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If you stick with just season 1 of True Detective you'll love it.

If you stick with just season 1 of True Detective you'll love it.

I think it's technically King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and yeah it's a terrific movie.

Congrats!

I'm not convinced this whole "internet" is here to stay. Seems like a fad to me.

When I had Sprint it was great everywhere except anyplace in WI north of Madison. It was like a black hole.

I love the cinematography and set design. It's really a beautifully shot show. It's not without flaws as you mentioned (too dialog heavy IMO) but I enjoy it.

If Netflix would drop shows one week at a time instead of all at once they could have had some serious appointment viewing the last few years. Stranger Things, Tiger King, Ozark just to name a few. Not sure why they don't as that seems to be a great way to build buzz.

We watched Palm Springs last night. I enjoyed it The Old Guard was fine for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Kind of on the level of John Wick.

Gary Larson created a bunch of new Far Side cartoons: https://www.thefarside.com/ There's only like four of them. So don't get too excited.

Letterkenny on Hulu is pretty good. It's very different from most comedies.

I just finished Bosch. I enjoyed it.

I just binged Lenox Hill on Netflix and it was outstanding.

If you're asking because you don't want to watch Breaking Bad at all, ever, then no, you don't have to watch Breaking Bad in order to understand Better Call Saul. But if you intend to watch both shows I'd recommend watching Breaking Bad first. Mainly because the characters in Better Call Saul aren't as in the forefront of the story in Breaking Bad so you'll come off watching Better Call Saul only to see the characters you grew to know really well on that show be pushed off to the side in Breaking Bad. Not that they aren't important, they're just not the focus. I just think it would be awkward to watch it that way. Now that I've watched 4 seasons of BCS I'd be really curious to hear from someone that watched BCS first and then watching BB. Another couple of shows I really liked recently: Mr. Inbetween on Hulu and Zero Zero Zero on Amazon.

Cubs?

Seconded. Bosch is pretty darn good.

I haven't watched BCS but since it's a prequel it might be better to watch it before Breaking Bad.

Speaking of vampires, What We Do in the Shadows is back on FX. Love that show.

Wife and I are watching Shaun the Sheep. Yes its for little kids but it's pretty funny. So if you have little kids you can watch it with them and not go insane.

I'm a decade older than you, have been doing the same with IRA, 401K, and feel the same way. I'm terrified of outliving my retirement funds...I probably won't but it's why I live very frugally. I can't really make up lost ground when I'm 80 but I can while I am still able to work. This is why I’ve been working the past several years toward being able to sustainably trade stocks. Zero desire to work for the man, I want to be financially independent, and I want to know that I can work when I want to work, anywhere I want to work. Taking a paycheck from somebody else for the rest of my life is going to leave me right in the position you feel insecure in in 15 years (I’m 31). If you have interest in the markets in general look into it as a second hobby, maybe you find you love it and maybe you won’t. There’s no better feeling I’ve ever experienced though than a hard day “at the office” and going home with high 3 figures-4 figures to show for my work. I then cut lawns for exercise and extra income in between watching our little one ($450-500/week for child care with 6-18 month waitlists is asinine to us). I have a couple friends working the 9-5 and doing the same, strategy just has to be adjusted a bit. For the record I think I understand investing as well or better than the average Joe. And I am comfortable with how much I sock away and how much I will have when I retire. My fear, which is probably irrational, is that the cost of healthcare will continue to rise dramatically and that what I am putting away now won't be enough should me or my wife get a serious illness. I don't have the stomach to day trade. I dollar cost average into equal weighted S&P funds so I tilt a little more towards small caps. I am 100% invested in stocks so I do take more risk than most people my age. I do wonder, though, how people like you who are day traders and have never experienced a bear market are approaching things. This is my third big downturn since I started investing (dot com crash, great recession being the other two).

I hadn't thought of that. That's money that could be tossed back into the economy quite easily I would imagine.

I'm a decade older than you, have been doing the same with IRA, 401K, and feel the same way. I'm terrified of outliving my retirement funds...I probably won't but it's why I live very frugally. I can't really make up lost ground when I'm 80 but I can while I am still able to work.

This qualifies as good news! Congrats!

I can't really watch anything "good" because we only have one TV and my wife will fall asleep within 15 min. She did make it through Knives Out and Jojo Rabbit without a problem though Would like to catch up on some stuff eventually. We saw Booksmart the other day and I thought it was really good. It will never appear on Criterion but it's pretty dang funny.