Yes they are, I’m up 30% over the past 3 years. Just buying and holding index funds. If you chase big gains, you’ll get them sometimes, but you’ll also get big losses that just cancel them out. Slow and steady wins the race.
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If people are destitute after a 5% drop, they really need to reconsider their investment strategy. Index funds are the only viable way.
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the InternetEnglish1·3 days agoHonestly, I don’t care. They chose to “make content”. If they aren’t making enough, get a real job.
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the InternetEnglish21·4 days agoAnd instant ad for their merch.
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's a popular opinion on Lemmy that's unpopular in the real world?11·4 days agoI watched the video, and he literally says that AI can be used as a more effective Google search. So clearly you didn’t watch the video, or pay attention at all. The video is also just a giant ad for their merch.
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's a popular opinion on Lemmy that's unpopular in the real world?1·4 days agodeleted by creator
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's a popular opinion on Lemmy that's unpopular in the real world?22·5 days agoYea it has made shit up sometimes. But you can use your brain and check the sources … ? ChatGPT is just a more precise Google. You still have to check it yourself and use your head.
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Should 21-23-year-olds be allowed to date older people?10·5 days agoWhy 21? 18 year olds are free to date whoever they want. That is the legal age of majority in most places. Also who cares?
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's a popular opinion on Lemmy that's unpopular in the real world?822·7 days agoYou can ask ChatGPT to provide sources you know.
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•People who want a romantic partner, what are you looking for that your current options lack?221·9 days agoI move every day. How do you go two weeks without movement?
What? There are many different types of vibrators. Some are internal, some external, some are both!
Btw the magic wand is the answer if you don’t like the vibrator idea
The magic wand…vibrator?
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato Memes@lemmy.ml•You say ONE thing, and Reddit decides to ban you5·16 days agoLike what?
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong.1·26 days agoOk, but you never finished the example with the child, parrot and barbie dolls. What is the punchline there?
SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.cato News@lemmy.world•Jimmy Kimmel Pulled “Indefinitely” By ABC After Over Charlie Kirk Comments1·26 days ago100% - except Jellyfin only works well if you use the desktop/web UI. If you use TV apps, firestick, shield - any app based system, Jellyfin is total garbo, and I’d recommend Plex instead. I wish Jellyfin apps worked better, I’d switch in a heartbeat, but it runs like garbage on my Nvidia Shield.
It’s definitely not common sense lol. People love to gamble and dream.