It needs to stop. Seriously. Being slammed is not a joke. Real, actual slamming, not the headline kind, has devastating consequences. People have been literally decimated (reduced by one tenth) by slamming. Words matter. Language matters. Stay safe and live gently.

If you are invested, get your money out of these funds now. Buy small cap, mid cap and international funds. Don’t let them hand you the bag in the first place.

That and it used older, less safe battery tech.

Back then it was boring, but the trade off was you could be someone without being the best in the world. What used to be “let me tell you about my friend” became “let me show you this internet video.” You didn’t have to be the top player in the world to be the top player at the arcade. You didn’t have to be a prodigy to have people think your art was cool. The internet moved the goal posts out of reach and we were all suddenly nobody, consumers, wannabe influencers at best. The technology thought to allow everyone to find an audience put us in our place and we’re all nobody now. You get zero views, zero interest, the famous get a billion.

Umm have you heard of honking?

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I recommend turning off the device completely when an ad starts. This not only works, but has improved my entire life.