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Tulips are sure expensive this year.
by labster 5y ago
Tulips are sure expensive this year.
- thathndude 5y agoI can hold a tulip bulb and plant it. It might be insanely overpriced, but at least it’s not completely valueless. These little bits of code on the other hand . . .
- MBCook 5y agoOh but you don’t understand. I’ve been assured that cryptocurrency can be turned back into electricity. After all, it was generated from electricity. So clearly it must have some value.
- thathndude 5y agoOhhh. Now I get it. Thanks for clarifying liquidates life savings
- pnathan 5y agoYeah, but next year, they will be even more expensive, so I'm sure to be able to sell them and turn a profit.
- exdsq 5y agoThe tulip bubble lasted weeks
- RantyDave 5y agoI was all set to decry this as bullshit, but apparently not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania#/media/File:Tulip_price_index1.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania#/media/File:Tulip_...
- exdsq 5y agoIt was basically a bunch of rich merchants trying out a new financial instrument for a couple weeks. It's just got one hell of a legend around it.