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Always rooting for you bro

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I think you did the right thing. There is a bankroll chapter in "Mathematics of Poker" that talks about risk of ruin. I am pretty sure given your past shots at poker your risk of ruin was always 100% due to variance and expenses.

I am sure you know this now but you gotta get that offer letter ASAP. Really shitty for that company to string you along like that but that's what corporations do. The $52k to $50k is just sort of a tactless negotiation tactic. Again, many corporations are not above this. Something to look out for is now that you are on salary they or you will work you/yourself like a dog. I forget what Byung-Chul Han calls it but it is basically self-exploitation. It is even worse than the company exploiting you. I was in a really similar spot in 2013: company understaffed, sparse apartment, newly salaried. It was just an all hands on deck situation at work and I was just in it and self-exploited super hard. I didn't negotiate for help or more sane hours. I just did it and then my project is how do I fill up this empty apartment. It's how I ended up with the infamous $3k le corbusier lamp (among other STUFF). So, it's like a never ending project at work and a never ending project to perfect my apartment and I ended up burning out super hard. I can be an extreme person though who also has bipolar and alcoholism so you might be ok I am just lending some experience. Getting a nice couch and a nice tv I found to be +ev and there should be some plants (snake plants are great), good lighting, maybe a nice coffee table. Man, I spent a lot of time in Target, Ikea, Crate and Barrel, et al. just trying to find the right stuff and it was actually kind of fun and my apartment was pretty "authentic" and chic but all I ended up doing in there was drinking myself into a stupor. I always kept a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and Chardoney in the fridge in case I picked up but I never actually did and always ended up drinking the bottle of Veuve and driving drunk to a strip club or something. Anyways, $50k at a reasonable job is not a bad situation. Proceed wisely and a sane dating life shouldn't be too difficult. I mean the "book" says to expect to put in a 2 year tour of duty at this company and re-evaluate but if shit is sketchy I'd already be looking at good outs. It also gives you more leverage in negotiations with your current company.

Why blow your roll? Just keep it and grind weekends?

Dude, he doesn't even have a couch or a tv. How is he supposed to Netflix and chill?

You poker bros would have him buy some meditation cushions online and put in a 5pm-5am shift on Saturday nights...

A big, ass comfy couch from Crate and Barrel and a tv won't even be more than $3k anyways. I mean I am a big fan of going minimal but if I worked a 40+ hour week and came home at 5am Sunday morning a big loser to a barren apartment I would feel pretty miserable about myself. Spending Saturday afternoon reading on my big, comfy couch always made me feel pretty great. Watching cinema, taking naps, having a comfortable place for people to crash are all benefits. A tv I can take it or leave it really but I feel like it's a few hundred bucks in order to not be a tv-less maniac. I've been a Steve Jobsian tv-less maniac before and people kind of worried about me. It makes picking up or having people over kind of impossible if you only have a blowup mattress, one of those cheap plastic fold up tables, desk chair, and unpacked moving boxes as furniture.

"Yeah baby thats right, I told my boss I would be taking some time off and to get back to me when that offer is put in writing."


Can still play weekends. Probably more fish too. Keep poker roll separate.

Good for you re: taking the job while on heater.
Also, if you don't want furniture, don't get furniture. Don't fall for that societal expectation trap/blowing 3k on some couch and tv noise.

On March 01 2020 23:17 Nitewin wrote: Can still play weekends. Probably more fish too. Keep poker roll separate.

This. gl this time around!

Newb specifically said he was looking to bring some women home. Unless he can find minimalists or Steve Jobsian eccentrics no couch and no tv isn't really going to fly. I mean we can completely disregard societal expectations but there are consequences to that. I can stop showering and brushing my teeth but then I won't have any social connections. This is coming from someone that used to not have even a dinner table at one point. I ate all my meals on the ground. I've since come to be attached to a comfortable bed and couch. Going through a Buddhism phase I gave up my bed to sleep on the floor for a few months and it was cool but I feel like I get better sleep in my bed and it's a great place to read. I suppose some women aren't going to be opposed to fucking on the floor but then sleeping on the floor is probably a tougher sell. There is some fine line here in Western society of what is appropriate for household furnishings. Maybe we can figure this out.

I'm not some sex obsessed womanizer. It would be nice to have a girlfriend again, but I definitely agree with RiKD here that having at least a few home accouterments can have a positive impact on your overall mental health. For instance I've been eating all of my meals in bed or standing over the kitchen sink because I literally have nowhere else to eat. It wears on you psychologically and broods depression. I get neck cramps trying to watch netflix on my laptop via hotspot. Im not gonna go all out and get wall art and other decorative accents, but a couch + TV I think would be a good start to hate life a little less. I think at that point, having something to look forward to and unwind when I get home rather than an overpriced sleeping den will give me some peace of mind. From there if I'm satisfied with my current arrangement I'll start planning my next poker foray.

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didnt see about re: wanting to bring woman home. But 3k is heaps to blow on a living room set basically. glgl

step up your accouterments game nigga