TheMagicMan

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Are you ok with the Democrats banning Christianity because that's what comes next?

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Easy way around that. Christianity takes all positions in the Government. We do it the other way around, ban atheists and agnostics and deport them to the Middle East as well to live with all the Muslims they "love" so much.

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its like you have little concept of how interest works.


you could go blow $50 million right off the bat. buy couple houses, yacht etc and take the 200 million, invest it and get 5%, get over 800k per month without ever touching the principle.

hell at 4%(which you can get guaranteed with 200 million, you could get 667k PER MONTH while never touching the principle.

that is enough to travel when, wherever, however and buy pretty much whatever you want while doing so.

the only way to spend that type of money is to give away 10s of millions.

you are out your mind

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This is what I would do. Say I got $260 million in cash after taxes. Take $60 million and do what I want with it. Buy the multi-million dollar house. Build a wonderful cabin in the woods. Buy a sports car. Buy a private jet.

After that initial buying spree, set up some trusts for my family. Probably give my mom $10 million. Give my sister and brother-in-law $2.5 million each. Put $1 million aside in a trust for both of my nieces.

The remaining $200 million, I park it in a safe boring investment that gets me 4-5% return a year and literally live off that without touching the principal. When would get older, maybe take $100 million of that out to start spending and then still having the 4-5% return on the remaining $100 million. That $100 million, I would just pass along to family when I pass away and help them create generational wealth.

One of the good things out of the war is that Iran, even if they wait out Trump, is screwed long term.

The U.S. does not rely on oil from the Middle East. And with additional drilling here in the U.S. and oil coming in from South America, we will need oil from the Middle East even less.

Long term, I imagine this quickens the rate of getting alternative energy sources up to scale.

Even in terms of oil, Iran has isolated itself in the region, pissing off Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Long term these countries probably build new pipelines to bypass the Straight of Hormuz, which will make Iran all but irrelevant.

Even though I support Israel, I think the long term play is this:

- Build up oil production in the Americas to where the U.S. needs absolutely zero oil from the Middle East and other countries are less reliant.

- While not replacing oil, build up nuclear, solar and wind power to reduce the need for oil/gas.

- Build up the electric grid to have more electric cars on the road.

- Build partnerships with Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar to isolate Iran and bypass them in terms of oil, making them irrelevant.

Once all these are done, wash out hands of the Middle East. Advise Israel they can still buy weapons from us, but we will no longer fight any wars in the Middle East. Advise Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and other enemies in the Middle East, we'll leave you all alone to wallow in misery and be a backwards poor society. But if you mess with us, we turn your country into a parking lot and erase your society from existence.

Make that threat very real, but then withdraw from the Middle East and let them be sh*thole countries.

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Lanning coaches in a real conference. Cristobal is an ace recruiter but Miami is benefitting from a down acc, a down fsu, and a down UF.

If you put Cristobal at uga, you think he outperforms Kirby?

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Lanning ironically inherited a good Oregon program already on the way up, thanks ironically to Cristobal. Cristobal inherited an Oregon program that had been decimated under Helfrich.

It didn't take that much for Lanning to get Oregon up to the next level, competing for NC's again. Cristobal was on the way to getting Oregon to that next level anyway.

While I would take Lanning over Cristobal, the reality is when Lanning has lost it's been in spectacular dominating fashion. That's a little concerning as it shows he hasn't learned to adjust in-game yet. Cristobal got Miami to the NC game and within what, 30 - 40 yards, of an NC. Lanning was humiliated by Ohio State in 2024 and was also humiliated by the same Indiana team in 2025 that Cristobal and Miami came very close to beating.

While I would take Lanning over Cristobal, I don't think the difference is as big as you think it is. They are very close to the same level. I mostly put Lanning over Cristobal as I think Lanning's ceiling is higher and at Oregon he has Big Ten money and resources.

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In terms of trips, it seems to me that hotels and eating and drinking out are at least double what they were 10 years ago but flights usually aren't all that more expensive comparatively.


I get wanting to save on the flights to counter the rest though.

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I feel like I'm pretty good at getting a decent hotel rate. But you are right, if you're staying in a downtown area or historic district, you are paying big time.

Food like you said seems to have doubled. I know my mom has told me how my grandparents, when they traveled, would literally take a small grill and my grandmother would make food at rest areas. They didn't eat out. The price of food almost makes me want to consider something like that when I'm on the road.

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Not fully buying into the price changing due to not tipping.

Odd that they did not show the same transaction price while selecting a tip.

Also odd that there seems to be no other videos of this happening. I would guess that Internet fame seekers would be rushing out the door to record this happening...with that said, this price update message did happen to me several weeks ago. I forgot where and did not notice any price change though I did not really make an attempt.

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It does feel like this would be getting reported much more if it was happening Company wide over all Shake Shack's.

Almost makes me want to go by a Shake Shack about 10 miles from me and try it. See if it does the same for me. I'm with others, if this is true I would walk out and never frequent Shake Shack again. And I would do that for any established that does this.

Is it just me, or are we going back to that period in terms of travel. Especially air travel, just with far less service.

And no, I don't mean suddenly airlines will go back to having full meals, pillows and sheets. I mean in terms of pricing out the average family to the point where it goes back to mostly business and international travel.

I know for me, my calculation for driving vs flying has expanded. Previously for me, if it was more than say a 6 hours drive, I would always fly. Now, I would say if the destination is within 10 hours, I'm driving.

I feel like it's getting to the point, unless it's a cross country destination or overseas, it's going back to being most cost effective and pleasant to drive. Especially if you're flying to a destination that will then require you to rent an expensive rental car anyway.

Besides flying though, it feels like travel costs are pricing out most average families. I know up until the 1970s, 1980s and even early and mid 1990s, the typical expectation was to take one major trip (say 1 - 2 weeks) and then maybe one minor trip (a long weekend trip or say 4 nights or less) a year. The whole "taking multiple big trips each year" thing is still a relatively recent phenomenon. Are average American families going to be forced to go back to only having one big trip a year?

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It’s a pretty big part of the broadcast equation and some of it is a bit of a reaction to his initial reception. His first two years people acted like he was gods gift to broadcasting.

It’s honestly kind of impressive how quickly he rotted that amount of hype he was getting by just kind of being lazy at the job


When he was fresh out the league, he had a lot of insight into calls and strategies at the line of scrimmage and was good at figuring out the play call before the snap and would show a pretty unique perspective on offensive game planning overall and clock management

Then the media and fans jerked his dick about it so hard, CBS paid him a huge bag bc other TV providers were trying to poach him during the TV rights negotiations, and the game evolved (as it always does) to where his insight was less useful and specific. Based on reports from CBS and what people witnessed, he just never did any real homework after that point and just started becoming a meme of himself, making his dumb noises and guessing the play (which he got increasingly bad at doing)

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I know it would be impossible, but that's why I feel like QB's who go into broadcasting should be there for about 5 years and the rotate out to an analyst show or at least a lesser tier NFL game.

The first 5 years you still know how these offenses are working. Hearing Romo the first two years was like being in the huddle and he could pick apart what the defense was showing and many times call what the play was going to be.

But after 5 years, at that point offenses are evolving and you're far enough removed from the game that you are no longer an expert that should be calling the biggest games. Like as much as I love Brees, he at this point would no longer be an expert on current offenses.

The game changes so quick now, the days of having a color guy who can be in the booth for 10 - 20 years should be over.

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WNBA is booming in popularity and the MSB is proof

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Yeah I wouldn't say this is the type of publicity that want over and over. It's not hard due to social media to know of incidents like this without watching the game. I haven't watched a single second of the WNBA and yet I know of Sophie Cunningham from some of the incidents (obviously the first being the now infamous pointing incident) seeing them on social media. But this still isn't a good look for the WNBA.

I seriously know the names of three players in the league. Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham and Angel Reese (just because of LSU and her BS issues with Clark). I would bet money 75% of people who go to Indiana Fever games couldn't name a single player outside of Caitlin or Sophie.

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Caitlin Clark is on the side of all the WNBA players that hate her on pretty much every issue

Maybe one day she'll understand that there's nothing she can do or say to get them to like her and embrace the villain role like Cunningham.

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Sadly I agree. At least Cunningham has embraced the villain role. But again it's a moot point, because Clark and Cunningham are bringing in money for the league and the rest of the players. Those same players who utterly hate them.

I think with Clark she probably thought that hate was just due to the hype at first. Heck even some of us probably thought that. But Clark has to see now that the hate is deeper than that. Clark and Cunningham are hated simply because they are white.

Clark could give all her money to the other WNBA players and be a punching bag for 15 years, and they will still hate her.

Her best revenge is leaving for another league and taking her money with her. And then letting them cry when their salary is 20% of what it was when Clark was around filling up arenas.