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[Val Keating]

That was when Porsche tried to takeover VW.

Yeah. Cost the people shorting it $30b.

 

[Tas]

Yeah. Cost the people shorting it $30b.

But that happens, they don't always get it right.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Yeah, other things can fk the brain in addition to head knocks....substance abuse comes to mind,,,,,,nagging other halves have been known to fk with my head too,,,,,,just for example.

To state that it is complex, is a massive understatement.

 

[Val Keating]

But that happens, they don't always get it right.

Fair enough.

Have you been over to wsb for a read? Some really interesting stuff is being written. They have a heap of trolls, bots and shills trying to derail them and people just there for the ride. But the ones that are doing this have written some interesting things. The hedges are doing what they call short ladder attacks to push the share price down.

Also there’s 13F filings (no idea what that is) that there’s 102,000,000. shares but GameStop only issued 71M.

 

[Val Keating]

This one hasn’t come as a surprise at all. Can only imagine what that sicko is capable of...

Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of abuse

Actress and singer Evan Rachel Wood on Monday accused rock musician and ex-fiancé Marilyn Manson of abuse after years of describing herself as an abuse survivor. Wood, 33, named Mans…

thehill.com

 

[Val Keating]

Robinhood CEO to testify before US house.

Hope they nail this psychopath

Robinhood CEO expected to testify before Maxine Waters' panel on GameStop

The hearing before the House Financial Services Committee with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is primed to be a blockbuster.

www.politico.com

 

[Val Keating]

Yeah, other things can fk the brain in addition to head knocks....substance abuse comes to mind,,,,,,nagging other halves have been known to fk with my head too,,,,,,just for example.

Any evidence that substance abuse causes CTE?

 

[Del191229]

Ancient Memes is the best account on Twitter right now.

Spoiler

 

[Frank Thring]

Any evidence that substance abuse causes CTE?

I'm in trouble if it is. Can we get an answer on this please.

 

[Del191229]

Any evidence that substance abuse causes CTE?

Posting here causes CTE.

 

[Usayed Givashe]

That spread of views is crazy. It's also why I wouldn't recommend paying for investment research as they are all over the place.

Anyway, I reckon your call on holding silver is a good one. I wouldn't know how or where to go to buy physical bullion, but there is an ETF on the ASX that holds physical silver (code: ETPMAG). It's a good way of investing directly and if you were so inclined, you are able to redeem your investment units for silver.

There are ETFs for most other commodities, too. I invested in a Gold one last year when I was feeling bearish - it's bit down at this point, but commodities are good portfolio diversification.

I'd rather pay for your research! I don't pay anyone for research, I have one guy I trust (Iranian guy) who I speak to once a year and then a couple of other muppets who send through crayon-inspired works based on the ramblings of a bunch of blokes who you forgot to add, died incredibly broke (inventors of Bollinger, those who used Fibonacci levels, etc). The $1200 price level was based on some far-fetched 40 year ''head and shoulder'' formation FWIW. I wouldn't have bothered explaining except I know you have forgotten more about this stuff than I'll ever know!

https://www.melbournegoldcompany.com.au/buy-bullion/buy-silver-bullion-bars-items.php physical can be bought here.....or you can find them at Deceased Estate Auctions (according to my Russian mate). Or you can do what normal people do and buy shares in companies that are incredibly geared to the price of Silver ie: SVL, TMZ & IVR.

Platinum is just as juicy IMO, you just have to ask yourself why is Platinum Level Frequent Flyer program the top category when the price of Gold is 50% above that of Platinum? Doesn't sense make - especially with supply-side issues in South Africa.

Fair enough.

Have you been over to wsb for a read? Some really interesting stuff is being written. They have a heap of trolls, bots and shills trying to derail them and people just there for the ride. But the ones that are doing this have written some interesting things. The hedges are doing what they call short ladder attacks to push the share price down.

Also there’s 13F filings (no idea what that is) that there’s 102,000,000. shares but GameStop only issued 71M.

There's your 13F filings mate!

 

[Mr_Nyah]

As a general rule, charting doesn't work. We can only see the dip on that chart in retrospect. Watching the market that day, you have no way of knowing if the next trend will be up or down.

LITERALLY Finance 101 - “past performance is not indicative of future results”. Must have heard that said dozens of times in Finance 101.

 

[Themanbun]

I for one do not mess with no stock market jive apart from via my super - for it is witchcraft and/or rigged - but if I did I'd be hitting up and kind of green stuff, especially solar, wind and batteries.

The amount of free money that's going to be created out of Wall Street and the City over the next 48 months is just astronomical.

My green stocks are up between 200 and 750% over the last few years. I'm probably too heavily geared towards solar and EVs though and need to diversify.

Re: the silver discussion, I've never invested in silver/gold etc as I haven't put the time into learning the fundamentals driving them. Is it worth it?

 

[shintemaster]

Jesus H Christ.

I can only assume that this issue has some personal impact on you.

So no ****ing useful answer then? Jesus you love a straw man at times.

 

[Devington]

Possibly being overlooked that a lot of the lifestyle choices that can commonly lead to CTE, are also likely enough to lead to suicide (or a similarly tragic/pointless death). In which case if a weekend warrior who hits the grog 'n' drugs hard and gets into fights every weekend (and suffers a lot of head knocks as a result) ends up killing themselves, how much "blame" does the CTE found in his brain take vs the shitty lifestyle? The inverse is present too of course, who's to say their life didn't go off track because of a couple of bad knocks literally altering their brains. It's a pretty specific example I gave, but I think it also applies to a lot of sports people, especially combat sports. How many boxers and MMA fighters have lived lives of suffering trying to attain championships and the life that (might) come with it, only to fail to attain their dream and finish going off the rails? We just don't know enough about the brain in general to judge all this, on top of the fact that the ability to have real time monitoring of brain health is extraordinarily difficult.

As for Comben, his perpetual state of being injured is concerning but his growth spurts would have to come into account there as opposed to his body just breaking down because something is perpetually ****y. That said, it's only his second year and most KPP players aren't even in the seniors at this stage so we still have an abundance of time to get him healthy and up to speed.

 

[Snake_Baker]

So no ******* useful answer then? Jesus you love a straw man at times.

There is no "useful answer" mate.

Psychological issues result from all sorts of trauma, physical and non physical, and I would bet my life savings that there's no part in the brain that points to "likely to commit suicide" if it is damaged in any way. It's MASSIVELY complex.

 

[shintemaster]

There is no "useful answer" mate.

Psychological issues result from all sorts of trauma, physical and non physical, and I would bet my life savings that there's no part in the brain that points to "likely to commit suicide" if it is damaged in any way. It's MASSIVELY complex.

It may be massively complex but there is evidence that significant and repetitive brain trauma directly leads to significant damage. Suicide and mental health might be massively complex, brain damage being an indicator of depression and increased likelihood of serious health issues isn't exactly complicated nor an outrageous concept. You can qualify that there are many contributing factors but the evidence is there that on the balance of probabilities repeat brain shock increases the chances of dangerous mental health conditions. Your life savings don't come into what the current evidence says. I love football and contact sport but sticking our heads in the sand doesn't cut it - there is a moral, ethical and legal obligation to act on the evidence. The question is only of what steps and how far we go.

 

[DunderHead]

There is no "useful answer" mate.

Psychological issues result from all sorts of trauma, physical and non physical, and I would bet my life savings that there's no part in the brain that points to "likely to commit suicide" if it is damaged in any way. It's MASSIVELY complex.

Physical brain trauma causes low mood / depression / neurotic behaviour etc and this can lead to destructive tendencies and suicide.

Not in all instances but these are the sorts of things a doctor would be preparing to treat for in someone who has had some significant brain trauma.

I think I get what your saying, though. Suicide is not a direct outcome of the trauma, the conditions that arise from the trauma make a person a much higher risk of completing suicide. That point feels a bit academic though.

 

[Snake_Baker]

I think I get what your saying, though. Suicide is not a direct outcome of the trauma, the conditions that arise from the trauma make a person a much higher risk of completing suicide. That point feels a bit academic though.

Predicting how suicide emerged in a person is akin to accurately predicting what the weather is going to be on November 27th in the year 4295. It's pure guesswork.

I also understand how folks who have been traumatised by suicide would look for simple or physical reasons behind its occurrence in order to come to terms with the sheer helplessness they may have with coming to terms with the event.

Personally, I don't understand suicide, probably because I don't have the requisite aspects of futility which I assume to correlate in the lead up to suicide.

 

[DunderHead]

Predicting how suicide emerged in a person is akin to accurately predicting what the weather is going to be on November 27th in the year 4295. It's pure guesswork.

I also understand how folks who have been traumatised by suicide would look for simple or physical reasons behind its occurrence in order to come to terms with the sheer helplessness they may have with coming to terms with the event.

there is obviously a clear connection between depressive / low mood and suicide. But there are other conditions /circumstances which may lead to suicide. So at least for those with depressive / low mood it isn’t guess work. I think you are relating all suicide directly to an event /stressor which is not always the case. If you can’t foresee the event then it is guess work. But for people with medical conditions which cause behaviours that lead to suicide, then ofcourse this is forseeable, and consequently treatable and hopefully preventable.

 

[Snake_Baker]

I think you are relating all suicide directly to an event /stressor which is not always the case. h

Personally? No, I am claiming the opposite.

My point is that it's my experience that other people closely effected by such an event look for bite sized answers in order to come to terms with it. It's understandable for them to do this.

If you can’t foresee the event then it is guess work. But for people with medical conditions which cause behaviours that lead to suicide, then ofcourse this is forseeable, and consequently treatable and hopefully preventable.

This is also not a simple explanation.

I don't believe in the majority of circumstances that there is a simple explanation.

 

[Val Keating]

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as ceo of Amazon. Now he can just chill and do whatever he wants. Man what a life

 

[Hojuman]

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as ceo of Amazon. Now he can just chill and do whatever he wants. Man what a life

Yeh. I would have bought my Tahitian island and built my dream mansion with airstrip & deep water harbour yonks ago if l was Jeff.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Yeh. I would have bought my Tahitian island and built my dream mansion with airstrip & deep water harbour yonks ago if l was Jeff.

Then what?

 

[Hojuman]

Then what?

Sat back and watch the sunrise > then set. Maybe a nap after lunch.