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

[Bearcorp]

What a day in NFL! Pats v Rams in the Super Bowl in 2 weeks time.. first time in history both conference finals went to overtime, Chiefs were done as soon as the Pats won the coin toss. Brady's bread and butter.

 

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[Bearcorp]

And that non call in the Saints v Rams game was terrible, heads need to roll for that.

 

[Ninjakid]

Did anyone see TJ Dillashaw and Henry Cejudo fight? What was your thoughts? Did the ref stop too early?

 

[Bearcorp]

Only saw the post fight show on ESPN, he could have probably stopped it before he did, but the actual stoppage looked harsh on TJ. If you're going to get punched and kicked clean in the head a bunch of times you have to expect the ref to do something though.

 

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[DougeFreshAK]

Super Blood Wolf Moon from Anchorage, AK

 

[The Abundant Man]

Only saw the post fight show on ESPN, he could have probably stopped it before he did, but the actual stoppage looked harsh on TJ. If you're going to get punched and kicked clean in the head a bunch of times you have to expect the ref to do something though.

It's the refs job, if you're not defending yourself or aren't capable to defend yourself, he has to stop the fight.

 

[Bearcorp]

It's the refs job, if you're not defending yourself or aren't capable to defend yourself, he has to stop the fight.

Yep, a potentially early stoppage is much better than a late one.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Trader says he has ‘no money at risk,’ then promptly loses almost 2,000%

 

[Ninjakid]

Only saw the post fight show on ESPN, he could have probably stopped it before he did, but the actual stoppage looked harsh on TJ. If you're going to get punched and kicked clean in the head a bunch of times you have to expect the ref to do something though.

Yeah many people (including Dana) said it was stopped too early, but I saw TJ get dropped several times. How much potential brain damage do you want him to take?

 

[socaldude]

Trader says he has ‘no money at risk,’ then promptly loses almost 2,000%

just wow, the first mistake was not understanding how that underlying even works, so much for playing contango.

should of went with euro style options

 

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[Jeff Noel]

Trader says he has ‘no money at risk,’ then promptly loses almost 2,000%

Well, this blew up. "risk free" hike on an active volcano.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Looks like the BUSINESS of compound interest is working fabulously. Hedge-funder buys most expensive US home. Dude must have a killer 401(k).

Most expensive US home, a $238M NYC penthouse, reportedly sold to billionaire Ken Griffin

 

[LuckyPup]

Industry cover-up, probably. Need to protect reputation of the industry as a whole.

In my country, we have only ONE casino, which is in Genting Highlands.

Image from http://static.asiawebdirect.com/m/k...ting/pagePropertiesImage/genting-highland.jpg

As you can imagine, many folks lose fortunes there....thus suicide cases follow.
Of course, the place can't have a bad rep with people dying around the place. It has also a family-styled resort and theme park nearby, so if kids hear of people dying near by, well, let's say Genting's ain't gonna be the next holiday destination to go to...

So they cover it up. Quietly have a team to collect the body and clean up and send the required renumeration to the relatives.

Not making light of suicide, but the paint job alone is enough to make me kill myself.

 

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[LuckyPup]

Looks like the BUSINESS of compound interest is working fabulously. Hedge-funder buys most expensive US home. Dude must have a killer 401(k).

Most expensive US home, a $238M NYC penthouse, reportedly sold to billionaire Ken Griffin

Yep, I'm sure all he did was follow wise Suze Orman's guidance.

 

[LuckyPup]

Is anyone else pumped for nanotechnology?

A little. Get it? A little.

 

[G-Man]

If a millennial falls in the woods, and there's no one there to hear it, does it still need a pat on the back?

Also - Simon Sinek says I'm managing my millennials wrong. He's probably right.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU&autoplay=1

 

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[YoungPadawan]

A little. Get it? A little.

 

[LuckyPup]

If a millennial falls in the woods, and there's no one there to hear it, does it still need a pat on the back?

Also - Simon Sinek says I'm managing my millennials wrong. He's probably right.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU&autoplay=1

Am I the only one who resents being taught how to manage millennials? How about millenials do what everybody else since the dawn of time has done, and suck it up and do the f-ing job?!

 

[G-Man]

Am I the only one who resents being taught how to manage millennials? How about millenials do what everybody else since the dawn of time has done, and suck it up and do the f-ing job?!

Intuitively I agree, and it is very frustrating, but the argument he makes is that it’s essentially impossible to change the way an entire generation was socialized, so, like it or not, you have to learn what makes them tick and how to motivate them, etc.

 

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[ApparentHorizon]

Am I the only one who resents being taught how to manage millennials? How about millenials do what everybody else since the dawn of time has done, and suck it up and do the f-ing job?!

God forbid you have to learn how the world is changing around you.

 

[LuckyPup]

Intuitively I agree, and it is very frustrating, but the argument he makes is that it’s essentially impossible to change the way an entire generation was socialized, so, like it or not, you have to learn what makes them tick and how to motivate them, etc.

Yeah, I know. This is just a sore spot for me. I once managed two millennial women who scored very high on my attitude scale, but very low on my aptitude scale, yet it was nearly impossible to fire them. I had to make things so hard on them that they eventually left. Lots of wasted time and energy, and part of a larger FTE that led me to become an entrepreneur.

 

[LuckyPup]

God forbid you have to learn how the world is changing around you.

Change? I understand change, but just to understand it doesn't mean I should condone the nonsense I've seen and experienced - some of it firsthand - from the trophy generation. And if you live long enough, you too will have a greater historical context to judge what "change" can be determined as positive in the aggregate, or not.

Whether it's the lowering of academic standards and outcomes, the expectation of reward without work, the mental fragility that leads to censorship of dissenting viewpoints, or myriad other examples of millennial behavior, I don't see these changes as a positive trend or good for society as a whole. Don't get me wrong, they were raised this way. That doesn't make them unaccountable, though. Learning you are accountable for your behavior is part of growing up, and therein lies the problem. This generation, as evidenced by many metrics, is living an extended adolescence and enabling that is not good for any of us, especially them.

Like most generations millennials won't understand the unintended consequences of their actions in the workplace, as parents, or in academia until much damage has been done, but this is the nature of cultural evolution. My hope is that with Gen Z the pendulum will swing back in the other direction, and it probably will if history is a guide.

 

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[ApparentHorizon]

Change? I understand change, but just to understand it doesn't mean I should condone the nonsense I've seen and experienced - some of it firsthand - from the trophy generation. And if you live long enough, you too will have a greater historical context to judge what "change" can be determined as positive in the aggregate, or not.

Whether it's the lowering of academic standards and outcomes, the expectation of reward without work, the mental fragility that leads to censorship of dissenting viewpoints, or myriad other examples, I don't see these changes as a positive trend or good for society as a whole. Don't get me wrong, they were raised this way. That doesn't make them unaccountable, though. Learning you are accountable for your behavior is part of growing up, and therein lies the problem. This generation, as evidenced by many metrics, is living an extended adolescence.

Like most generations millennials won't understand the unintended consequences of their actions in the workplace, as parents, or in academia until much damage has been done, but this is the nature of cultural evolution. My hope is that with Gen Z the pendulum will swing back in the other direction, and it probably will if history is a guide.

Millennials are a mirror image of the older gen. 2 sides of the same coin.

Neither are taking responsibility for their actions, and both point the finger at each other.

"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean" - Goethe

 

[G-Man]

Millennials are a mirror image of the older gen. 2 sides of the same coin.

Neither are taking responsibility for their actions, and both point the finger at each other.

"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean" - Goethe

This is true. I remember a few years ago, my dad was frustrated with a couple of twenty something engineers he had hired. He said: I don’t know what bothers me more, how useless your generation is, or the fact that we made you that way.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Whether it's the lowering of academic standards and outcomes, the expectation of reward without work, the mental fragility that leads to censorship of dissenting viewpoints, or myriad other examples, I don't see these changes as a positive trend or good for society as a whole. Don't get me wrong, they were raised this way. That doesn't make them unaccountable, though. Learning you are accountable for your behavior is part of growing up, and therein lies the problem. This generation, as evidenced by many metrics, is living an extended adolescence.

Millennials are ‘delusional’ about how rich they’re going to be

 

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[LuckyPup]

Millennials are a mirror image of the older gen. 2 sides of the same coin.

Neither are taking responsibility for their actions, and both point the finger at each other.

"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean" - Goethe

We're in agreement. As I wrote:

"Don't get me wrong, they were raised this way."

and

"Like most generations millennials won't understand the unintended consequences of their actions..."

 

[Zcott]

I feel millennials fail to take personal responsibility of their lives. It's always something or someone else's fault. At the same time, it is consistently proven that millennials are the first to be more educated than their parents but earn less relative to the time.

Sad that their ultimate goal in life is to buy a house, and being told by older people that they aren't allowed to have a life and should simply exist for a few years, living as slaves, so they can just buy a house.

I also find it funny that older generations call millennials 'snowflakes' but they're the ones who throw hissy fits over small things like vegan sausage rolls.

 

[Ninjakid]

I feel millennials fail to take personal responsibility of their lives. It's always something or someone else's fault. At the same time, it is consistently proven that millennials are the first to be more educated than their parents but earn less relative to the time.

Sad that their ultimate goal in life is to buy a house, and being told by older people that they aren't allowed to have a life and should simply exist for a few years, living as slaves, so they can just buy a house.

I feel like more or less, every generation is a product of their times. It's like the 80/20 rule, there's always a handful of ultra-successful people who pave the way for most others. Likewise, there are many successful and and hardworking Milennials.
However, it he bar for societal success is far higher than it used to be. This isn't speculation, this is fact. Housing takes a way higher percentage of a person's income than it used to. Wages have not caught up to match inflation. Where I live, owning a house literally makes you a millionaire.
Of course there are more entrepreneurial opportunities than ever before, but most people are not entrepreneurs.

But yes, ultimately putting blame on everything else won't change reality, even iff there's merit to it.

I also find it funny that older generations call millennials 'snowflakes' but they're the ones who throw hissy fits over small things like vegan sausage rolls.

 

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[amp0193]

Millennials are ‘delusional’ about how rich they’re going to be

65% of millennials ages 22-37 say they’ll reach seven-figure wealth by age 45 or sooner

Fully two-thirds of millennials have nothing saved for retirement

 

[amp0193]

However, it he bar for societal success is far higher than it used to be. This isn't speculation, this is fact. Housing takes a way higher percentage of a person's income than it used to.

Average home size has 2.5x'd since the 1950s. Home grown: 67 years of US and Canadian house size data » Darrin Qualman

"The average size of a newly constructed single-family detached home is now 2,600 square feet in the US"

That is absolutely insane.

I find it fascinating how what is extravagant in one decade is seen as below average a few decades later.

I live in a 1200 sq ft house built in the 1940s, with 2 kids a dog, and someone renting the back room. It's plenty of space. Probably 200 sqft bigger than what we need actually. What does the average family do with all that extra space in a house more than double the size? Besides paying to heat and cool it, of course.

It's like having two kids and owning a mini-van. Why?

If you're fastlane wealthy and have the money to spend, go ahead. I might like a bigger house one day, sure. But for the average family... it makes no sense.