I opened an account two days ago to buy one share of GME for fun, then they blocked my ability to, but I still can't take my money out -- despite my bank notifying me that it's been withdrawn. This is because they probably process all the ACH records in a nightly job on weekdays. It'll be Monday before the money can begin its 3 day trip back to my bank.

So much of this process is unnecessary but what are you going to do? They (the entrenched financial system) have you by the throat.

Imagine paying $1-3 per month for FB or Twitter.

For the last four years there has been a constant refrain that we need "adults in the room". Right now more than ever, we do. For some people the chickens are coming home to roost and I'm just saying -- we -- and by "we" I mean reasonable people -- should avoid our worst tendencies in this moment, even privately.

There has to be a detente, but I would never suggest that amongst my orbit of people. The language of the moment is so loaded, I'd probably be called a bootlicker. At the same time I had friends calling for the gunning down of these people as they overran the Capitol.

It's very hard to reconcile all of this turmoil.

Also there was bloodshed.

I don't care about what this president does because he's a repulsive child.

Is there reason for alarm? Sure. The Capitol Police were negligent in planning and performing their duties. There was not a sufficient lockdown and security protocol for the physical items. Probably all sorts of other things. These people committed felonies and should be punished.

But this was not a revolution. Our government was not overthrown.

> Many scholars consider a coup d'état successful when the usurpers seize and hold power for at least seven days.

They didn't seize and hold power for any time whatsoever. They had no plan. They had no organization. They did not execute a plot in any way. They were rioters. There was nothing close to what could be constituted as overthrowing of the government.

The hysterics in this thread are pretty rich.

You can imagine "games" in this sense being competitions played out via the bike, so time trials, race tournaments, etc. Compete with your friends (or others) to get through a race comparable to Tour de France stages -- something like that. Aside from survival, there is no greater motivator for pushing oneself physically than competition. Games facilitate that.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/06/pentagon-has-not-approved-re...

I feel like I'm going crazy listening to people make calls for the MILITARY to get involved.

I think it was a case of the NYT quite openly deluding themselves.