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kleinbl00  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let's talk WSB, Gamestop and the rules of the game

My main complaint is if you're going to pick winners and losers, pick the young ones who aren't shorting shit. Econ 101 teaches you that it is better for everyone in the long run.





c_hawkthorne  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My main complaint is they lost at their own game so halfway through they changed the rules so the could go back to winning and fucking everyone else.

kleinbl00  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Right - it's the same complaint, said another way. There are so many, many ways to voice this complaint. It's like pointing a kaleidoscope at a turd: regardless of how you squint and how you stand, you're going to get a fractal expression of dogshit.

"We're going to hold your money and prevent you from working long because you're fucking with the people we play golf with since they're short." there's no possible way to spin this in a direction that doesn't outrage everyone. And the people you're outraging the most? You are STEALING from them. You are kicking them out of the clubhouse and taking their wallet on the way out.

am_Unition  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  

    pointing a kaleidoscope at a turd

Had to try it.

Real hero: Wife.

rustyshackleford  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not related to the financial news, but holy crap am_unition... with your Covid hair and beard, I think we could pass for brothers.

am_Unition  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is all part of an elaborate attempt to steal your health insurance, I thought we were clear on that

rustyshackleford  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wait, which one of us is Gribble now? :)

am_Unition  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The government doesn't know!

kleinbl00  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hubski did me the solid of not sending me an email notification for this reply.

steve  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I can not quantify how much I love this.

ButterflyEffect  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Did you get rich and retire after taking that picture

am_Unition  ·  1154 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Moments before

am_Unition  ·  1155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Agree.

It's been great to see some bipartisan political agreement in the anti-establishment realm, too. It's all happened so fast that it wasn't easily politicize-able. Yet.

I don't want to regulate against "this". Every(wo)man should be able to do almost whatever they want with their money.