, immigrants tend to face significant employment hurdles. Having limited job opportunities pushes motivated people into entrepreneurship.
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    Wut? At least here in the US Asian immigrants have some of the highest rates of entrepreneurship. Often as a family enterprise.
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    My high school science teacher told us how, as a kid, he would rub mercury on pennies to pass them off as dimes.
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    The most secure airline is El Al. Because they have to be. They realized long ago that there are unlimited ways for determined people to attack public airlines. But the number of people inclined to perpetrate those actions is quite limited, so they decided to focus on spotting those...
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    The problem isn't the low-level employees, it's the entire system. Crap government making crap rules, of course their employees do crappy things. We need to clean house before it's too late.
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    not sure where this belongs so I'll put it here...
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    Starting 2 hobby-related businesses

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    Business B: Off road utility and camping trailers This is a manufacturing startup Problem: Offroad trailers offerings are very expensive and focus on the very-high-end of the market, and tend to be dedicated RVs with limited day-to-day utility. Solution: Value-focused offroad utility trailers...
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    Starting 2 hobby-related businesses

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    Business A: Adhesive beadlocks. This is a product development and marketing startup. Problem: Offroad performance is greatly improved by lowering tire pressure, but lowering tire pressure increases the risk of a tire coming off the wheel when you're up a mountain in the middle of the night and...
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  16. The Sandman

    Starting 2 hobby-related businesses

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    Now that I'm able to spend a little time away from my 1st business (EXECUTION - I quit my job and bought a shoe store) I'm starting 2 more. They're both related to my offroading hobby. Both are unproven with questionable viability, so I'm approaching them with a focus on risk-mitigation and a...
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    I quit my job and bought a shoe store

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    The store has been cruising along and the new employee has been doing well. My part-time employee had to leave to take care of family issues. This hasn't been much of a burden as we were heading into the slow season anyways but I expect I'll need a little more help come spring. My main focus...
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    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    The downside risk is significant, but it's too early to say that a major top is in. The market can absolutely go higher, but we are set up for a once-in-a-lifetime decline. Passive investing in the market was a fantastic strategy for the past 80 years. I expect things will be very different over...
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