SteelCash

I’ll be 57 soon. I obviously don’t know how others think when they reach their late 50’s, but here’s what I’ve noticed.

My tolerance for people has diminished. Inevitably, someone will bring up politics or religion, and I just can’t stomach it. Sometimes they have good takes, but usually, they don’t.

And politics is my least favorite thing to discuss. It’s all bullshit. They keep us distracted and divided, and people fall in line like sheep. I’ve noticed that more than half the time, people don’t even know what the Hell they’re talking about. They’re clueless.

I have an illness that I am dealing with, so I am running out of fucks pretty quickly. In fact, I think I’m all out.

I don’t ever want to do anything or go anywhere. I’m always tired. A good day for me is one with minimal pain.

If something takes more than two hours, I’m not interested. Parties? No. Maybe I’ll pop in for a bit. Maybe not. 

Camping? Hell no. That’s a party that lasts for days. I don’t have the energy. 

Bar crawls? Ha! I’d rather poke my eyes out with a pitchfork.

Recently I went to a concert in a theater. Usually I go with one person but this particular time I was with a group. At one point, two of them decided to have a 15 minute conversation right beside me while I was just trying to listen to the music.

You know that saying “the more the merrier”? It’s not true.

I tried to explain to a friend that free will is a myth, and therefore, there is nothing he could do or say to make me hate him. He didn’t get it. But that’s only because I did a poor job of explaining it.

He could say the meanest things to me and I just wouldn’t care. Why should I? If he’s that type of person and he’s just now revealing himself as an asshole, I misjudged him. So what? I’ll consider my options and I might just cut him out of my life. People lose friends all the time. It’s really no loss of mine if he is a waste of my time. But I won’t hate him because free will is a myth, and hating is a waste of my time. 

What do people think of you? All I care about is what the people close to me think of my character. That’s it. Everything else just doesn’t matter. 

In short, the ONLY things that matter to me are the health and happiness of my wife and I, my pets, and my close friends. That’s it. Everything else is irrelevant. 

I’ve recently had someone get upset that I didn’t respond to their text soon enough. I care more about what treat I’m gonna give to my Bella here in five minutes. If anything, his frustration is amusing to me. 

Should I explain this to him? I don’t know. Maybe I’ll try for 15 seconds. If he doesn’t get it, I don’t care. I have more important things to do.

If I am somewhere that I don’t want to be, I leave. I used to ponder what people might think. I used to say goodbye to everyone. Now I just tell the people within my space that I gotta go. That’s it. They can think what they want. I really don’t give a shit.

If someone asks me if I want to do something and I don’t want to, I tell him no. I don’t need to explain myself. If he asks why, I provide the shortest possible response. And then I’m done with the conversation. 

I have a handful of friends that understand me, and that’s all I want. They know I’ll be there for them. They know what to expect from me, and vice versa.

I’m really not much fun at parties anymore ?? And I don’t care. I’ve partied all my life. I’m done with that. Give me Netflix, my dog, my coffee, and my White Widow. 

And if you haven’t smoked that yet… find some. You’ll thank me later.

Cut out all the bullshit. I promise you that you’ll be happier, and you’ll have more time to do what YOU want to do. You’ll have more time for YOU and the people that truly matter to you.

I just now noticed that this is 14 years old ??

I probably have nothing that will help, but here is the reality: you lost some money on slots and video poker and it bothers you. 

What do you think is going to happen if you try to get that back from those machines?

 Eat crow. Learn from the experience. Stoicism is something that perhaps you should look into. 

When I get highly irritated by something, or downright angry, I tell myself, “It’s in the past. I might as well have been 20 years ago.”

Because initially you’re always the angriest immediately after the event, but with time, that anger fades. Eventually, it disappears completely. So just skip all that. Distract yourself. Make the money back with sports (you said you do well with that).

Your mind can be your worst enemy if you allow it. Problem is, I don’t believe in free will. You’re either gonna come out of this, or you won’t. 

Look into stoicism. Your mind is doing this to you. Can you beat it? I don’t know. Some do, and some don’t. 

I have my addictions too. Will I beat them? Do I even want to? I’m turning 57 in a few weeks and I’m battling a serious illness, so I don’t have any fucks left honestly. 

Stay the fuck away from those machines and focus on other things. Listen to YouTube videos on stoicism. I apologize, but that’s all I got. 

I’ve gotten better with some of my issues. I used to get upset while playing blackjack online, but I now realize that that doesn’t help. Who am I getting upset at? The computer? My phone? I’m fucking playing online blackjack! It’s going to be stressful IF I LET IT STRESS ME OUT.

Now I simply tell myself that I don’t care if I make money or not because I know I will in the long run. I base that off of what I’ve accomplished in the past. I’m going to lose money sometimes. That’s inevitable. But it literally doesn’t matter because I’ll make money later. So essentially, sometimes, I HAVE TO take a loss. If I keep playing, I know what’s going to happen.

I’ve been at this for at least 9 years now and I know that the only thing that gets me in trouble is when I get proud and think “I will not let you beat me”. Who am I talking to? It’s absurd. Now I just take a small loss and quit. I know I’ll get it back later.

Emotions like pride, anger, and frustration are what keep people in a loop of losing. Lose the emotions. 

I wish you the best.

Peace!

I have just begun listening to an audiobook of this and I honestly don’t know if I can finish it, or if I even want to. 

I know some MAGA people and I’ve tried talking to them but it is a complete waste of time. They are literally in a cult; he can do no wrong.

Once in conversation, I mentioned something about the Constitution being taken off the website. Of course he replied with some comment about them redesigning the site. I told him that is a crock of sh&t and that they didn’t have to take the Constitution off to redesign it. He had no answer.

It’s been four months and the Constitution is still absent.

And they don’t even seem the least bit concerned. Not even after he said in an interview that he didn’t know if he needs to defend the Constitution. Are you kidding me?

They still want to suck him off. It doesn’t even matter to them. I am baffled at how someone doesn’t understand what this could mean. They are so brainwashed it’s ridiculous. 

Every morning I wake up to a new nightmare. I have that hope though that one day I’ll wake up and hear some good news. I hope for it every day.

I got a buddy that gives me a hard time bc I told him that I didn’t bother to watch the playoff game vs Buffalo in January of ‘24. 

i told him I knew what was going to happen, and it did. They got embarrassed again. Why would I waste my time when I know EXACTLY what to expect?

The only reason I watched the clown show against the Ravens was bc I happen to be visiting a friend that wanted to watch. At the half he turned the TV off and I didn’t have any issues with it. Same shit different season. 

Honestly it’s embarrassing. They don’t even belong on the same field with these teams. They get out coached and out classed EVERY SINGLE JANUARY. I used to make fun of teams being one and done every year. I’ll NEVER do that again bc the Steelers have already proven to be THE BIGGEST PRETENDERS in modern history.

… than car dealership commercials when you’re listening to the radio in your car? 

How about speed bumps? I know of an apartment complex that has speed bumps that are so tall that your tires scrape the wheel wells from the force after the tire goes over them. I just wanted to find out who designed these and punch him in the face.

How about when you mention something unfamiliar to someone and they say in that incredulous voice, “I never heard of that.” What’s your point? I’m sure there’s lots of things you haven’t heard of. ??

How about when you’re on a street with 5 traffic lights within a quarter mile and they’re not timed and you have to stop at all of them?

How about when your spouse uses a measuring cup FOR WATER and instead of putting it in the dish rack after she’s done she places it in the sink with the other dirty dishes? What the f*ck???

Good stuff Raider. Good luck this weekend and in 2025. 

I welcome arguments. If I’m wrong, I wanna know.

That said, a friend of mine who is new to sports gambling asked me about this. He said that he heard that when the new lines come out for the NFL on Sunday night, they are “accurate”.

Number one, if they are accurate (whatever that means), then doesn’t that mean that it would be more difficult to win a wager?

Number two… wouldn’t that mean that you should wait?

I told him that it’s all a crap shoot. I’ve been betting sports for about 20 years. You might want to jump on a line that seems too low or too high. If you’re good (and that’s takes DECADES of knowledge), you’ll be right 55 to 65 percent of the time. 

 You could jump on the Eagles giving 6 thinking they’re gonna win by 21. But then the line moves to 5-1/2 two hours later. Then they win by 6. You push, and the patient people that grabbed 5-1/2 won.

Or they win by 1 and all of you lose. Or they win by 31 and all of you win.

All that being said, I know for a fact that if you’re good, 55 to 65 percent of the time, you can spot the lines that are WAY OFF, and a point or two WILL NOT even come into play. 

Sports gambling is EXTREMELY difficult to succeed long term, and if you’re a beginner reading this, bet small to start. Learn money management. Unit management. Give it a year and look at your results. 

And if you’re a veteran, you’re probably laughing and thinking “everyone knows this”. Except not everyone does.

I don’t profess to be a conveyor of wisdom but if you’re thinking about gambling and making money, just know that most people fail. Just know that professional gambling PROBABLY has the highest failure rate of any profession. EVER. 

Considering all of that, I cannot imagine life without gambling. I’ve had highs and lows. I’m in the black, but the time investment hasn’t been worth it. YET.

At this point I think gambling is “in my blood”. I don’t even know what that means exactly but I don’t believe in free will so… there’s that.

I know it’s late, and I haven’t been active in this community lately, but I wish all of you the best of luck, and a very prosperous new year. 

I wish you the best. 

Thinking about dumping some money into it. Any thoughts?

Thinking about dumping some money into it. Any thoughts?

@jesron1269

 I’ll check that out. Thank you.

@lennon65

 I can’t believe I had never even heard of it before. I liked it. I was thinking “ there’s no way someone would do that”. I mean when he dropped 15K on each of those games after getting that money from his mother. But I’m sure people actually do stupid shit like that. Crazy.

I worked in the chemical dependency field for over 5 years and I don’t know if it’s just my perception but it seems to me that there are a lot of trans and gays working in that field. 

Everyone I worked with was great, except for this one particular person. She was a new hire. And my supervisor. She was a C U next Tuesday. She was probably the President of the C U Next Tuesday Company.

I used to think I was a degenerate. Then I watched this movie the other night. If nothing else, it made me feel better about myself.

Betting on Tomlin in postseason 

Stoicism is key. I don’t claim to be an expert in it but I try to keep myself level at all times. Someone cuts me off… so what? It accomplishes nothing to get upset and in fact just stresses me out. It’s not in my best interest to care one bit.

Besides, she probably didn’t even mean to cut me off. And even if she did, why should I care? Why should I get upset? It still accomplishes nothing whatsoever. 

My life changed in so many ways once I realized that free will is a myth. If she meant to cut me off, maybe she just doesn’t care because she just found out that her husband has been having an affair. Maybe she’s just a rude person in general. Why is that? Did her step father abuse her? Was her mother an addict that neglected her every day?

Whatever the case, it doesn’t matter to me. The only thing I want to do is carry on with my life and get to where I want to go. Your mind is a powerful thing and if you allow it, it can be your own prison.

@Midnight1

I have a self propelled mower but my buddies tell me that it qualifies as a push mower. 

So it’s a push mower that you don’t push? Why don’t we call these things go mowers? Or no push mowers?