Disagree. It’s deceptive, but not a lie. A lie is a deliberately false statement, which omission cannot be.

Sports are fine for like kids’ recreation, but the trillions that are spent on the pro sports industry could go to something better.

I do all these, except with bananas I split the skin along the entire back so the peel is one solid piece instead of a dangly mess.

VKTRS by TPotUSoA is neutral genre swap, probably a downgrade honestly. The original has a wistful, nostalgic tone that supports the content of the lyrics. I just binged all the covers I could find, and the only one that really does anything with it is Postmodern Jukebox.

I dunno, I think Cash is just as rawly emotional, it’s just a different expression of a slightly different emotion. Reznor is expressing bleak despair in the midst of a Downward Spiral of self abuse, Cash is expressing bleak regret bearing the weight of decades of decisions.

Maybe it’s just because I have a soft spot for old, tough men expressing vulnerability, but

Beneath the stains of time

The feelings disappear

You are someone else

I am still right here

.

What have I become?

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know

Goes away in the end

hits way more raw coming from an old guy.

They are diluting the value of eBay’s shares.

Kinda, but not really. Each share becomes $56 and like 2 new shares. It’s more like a fat dividend than a dilution.

You should look into Cohen’s track record before assuming it’ll go nowhere.

But you won’t think an 11% swing is particularly notable.

The debt is only $20B, even then it still works out to about where it’s trading now, so still not really dilutive. And it’s still under 50% leverage, which is honestly pretty typical for a large company. Assuming Cohen actually has a plan to boost profits, that debt isn’t particularly concerning.

Give it another 84 years, you’ll learn.

Finhle is Einkorn, buy the dip.

It only touched $28 in AH Friday. On the 4th, the high-low spread was not even 10%.

They have like $9B cash, and a note from TD for another $20B, which covers the cash half.

The stock half wouldn’t even really be dilutive, since they would add the balance sheet of eBay to their own, and eBay stock would cease to exist. There are currently something like 450M shares; assuming 1B new shares at $25B to facilitate the purchase, that’s 1.45B shares of a company with a market cap of $11B + $48B = $59B., which is roughly $40/share.

Eh, a big part of GameStop’s recent strategy has been getting into collectibles trading. eBay is one of, if not the, biggest market for collectibles, and they own TCGPlayer. That said, counterfeits and other fraud is a problem on eBay. One of the proposals is to use GameStop stores as authentication hubs, so listings can be verified.

Additionally, eBay spends a lot, arguably way too much, on marketing, not to mention bloated upper level compensation packages. Then there’s the friction of the service itself, like seller caps (ostensibly to combat fraud, but a bit overzealous).

I think there’s far too much potential for improvement to call the claim “delusional”.

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If you have no kids, you’re living Homer Simpsons dream

A Marxist

It is my life mission or something. No I don’t get tired of it.

Which would be why I said “powerless” was the operative word.

“Billions of dollars in diamonds and precious metals” is a spook in the first place.

Eh, if we’re just talking about the fit, I’m kinda okay with a king as like a powerless cultural mascot if the people like it. Powerless being the operative word.

Depends. If it’s “normal” music, I’m doing something else while it plays in the background. If it’s some avante garde prog concept album, I can just sit and focus on the music and experience the complex subtleties.

Somebody That I Used to Know came out during my only breakup and it was everywhere, so I feel biased toward it.

However, I’m a huge They Might Be Giants fan and they have some good ones:

They’ll Need A Crane, Lucky Ball & Chain, and Let Me Tell You About My Operation stand out, but there are plenty of others.