/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>13277560
Watched this video recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ag2x3CS9M

Just a montage showing how US industrial production utterly outmatched Japan's capacity, when it came to warship production, during world war 2.

Just kinda wondering if it would've been smarter for Japan to have pulled back their Empire's limits, focused on quality over quantity, and fought primarily in tighter areas, forcing choke points, rather than open ocean battles. There's no way they could've matched the US in a war of attrition, this people were nuts.

I hope China learns from shit like this, should things heat up with the US.

Im ok, wish I was more certain in my life with the direction I'm headed.

How are you, frenz?

I have 50 bucks on my bank account because I used the rest to buy crypto

Pretty great. Accumulating Litecoin and waiting for it to moon

Some mornings I wake up feeling terrified over how much money I have in crypto and how uncertain it all really is.

>>13277637
I remember I did this as a teenager and somehow managed to recoup 60% of it after I spent a thousand on steroids that I ended up flushing down the toilet

The $20,000 i put into crypto is now down to just $400, and I just submitted a withdrawl order to my bank, I'm just going to buy a bicycle & try to be happy

>>13277560
i drank 2 carb free monsters and shit my brains out

>>13277674
that was me last year. I made so much money in 2017 and had like 90% of my networth in crypto. My advice: cash out AT LEAST 50% if not more. you never know how you can lose that money. Don't get too complacent.

>>13277560
99% down from the bear market i have to x200 my 300 bucks left to get back where i was at my ath

>>13277636
>How are you, frenz?

filled with the usual dread, but other than that ok thanks for asking

Fretting over marriage
Fretting that my crypto expectations of wealth are overblown and I will just end up disappointed

>>13277560
pretty bored fren. sell off or bull rally, I want the markets to move

I want to kill myself but I am not capable of it so I am surprised.

>>13277560
BTC will be 9k+ in July. I just need to hold out 3 more months and I'll have enough gains to start having fun again like I did in 2017.

>>13277674
Same with me until I lost most of it, feels bad fren

>>13277560
I have less than 3,000$ to my name, no job, and I can't escape the blackpill.
We're living in the end times, lads. Third temple prophecy is coming true, the abomination of desolation. You're blind if you can't see this.
Took some shrooms last night. Was Hell, I saw unspeakable things.

>>13277560
I'm okay I guess. I'm mostly focusing on paying my debts this year but once I finish I'll start buying again.

>>13277674
So hedge with some bonds and options.

Buffett Life Advice (Pre-Boomer Billionaire Pill) MUST SEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5JWyPBM_U4

>>13278597
Shrooms can be terryfing, what did you see?

>>13277560
Starting to realize the absolute breadth of the clown world we live in and starting to worry that no matter what I do or how hard I work I will ultimately still be crushed by it and forced to wage for the rest of my existence.

I paid 130 Euros for an hour for a hooker, actually without condom like a retard and she said yes. She is ukranian and was way uglier and probably older than on the pictures. She massaged my dick and then started riding it, it felt really nice then I wanted doggy and she didn't understand, it made me anxious and my penis went limp. She also said she was a squirter in her profile but was dry as shit. I called it off after 5minutes because I couldn't get hard and I asked if I could pay the 30 minute price and get some money back. She didn't understand at first, then went into a backroom and an old lady yelled no and I just wanted to get the fuck out. I also licked her, it wasn't bad but her skin felt so weird, kind of like rubber almost. I want to kms and feel sick and just want to shower forever.

>>13278836
Classic Bernd.

>>13278710
You can't evaluate the price of bitcoin, lmao. Warren literally BTFO bitcoin because it's essentially valueless.

>>13278597
I feel you anon, that connection to God on shrooms just melted my mind. Find it hard to see what is the worth when we all suffer but that is the purpose of the point I'm finding out

>>13277683
how fren?

>>13277674
I’ve become numb. I have 90% of everything I have in crypto, yet losing tens of thousands in a day causes me to feel nothing.

>>13277560
Stopped drinking 2 months ago after destroying my notebook with beer in yet another blackout. Many years of mostly weekend alcoholism and other degeneracy, but I need to fix myself and grow up now. Putting all I earn into Bitcoin now, comfy overall.

>>13277560
i dont know what to buy to double my eth.

Up 10% on my recent purchase but don’t know if I should sell or not. It’s making me feel dreadful.

>>13277612
The FDR administration very deliberately maneuvered Japan into the desperation measure of a US war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCollum_memo

>>13279276
>>13277494

>>13279284
Also I live in one of the bigger European economies but there is no one to talk relevant stocks and companies with unlike here where people are speculating in American stocks and policy implications and so on.

>>13278597
how old are you anon?

>>13277560
tried to show my dad how bitcoin/ledger nano s works. talked him into buying 1btc worth ~5.000,- EUR and gifted him a nano s.

fucking ledger s crashed at updating firmware. stuck at some screen.
we burned like 2h together to get it to work but eventually had to give up.

i wanted to show off my crypto skills / knowledge but got fucked in the ass by faulty hardware.
evening ruined.

>>13277560
40 dollars up, lads

>>13279300
i wanted o buy this at 5000 on idex, now i just have a order at 5100 that will probably never get filled. but i dont wanna get dumped on when ETH rises again

i have only two friends and they are online got backstabbed by my real friends even my childhood girlfriend dumped me for another rich guy, she didnt even flinch. Rejected by 7th girl this year im not even fat or cringy or that much ugly i didnt deserve this much hate, no one loves me except my parents Im this much close to killing myself or everyone that did wrong to me.However i cant do this to my parents.Things are not going well at least i hold some link but life is tough.

>>13277674
my mornings are like this during 2017, there comes a point where you just dont give a fuck anymore whether you have money or none.

>>13279321
that SUCKS

>>13279343
set a higher order
this one of the safest bets right now
but do whatever you want fren

>>13279296
I'm conflicted with the idea that the US basically just goaded Japan, as an excuse to enter WW2. Not because of any historical based argument, but because it takes away from how fucking ruthless Japan was coming into the early stages of the 20th Century.

Japan absolutely thrashed Russia in the wars they fought against each other, they could absolutely punch well above their weight.

I thoroughly believe they thought they could seriously disable the US' Naval capability with Pearl Harbor, it wasn't just the US saying "oh, I'll just leave a significant part of my fleet here. I sure hope nothing happens to it :D"

Im doing okay. I want to get more crypto. Saving what I can and still imagining getting up to $50k to hit a 10x and cashout $500k during the next bullrun so I can retire. Its really all I think about. Im spending my days working, saving money for crypto, learning a 2nd language, exercising, all in preparation of the GBR.

>>13279439
*the war
there was only one

>>13277560
Really hoping that I don't have to sell any of my crypto stacks when I file my quarterly taxes for the first time as a small business owner.

>>13277612
fuck you chink sympathizer, luckily the USA is number 1 and always will be, no matter how many chinks populate a large slum people call a 'country'

>>13279540
redpilled

>>13277683
>inb4 bike gets stolen

>>13278539
and if its not?

>>13277560

Doing great, good times a head.

Accumulate two more years.

and make some decisions ..

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2827989.680

>>13279599
>China stealing as much IP as they possibly can before Trump can stop it
>China manufacturing center, due to western nations not wanting to fuck up their own environments/pay decent wages for manufacturing work
>China finances significant amounts of US treasury debt
>China's incel problem is arguably worse, due to single child policy, leading to larger volumes of Men with nothing else to live, other than to die for a cause

>>13279272
I just quit weed. Again. But I've got notes up to remind me. I do stupid shit high like buy expensive jewelry on my credit card, I'm just blowing money like a rapper. Should be investing

>>13279321
You can just explain that the tech is so new that it's still screwy, which is a good sign that you are in early. Soon all our phones will have wallets etc. this is the early bird technique.

I'm 40k in debt loosing my house and with just 79 bucks to my name... that's how it went in crypto for me.

Heading up to SF from SoCal for business meetings and seeing my old buddy give his final PhD talk.

Sitting on some solid BTC/ZEC, and leaving behind my qt 3.14 gf for a few days which feels weird because I want her to have my child.


Life’s weird /biz/, but I think we’re gonna make it.

>>13277637
$500 in bank
$5500 credit card debt
$6200 in crypto @ current prices

>>13277560
Bad, gf of three years thinks I'm toxic, boring, and a loser, all of which I kinda am.

>>13277761
Please be a larp

>>13277560
went back to school to learn some IT certainly, currently going through A+, but it's all more difficult then I thought it would be. this is kinda my last chance for a real career, if I don't succeed here I'm probably going to kill myself. hope I can pull through

>>13280027
There's a positive light to it. Atleast you can admit it. First step to changing however cringe that might sound.
>>13277560
Need to learn to control my greed and be more disciplined. I don't have much to complain.

>>13280122
certs
t. mobile user

>>13277683
im sorry anon. you had the chance to invest into Rheinmetall AG or in imaginary internet monopoly money and u have chosen the second one...

I just want to be out of debt
that's all I want anons
Why can't link just go to $1 again
I literally bought a big enough stack to where link reaches a dollar I'm out of debt
so why anons
Why do I continue to suffer

>>13278597
>Took some shrooms last night. Was Hell, I saw unspeakable things.

Poor you! I hope you have recovered.

A bad trip is a trip to the lower astral where such things are true.

Please elaborate anon. How did you prepare?(eg no alcohol fora few days before, vegetarian food, prayer, incense burning during the experience)

2.5k left of my 15k student loans

making a lot at work, but also working a lot

hate the job. thankful for what friends I do have

It could be much worse. At least my finances are good. And I have people who love me.

LIfe is good. 5 year plan to cashout and retire to Republika Srpska...move to the mountains, learn to play the accordian, join a turbofolk band. Keep your eyes on the prize.

>>13280250
I've tripped on shrooms a dozen times but I've never done any of that. Superstitious much?

>>13280460
Depends on why you are tripping. I did all of the above and experienced sublime ecstasy.

Years ago I got drunk the night before another trip, drank coke during and was hammered by the experience.

>>13280250

Wtf you fucking faggot pussy, I took a bunch of caps the other day and went to an electronic rock concert after drinking with buddies all day and I was fine for work the next day.

>Did you light incense and pray?

Get a load of this homo.

>>13277560
Stressful op, day 476 of being all in on link, unironically, almost 90k € 90% of my entire net worth riding on this meme coin. Living on a tight budget as result & bored of being broke (like literally, 40€ a week for everything). Some days I wonder how I've managed to put all my money into it, & whether it's a terrible mistake. Other days I worry about how I'll actually cash out if it does hit 10 or more. But most days I'm just numb to it, don't feel anything. It's a secret though, no one knows, & I'll keep it like that if we actually make it.
Being over 35, I seem to only meet women now who I can never be with either cause they've got kids or live in a different place. Addicted to various substances & waiting for it to take its toll on my body somehow.
Other than that I'm numb to most things, each day is like the rest, just waiting to see if life really will go in another direction. What about you op?

>>13280140
>Atleast you can admit it
Yeah, I can, on an anonymous basket weaving forum. I don't even know if a change is possible anymore, I'm pushing 30 and every day of my life basically comes down to writing crypto articles/playing video games/shitposting.

>>13280449
>retire to Republika Srpska
Wtf, why to Republika Srpska?

>>13280621

> Some days I wonder how I've managed to put all my money into it

Cause you're a degenerate gambler.

>>13280621
These are the people telling you to buy LINK.
>>13280622
30 is pretty young desu. Change requires effort. Not something a lot of people can do. Can you?

I have 3% hope left I get a job I applied for that was supposed to be my big break and opportunity to middle class hood. Not looking good. Feels pretty bad desu

>>13280460
dude colours lmao

>>13279367
Aw fren :( how old r u

I took a day off because I feel shitty and my boss said we "need to discuss my health"

I've taken 9 days off in 3 months, 5 of which because I got demolished by a sinus infection

Am I being unreasonable?

>>13277612
>Just kinda wondering if it would've been smarter for Japan to have pulled back their Empire's limits
Both Germany and Japan only had failure because of a smaller population. Even with smaller numbers they usually had a higher kill to death ratio for Soviet deaths vs german deaths. But eventually quantity overruns quality and drowns it out.

What are some ways to get fired without cause?

>>13277637
same. but with the money I put in so far I've made 4 +3% trades in a row so feels good.

>>13277560

A little bit better after finding out about the website-
>bitcoin.tax

Really helped simplify crypto taxes for 2018. Big weight lifted off my shoulders. Still got more work to do on completing tax forms, but it was a major step that really helped simplify the process. I don't know what I would have done without it. Highly recommend if you don't know wtf you're doing.

>>13277560
how much crypto should I have before I cash out some into blue chip stocks ?

>>13281493
is there ever truly "enough" crypto?

>>13277560
This bear market has been so good for me... I've lost a ton of money, but it opened my mind to philosophy and meditation, I've learned to play chess (reached 1600 elo in a few months practice), been really focused on my Econ undergraduate program and been learning to program as well.

I used to get really anxious about markets but now I just accept that the markets will behave the way they do and there's nothing I can do about it, so I've been trying to take lessons and grow from what used to be an emotional roller coaster for me. I've been at peace since then... Now I come to /biz/ just to shitpost and humor myself to pass the time sometimes...

>>13278836
>these are the people giving you crypto advice

>>13277560

Meh.

I have a good job, but it's painstaking paying back my student loans. ESPECIALLY when I got a proper business degree and didn't use it at all. Ended up in trades because my degree got me nowhere. So after it's all paid, considering interest, I will end up paying $60k for NOTHING.

I just feel this general anger and disgust at what America is today. It's a debt enslaved mess that works for maybe 25% of people and just fucks over the remaining 75%.

I'd love to make it big in crypto and leave this shithole behind.

I also question, am I just being negative? Or are things really that bad, and I'm rightly angry about it?

What I think bothers me most of all is when I converse with people over age 50 and they are completely oblivious to how hard it is starting out these days, and the reason it's this hard is because of their actions.

>>13281629
>I also question, am I just being negative? Or are things really that bad, and I'm rightly angry about it?

Is the negativity and anger an intrinsic attribute of the objects you're looking at, or do they reside in you? Are you benefiting from them? Are these feelings helping you make better decisions? Remember this anon: don't give the small things more attention than they deserve, if you do, you might find yourself overwhelmed with the futile and lose sight of what's really important

>>13280027
Exercise, read some books, and enjoy life more, anon.
Your girlfriend wants to have FUN.
Not sit around brooding about the collapse of civilization or discuss crypto gains.
Imagine being her.
Would you want to be with you?

I'm doing fine.

Actually, haven't been back on 4chan since 2009. Yeah, you read that right. It's all still here, which is bizarre.

Got some dinky IT Associates Degree in 2008. BS in Systems Engineering in 2010.

Started IT and focused on Systems and Network Admin shit.

Saved, invested in my 401k, Roth IRA, HSA and Taxable accounts. I started off making 11 an hour back then as a tech. Always saved 40-70 percent of income. Moved out the second I made over 50k with no regrets - that shit motivated the fuck out of me to get my ass in line.

I'm a fucking Director of NIS now. What the fuck happened. Net worth just hit 750k, I am hoping for 1.2-1.5 million in the next 2 years due to new role.

I loved /fit/, and I've been getting fitter since I left in '09. Get swole boys.

I loved /tech/, and have been doing all the shit you need to do to be a top 1% IT/Software/Security person in the industry. Get smart faggots.

I loved /b/, so deep down inside I'm still a shit person, but I think with time, I've recognized its a mixture of deep seated insecurities and depression. Been working on it.

However, life is good fellas. In my early 30's now and it's bizarre how much better my quality of life, income, career, relationship (now married) and friendships got when I just stopped with all my negative, cynical bullshit and just pushed through it. "Hustling" before it was some gay ass shit instagramers spam everywhere.

My biggest fear honestly isn't even career or money anymore, its if someone close to me, my wife or I get cancer or some terminal illness. Barely just learned to be genuinely, truly, deeply happy in the last couple of years. Colors are looking bright, vivid, and I love getting to know the world and people in it finally - after a long ass time of hiding from it.

And I'm so afraid to lose it, to die before I want to.

So, yeah, a little deeper than I expected but that's how I'm doing.

VTSAX/VTIAX all the way boys.

>>13277674
Same. 95% of my financial assets are in bitcoin. And I do not regret anything.

jannies removed my post.. and leaves this one up? i quit here. you should too

Bought my first "stocks" (1 share of a 3-d printing etf and 1 share of a NASDAQ etf). It's kinda fun learning all this new shit at 33.

>>13282006
if you let jannies dm you about their dick they give you a free shitpost pass

I want to move back near my family and friends but I'm trapped in my job because the experience doesn't translate into anything I want to do to further my career. I feel like I'm going to die out here, alone.

>>13277560
>went back to college at the age of 25
>depression came back
>can't compete with these kids
>failing my classes
>the restaurant I work at might close down
>gonna flunk out of school and also be jobless
>seeing all my high school friends get married makes me feel like a lonely loser because I still haven't had my first gf yet


I guess I could easily find another job at a better restaurant if I wanted to. I just really don't though. I've been in this industry way too long and I want to go into something better. I've thought about going for the #learn2code/self study IT meme. I just hoe this all works out and I can just land a job at a decent company.

>>13277560
stressed out holy fuck. been scrambling to get as many loans as i can over the last few days so i can get more cryptos befor the singularity happens

>>13277674
you are thinking in fiat terms fren.

>>13280400
Exact same situation over here. Feels ok.

>>13281755
Thats inspiring to hear anon. Hope we all make it.

>>13279296
FUCKING JEWS

My sister's ex-bf unironically khs yesterday. It sucks...jumped in front of a train or something. He was a poor dude that loved to travel
bros whatever you do don't kys
I mean it, more people care about you than you think

Things are going alright but most the time I just feel defeated bros. Anyone on this wavelength?

>>13284216
Thanks fren

Idk
Talked to
More than 200 still no client

I’m uncircumcised

:)

>>13284216
Meanwhile his ex-gf gets fucked by Chad and Tyrone at the same time

I've put my life savings in trtl

>>13277560
im behind u

>>13279925
get a job doing anything

>>13277679

>>13280696
>These are the people telling you to buy LINK.
bullish

>>13278238
I dont know if you're still here, but I hope you know that I'm sending positive vibes your way.

You'll only get about 97% of them due to transfer fees, but I hope they do you well

Fucked three girls in three days. Lost $1k gambling. Overall pretty happy though

>have 17k on bank
>11k crypto
>2k boomer stocks

I just keep buying crypto due to my depression, I either kms or be done with waging in a few years

>>13281686
>your girlfriend wants to have FUN
Nice. Just bought 100k

I'd rate my life a 6/10. I have a job but living paycheck to paycheck. Almost paid off student debt. Cashed out all crypto and don't plan to re-invest anytime soon.

>>13277560
Not good. I was just starting to get along with my older sister who is easily the most likeable person in my family. Then she had a psychotic break and literally talks about and I quote "Giving cards to her friends daughter so she can hand it into the teacher and tell the teach that her homework was eaten by a unicorn"
Based and schizopilled amirite?

>>13284388
lol fucking loser

>>13282105
If it makes you feel any better, most relationships before 30 fail because you really don't know what you want out of life until you hit your late 20s.

>>13277683
goodness me man. i hope youre joking.

>>13277560
I'm married, got a son, made $200k in crypto, have my own house and consider myself skilled and happy with all my hobbies but it's been 2 years amd I STILL CAN'T GET A FUCKING JOB.

6/10

>>13284832
My $60,000 worth of ELIX is worth about $70 now. No typos and mean it.

>>13277560
I don't know honestly, i have some planes for the future but everything's looking pretty uncertain as to how shit's gonna play out, both in life and investments.
何とかなる has been my life's motto lately.

I feel like i've bottomed out. I'm 38 living at parents house, have $20k in crypto no job, no debt, no family. I don't even know if this is real life.
Gruesome realization that i probably won't be millionaire with shitcoins, nor with work hit me. I want to score a wagecuck job but i can't for i have no skills (i have some bullshit MSc). I fantasized about going to a gym and get conor mcgregor body (i look like vitalik) but been putting off since forever. Help me brahs. I hope zyzz is doing ok.

>>13280506
You sound like a faggot lmao

>>13284910
zyzz is dead

>>13284515

Whatchu doin son, now's the time to be dumping every penny into crypto. Bernie's gonna get rid of student loan debt anyway, just defer them as long as possible. There's no way they're not going to give you a better deal in a couple years, if not completely erase it. If not, Bitcoin will still go up at a much faster rate than your increasing debt.

But of course you have to judge your own situation and all the variables.

>>13277560

Tempted to cash out some profits to have fun but it seems we're going way up this month

im stupid i grinded each day for 2 years day trading and did good but then i ended up short 150k at 4k and lost it all

>>13279321

So send it back and use the seed to restore the addresses

Bitcoin must crash.

>>13285195
bitmex?
>>13285082
spirit never dies

>>13281132
What were the other 4? 9 days in 3 months amounts to over 10% of your work days so I'm not surprised your boss is unhappy. What do you work with?

>>13279599
Lmao kys bootlicker

>>13281755
Cool

>>13284327
Fuck you