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echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Citizen Tayne posted:

Hmm. I haven't read SAMart in a while. Wonder how it is now.


http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3782870

Oh

I need to jump on threads like this http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3784802

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Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

echinopsis posted:

I am pathetic. is that an aesthetic?
write an autobiography but crank up the pathetic parts and market it as a novel, "ennui-ridden sadbrains dork protagonist" sells thousands. it has to be fictional though or the reaction is just disgust

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
those fyad parodies of yospos literally could win a national book award

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Sham bam bamina! posted:

write an autobiography but crank up the pathetic parts and market it as a novel, "ennui-ridden sadbrains dork protagonist" sells thousands. it has to be fictional though or the reaction is just disgust

and im good at the sex chat so make it a pathetic-sex novel?

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl
echi you keep pushin' the sex angle. have you considered cam shows?

qntm
Jun 17, 2009
or just write smut

New Zealand can eat me
Aug 29, 2008

:matters:


Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

echi you keep pushin' the sex angle. have you considered cam shows?

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
echopenis's boner jams '16

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
do people actually pay for dudes on a cam

isnt that something people can get for free on chatrulete

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

echinopsis posted:

do people actually pay for dudes on a cam

isnt that something people can get for free on chatrulete

a friend of mine does it

his username is something like OtterDave and he plays guitar shirtless and shows a couple inches of neck for beer money

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
jeeze


and what about day trading... that warren buffet guy? lazy as fuyck, sits around earning billions by fiddling numbers and fingering his poo-hole

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

a friend of mine does it

his username is something like OtterDave and he plays guitar shirtless and shows a couple inches of neck for beer money

im not actually compltely again prostitution but idk about camming

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



smut writing is apparently super grueling and they expect you to write a novel a week or something

OldAlias
Nov 2, 2013

echinopsis posted:

jeeze


and what about day trading... that warren buffet guy? lazy as fuyck, sits around earning billions by fiddling numbers and fingering his poo-hole

you'll prolly lose, and if you don't have much to invest, transaction costs will eat into the little you make

so clearly the answer is to do trading that allows you use other people's money, like CFDs (contract for difference) at 150x leverage

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

didn't day trading, a bad idea to begin with, get turbomurdered with the rise of hft?

Fuzzy Mammal
Aug 15, 2001

Lipstick Apathy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIsboHeZhyw

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Endless Mike posted:

smut writing is apparently super grueling and they expect you to write a novel a week or something

i'll learn to type one handed, one eye on the keyboard, one on my dick, one eye on the word processor and one eye on omegle trawling for ideas

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
i just want to be the next E. L. James

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
last i checked omegle was purely spambots and that was a couple years ago

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

echinopsis posted:

jeeze


and what about day trading... that warren buffet guy? lazy as fuyck, sits around earning billions by fiddling numbers and fingering his poo-hole

iirc warren buffett made all his initial fortune in the insurance business (which is a great racket to get into if you're tremendously boring and okay with leeching heavily off the unfortunate)

will you do gay stuff? men can make good money in porn, but only if they do gay stuff, or so i've heard

fermun
Nov 4, 2009
that's a good idea, you should make money committing insurance fraud

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
gay insurance fraud

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-
i can lend you a tenner echi but i'll need it back

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
how difficult is it to get poppy seeds shipped to your little island i bet you could grow opium on the dl in the shire np

Satellit3
Oct 21, 2008

echinopsis posted:

gay insurance fraud

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



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Captain Foo posted:

didn't day trading, a bad idea to begin with, get turbomurdered with the rise of hft?

i f'd up and day traded very lightly (just staying under the federal limit*) and lost thousands in weeks and hft was just getting started

they suck the 'normal' market motion out and everything just becomes this hosed up computer war

avoid trading stocks

*if you dont have 25k in your brokerage account you can do a day trade, defined as a buy -> sell of a particular stock within 24 hrs, up to like 5 times in the last week, if i recall. (this was 07) if you try to go over the limit you get held up until the window moves around to where you're under the limit again. and i still lost thousands in weeks

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
i like how can i make money

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Jonny 290 posted:

i f'd up and day traded very lightly (just staying under the federal limit*) and lost thousands in weeks and hft was just getting started

in one of feynman's autobiographies, he talks about going to a casino once, watching blackjack for a while, and thinking "okay, i think i understand the math here, i can win at this game" then immediately losing five hundred dollars on five hands in a row and never gambling again.

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



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Sagebrush posted:

in one of feynman's autobiographies, he talks about going to a casino once, watching blackjack for a while, and thinking "okay, i think i understand the math here, i can win at this game" then immediately losing five hundred dollars on five hands in a row and never gambling again.

yuuuuup. the only other time i have ever gambled, invested (in anything beyond boring ETFs) or played a game of chance in the past 10 years was last yr at defcon when i blew 40 bucks on penny slots and hung out with my buddy for a couple hours. i similarly of course lost, laughed, had another silly drink and we cruised on down to caesar's to watch some trainwreck

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



if i end up in a casino, i usually just find a low-value poker table to get a seat at and only lose a little money over a few hours. (maybe even win a little if i get a good hand!)

when i make the mistake of penny slots, i magically lose $100 in 20 minutes with zero understanding of what happened and no enjoyment at all.

Perplx
Jun 26, 2004


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Lipstick Apathy
one time i really owned the casino

i had summer job at in the next town over, i got a ride in everyday then I'd take the free casino bus back home and walk to my house
the free casino bus also gave you up to $10 in tokens, so i'd spend 1 or 2 on the slots then cash out
over the course of a month i make like $150 and got a free ride home everyday

im sure they knew i was working the system, i was the youngest person on the bus by 50 years

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

Jonny 290 posted:

yuuuuup. the only other time i have ever gambled, invested (in anything beyond boring ETFs) or played a game of chance in the past 10 years was last yr at defcon when i blew 40 bucks on penny slots and hung out with my buddy for a couple hours. i similarly of course lost, laughed, had another silly drink and we cruised on down to caesar's to watch some trainwreck

at harrah's i once watched a visibly drunk man in a suit lose several thousand dollars at roulette, one grand at a time, betting on black

he won a spin or two and let it ride each time only to immediately lose it

i think he must've been stayin at the casino hotel b/c he got super mad and left and only to come back to lose more money


it was really gross to watch - my typical casino trip w/ friends has me do the only only gambling i do: $100 on black for one spin

then i watch the rest of my group bleed money and get drunk on free booze

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl
roulette has some fun in the suspense but honestly if i'm at a casino i just like to find the cheapest blackjack table and hang out there. that said it's been like goddamn near ten years since i was in a casino

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

some of the slot machines can be fun if you like the bleep bloop and light show. just don't spend more than like 20 bux on it.

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
hey OP I remember one time you posted about this rtocket ship game you made and it looked really cool but you never said where I could get it. maybe go back into making cool little things like that, which I would conceivably buy for one dollar



Sham bam bamina! posted:

those fyad parodies of yospos literally could win a national book award

remember when Brendle and Ingwit were writing a Zybourne Clock novel, that was some of the funniest poo poo ever

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes



indigi posted:

remember when Brendle and Ingwit were writing a Zybourne Clock novel, that was some of the funniest poo poo ever

dr malpaprop only appears in brendle and ingwit's stuff but is generally regarded as a canon character

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Pounded In The Butt by Johnny Five Aces -- Chuck Tingle
A Zybourne Clock Novel

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
I would buy ten copies of that

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H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
it would win the hugo

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