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   >>>>>> Gambling is like crossing the street with your eyes closed and   
   >>>>>> ears plugged. You'd do it either fast or slowly. That's as much   
   >>>>>> control there is that you can have. A Russian roulette.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> But trading of stocks and crypto by yourself is like crossing the   
   >>>>>> street the way people who manage it all their lives do. Yes, some   
   >>>>>> morons get killed by crossing the street but that doesn't mean you   
   >>>>>> cannot cross the street safely all by yourself.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And of course for this analogy, there's many ways to cross a street   
   >>>>> other than under the supervision of a crossing guard, which in   
   >>>>> analogy form would relate to varying levels of care vs   
   >>>>> carelessness...both of the individuals and of the crossing guard   
   >>>>> (because using a guard is no guarantee of never getting hit &   
   >>>>> killed by a car).   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Can I conclude, then, that you're chicken? :)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Nah, just better informed & less reckless than I was in the past.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> -hh   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But still a chicken. If you are better informed now then you'd be   
   >>>> trading, but more carefully.   
   >>>   
   >>> Or that from Maslow's hierarchy of needs, I'm where you claim I'm at:   
   >>> higher up on the hierarchy such that those needs are being met.   
   >>>   
   >>> A sports analogy is a team with a big lead. They have the freedom to   
   >>> take fewer injury risks, run out the clock, & still comfortably win.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> But you packed and left the whole thing to others to manage.   
   >>>   
   >>> Whereas the real answer is 100% self-managed since 2018.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> You don't trust yourself. I do :)   
   >>>   
   >>> Partly correct, because I know that my cognitive decline is   
   >>> inevitable with age, so my plans factor this in: a drive towards   
   >>> simplification & having it be robustly resistant to errors/mistakes   
   >>> or shortfalls.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> -hh   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> You're probably younger than me.   
   >   
   > Haven't bothered to keep track of things below my attention threshold.   
   >   
   > If you're saying that to try to make a point, you need to say just what   
   > age you are, to to provide self-contained context.   
   >   
   >> You shouldn't worry about these matters for another 30 years. 30 years   
   >> is a life time. I don't buy my grave lot in my 20s.   
   >   
   > No, simply being able to accept one's mortality isn't a requirement to   
   > also immediately act on those things today:  its just having a grip on   
   > what the needs are and likely timeline.  That means being deliberative   
   > before deciding if to increase complexity even today.   
   >   
   >> See, you made me repeat again.   
   >   
   > Not at all.   
   >   
   >> And when I do that; i.e., repeat myself, I stop that conversation   
   >> cause it tells me the addressee is impervious to sense itself :)   
   >   
   > You want to disengage, but do so while trying to save face.  Good luck.   
   >   
   >   
   > -hh   
      
      
   You're back at it, aren't you. I'm not surprised. I don't like crooks. I   
   look down on them. And I don't lose face with them.   
      
   You (and that ChrisV) haven't learnt enough manners to deal with people   
   who can teach you stuff. Hasn't been necessary for you two. Money   
   compensated for it instead. It's your own fucking problem that I'm not a   
   crook even if it bothers you so much.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)