wildncrazyguy
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wildncrazyguy

@wildncrazyguy@kbin.social
wildncrazyguy, to northcarolina
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What are your favorite Landmarks around the state? Here's my list:

  • Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and Campground
  • Boone Fork Trail
  • Devil's Courthouse
  • Grandfather Mountain State Park
  • Carowinds
  • Pilot Mountain
  • Boone Farmer's Market
  • Robbins Run at Beech Mountain on a clear day
  • NC Science Museum
  • Venus Flytraps at Carolina Beach State Park
wildncrazyguy,
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It’s feeling a bit like 2008 all over again, the community feels smaller, more engaged and with a main sense of purpose. It’s refreshing.

I’m glad to be journeying on this spaceship with y’all.

wildncrazyguy, to investing
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Over the past 5 years, BRKA has beaten the S&P by 30%. Over the past 20 years, it has beaten the S&P by 600%.

I get that past performance isn't an indicator of future success, but are we daft? Why are people encouraged to put their entire portfolio in an S&P 500 index fund?

https://tinyurl.com/BRKAvsSP

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Submission Statement: This in-depth Youtube documentary goes into the details of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine for May 16th - 31st. It highlights key areas where Russia and Ukraine are advancing and goes over some of the various geopolitical events unfolding around the war, such as the provisions for F-16 Fighter jets to Ukraine, additional military support from the west, Hungary's blockade of EU aid, and discussion regarding the Ukrainian Counteroffensive.

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Submission Statement: Foreign Adversaries are Very Unlikely to Blame for the So Called 'Havana Syndrome' that occurred amongst US and Canadian Embassy Staff. The event was more likely to have been caused by the combination of loud crickets and mass hysteria.

The podcast preludes with another even of mass hysteria that happened in the 1970s among school children in Miami and then follows with additional stories of mass hysteria around public health. It also delves into the high risks and public backlash to health experts and companies alike when calling out mass hysteria events while they unfold.

wildncrazyguy,
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Kibs, as in “hello fellow kibs”

I also am partial to kanaries, as in the first to go, but maybe that’s a bit too morbid.

Once that’s settled, what do we do about a mascot?

AdmiralSnackbar, (edited ) to chess
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Black to play and win, from chesstempo.

wildncrazyguy,
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@AdmiralSnackbar

That is absolutely disgusting. There’s no way I’d find that in a game.

wildncrazyguy, to chess
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[Puzzle] Black to (Win)ce

wildncrazyguy,
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@AdmiralSnackbar

You got it. I think it’d be easy to fall into that trap during a blitz game, if your opponent was savvy enough to find it.

Great username by the way.

Also, do y’all know how to post in the threads section? I noticed this was posted on the microblog.

wildncrazyguy,
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@AdmiralSnackbar

Yep, I’m completely on board with that decision, I like to see puzzles and the occasional meme but I don’t want them crowding my front page.

wildncrazyguy,
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Having joined in 2009, yes, I am a bit heartbroken. There were so many great things about it in those early days. It was a closer knit community, where r/all showed nearly all of the popular posts from all subreddits, so your perspective of the world was challenged. Some really great AMAs, not just from famous people. Secret Santa, witty April Fools gimmicks, annual donorschoose.org events.
I stopped using StumbleUpon when I found Reddit, and I nearly stopped popurls too.

But has others mentioned, as I grew older, the number of new subreddits I would subscribe to dwindled. r/all rarely showed a post from a smaller sub. Something about the community changed too. It became more casual, memey and jokey instead of insightful. In other words, the noise got louder than the signal. So, I mainly just stuck to /r/chess, askhistorians, geopolitics, northcarolina, and worldnews. And I rarely commented.

I was bummed when they forced me to change my own subreddit, but I kept on for many years after. Then came the removal of Secret Santa, then more and more and more profiteering. I finally gave up in March when they took away the simple little i.reddit.com and I started looking for alternatives.

Months later, I'm still heartbroken and a bit bitter. Reddit of old will always have a dear place in my heart, but I've started to make peace with moving on.

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