Graham Sorgard
226 posts


@Mr_Husky1 It seems unlikely that a parent could die on a Thursday, the kid was at the hospital on Thursday, then the funeral home on Friday? So he misses two days of school, no one, school admins, other teachers, his friends tell you his father died? It seems like that would get out.
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I’m a high school teacher. We have policies. Late work gets points deducted. Turn it in on time or take the hit. That’s how students learn responsibility. Senior year. Final paper worth thirty percent of the grade. Due Friday. Monday came. Still no paper from this one kid. Smart kid. Never missed assignments before.
Called him to my desk after class. “Where’s your paper?” He looked down. “I don’t have it” Waited. He didn’t elaborate. “You know this tanks your grade right? Might not graduate” He nodded. Still wouldn’t look at me. “Do you not care?” His voice cracked. “My dad died Thursday night. Heart attack. Paper was done. On my laptop. But I’ve been at the hospital. At the funeral home. I forgot. I just forgot.”
My chest tightened. “I’m so sorry. Why didn’t you tell me?” “Because it sounds like an excuse. Everyone has excuses.” He finally looked up. Eyes red. “Just fail me. I deserve it.”
Closed my gradebook. “Email me the paper tonight. Full credit. And take this week off. Come back when you’re ready.” He shook his head. “The policy—” “I’m the teacher. I make exceptions when life happens. Your dad died. That’s not an excuse. That’s a tragedy. Go home.”
He graduated. Top ten percent. Spoke at graduation. Mentioned a teacher who showed him that rules and compassion can coexist. I was in the audience. Crying.
Sometimes grace matters more than policy.
—Mr. Hayes, English teacher
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@LowBoomLowDrift Hi Justus! We’ll definitely need more than 60 minutes.
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@LowBoomLowDrift They should have 30-60 minute political debate style sessions between competitors. Banks , Chem Companies, variable rate, machinery companies. Moderated to be rapid fire. Do John Deere sprayers get stuck easier, Does a pro 700 actually work as a sprayer monitor etc.
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@footballcardfun That’s not actually crazy. There is solid foundation to the collectibility of say Jordan or Gretzky rookies as dream cards for people to own. If the hobby keeps making 1/1 cards for say the next 20 years I’m not sure they’ll continue to find buyers.
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@skumWgmi What’s odd about Dave is he is 95-98% correct and very helpful in most situations. Then he has these glaring obvious blind spots, paying off 2% mortgages, buying 2k cars, large down payments and shorter term mortgages pushing home ownership several years out. That are just wrong.
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@chamath I love the idea but it will be like bitcoin mining. The margins will be driven to 0 within 6 months.
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@chriswithans Imagine if tha was a 25 year mortgage with say 16 years left. With inflation can you imagine how cheap those payments would be in 2040. The cost of a nice meal out probably.
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Just heard the best/worst caller on the Dave Ramsey podcast.
Married couple, under 30. $145,000 household income. Came on the show to celebrate paying off the mortgage on their $450,000 Georgia home.
Said they starting paying it off early 5 years ago, meaning they had a low interest rate home loan (probably <3%) and started to aggressively pay it down right as interest rates were starting to rise.
Dave Ramsey loved it, launching into a lecture about how 26-year olds who say they can’t buy homes should look at this couple for inspiration. Hahaha.
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@girdley Too bad that’s not true. You loose the 800k and your debt gets sold to another bank which you still owe. It’s why you never make fun of someone who lived through 30’s and doesn’t trust banks.
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🚨 THIS 14-YEAR-OLD’S “WHOLE FOODS” DINNER HAS THE INTERNET MELTING DOWN
A teenager films himself calmly explaining what he eats as a 14 year old who only eats “whole foods.”
Grass fed ribeye.
Pasture raised eggs.
Organic fruit.
Raw milk.
Raw honey.
What's your very first thought watching this?
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@thecavemommy I used to make fun of people like Cavemom. Then one of my kids asked what the square root of a negative number was. For some reason our eyes met as the words “imaginary number” came out of my mouth and I realized Cavemom was right math is a psyop!
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@LukaszukAB Norway has 5 million and plenty of medals. Actually this is more a selling point. Imagine being on the podium and the alberta flag rising while they played the new anthem.
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@sweatystartup The real insult is when you recognize boxes from the last move that never got unpacked when you helped them move last time.
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@barkmeta I like silver but the analysis and handwringing over today is hilarious. Silver went down almost 50% on Silver Thursday in 1980. Silver has had daily losses over 20% 5-6 times in the last 40-50 years. This is not 10 sigma it’s inside the norm of how it trades.
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🚨 GOLD AND SILVER BLACK SWAN.
Gold: -15%. Silver: -38%.
In the last 24 hours, $15T+ has been wiped out from Gold and Silver. That's half the GDP of the United States... GONE in ONE DAY.
We just witnessed the first Sigma-10 event in financial history. Mathematically, this shouldn't happen in the lifetime of the entire universe.
The SIMULATION is LITERALLY BREAKING.


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@DarioCpx You don’t need alot of volume to plummet. Tom Demark one of the most respected market analysts there is talked how frenzy markets don’t end with orchestrated selling. They top because in Tom’s words “The last buyer bought.” Markets can collapse with no volume in this scenario.
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Silver is so far down 20% in a single day and these, ladies and gentlemen, are the futures volumes driving this “crash”
What’s more ridiculous is that for the first time in history such a move is happening when the commodity trades in backwardation (that signals supply scarcity)

JustDario 🏊♂️@DarioCpx
- If Warsh wasn’t committed (and trusted) to embrace Trump’s ultra loose monetary agenda, he would not have been nominated - Comex, SGE, SHFE and LBMA silver free float is razor thin - US might attack Iran in the weekend This biblical silver slam is clashing against any logic 🤷🏻♂️
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@ekwufinance I don’t think this can true for physical silver. Otherwise wouldn’t every bullion dealer in the US just ship their silver to Shanghai or India. So if there’s some kind of law/roadblock getting US silver the far east then comparing the 2 markets is a waste of time.
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@readswithravi The Bible
Naval Ravikant
Zurich Axioms
Reminisces of Stock Operator
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@rhofford It’s crazy how few options for a city of 20,000. Steak and Eggs at Humpty’s usually pretty good.
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@BuffaloAgLtd Everything you need there! Got ice cream, gas, fireworks and pork chops !
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