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LordoftheMorons
01/28/21 6:07:38 PM
#401:


https://twitter.com/normative/status/1354927745923428354?s=21

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Grimlyn
01/28/21 6:14:23 PM
#402:


LordoftheMorons posted...
https://twitter.com/normative/status/1354927745923428354?s=21

Anyway, it is true that Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez play equivalent roles within their respective parties. MTG holds down her partys right flank, and AOC holds down her partys left flank. You can somewhat deduce the corresponding beliefs of the two parties mainstream contingents by moving somewhat to the center of each.

what a way to close out the article

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red sox 777
01/28/21 6:20:01 PM
#403:


Maybe LOTM is a hedge fund manager who just buys index funds and spends his days posting about politics.

This morning's attack (I don't think it can be called anything else) almost certainly did cost some people their money, who panic sold GME at $126 or AMC at $7. I read about someone new to the market who bought AMC at $16 yesterday and panicked when it shot down to $7 this morning in minutes. The design of the attack was to do this to everyone who owns these stocks. It largely didn't work, because shareholders by and large did not panic and did not sell at the artificially depressed prices.

If this thing does what it could tomorrow and squeezes in earnest, this is going to be the single greatest transfer of wealth from rich to poor in human history.

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Corrik7
01/28/21 6:21:57 PM
#404:


red sox 777 posted...
Maybe LOTM is a hedge fund manager who just buys index funds and spends his days posting about politics.

This morning's attack (I don't think it can be called anything else) almost certainly did cost some people their money, who panic sold GME at $126 or AMC at $7. I read about someone new to the market who bought AMC at $16 yesterday and panicked when it shot down to $7 this morning in minutes. The design of the attack was to do this to everyone who owns these stocks. It largely didn't work, because shareholders by and large did not panic and did not sell at the artificially depressed prices.

If this thing does what it could tomorrow and squeezes in earnest, this is going to be the single greatest transfer of wealth from rich to poor in human history.
Poor aren't making money on this. Poor can't even afford to enter the stock markets.

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HeroDelTiempo17
01/28/21 6:35:16 PM
#405:


Yesmar_ posted...
Yeah, I don't understand the people online saying they hope people don't lose too much money over this. The people buying Gamestop stock aren't primarily trying to make money, and they aren't putting in huge amounts. Not sure who this concern trolling is supposed to be directed towards.

The whole thing started as a way to make money. There were definitely posts on WSB about people investing their life savings. There are lots of posts about it not being about the money and how they want to stick it to wall street but that still depends on the price going up and them making money. Personally I don't buy it.

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HashtagSEP
01/28/21 6:36:15 PM
#406:


Yeah, people absolutely did this to make money, let's not kid ourselves.

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red sox 777
01/28/21 6:40:29 PM
#407:


And if LOTM is a hedge fund manager who just buys index funds while going on perma-vacation - he would be a much much much better fund manager than the people who run these long/short funds who gambled their clients' billions of dollars on betting against America.

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fuming
01/28/21 6:41:27 PM
#408:


I think there is a lot of people involved for whom it isn't about making money, from glancing at the subreddit. There are a lot of people involved, everyone would have sold high and it would have tanked if there weren't people for whom making money wasn't the only concern. Everyone hates hedge fund guys.
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KamikazePotato
01/28/21 6:59:59 PM
#409:


As someone who might buy a few shares because fuck it - apparently GME closed at $197 today? Does that mean if a bunch of people buy stocks now, all those orders will be processed when the markets re-open tomorrow, and they'll all only pay $197 while the value of the stock shoots up regardless?

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DoomTheGyarados
01/28/21 7:04:02 PM
#410:


KamikazePotato posted...
As someone who might buy a few shares because fuck it - apparently GME closed at $197 today? Does that mean if a bunch of people buy stocks now, all those orders will be processed when the markets re-open tomorrow, and they'll all only pay $197 while the value of the stock shoots up regardless?

No, it will update after hours effect.

Also buy AMC, much better investment tbh

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KamikazePotato
01/28/21 7:05:26 PM
#411:


Got it.

I would if I could! Are there any brokers that let me sign up and start trading, like, now? Few ones I've tried have a several day waiting period after signup.

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HeroDelTiempo17
01/28/21 7:07:05 PM
#412:


fuming posted...
I think there is a lot of people involved for whom it isn't about making money, from glancing at the subreddit. There are a lot of people involved, everyone would have sold high and it would have tanked if there weren't people for whom making money wasn't the only concern. Everyone hates hedge fund guys.

The subreddit is absolutely dripping with meme shit, you gotta read between the lines

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StealThisSheen
01/28/21 7:10:10 PM
#413:


You aren't gonna get people to go along with it and drive up the price for you if you literally say that's part of why you want to do it. Of course they aren't going to announce that.

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DoomTheGyarados
01/28/21 7:11:00 PM
#414:


KamikazePotato posted...
Got it.

I would if I could! Are there any brokers that let me sign up and start trading, like, now? Few ones I've tried have a several day waiting period after signup.

cashapp let's you buy stocks, it is fairly basic but gets the job done

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PrivateBiscuit1
01/28/21 7:11:36 PM
#415:


Journalism in current year.

https://twitter.com/JackoWest_3/status/1354927386861711361?s=19

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KamikazePotato
01/28/21 7:12:39 PM
#416:


Gracias

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ChaosTonyV4
01/28/21 7:47:20 PM
#418:


https://twitter.com/andrewperezdc/status/1354819681564016650?s=21

So much for $2000 checks out the door, lmao, its like they want to lose Georgia next time.

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DoomTheGyarados
01/28/21 7:59:16 PM
#419:


I am in georgia now I will help

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FFDragon
01/28/21 8:26:27 PM
#420:


https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1354932933719539712

These are the grossest people imaginable.

Until you realize the thousands of people who voted for them because of shared values

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HashtagSEP
01/28/21 9:37:18 PM
#421:


ChaosTonyV4 posted...
https://twitter.com/andrewperezdc/status/1354819681564016650?s=21

So much for $2000 checks out the door, lmao, its like they want to lose Georgia next time.

If you actually finish reading the thread, it says it sounds like they are NOT in favor of going for the 60-vote plan. It was also part of a thought of having two packages: a skimpier bipartisan 60-vote package, and then a meatier one they ram through.

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ChaosTonyV4
01/28/21 9:42:41 PM
#422:


HashtagSEP posted...
If you actually finish reading the thread, it says it sounds like they are NOT in favor of going for the 60-vote plan. It was also part of a thought of having two packages: a skimpier bipartisan 60-vote package, and then a meatier one they ram through.

You think if they bring forth a 60 vote package and it gets rejected, theyll increase what they want in their package they push through reconciliation?

I dont see a reason to believe that.


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HeroDelTiempo17
01/28/21 9:45:59 PM
#423:


ChaosTonyV4 posted...
https://twitter.com/andrewperezdc/status/1354819681564016650?s=21

So much for $2000 checks out the door, lmao, its like they want to lose Georgia next time.

Good example of Manchin being useless. Manchin has no reason to care about if Dems win Georgia as long as he's safe (ie his voters don't care about Dems winning Georgia), Manchin doesn't want to nuke the fillibuster, and now we are in the spot where instead of being the important 50th Dem he is no more important than 8 Republicans and Sinema who this also applies to.

Of course, Dems could get around this if they actually leaned hard on Manchin/Sinema, but because they are the "all-important" Dems #49/50 they are too scared to do so. Dumb as hell catch-22.

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StealThisSheen
01/28/21 9:49:31 PM
#424:


ChaosTonyV4 posted...
You think if they bring forth a 60 vote package and it gets rejected, theyll increase what they want in their package they push through reconciliation?

I dont see a reason to believe that.

Okay, but again, the thread says they do NOT want to bring forth a 60 vote package.

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fuming
01/28/21 9:51:04 PM
#425:


Everything I've seen indicates the current plan is to go with the 51 vote plan, not the 60 vote plan, and Schumer seems confident, not like he is expecting Manchin to ruin it. However, even if the 51 vote bill were to happen, they would still only be $1400 checks.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_601306a3c5b622df90f1924f/

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ChaosTonyV4
01/28/21 9:55:15 PM
#426:


Theyre not going to bring it to a vote, but Biden has literally said he wants to start at a bipartisan package.

fuming posted...
Everything I've seen indicates the current plan is to go with the 51 vote plan, not the 60 vote plan, and Schumer seems confident, not like he is expecting Manchin to ruin it. However, even if the 51 vote bill were to happen, they would still only be $1400 checks.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_601306a3c5b622df90f1924f/


lmao if they stick with $1400 I swear

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StealThisSheen
01/28/21 9:58:16 PM
#427:


Tony, I'm convinced you sit there literally praying for the worst case scenario just so you can get on GameFAQs and post your "lmao"s

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ChaosTonyV4
01/28/21 10:01:33 PM
#428:


Yeah I wish to have less money so I can say lmao.

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NFUN
01/28/21 10:02:37 PM
#429:


ChaosTonyV4 posted...
Yeah I wish to have less money so I can say lmao.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79253781
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ChaosTonyV4
01/28/21 10:05:06 PM
#430:


Thanks for proving my point, NFUN

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AdmittedFelon
01/28/21 11:34:55 PM
#431:


https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/27/politics/gamestop-stock-surge-trumpism/index.html

Now the Trumpers are messing with the stock market just to piss off Dems. They really can't just lose with grace?

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PerfectChaosZ
01/28/21 11:41:16 PM
#432:


The way the news has been obviously biased in favor of Wall Street through all this is one of the most disgusting parts.
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UshiromiyaEva
01/29/21 12:21:59 AM
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Paratroopa1
01/29/21 12:30:47 AM
#434:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
https://twitter.com/dandeluce/status/1354975913180590080?s=20

Uh....um....
and people told me I was exaggerating when I said the GOP was becoming a fascist party
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KamikazePotato
01/29/21 1:16:48 AM
#435:


Pretty sure most of the people in this topic have been calling the GOP facist for a while now!

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LordoftheMorons
01/29/21 7:15:43 AM
#436:


https://twitter.com/dprk_news/status/1354932064907390978?s=21

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masterplum
01/29/21 7:45:10 AM
#437:


KamikazePotato posted...
Pretty sure most of the people in this topic have been calling the GOP facist for a while now!

Im one of the more conservative people in this topic and Ive been saying that!

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LordoftheMorons
01/29/21 8:12:11 AM
#438:


J&J vaccine is 66% effective (85% effective against severe disease, 100% against hospitalizations/deaths).

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/29/health/johnson-coronavirus-vaccine-results/index.html

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LordoftheMorons
01/29/21 9:08:37 AM
#439:


https://twitter.com/jonsarlin/status/1355138287749500928?s=21

The thread has some highlights... pretty depressing

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ChaosTonyV4
01/29/21 9:30:46 AM
#440:


Obviously the solution is to ban the brainless masses from investing and leave it to the experts who never lose.

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LordoftheMorons
01/29/21 9:39:18 AM
#441:


I never suggested banning anyone from doing anything here. I am suggesting that maybe people are taking big risks that they may come to regret. Theyre free to ignore me, though!

In fact, normal people should invest in stuff like index funds

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Peace___Frog
01/29/21 9:50:06 AM
#442:


People should invest disposable income that they don't care to lose.

Imagine if people had more disposable income!

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UshiromiyaEva
01/29/21 9:53:53 AM
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Dancedreamer
01/29/21 10:18:48 AM
#444:


I think rich people are about to find out that the divide between left and right isn't as wide as they thought it was, especially when they teach their right-wing friends that 'no, we don't want you to get rich the same way we did.'

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XIII_rocks
01/29/21 12:35:34 PM
#445:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
https://twitter.com/DougSloan/status/1355014337732210689?s=19

XD


Why did they play the whole clip?! That's hilarious
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Jakyl25
01/29/21 12:37:51 PM
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UshiromiyaEva
01/29/21 1:44:09 PM
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KamikazePotato
01/29/21 1:47:17 PM
#448:


That's a very succint and accurate analysis that's easy to parse for people who aren't entrenched in meme culture, and is legitimately helpful to create and post

Still hilarious though

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Jakyl25
01/29/21 1:49:19 PM
#449:


The Zoomer to Boomer Rosetta Stone
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UshiromiyaEva
01/29/21 2:13:17 PM
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Yesmar_
01/29/21 2:26:13 PM
#451:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
https://twitter.com/raadiating/status/1355213827969863681?s=19

If you say so.

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