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Wsb can remain irrational longer than the market can remain solvent. That was a comment by a poster which I find funny.

by shyn3 6y ago

jdminhbg 6y ago
This is a common aphorism, attributed sometimes to Keynes: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/09/remain-solvent/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/09/remain-solvent/
- deleted 6y ago
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- markrages 6y ago
  It is a funny spin on that aphorism.
- girvo 6y ago
  Right but the WSB one is inverted.
- rualca 6y ago
  I'm not sure you understood the web saying. Its meaning has nothing to do with Keynes' quote. It's instead a clever play on words that refers to the recurrent accusation (and subsequent meme) that WSB are a bunch of autists/retards who don't have any idea of what they are doing and thus are doing it entirely wrong, and the defiant reply from the WSB crowd where they state they are ready and able to continue doing it for far longer than what hedge funds, who are throwing rivers of cash at the problem, are able to withstand no matter the cost.
somerandomness 6y ago
I believe the term is “retarded”
Rapzid 6y ago
Until Monday when the bills are due and their wives(let's be honest, this crazy train is the T train) discover their bank accounts are empty.
- fakedang 6y ago
  But what about the wives' boyfriends' accounts?
- stretchcat 6y ago
  Twitter commentators have assured me these men are all incels, so that won't be a problem.
  - dang 6y ago
    Could you please stop posting flamebait to HN? We've asked you before. Also, comments like the last bit of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25873304 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25873304 are bannable offences on HN for obvious reasons. Please don't do anything like that again. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful. You've also posted good comments, so that should be doable.
    - stretchcat 6y ago
      Blow it out your ass, dang.
rubinelli 6y ago
Funny, but it suggests the market hasn't learned anything from 2008.
northern-lights 6y ago
Not quite accurate. It's - WSB can remain retarded longer than you can remain solvent.

Wsb can remain irrational longer than the market can remain solvent. That was a comment by a poster which I find funny.

by shyn3 6y ago

Wsb can remain irrational longer than the market can remain solvent. That was a comment by a poster which I find funny.

This is a common aphorism, attributed sometimes to Keynes: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/09/remain-solvent/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/09/remain-solvent/

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markrages 6y ago
It is a funny spin on that aphorism.
girvo 6y ago
Right but the WSB one is inverted.
rualca 6y ago
I'm not sure you understood the web saying. Its meaning has nothing to do with Keynes' quote. It's instead a clever play on words that refers to the recurrent accusation (and subsequent meme) that WSB are a bunch of autists/retards who don't have any idea of what they are doing and thus are doing it entirely wrong, and the defiant reply from the WSB crowd where they state they are ready and able to continue doing it for far longer than what hedge funds, who are throwing rivers of cash at the problem, are able to withstand no matter the cost.

somerandomness 6y ago

I believe the term is “retarded”

Rapzid 6y ago

Until Monday when the bills are due and their wives(let's be honest, this crazy train is the T train) discover their bank accounts are empty.

fakedang 6y ago
But what about the wives' boyfriends' accounts?
stretchcat 6y ago
Twitter commentators have assured me these men are all incels, so that won't be a problem.
- dang 6y ago
  Could you please stop posting flamebait to HN? We've asked you before. Also, comments like the last bit of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25873304 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25873304 are bannable offences on HN for obvious reasons. Please don't do anything like that again. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful. You've also posted good comments, so that should be doable.
  - stretchcat 6y ago
    Blow it out your ass, dang.

rubinelli 6y ago

Funny, but it suggests the market hasn't learned anything from 2008.

northern-lights 6y ago

Not quite accurate. It's - WSB can remain retarded longer than you can remain solvent.