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Just build your own website bro Just build your own host bro Just build your own financial banking system bro just build your own social media platform bro

Just build your own website bro Just build your own host bro Just build your own financial banking system bro just build your own social media platform bro just build your own payment processing platform bro just build your own internet infrastructure bro

grecy 6y ago
Today I saw: Common Folk: We want a chance at financial stability." Rich Folk: "Invest your money." Common Folk: "OK, GME it is." Rich Folk: "Wait. Not like that. Stop. This clearly must be outlawed."
- perl4ever 6y ago
  Sometimes people ask, why do rich people keep striving for more money? What is the point of having $1B instead of $100M, or $10B instead of $1B, or $100B instead of $10B? Sometimes the answer is given, that it's the same impulse as playing a computer game and money is the score. But the last few days, something else occurred to me, watching the kind of disarray of various billionaire hedge fund types. A big attraction of wealth on that level must be the sense that you're smarter than nearly anyone else. This situation punctures that and it seems like a lot of quotes in the news are about scrambling to save face and protect peoples' self images. I don't think they are actually outraged over monetary losses as such. It's interesting that people are comparing it to Occupy Wall Street.
  - rokhayakebe 6y ago
    Money is the score
    - perl4ever 6y ago
      When playing a computer game, of course, after you get a high score, you start over at zero, and there's a good chance you switch to a different game.
- gruez 6y ago
  Characterizing this as a "rich folk" vs "common folk" issue is hilarious. Aside from the early "common folks" that cashed out, there's also plenty of "rich folks" that cashed out as well[1]. As for the losers, well the hedge funds who were shorted initially definitely lost money, although it remains to be seen whether the "rich folk" hedge funds who shorted this week lost money. It also remains to be seen whether the "common folks" that piled on this week are going make a profit or are just going to be bagholders. [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-gamestop-shareholder-must-asset-management-sold-off-its-stake-2021-01-28 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-gamestop-shareholder...
  - kibwen 6y ago
    This doesn't deserve to be downvoted. Lots of rich investors are using this as an opportunity to further enrich themselves. The narrative that this is "David vs Goliath" is only partially true; in reality it's Goliath vs Goliath, except one of the Goliaths has David strapped to his chest to absorb any blows.
    - MrMan 6y ago
      it's gamblers vs other gamblers, the size of their stakes dont matter much for purposes of sorting them.
  - grecy 6y ago
    > although it remains to be seen whether the "rich folk" hedge funds who shorted this week lost money. It also remains to be seen whether the "common folks" that piled on this week are going make a profit or are just going to be bagholders My comment above makes no statement about who is going to eventually profit from this. My comment is about how as soon as the "common folk" start to take their destiny into their own hands, the "rich folk" cry foul, to the point where Congressmen are issuing press releases, and there is talk of completely re-designing the entire system. There is an awful lot of whining coming from one end of the wealth spectrum right now.
  - imtringued 6y ago
    GME stock is like a consumable. You buy it and then it "disappears".
iagovar 6y ago
Isn't funny when the lowest common denominator (or whatever is called in english) just rules everything around you?
- Simulacra 6y ago
  "We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep." - Tyler Durdin
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virmundi 6y ago
And when you do those things, they will be shutdown. Bye bye Parlor.
- morlockabove 6y ago
  Bro just build your own AWS
  - jonathankoren 6y ago
    Bro. You don’t need AWS. You need a server. People did this. For decades.
    - cambalache 6y ago
      Until your internet provide cuts you off
      - jonathankoren 6y ago
        Yeah, it’s a real shame that’s there is only one ISP in the whole world. If there was at least one more, maybe Pirate Bay wouldn’t have been killed in 2006.
        morlockabove 6y ago
        Depending on where you live, there might only be one.
    - llampx 6y ago
      You need Cloudflare though. And where are you going to host the server?
      - jonathankoren 6y ago
        Every site uses Cloudflare, and there’s only one ISP in the entire world? That’s CrAzY! Seriously. The lack of imagination here is embarrassing. Cargo cult engineering. I suggest you read up on what a real persecuted site does. https://www.businessinsider.com/the-ingenious-way-the-pirate-bay-avoids-the-police-2014-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/the-ingenious-way-the-pirate...
jancsika 6y ago
you forgot the most important one: orb otpyrc nwo ruoy dliub tsuj it's a good place to start because it's easy and can give confidence for tackling the harder ones
- selimthegrim 6y ago
  Relevant Classical Programmer Paintings: https://classicprogrammerpaintings.com/post/148027314949/we-rolled-our-own-crypto-pieter-bruegel-the https://classicprogrammerpaintings.com/post/148027314949/we-...
WClayFerguson 6y ago
Us conservatives have been telling the liberals: "BigTech will come after you too some day." but the liberals kept screaming BigTech should get more power, more power, yay censorship! Well, how ya like it now kiddies?
- kibwen 6y ago
  I've seen you around a lot today, and based on your recurring comments it seems like you are actually in some sort of delusional state. I encourage you to seek help. If you happen to be a Q follower, please unplug.
  - ulucs 6y ago
    Mental health doesn't exist for you to call people names. These posts are apparently fine, but god forbid if people say "retarded" without any meaning to it.
- revscat 6y ago
  Citation needed.
dmingod666 6y ago
After sending the bro to their own things, they can finally put up a board that says "dogs and x not allowed" New achievement unlocked 'segregation'.
swader999 6y ago
Sounds like an add for defi
thaumasiotes 6y ago
> Just build your own financial banking system bro Nobody says this; attempting to build your own financial banking system is one of the most illegal things you could do.
- morlockabove 6y ago
  Just starve bro
concordDance 6y ago
Isn't it illegal to make your own financial system? I'm under the impression that it's one of the big levers of power the US government has (those "sanctions" you hear about), can't imagine them letting it be weakened.
- swebs 6y ago
  As far as I know, its not illegal to use bitcoin.
- imtringued 6y ago
  The government probably charges your taxes in dollars which makes you dependent on the financial system.

grecy 6y ago

Today I saw: Common Folk: We want a chance at financial stability." Rich Folk: "Invest your money." Common Folk: "OK, GME it is." Rich Folk: "Wait. Not like that. Stop. This clearly must be outlawed."

perl4ever 6y ago
Sometimes people ask, why do rich people keep striving for more money? What is the point of having $1B instead of $100M, or $10B instead of $1B, or $100B instead of $10B? Sometimes the answer is given, that it's the same impulse as playing a computer game and money is the score. But the last few days, something else occurred to me, watching the kind of disarray of various billionaire hedge fund types. A big attraction of wealth on that level must be the sense that you're smarter than nearly anyone else. This situation punctures that and it seems like a lot of quotes in the news are about scrambling to save face and protect peoples' self images. I don't think they are actually outraged over monetary losses as such. It's interesting that people are comparing it to Occupy Wall Street.
- rokhayakebe 6y ago
  Money is the score
  - perl4ever 6y ago
    When playing a computer game, of course, after you get a high score, you start over at zero, and there's a good chance you switch to a different game.
gruez 6y ago
Characterizing this as a "rich folk" vs "common folk" issue is hilarious. Aside from the early "common folks" that cashed out, there's also plenty of "rich folks" that cashed out as well[1]. As for the losers, well the hedge funds who were shorted initially definitely lost money, although it remains to be seen whether the "rich folk" hedge funds who shorted this week lost money. It also remains to be seen whether the "common folks" that piled on this week are going make a profit or are just going to be bagholders. [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-gamestop-shareholder-must-asset-management-sold-off-its-stake-2021-01-28 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-gamestop-shareholder...
- kibwen 6y ago
  This doesn't deserve to be downvoted. Lots of rich investors are using this as an opportunity to further enrich themselves. The narrative that this is "David vs Goliath" is only partially true; in reality it's Goliath vs Goliath, except one of the Goliaths has David strapped to his chest to absorb any blows.
  - MrMan 6y ago
    it's gamblers vs other gamblers, the size of their stakes dont matter much for purposes of sorting them.
- grecy 6y ago
  > although it remains to be seen whether the "rich folk" hedge funds who shorted this week lost money. It also remains to be seen whether the "common folks" that piled on this week are going make a profit or are just going to be bagholders My comment above makes no statement about who is going to eventually profit from this. My comment is about how as soon as the "common folk" start to take their destiny into their own hands, the "rich folk" cry foul, to the point where Congressmen are issuing press releases, and there is talk of completely re-designing the entire system. There is an awful lot of whining coming from one end of the wealth spectrum right now.
- imtringued 6y ago
  GME stock is like a consumable. You buy it and then it "disappears".

iagovar 6y ago

Isn't funny when the lowest common denominator (or whatever is called in english) just rules everything around you?

Simulacra 6y ago
"We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep." - Tyler Durdin

deleted 6y ago

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virmundi 6y ago

And when you do those things, they will be shutdown. Bye bye Parlor.

morlockabove 6y ago
Bro just build your own AWS
- jonathankoren 6y ago
  Bro. You don’t need AWS. You need a server. People did this. For decades.
  - cambalache 6y ago
    Until your internet provide cuts you off
    - jonathankoren 6y ago
      Yeah, it’s a real shame that’s there is only one ISP in the whole world. If there was at least one more, maybe Pirate Bay wouldn’t have been killed in 2006.
      - morlockabove 6y ago
        Depending on where you live, there might only be one.
  - llampx 6y ago
    You need Cloudflare though. And where are you going to host the server?
    - jonathankoren 6y ago
      Every site uses Cloudflare, and there’s only one ISP in the entire world? That’s CrAzY! Seriously. The lack of imagination here is embarrassing. Cargo cult engineering. I suggest you read up on what a real persecuted site does. https://www.businessinsider.com/the-ingenious-way-the-pirate-bay-avoids-the-police-2014-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/the-ingenious-way-the-pirate...

jancsika 6y ago

you forgot the most important one: orb otpyrc nwo ruoy dliub tsuj it's a good place to start because it's easy and can give confidence for tackling the harder ones

selimthegrim 6y ago
Relevant Classical Programmer Paintings: https://classicprogrammerpaintings.com/post/148027314949/we-rolled-our-own-crypto-pieter-bruegel-the https://classicprogrammerpaintings.com/post/148027314949/we-...

WClayFerguson 6y ago

Us conservatives have been telling the liberals: "BigTech will come after you too some day." but the liberals kept screaming BigTech should get more power, more power, yay censorship! Well, how ya like it now kiddies?

kibwen 6y ago
I've seen you around a lot today, and based on your recurring comments it seems like you are actually in some sort of delusional state. I encourage you to seek help. If you happen to be a Q follower, please unplug.
- ulucs 6y ago
  Mental health doesn't exist for you to call people names. These posts are apparently fine, but god forbid if people say "retarded" without any meaning to it.
revscat 6y ago
Citation needed.

dmingod666 6y ago

After sending the bro to their own things, they can finally put up a board that says "dogs and x not allowed" New achievement unlocked 'segregation'.

swader999 6y ago

Sounds like an add for defi

thaumasiotes 6y ago

> Just build your own financial banking system bro Nobody says this; attempting to build your own financial banking system is one of the most illegal things you could do.

morlockabove 6y ago
Just starve bro

concordDance 6y ago

Isn't it illegal to make your own financial system? I'm under the impression that it's one of the big levers of power the US government has (those "sanctions" you hear about), can't imagine them letting it be weakened.

swebs 6y ago
As far as I know, its not illegal to use bitcoin.
imtringued 6y ago
The government probably charges your taxes in dollars which makes you dependent on the financial system.