Ufot [he/him]

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Cake day: July 29th, 2020

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  • Get a solid $20 knife and look up some knife techniques. Grab a bowl or something ready for the scraps. I can dice up an onion in like 30 seconds, you could probably do it in less than a minute if you have a sharp knife and practice a little.

    If youre really pressed for time you can prep ingredients beforehand, either earlier in the day, or even a previous day, and then cook them later.

    Some recipes do take a lot of work and prep but lots of them don’t. Some take awhile but the active time isn’t much, so it’s not like you just have to stand there.

    Its easier said than done, but you don’t have to wait until you’re hungry to start cooking.


  • I like baseball, it’s got lots of stats, its always on, and you don’t have to be glued to the radio/tv to follow a game. Playoffs give you the drama. Regular season is more of a cruise.

    If you like the radio the sf giants have an excellent radio(TV too) broadcast team. They have a good Spanish broadcasting duo too if that’s your thing.

    I’m sure there’s other good ones, I couldn’t tell you, following one team casually is enough of a time commitment.

    If youre in America it’s probably a good idea just to follow the local team. If there isn’t one check to see if there’s a AA or AAA affiliate nearby.






  • Great info, really boring writing, super unappealing/uninspiring references, especially for people like us lol.

    “Kevin is an entrepreneur from Boulder. He’s been biting his nails since he was a baby in diapers. His wife booked him a manicure appointment. He still a huge baby, but he feels so confident about his nails he doesn’t bite them anymore!”

    I actually never finished the second half, any good info in there?


  • Lol I saw this one in the wild.

    Absolutely absurd.

    I’ll bet my left ass cheek this millionaire is paying over the market average for rent. I’ll be generous in her “thriftyness” and call it 2k.

    So 24,000 a year. Ober 7 years, 168k

    Almost bought a place an hour out of Seattle, probably tacoma. Homegirl isnt living in dupont. According to this website.

    https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ATNHPIUS45104Q

    Avg home price in tacoma 2024: 450k 2017: 250k

    Let’s be super generous, say she dropped an extra 150k in maintenence/tax/costs etc Still up a cool 100k

    They telling me her diversified investments of 250k made 268k in profit?

    Yeah ok.



  • Maybe you can enlighten me on more ethical ways to invest my money because at this point I think not putting money into a 401k is a terrible financial decision.

    Tax deferred compounding interest is too good of a deal for the average person to pass up. Over 30 years you’ll be looking at anywhere from 100-150% return on investment.

    $50 a paycheck for 30 years with 5% avg return turns your $39k total contributions into $100k in retirement savings. $100 turns $78k in total contributions into $200k savings.

    For many people who find saving difficult, me included, being able to set it and forget it, plus the understanding it needs to be for retirement to get the full return, has allowed me to save money I would have spent/wasted otherwise.

    Due to the compounding factor, the sooner a person starts the better the return, so to discourage young people to not put money into a 401k is IMO actively harmful.

    IMO It’s like telling someone they shouldn’t have health insurance. Yeah it’s bullshit that society forces us to participate in a fucked up system but not having it puts future you at a terrible risk.






  • January was good, lots to build off of.

    Meal prepped Sunday. Going to keep that up, best way for me to eat good throughout the week.

    Started week 2 of my new lifting routine today. This one really vibes with my current goals/outlook. I’ve been about start slow, progress slow, for years now, but at some point I’d always get excited and skip weight progressions and that’d inevitably lead to stalling.

    This time I will stick to the plan. I will not add 10lbs instead of 5lbs, because I’ll get to an arbitrary weight goal sooner. If I want a harder challenge there’s built in ways to go harder without locking in a new baseline.