So the Democrat can rig it and scream racist at the Republican ? <| sep |> Open an IRA and shovel money in there , I would recommend roboadvising I use betterment as they typically have lower fees . You can always set your risk tolerance and they ' ll invest accordingly , given your young age you can afford the risk . Compound interest is your friend . <| sep |> You don ' t need to know everything , you only need to know the people who know everything . The day you think you know it all is the day you stop learning . <| sep |> They weren ' t technically an empire while a republic . <| sep |> Neato , sounds like something from the rpg Low Life which has , among other things , the sapient descendants of twinkies as a playable race . How do they reproduce ? Is it pretty standard ' shroom sex or do they explode into spores when they die or something ? What do they eat ? Can they just set down hyphae in a rotten log and chow down ? Are there any humans still around ? What ' s this race ' s relationship with them ? What do they look like ? Wouldn ' t they be more fungus people if they ' re descended from mold ?