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Anonymous wrote:I cant tell if the OP is being serious or trolling. But it saddens me that some people have TDS so bad they have mood swings over it. I have relatives who i think when they read bad press about Trump, it’s like a drug to them. I dont get it how one public figure who they've never met could draw up so much emotion in certain people.

OP here. Again treading carefully to avoid being “political.” But if you really have to ask why Trump is a particularly polarizing political figure for many people I don’t know what to tell you.

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Anonymous wrote:I cant tell if the OP is being serious or trolling. But it saddens me that some people have TDS so bad they have mood swings over it. I have relatives who i think when they read bad press about Trump, it’s like a drug to them. I dont get it how one public figure who they've never met could draw up so much emotion in certain people.

OP here. Again treading carefully to avoid being “political.” But if you really have to ask why Trump is a particularly polarizing political figure for many people I don’t know what to tell you.

Anonymous wrote:Ok I won’t say lunatics again.

My question is why isn’t the stock market crashing like so many economists predicted regardless of how one describes the mental state of the current administration and instead focuses solely on the policies and pronouncements?

Anonymous wrote:I cant tell if the OP is being serious or trolling. But it saddens me that some people have TDS so bad they have mood swings over it. I have relatives who i think when they read bad press about Trump, it’s like a drug to them. I dont get it how one public figure who they've never met could draw up so much emotion in certain people.

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t say “lunatics”. But narcissists, contrarians, and extreme single issue opportunists. All of whom are willing to break laws and hurt people for their own goals.

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Anonymous wrote:Sigh. OP here again. Maybe it is me, but folks do not seem to understand my point.

I did not get out of the market in any way shape or form. I do not play the market. I play the long-term. All I’m saying is that in this particular instance, I set aside money to cover my expenses for a longer period of time than I usually do because I was really hoping that the market would crash and the country would fall into an economic mess and that the idiot that we have as president would suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened yet. It’s very frustrating. The man is very frustrating. Right now I hate this country. That’s my bottom line.

The best advice is for you to get offline. It is not healthy to think the way you are expressing here.

Put one of those kid filters on your phone tgat limits your internet time and blocks the websites from both political sides that load up their "news" with opinion pieces specifically curated to inflame and divide. Take all your social media apps off your phone, and only login 1x per day to visit the pages necessary for your real life, such as the soccer team or PTA pages. Block this website and all similar chat sites, seriously.

You are being manipulated by your algorithms to be irrational and hyperpartisan. You need an emotional and mental detox from social media, message boards, partisan news sites and partisan commentators.

OP here. I’m not interested in turning this into a political post. Again, I’m just expressing surprise at where the stock market is.

Having said that, now IS the time to be partisan. We can’t afford not to be with the lunatics running the country right now

But you created an explicitly political post, that was primarily about politics and a teensy bit about finances.

You have let partisan politics taint your intellect, reason, judgement and humanity.

You need to unplug from the internet, message boards, social media, and anything remotely partisan from the left or right.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. OP here again. Maybe it is me, but folks do not seem to understand my point.

I did not get out of the market in any way shape or form. I do not play the market. I play the long-term. All I’m saying is that in this particular instance, I set aside money to cover my expenses for a longer period of time than I usually do because I was really hoping that the market would crash and the country would fall into an economic mess and that the idiot that we have as president would suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened yet. It’s very frustrating. The man is very frustrating. Right now I hate this country. That’s my bottom line.

The best advice is for you to get offline. It is not healthy to think the way you are expressing here.

Put one of those kid filters on your phone tgat limits your internet time and blocks the websites from both political sides that load up their "news" with opinion pieces specifically curated to inflame and divide. Take all your social media apps off your phone, and only login 1x per day to visit the pages necessary for your real life, such as the soccer team or PTA pages. Block this website and all similar chat sites, seriously.

You are being manipulated by your algorithms to be irrational and hyperpartisan. You need an emotional and mental detox from social media, message boards, partisan news sites and partisan commentators.

OP here. I’m not interested in turning this into a political post. Again, I’m just expressing surprise at where the stock market is.

Having said that, now IS the time to be partisan. We can’t afford not to be with the lunatics running the country right now

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. OP here again. Maybe it is me, but folks do not seem to understand my point.

I did not get out of the market in any way shape or form. I do not play the market. I play the long-term. All I’m saying is that in this particular instance, I set aside money to cover my expenses for a longer period of time than I usually do because I was really hoping that the market would crash and the country would fall into an economic mess and that the idiot that we have as president would suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened yet. It’s very frustrating. The man is very frustrating. Right now I hate this country. That’s my bottom line.

The best advice is for you to get offline. It is not healthy to think the way you are expressing here.

Put one of those kid filters on your phone tgat limits your internet time and blocks the websites from both political sides that load up their "news" with opinion pieces specifically curated to inflame and divide. Take all your social media apps off your phone, and only login 1x per day to visit the pages necessary for your real life, such as the soccer team or PTA pages. Block this website and all similar chat sites, seriously.

You are being manipulated by your algorithms to be irrational and hyperpartisan. You need an emotional and mental detox from social media, message boards, partisan news sites and partisan commentators.

OP here. I’m not interested in turning this into a political post. Again, I’m just expressing surprise at where the stock market is.

Having said that, now IS the time to be partisan. We can’t afford not to be with the lunatics running the country right now

OP doesn't want this to be political, but keeps saying "lunatics" are charge and now is the time to be partisan.

Dude, just go enjoy your millions.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. OP here again. Maybe it is me, but folks do not seem to understand my point.

I did not get out of the market in any way shape or form. I do not play the market. I play the long-term. All I’m saying is that in this particular instance, I set aside money to cover my expenses for a longer period of time than I usually do because I was really hoping that the market would crash and the country would fall into an economic mess and that the idiot that we have as president would suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened yet. It’s very frustrating. The man is very frustrating. Right now I hate this country. That’s my bottom line.

The best advice is for you to get offline. It is not healthy to think the way you are expressing here.

Put one of those kid filters on your phone tgat limits your internet time and blocks the websites from both political sides that load up their "news" with opinion pieces specifically curated to inflame and divide. Take all your social media apps off your phone, and only login 1x per day to visit the pages necessary for your real life, such as the soccer team or PTA pages. Block this website and all similar chat sites, seriously.

You are being manipulated by your algorithms to be irrational and hyperpartisan. You need an emotional and mental detox from social media, message boards, partisan news sites and partisan commentators.

OP here. I’m not interested in turning this into a political post. Again, I’m just expressing surprise at where the stock market is.

Having said that, now IS the time to be partisan. We can’t afford not to be with the lunatics running the country right now

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. OP here again. Maybe it is me, but folks do not seem to understand my point.

I did not get out of the market in any way shape or form. I do not play the market. I play the long-term. All I’m saying is that in this particular instance, I set aside money to cover y expenses for a longer period of time than I usually do because I was really hoping that the market would crash and the country would fall into an economic mess and that the idiot that we have as president would suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened yet. It’s very frustrating. The man is very frustrating. Right now I hate this country. That’s my bottom line.

"I do not play the market" and "I set aside money...hoping the market would crash" are inherently in conflict.

You played the market. You lost. No wonder you're angry. Too bad.

JFC. So not true. Here’s what happened. I retired early. I have a large retirement account that I haven’t tapped yet. I also have a brokerage account. The brokerage account has about $1 million in it, virtually all in the S&P 500.

I sold a rental property in August. I netted about $300k in cash from the sale. I was a little low on my cash reserves. I like to have at least a year’s worth of cash on hand regardless of anything going on. So I decided that since I was low on reserves and since it was likely that the lunatic would be elected I wouldn’t invest any of the money and would just hold onto all of it. Had the lunatic not had a good chance of being elected, I probably would have invested half and sat on the other half. So we’re talking 150k in August that I didn’t invest.

I haven’t bought or sold anything in at least a year.

The market is up about 10 percent since August. So I theoretically “lost” $15k before taxes.

Not exactly something worth getting “angry” about. I’m only “angry” because I wanted a crash that hurts him and it hasn’t happened yet.

I think you are trolling us.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. OP here again. Maybe it is me, but folks do not seem to understand my point.

I did not get out of the market in any way shape or form. I do not play the market. I play the long-term. All I’m saying is that in this particular instance, I set aside money to cover my expenses for a longer period of time than I usually do because I was really hoping that the market would crash and the country would fall into an economic mess and that the idiot that we have as president would suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened yet. It’s very frustrating. The man is very frustrating. Right now I hate this country. That’s my bottom line.

Yes, OP, we get it—you’re a sh!tty person. We all already know that liberals’ “bleeding heart” is a thinly-veiled mask for their hateful authoritarianism.

Maybe a Trump supporter in your neighborhood will die of a heart attack and you can rejoice at their family’s suffering. Keep up the faith—something will come along for you to enjoy!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. OP here again. Maybe it is me, but folks do not seem to understand my point.

I did not get out of the market in any way shape or form. I do not play the market. I play the long-term. All I’m saying is that in this particular instance, I set aside money to cover my expenses for a longer period of time than I usually do because I was really hoping that the market would crash and the country would fall into an economic mess and that the idiot that we have as president would suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened yet. It’s very frustrating. The man is very frustrating. Right now I hate this country. That’s my bottom line.

The best advice is for you to get offline. It is not healthy to think the way you are expressing here.

Put one of those kid filters on your phone tgat limits your internet time and blocks the websites from both political sides that load up their "news" with opinion pieces specifically curated to inflame and divide. Take all your social media apps off your phone, and only login 1x per day to visit the pages necessary for your real life, such as the soccer team or PTA pages. Block this website and all similar chat sites, seriously.

You are being manipulated by your algorithms to be irrational and hyperpartisan. You need an emotional and mental detox from social media, message boards, partisan news sites and partisan commentators.