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Cake day: May 29th, 2024

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  • I think you’re right. I grew up right before that… got bullied a lot until about 6th grade. Got into fights at the bus stop probably once every two weeks or so. Got beat up pretty bad when we had deep snow one time.

    Once I got home, I got a knife and a bat and went over to his house where he was outside with a neighbor. I chased that SOB around with a steak knife and a bat until he ran out of breath… didn’t hit him when he started crying and begging me not to hurt him; but I sure instilled the fear of god in him.

    He’s a Baltimore city police officer last I heard.






  • I’m super happy and excited that someone on Lemmy asked me! It’s buying a “call option” on SPY (which is an ETF of the S&P index - otherwise, it’s basically a way to invest in the “stock market” blindly). So when you break it down… it’s like saying "I can buy a lotto ticket that says “SPY will be > x as of y date” - If you’re not familiar with how the market works *(and I sure as hell wasn’t 2 years ago), if you buy an option, it’s a contract to buy 100 shares of a stock. If you buy 10 options, you’re basically on the hook to pay for 10x 100 shares of a stock; but here’s the kicker… when you buy options, as long as you sell your options contract before the expiration date, you don’t have to actually pay for the stock - so while your random ass gamble is becoming more and more likely; you can just sell off the profits you made to cash in before you’re shelling out $44k on stock.