[nostoccommune]

I think almost everything is placebo effect. Nothing does anything

[jackscarab]

Okay, so.

I believe I understand the Gamestop story now.

Perhaps it’s news to you! It goes like this.

One can bet against the future value of a company’s stock. A couple of very large investment firms bet that GameStop’s stock would be at or below a certain low level. Perhaps this was some standard amoral investor machination, but they were surely doing harm to the company for money by insisting through the power of their opinion – because the value of any stock is based entirely on the opinion of the investor – that GameStop stock is cheap. 

So Reddit gets wind of this.

They think, “fuck capitalism, let’s set some Boomer wealth on fire while also saving GameStop from hedge fund depredation.” So, en masse, they take their $600 stimulus checks, run them through a free-stock-trade app, and buy as much GameStop stock as they can for as much as they can.

This drives up the price of all GameStop stock.

This obliterates the money of investors who had invested in the idea that GameStop’s stock price will be below a certain level at a certain period.

And so:

It’s hilarious. It’s turning the legalized gambling of Wall Street stock market manipulation against it.

[ray-nova22]

So Mulder goes

And we all know in Scully’s head, shes like

“Let’s hear it.”

And everyone, including the fandom is like

But he tends to be right at least 98.9% of the time.

And surely, in his head he’s like

Told you so

[vvorldwideweb]

[6thlovelanguage-deactivated2020]

Jenny Slate, Little Weirds

[pvrrhadve]

[puniper]

the gamecube truly was peak console design huh?

[pyropiano]

Is Game. Is Cube. What more you need?

[sliversoakley-deactivated202008]

[daluckdragon26]

When my children ask what the world was like before coronavirus I'm showing them this

[yesterdaysprint]

New-York Tribune, New York, January 2, 1920

[x--x]

[toastpotent-deactivated20250619]

doctors and all other medical specialists during check-ups: "hmmm well it seems like nothing is wrong with you, you say you are having pain? idk take some tylonel and sleep it off i guess, you will probably live"

dentists: "your teeth are yellow as shit and your gums are unhealthy, you only brush twice a day when you should be doing it 4 times an HOUR, WHY don't you floss. i see darkness in your future and the darkness represents cavities, you've got diseases we haven't even seen before, all your shit is fucked up my guy, even your jawline sucks and i don't even test for that, absolutely pathetic. don't show your face here again"

[greenmossloveisreal1998iloveyou]

imagine a calico cat

[greenmossloveisreal1998iloveyou]

now tabby

[bugleaguechew]

Slow down I’m still working on the first one

[greenmossloveisreal1998iloveyou]

sorry

[theartofangirling]

me: I’m not going to cry this time I listen to Landslide by Fleetwood Mac

1 minute and 25 seconds later: BUT TIME MAKES YOU BOLDER, EVEN CHILDREN GET OLDER AND I’M GETTING OLDER TOO

[acesartemis]

[debthedemi]

We've always been here!!

[finalgrlfriendarchive-deactivat]

if my bones are gonna crack like glow sticks every time i move i think i deserve bioluminescence. both to complete the aesthetic and as a consolation prize

[whitepeopletwitter]

[parakeet]

people will just say whatever they want and i will say things back and that my friends is called a conversatio

[redchristi-deactivated20150902]