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The first rule of Fight Club...

• edgyquant 6y ago
  Except everyone knows about that sub and it does little but get the hopes of the working poor up, who then lose what little savings they have on some yolo being pushed by a more well off individual whose just having fun.
  • glazyrin 6y ago
    If you put forward a theory like this about Wall Street, markets in general, capitalism in general, or the political system we have, you're an 'extremist'. When it comes to a bunch of people goofing around with meme stocks on a subreddit, suddenly lots of people turn into champions of the 'working poor'.
    • edgyquant 6y ago
      Pump and dumps have been illegal for decades
  • Dirlewanger 6y ago
    A tale as old as time.
  • engineer_22 6y ago
    Oh, I'm just saying the language surrounding WSB sounds a lot like fight club. Sorry, I could've made the connection more explicit.