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I finally got around to registering my GME shares. I don't quite understand it all and I've never bought stock before. I have a teeny tiny portfolio with DWAC and RUM too but I only have 4 shares of GME. Is that too tiny to mess with? Can I buy more and register or can you not buy any more?
Every share of GME is worth DRSing. If you hav direct registered your GME, you should have gotten your login details from ComputerShare. If so, you can purchase more shares directly from them and it will be direct registered as well. Its worth registering however many shares of GME you own.
Afaik, you cannot direct register DWAC yet since its a SPAC. Upon merger with TS it will become a normal share when you can DRS it.
Oh wow, thanks! This is very helpful. They did ask me if I wanted to DRS with ComputerShare. I don't have log in for that yet (just did it yesterday) but that's very good to know that I can buy more directly from there and it will be DRSd.
Every share matters, and you can always register more.
Someone on Twitter wants me to list off all the democrats that are in trouble for stuff with minor's, anyone have a list?
So much going on now. I'm wondering why the Q silence? Is "it" broken? Is s/he/ they dead or locked up?
any update on the fblie doc supposed to be handed over today?
Is that crashed plane something to do with this? Distraction?
60% of the way through The Great Awakening doco.
Starting to think of who I can send the links to. That's one dooozy of a doco.
Scott Ritter speaking with Clayton on Redacted about the little stickers on the gas pumps of Biden that say "I did that". 😂 See at 42:26
https://rumble.com/v2r7n0y-this-just-totally-backfired-on-them-total-disaster-redacted-with-natali-and.html
Keto Kooking Korner: my crackers
You will need:
Mix with a fork, then place in silicon molds. Use cling film to flatten the crackers as the mixture is very sticky
Bake 150C/300F until golden brown.
Enjoy with tapenade (olive puree), pesto verde or rosso, artichoke dip…
Something I was taught in high school, but I need to know if it's bullshit:
Somatotypes.
Ectomorph (skinny), mesomorph (muscular), endomorph (fat).
Are they complete BS, or just genetic predispositions that can be overcome?
There is a skeletal basis for the classifications. For example, ectos have long limb bones but short clavicles.
That could explain why, as overweight as I was before I started my current regimen, I've somehow always had skinny, nearly-bony fingers.
Real, genetics can't really be completely ruled out. They are all screwed in their own way though. In a primitive survival based world, meso and endo have the advantage hands down. Unfortunately, in an aesthetic focused world, ecto has the advantage. Most women prefer untrained ectos to mesos and endos, and trained ectos over everyone.
I am eagerly awaiting 10-20 years from now when the entire book on fitness has to be rewritten once we start seeing prognosis of people and current fitness culture.
Women like meso.
Especially ones with wide shoulders and large biceps and a solid chest.
This is fact.
Media can spin the everyone ones beautiful and dad bod lies all they want. Certainly some women will lie and be brainwashed by that.
There is no denying it though.
I think for most people, while looks are great, no amount of great body will offset a shitty personality.
Meh, I was never attracted to the "beefcake". Of course I've been married for 33 years so I'm only attracted to my husband (mmkay?). But to me, there are 2 kinds of beefcake. One is the accidental beefcake, he works with his hands and his muscles are a result of his work. Maybe he's a firefighter or something. The on-purpose beefcake is a gym rat that spends hours in the gym admiring himself in the mirrored walls, popping his pecs. Blech.
Well, I have been out of the game for a very long time, at 73 I do admire a man in good health, but I guess for body type I've always been attracted to what used to be called "wiry" type men, not too skinny, not overly "ripped", wiry muscles and agile. I am tiny, 4'11", always under 120, the big guys don't do a thing for me, I like em little and tough. Banty roosters i guess.
Yep. Besides, we know what we're working with in a roided out beefcake.
Ok I'm gonna need to know what Carhart Butt is, lol
I am not terribly certain that genetic predisposition is really as prevalent as is accepted. There are biological defects that can cause obesity through misregulation or defective hormones and biological processes, however I believe that most cases of obesity are the result of post birth circumstances. Diet and lifestyle are the most common reasons for obesity and contribute the greatest amount to impacting body weight. There are some researchers state that metabolism rates vary from person to person (which is undoubtedly true), but the simple fact that obesity is on the rise and quite significantly within the last few generations points to a more environmental cause. Lack of physical excercise, processed foods with extreme imbalance of nutrition, over prescribed anti biotics without restoring healthy gut flora, non-traditional eating styles. Throughout history, humans have had relatively localized food sources. I believe that each group of people had specific gut bacteria that developed into a specific balance of flora to extract nutrients, eliminate non-beneficial bacteria, and provide symbiosis with the host. As we have a wider variety of food sources, we are not exposed to the gut bacteria that helps process and support our digestion of these foods. In addition, most normal gut bacteria is not longer found in any of our foods because of pasteurization. There are virtually no beneficial bacteria remaining in our processed food supply. Dairy products in particular have suffered sterilization from pasteurization which has a significant effect on the health benefits of dairy products. There is also one additional factor that needs to be researched far more and that relates to specific protein and molecular compatibility between individuals and their specific foods they are eating. There is a practice of Blood Type compatibility that could be significant and requires far more research to determine validity or magnitude of impact.
HELP
I have family that are telling me that I am anti gay. I tell them that I am not anti gay, I am anti Government control. I am trying to tell them that the bud light thing has nothing to do with gay person, but it has all to do with the government agenda.
How else can I explain this?
What is your family’s motive for using the “antigay” label as a weapon against you? Are they trying to contrast themselves as not being antigay? Are they trying to cut you down to raise their own status?
My tolerance is getting pretty low for those who try to attack decent people by using the word-weapons of the communists.
Or how about..what does it matter if you were anti gay?
Even if you were anti gay, they do not even amount to 5% of the population said to be LGBT. Probably about 2% population total, meaning at most 6 million people across an entire country. What does it truly matter?
Ask them if they know anyone who has owned and played a Disgaea game. A video game series that has sold about 6 million copies across in its lifetime.
The answer for most Americans is no. Unless you walk into the dealer room of a video game or anime convention and ask everyone you see, everywhere else the answer will be no. And even at those conventions, most of those gamers will have never played one.
The media and government have conditioned everyone to believe gays are everywhere or that the gay best friend trope is actually common when it is absolutely not. The internet is an echo chamber that does not reflect real life.
Online, you can find plenty of people who have played a Disgaea game.
Likewise, try to find someone in real life who has played a Trails of Cold Steel game. That series in its life time between 4 games has only sold a million copies total in the US. Finding one of those is like finding a trans. Case in point...
JRPG reddit about 200k members MtF reddit about 200k members
(And that accounts for redditors across the world)
LGBT statistic is inflated by bisexual women. https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3879668-in-lgbtq-america-bisexuals-are-the-invisible-majority/
And this falls short of it because research shows women with bisexual tendencies in heterosexual relationships tend not to self report so truth be told, bi women will probably always be around but gays and trans will probably go extinct
We can not allow the cabal to redefine society over a truly miniscule section of humanity. Literally letting a single drop of ink over take a clean surface...
Regardless of how many people there are, would it make sense for someone to be Anti-Disgaea players for no reason other than they bought the game? What's the reasoning for that? It just seems weird holding that feeling without much reasoning
I would agree but there is a major difference (and this is why Disgaea players is a good parallel)
Disgaea players aren't lobbying on every level of society (politics, law, media, entertaibment, education, etc) to change video gaming as a whole or replace or redefine entire genres of video games to suit their needs (forcing for example, the next Call of Duty to be a turn based anime strategy game)
On the other hand, LGBTs already have done this. They redefined marriage, are redefining gender, and are even trying to redefine sex. Their culture is infiltrating everything from the way women do makeup to how people conduct their business or relationships, even some churches are pandering to them.
Gay people aren't forcing anyone to do anything different though. You can still have straight marriage, and straight sex. Nobody is stopping you from doing that.
Wrong. Slippery slope exists. We gave them gay marriage, cause why not? Look at where we are now, with trans and gender theory landscaping modern life. Now we are seeing full redefining from early age (thousands of childrens books using same sex parents or trans people in their stories) as well as teaching pronouns and sex ideology in schools. Sure, we can protect our own and our ideals, but what about those outside our families and our movement?
At what point do we stop society from decaying further? Disgaea hurts no one, the LGBT agenda and a socially manipulated increase in the amounts of people who identify as such does hurt society
"Wrong"? So...somebody is stopping you from having straight sex? Someone is stopping you from having straight marriage?
No, not me. But you know what? Had I been born 15 years later they might have tried to convince me that I was gay or trans just because I am not a cliche dudebro and love the color pink. There are a lot of ex gays and ex trans who can confirm that it was teachers, counselors, friends, and even relatives who sent them down that path.
Considering the number that current feminism and wokeism is doing to women right now, they essentially are stopping people from finding succesful, heteronormative relationships. I am sure you know at least one #bossbabe who has disregarded the importance of marriage or her inner feminine soul for the sake of career goals or liberal ideology.
You dont need to explain this to anyone. Just state your point:
"I believe gay people should have the same rights as everyone else, and just that. I dont believe LGBT propaganda must be pushed on folks all over the place, least of all, in schools"
If they hear it, they hear it. Otherwise they don't. Either way its not your problem.
As for personal relationships - the day you took the journey to truth, you know that it might take you away from pretty much everything you have held dear so far. That is the nature of truth in a world filled with lies.
THANK YOU!!!!
So perfectly said!