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I'm struggling with the "stock exchange" metaphor. Does it mean something other then "marketplace"?

• ccrush 10y ago
  You have the ability to make money in the market by providing liquidity by giving your money to the farmers so they can buy and smoke their meth today by technically being the owner of the weed until such time that it dries and a stoner is willing to buy and smoke it. It is called a commodity futures contract exchange or a commodities market. I think they chose to be condescending to their readers by using the stockmarket analogy and essentially saying "these plebians have no idea what commodities are oe how they are exchanged so let us use a word they've heard on their TV." Anyway, what did you want them to call it instead of a "stock market[place]"? A "[weed] market[place]"? Or just a "marketplace" and skip the analogy altogether? Also, I wonder what happens if you get pulled over with certificates that say you own a whole bunch of weed? If that is found in plain sight, does it give probable cause to search further?
  • tdaltonc 10y ago
    Awww ok. Ya, "a commodities market for pot" makes a lot of sense. They're vital to a functioning of any modern agricultural industry.