almost gave in to the intrusive thoughts

>>105639323 (OP)
>having a reddit
you already gave in, now do the needful

>>105639365
>implying you don't

>>105639367
correct i do not.

>>105639367
I'm asserting that I don't.

I go on reddit to talk about birds and plants but people are still so stupid it's hard to even enjoy that. Not that y'all aren't just as dumb but at least you don't have snoovatars

>>105639367
i have one i use to call people retarded

>big editor
for you

>>105640177
THEY EXPECT ONE OF US IN THE WRECKAGE, BROTHER!

>>105640079
"do the needful" and call this guy a saar then

>>105640266
i dont use insults i just carefully explain to them why theyre retarded

i dont even do it for fun i just hvae the tism and i sometimes get blisteringly upset if someone gives stupid midwit tier input like "time in the market beats timing the market" and i must correct the record

>>105640276
But time in the market does beat timing the market.

>>105640311
yes*****

*over the duration of possibly 10-25 years if you buy right before a crash, which gets beaten by other ways to park your money in a volatile market like buying gold or land or some shit, and honestly, maybe you're better off just spending your money to improve your life if the gains are that shit
*assuming the stock you buy doesn't go to 0 permanently because the company goes to bankruptcy
*assuming the changing age demographics do not alter the market, as in too many old people cashing in their retirements (retirement ETFs, houses) vs young people being unable to buy them at current prices, could mean those things depreciate massively
*assuming the post-ww2 western hegemony holds for another few decades, since that has been the primary factor for a lot of asset inflation
*assuming the incoming debt crisis doesn't completely fuck up the economy somehow that would permanently damage the ability to make free money by buying ETFs

>>105640444
If anything big enough happens that crashes entire markets the last thing I'd be worried about is how big my number is in the banks' computers.

>>105639367
>I do something therefore everyone else must do that too
Worst.

>>105640454
yes thats what i was getting at with the first point i made. imo if you have spare liquidity then youre better off buying things you know will be useful to you in the future, like a really good car, land, renovations for your home, courses, certifications or even silly shit like expensive electronics and guns. i dont have any real sound proof that its gonna happen, but the situation is so retarded that it *feels* like if you buy an american ETF, treasury bond or keeping your shit in cash, then youre just gonna be holding the bag for someone else who is about to exit scam out of this retarded economy by inducing hyperinflation with cheeto in chief.

what i don't know is how european or chinese markets will hold. i suspect it will also be bad because so much is riding on the US swiping the credit card with their 36 trillion debt

>>105640454
>>105640523
also to clarify it feels like gold is probably the best investment right now, since BRICS and especially china are planning to use it as a sort of a new reserve currency, and they intend to trade ACTUAL goods with it, not AI slop and consultancies

>>105640454
thats because you already have enough money or assets that you dont care. a lot of us are penniless or have at most a few grand to our name and are renting and waging,. kys privlaged fuckwit.