May 12, 20205 yr 20 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said: I mean PayPal, Telsa, SpaceX maybe one is by accident and he got lucky but not hit after hit. I can see the insane part as well but aren't most geniuses like that. I'll take the last one first -- yes, many geniuses are also certifiable. Musk is...special. Dude went on a 20 minute rant about how he was going to save humanity by creating an atmosphere on Mars by detonating thermo-nuclear weapons over Mars' magnetic poles. When I asked how he would get hydrogen bombs, he didn't really have an answer. Bear in mind, this meeting was about lending money to Solar City, so...(as an aside, he stuffed Solar City into TSLA to hide its failure). As for SpaceX, TSLA, etc. -- remember, just because you have a market value of billions doesn't mean you've actually generated a return. Musk and other "unicorn company" founders (Uber, SNAP, AirBNB, etc.) have been beneficiaries of easy monetary policies that prop up valuations and make people invest based on very long time horizons. Said another way -- none of these companies actually make money. Clearly, he could sell Tesla or SpaceX for billions upon billions tomorrow and win the game. But that only lasts as long as the easy money lasts. Cuban sold out to Yahoo at the height of the bubble and monetized all his YHOO stock to get billions -- THAT's a genius.
May 12, 20205 yr 4 minutes ago, vikas83 said: I'll take the last one first -- yes, many geniuses are also certifiable. Musk is...special. Dude went on a 20 minute rant about how he was going to save humanity by creating an atmosphere on Mars by detonating thermo-nuclear weapons over Mars' magnetic poles. When I asked how he would get hydrogen bombs, he didn't really have an answer. Bear in mind, this meeting was about lending money to Solar City, so...(as an aside, he stuffed Solar City into TSLA to hide its failure). As for SpaceX, TSLA, etc. -- remember, just because you have a market value of billions doesn't mean you've actually generated a return. Musk and other "unicorn company" founders (Uber, SNAP, AirBNB, etc.) have been beneficiaries of easy monetary policies that prop up valuations and make people invest based on very long time horizons. Said another way -- none of these companies actually make money. Clearly, he could sell Tesla or SpaceX for billions upon billions tomorrow and win the game. But that only lasts as long as the easy money lasts. Cuban sold out to Yahoo at the height of the bubble and monetized all his YHOO stock to get billions -- THAT's a genius. Big Cuban fan here too.
May 12, 20205 yr 13 minutes ago, Outlaw said: Big Cuban fan here too. He was my top choice for president this time around. He talked about running and decided not to. I can't say I blame him, but I think he'd have been great.
May 12, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, Gannan said: He was my top choice for president this time around. He talked about running and decided not to. I can't say I blame him, but I think he'd have been great. He would have to sell the Mavs, no? And I could see him never doing that
May 12, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said: He would have to sell the Mavs, no? And I could see him never doing that No he wouldn't. Trump hasn't sold anything.
May 12, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, Gannan said: No he wouldn't. Trump hasn't sold anything. Oh so Gannan wants a reality tv star to be POTUS Its too much!
May 12, 20205 yr 10 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: Oh so Gannan wants a reality tv star to be POTUS Its too much! The rock was my second choice!
May 12, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, Gannan said: He was my top choice for president this time around. He talked about running and decided not to. I can't say I blame him, but I think he'd have been great. I don't ever see him running.
May 12, 20205 yr 13 minutes ago, Outlaw said: I don't ever see him running. I don't know why anyone would want to run for president.
May 12, 20205 yr 8 minutes ago, probably said: I doubt it. A lot of black people are really into their designer jeans. I was told the other day by a "man of color" on this very board that they now want to be called African Americans and the term black person is now offensive. I'm too old for this crap so I put him on ignore.
May 12, 20205 yr 15 minutes ago, greend said: I was told the other day by a "man of color" on this very board that they now want to be called African Americans and the term black person is now offensive. I'm too old for this crap so I put him on ignore. What a weird thing to put someone on ignore for.
May 12, 20205 yr Just now, VanHammersly said: What a weird thing to put someone on ignore for. Who ever said I wasn't weird?
May 12, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, greend said: Who ever said I wasn't weird? No one, it just strikes me as strange. "Hey Robert." "I actually go by Bob." "You know what? If you're gonna be like that, I'm not gonna talk to you anymore."
May 12, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, VanHammersly said: No one, it just strikes me as strange. "Hey Robert." "I actually go by Bob." "You know what? If you're gonna be like that, I'm not gonna talk to you anymore." Yes, that's exactly the same. How about this? I've gone by Robert my entire life but now I've decided that Robert is offensive so I'm going by Philadelphia Bob.
May 12, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, greend said: Yes, that's exactly the same. How about this? I've gone by Robert my entire life but now I've decided that Robert is offensive so I'm going by Philadelphia Bob. Okay. So you thought he was being overly sensitive so you countered by being overly sensitive too? Guess you showed him.
May 12, 20205 yr 4 minutes ago, VanHammersly said: Okay. So you thought he was being overly sensitive so you countered by being overly sensitive too? Guess you showed him. When you get old you can be as crotchety as you want as well.
May 12, 20205 yr 21 minutes ago, VanHammersly said: Okay. So you thought he was being overly sensitive so you countered by being overly sensitive too? Guess you showed him. When you sit down to pee, do you have to hold your winkie down so you don't go all over the seat?
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