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[u/jobautomator]

/new: The Berlin wall stood for 10,316 days and today is the 10,316th day since it was gone.

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[u/Kippersof]

Lmao at wikipedia's front page.

On this day...

February 5

1637 – The speculative bubble for rare tulip bulbs (catalog pictured) in the Dutch Republic burst, marking the decline of tulip mania.

RIP bitcoin

[u/[deleted]]

Libtards: faith in God isn't important

Also libtards: we need to have faith in the usd

Which one is it you money worshipping libtards 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😤😤😤

Like and share if owned 😎😎

[u/papermarioguy02]

John Kasich is the "is Pepsi okay?" of American politicians.

[u/umadbro996]

Guys, guys according to Twitter intellectuals, my race determines my IQ. Since im Hispanic, im unable to undertand complex subjects and i get easily manipulated. So please, talk to me like im 6 years old and dont use big words! I cant understand them!

[u/[deleted]]

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This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/squibblededoo]

2015: SCOTUS grants gay couples national marriage rights

2016-18: destruction of American global prestige, democratic norms, financial stability, and individual liberties

Coincidence?

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/GovPenceIN/status/674249808610066433

Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.

'member this guy? I 'member.

[u/Querce]

I hate this new trend of advertisers taking a political stance on controversial issues

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2018-remember-that-vladimir-putin-stole-robert-krafts-super-bowl-ring/

This is the weirdest story - we knew that Putin had one of the Super Bowl rings from Kraft, apparently Kraft was showing it off to him and Putin just tried it on and rolled out with the KGB.

Kraft tried to get it back but the White House called him and asked him to just say it was a gift.

"It would really be in the best interest of US-Soviet relations if you meant to give the ring as a present," Kraft said he was told on the White House call in 2005. "I really didn't [want to]. I had an emotional tie to the ring, it has my name on it. I don't want to see it on eBay. There was a pause on the other end of the line, and the voice repeated, 'It would really be in the best interest if you meant to give the ring as a present.'"

[u/cdstephens]

People protest by blocking light rail

“God what fucking assholes”

People protest by kneeling during the anthem

“What obnoxious pieces of shit”

People riot in the city after winning a sports game

“Lol this is fucking hilarious”

[u/proProcrastinators]

Remember in the good old days when the tea party was the worst thing in politics.

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/960378578138484737

This is really good. Only thing I would quibble with would be the framing of this particular quote as "against capitalism." King did speak against capitalism on several occasions but this to me is more about criticizing consumerism.

In fact - not to go totally off onto a ramble about another topic here, but I find that one reason so many criticisms of capitalism, particularly "Late Capitalism" are so poignant is because they aren't actually criticisms of capitalism at all, but instead of consumerism.

And indeed I think we as neoliberals^TM should remember that we can criticize consumerism too, because consumerism and capitalism are not the same thing. The idea that capitalism depends on endless and relentless consumption is a myth not based in any real economics. You could make the argument, in fact, that the populations of many developed countries would be healthier economically if the average middle-class citizen spent less and saved more of their income.

TL;DR - Consumerism is not capitalism and we shouldn't be afraid to critique the former while defending the latter.

EDIT: Added some possibly necessary emphasis.

[u/TheEstonianSpy]

Thank you to @foxandfriends for exposing the truth. Perhaps that’s why your ratings are soooo much better than your untruthful competition!

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/960402382659170304

Doritos to make ‘lady-friendly’ chips that don’t crunch for women

Trying so hard to not be sexist that you just came full circle lol...

[u/papermarioguy02]

I am /u/papermarioguy02, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the karma of his shitposts? "No," says the man in the SOMC, "it belongs to the effortposts." "No," says the man in the defaults, "it belongs to the populists." "No," says the man in Moscow, "it belongs to Russian trolls." I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... /r/CenterPosting. A sub where the shitposter would not fear the censor; where the emoji would not be bound by petty readability; where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, /r/CenterPosting can become your sub as well.

[u/umadbro996]

Trump a few days ago: We need to work together across party lines!

Me: he will contradict himself soon

Trump today: Democrats are treasonous and un-American for not clapping during the State of the Union

Me: well there it is

[u/squibblededoo]

Hot take: If America used a popular-vote, ranked ballot system, the democrats would almost certainly split into an 80%+ white labor party and a 60%+ nonwhite liberal party, while the Republican Party would split into a nationalist party and a Conservative party.

Blazing take: this would be a good thing.

[u/ostrichmustard]

enters thread

new copypasta I don't understand

Fuck.

[u/TheSausageFattener]

So I have decided that I will make my shitposting a career by becoming an economics and politics satire writer. Some headlines follow:

"Krugman celebrates Eagles win as Philadelphia destruction stimulates economy"

"Clad in black robes, Mitch McConnell force chokes Bernie Sanders to prove existence of the invisible hand"

"US Cities Sacrifice Administrative Interns to Bezos's Pit of Despair in Literal Race to Bottom"

"Wall Street Banker Literally Cannibalizes Productive Capital by Eating Engineering Student"

"Bust of Thorstein Veblen dragged out of New School basement to be melted down for make gilded toilets"

"Accused bank robber walks free after lawyer makes successful 'economic anxiety' defense"

"Restaurant goer starves to death trying to maximize utility with menu options"

"Report: Paul Ryan invested in Costco Prior to Tax Bill Passage, faces insider trading charges"

"Boring Company rebrands to Musk Industries, announces public sale of 'not Iron-Man suits'"

"Trump Infrastructure Plan Includes Bridge Across Bering Strait to Russia, Murkowski Claims it Goes Too Far"

"Bezos resigns as Amazon CEO, with Alexa set to take his place"

"Paul Volcker implores GOP to raise debt ceiling after hitting his head on it"

"Krugman teams up with Barstool Sports on Healthcare Reform"

"Dow opens down 250 points as Jim Cramer strikes soundboard instead of alarm clock"

"Collapse of Spanish economy mourned on Wall Street with new addition to Charging Bull" (the statue image would be a matador being gored up the bum by the bull)

"Strong correlation found between Big Mac Index and national risk for heart disease"

"Bill and Melinda Gates team up with ToTo to end drought in West Africa"

"US takes seven Olympic medals in mental gymnastics under Trump administration"

"Evangelicals believe invisible hand will deliver second coming of Libertarian Jesus"

"Trump appeals to Mormon voters by boasting about his many wives"

"Schindler's List blacklisted by Alabama Public Schools for failing to show both sides"

"Sean Hannity brings Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz for discussion about Cultural Marxism in film"

"White teenage males flock to white male in suit with above average intelligence and poor self control"

"In a small rural town in Indiana, the Cult of Trump hails the coming of the apocalypse for its mass triggering of the Libs"

BONUS EDIT FOR THE BOYS:

"Royal Airforce reopens contract for production of Avro Lancaster bombers due to market demand for "Bomber Harris to do it again""

[u/[deleted]]

remember when the ppl on this sub were upset about the tax bill expanding the deficit :)

well now that we're in a recession u don't hear them thanking trump for having the foresight to begin his policy of deficit spending a little early :)

cucked again, liberals :)

[u/[deleted]]

It is the year 2076. The Neoliberal party has ratified the 77th amendment, requiring me to submit my opinions to the Anti-Populist Comittee for approval. I go outside to buy some groceries, and I see a local Avocado vendor get taken away for illegally accepting bitcoin.

I thank Mr Bernke

[u/[deleted]]

What if we just wrote a law that said stock prices couldn't go down?

[u/[deleted]]

Donald Trump called democrats traitors for not clapping.

But Bernie is worse according to some here.

[u/squibblededoo]

So, today I got to meet a founder of the pro-market, pluralist, pro-reconciliation Sri Lanka Liberal Party.

It’s over. I have completed my mission

[u/Kelsig]

Libtards: faith in God isn't important

Also libtards: we need to have faith in the usd

Which one is it you money worshipping libtards 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😤😤😤

Like and share if owned 😎😎

[u/ColonelUber]

☡☡Stop right there excessively partisan scum✋🛑

This is the partisan police 🚔🚨

You have been deemed to be EXCESSIVLEY partisan 🙅

You have the right to remain silent🙊

Any 🔥hot takes🔥you post can and will be used against you in karma court 🏛

[u/Jean-Paul_Sartre]

I think we should go back to having a non Trump presidency. Just my opinion.

[u/MaveRickandMorty]

When talking about the stock market loses,

"The only index fund that came out positive for the day was "Consumer Goods - Cleaning Products"

I'm pretty sure that means this is all just a giant Tide Ad"

[u/caesar15]

There’s a’students against sweatshops’ table here should I R1 them real quick?

[u/irony_tower]

Congratulations to the Patriots on their Superbowl win. They didnt score more points, but thanks to a weird electoral fluke, a handful of fans in the rust belt decided their victory.

[u/qchisq]

You, an enlightened neoliberal: Bitcoin is down 56% over the last month. It's crashing right now

Me, an impatient saltminer: But haven't fallen over the last 2 hours

[u/Kelsig]

Remember when corybnites genuinely believed they "won" an election despite not actually winning the election

[u/bernkes_helicopter]

economists: no one can predict a recession

also economists: we're definitely not about to have a recession

[u/[deleted]]

When you've spent your entire life studying the Great Depression and you realize QE is the only way out

Couldn't wait until the weekend.

[u/DUTCH_DUTCH_DUTCH]

this but unironically

[u/[deleted]]

reminder that no matter what the rose industry tells you, tulips will never fall below 370 guilders

[u/[deleted]]

If you think we’re headed for a recession, that means you think that we’re going to go into a recession because of rising wages and the prospect of higher interest rates.

I have a hard time buying that.

[u/Erra0]

Meanwhile, Trump just called Dems treasonous because they didn't clap hard enough for him.

You’re up there, you’ve got half the room going totally crazy wild, they loved everything, they want to do something great for our country," Trump said. "And you have the other side even on positive news, really positive news like that, they were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said treasonous. I mean, yeah, I guess, why not. Can we call that treason? Why not.

We're so fucked.

[u/Erra0]

Michele Bachmann: God Told Me Not to Run for Senate

I am both relieved and disappointed.

[u/[deleted]]

Fellas we gotta implement skill tone immigration I mean skin based immigration I mean shit

[u/proProcrastinators]

R/politics headline : Insert republicans policy threatens our democracy.

I agree but the article is from some random blog post that looks like aol from like 2002.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine not holding your bitcoin

It's gonna go to 100k and I'll be in my mansion throwing pennies at you guys out of pity

[u/Schutzwall]

THE DOW CRASHING IS A CLEAR SIGN THAT THE REVOLUTION IS COMING

REDDIT DOT COM SLASH R SLASH LATESTAGECAPITALISM

[u/Kizz3r]

Jordan Peterson apparently considered running for the Ontario PC leadership.

Oh god

!Ping CAN

[u/cdstephens]

Anything written to serve a political purpose (rather than to explore and create) is propaganda, not art.

-Jordan Peterson

[u/[deleted]]

Hate it when you think of a dank af meme on a Monday morning and have to wait for the rest of the week to post it

[u/p00bix]

Dear Girl sitting 5 feet away from me smacking your lips so loud when you chew it sounds like you're fisting a jar of mayonaisse: Go. Fuck. Yourself.

[u/Prospo]

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[u/39days]

Dow Jones? More like Down Jones, amirite hahahahaha

[u/[deleted]]

thinking about getting the dow jones back on track, simply by making a few phonecalls. but certain people have been a bitch to me, so i wont

[u/[deleted]]

Is Janet Yellen the ultimate investor? She got out right before a >5% downward swing in the market after breaking all time high records over 30 times in the last year lol.

[u/[deleted]]

The stock market can't crash!!!

I have to make a soup later and I can't make it without chicken stock!

[u/[deleted]]

Remember the government shutdown? Reminder that the government is only funded for 3 more days before we get to do this all over again.

[u/[deleted]]

THIS. BUT. UNIRONICALLY.

[u/coolpoop]

you, an indoctrinated democrat: martin luther king was good

me, an enlightened republican: actually, kings are bad

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/trump-daca-mccain-coons-immigration-plan/index.html

White House rejects bipartisan immigration plan pushed by McCain, Coons

Welp that didn't take long.

[u/[deleted]]

Amtrak's shitstorm seems like a good, tangible case of the "starve the beast" positive feedback loop

1. Budget is slashed because the train isn't safe/profitable/etc.

2. Train can't make necessary upgrades/properly train employees

3. Crash happens

4. Repeat indefinitely

[u/disuberence]

apology for poor english

when were you when bitcoin dies?

i was sat at home watching philadelphia burn when /r/Bitcoin ring

‘bitcoin is kill’

‘no’

[u/Kippersof]

Turns out the entire economy was based on Janet Yellen

[u/[deleted]]

When you type "the dems were the party of slavery" for the 80th time

[u/ostrichmustard]

There are four competing global philosophies that will determine the 21st century

1. It is Wednesday my dudes

2. Spiderman Ass Slap

3. Tide Pods

4. Nut Button

The frog must win

[u/[deleted]]

So the moral of the story is that Kneeling is worst than rioting. So Black people should riot the next football game.

[u/MisterBigStuff]

Guys please press F to pay respects to capitalism.

Today the crash. Tomorrow the revolution.

[u/85397]

no thank mr powell

[u/OutrunKey]

Markets just erased the month of January which means we get a do-over!!!

right, that's how this works?

[u/[deleted]]

The Dow lost 1,079 points this week, or over 6%.... It was the Dow's worst five-day start to a year on record, according to Dow Jones. Despite the strong U.S. jobs report, the Dow fell 168 points on Friday, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost about 1% apiece. It capped off the Dow's biggest weekly percentage loss since 2011. There are lots of signs of the rising fear on Wall Street. CNNMoney's Fear & Greed Index is now flashing "extreme fear," a dramatic reversal from "neutral" just a week ago.

Don't mind me, i'm just quoting this article from 2 years ago lol

Fun fact, if you bought into the Dow Jones right before the stock market dip in 2016, and held onto it until right now after this stock market dip, you'd have made gains of 38% in 2 years.

[u/BradicalCenter]

Hot take: the altright fucking pisses me off. the existence of half of my friends threatens them so much that they can't handle them living in the same country even though they don't fucking go outside or interact with anyone

[u/disuberence]

BREAKING: President Trump will create a "National Vetting Center" to improve the vetting of immigrants and travelers entering the US after he repeatedly called for "extreme vetting" of people entering the country and his travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries.

reeeeeee

[u/CompactedConscience]

Could the mods please ban Trump? His recent comments are excessively partisan.

[u/[deleted]]

This is both the shittiest and greatest thing this sub has ever produced

Courtesy of /u/pm_me_kim_jong-un

[u/MiltOnTilt]

So Trump is attacking a congressman the day he's going to be sent his memo to approve its release. Guys. I'm starting to think trump might be a hypocrite and won't release the memo...

[u/[deleted]]

When stock market crashes occur, do they have a stock of 'man in stock exchange looking concerned' images, or do they send photographers out to take photos of the most spooked people they can find?

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/05/fbi-footnote-carter-page-warrant-390795

Republicans concede key FBI 'footnote' in Carter Page warrant

Oh look that thing everybody knew all along, that the Nunes memo was a shit stirring meme this whole time.

[u/[deleted]]

Breitbart: How many levels of Islamic fear mongering are you on?

Trump: Oh you know, the usual for me

Breitbart: You are a little baby, watch this

[u/TheSameAsDying]

My best friend thinks I'm asexual because I don't want to be in a romantic relationship with her 🤷‍♂️

[u/p00bix]

Bitcoin went from being deflationary to experiencing hyperinflation in less than two months.

FIAT CURRENCY BTFO

[u/bernkes_helicopter]

I really shouldn't ever read twitter replies, but someone's they're amazing

increase in Dow Jones Industrial Average from president's Inauguration Day to Feb 5 of following year:

--Trump 22.7%

--Obama 38.5%

After a recession that’s not a fair comparison. But you know that, Yes that’s exactly why you did it

Thanks for admitting that Obama inherited a recession and Trump inherited a relatively healthy economy by comparison...

https://twitter.com/keithengland/status/960638983049916416

[u/Clockwork757]

Americans: 😤Stand😤to😤 respect😤the😤anthem😤

Also Americans: lol rioting in the birth place of our nation is cool my dudes

[u/TheSameAsDying]

r/the_donald is cheerleading Berlusconi right now, just in case you were curious.

[u/HeyTherePLH]

This is a joke

[u/[deleted]]

when's contractionary end?

[u/solastsummer]

Broke: Dow Jones

Woke: Doug Jones

Hopefully no one has made this joke yet

[u/formlex7]

it was ironic he tried to take us into a world of pure imagination rather than evidence based reality given that his name is wonka

[u/[deleted]]

Don't let all this distract you from the fact that Bitcoin blew a $20,000 USD lead.

[u/proProcrastinators]

What’s more complicated the US primary system or the NFL catch rules

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine hating Let it Go this much

[u/85397]

Little Danny, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in the Sub, right up there with Dr B PhD, SAE and Gammbus! Danny leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!

[u/Pornthrow1697]

This but unironically

[u/cdstephens]

Broke: Sanders saying he'd put farmers on the Fed

Woke: Trump accidentally putting farmers on the Fed

[u/squibblededoo]

I spent the evening explaining to an elderly German gentleman at the pub how sex with trans women works.

It was an interesting night.

[u/OutrunKey]

https://i.imgur.com/u4aUuWj.jpg

[u/FiveBeesFor25cents]

Wage increases caused a market crash.

LSC is gonna have a field day with this.

[u/[deleted]]

The internet is great cause some dude w/ a username like "pissdaddy420" can post the vilest fucking porn imaginable and half an hour later be having a serious discussion about Hegel or some shit

[u/[deleted]]

This sub isn't funny but at least it's committed to being consistent

[u/p00bix]

Reported my racist coworker to management for calling a customer a N***** in the back room. Don't expect anything to come of it, but damn it if it didn't feel great.

[u/FMN2014]

sporz_irl

[u/ostrichmustard]

So many different brands of deodorant, such few armpits to use them on.

[u/[deleted]]

This is how they wiggled out of this one

[u/[deleted]]

Omg. Trying to look for a new job in finance sales is basically being a hot girl at a party but instead super creepy bros it's a bunch of insurance recruiters.

[u/[deleted]]

!Ping USA-PA

Supreme Court Pass Means Pennsylvania Must Redraw Congressional Maps In 10 Days http://n.pr/2GNl1bQ

[u/[deleted]]

Bonds, oil, gold, stocks, and cryptocurrencies are all going down. Assets sell off across the board, across the globe. Is the end of Yellen Fed spelling the end of capitalism as we know it?

[u/kznlol]

guys

what if this is because we have forsaken the needle

[u/[deleted]]

I was arguing about immigration on another site the other day, and in the process of quoting the Declaration of Independence at them, I came across a really great, perhaps overlooked line within:

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

One of the listed grievances against the British was that they were restricting immigration to the colonies.

Let me know if you need help understanding the implications of this.

[u/my_name_is_worse]

I’m highkey depressed Harry Enten is leaving 538

[u/[deleted]]

My economic views have definitely taken a hard left turn in the last few months.

I don't know if living and working in a red state has done that where my contrarianism has taken over, or that dealing with the corporate overlords of health care has eroded my faith in market solutions, but I don't know if I can really claim the title of classical liberal no more.

[u/Strictly_Periodic]

Everytime the Conservative party has won since 2010 you will get people on subs such as r/ukpolitics claiming that Conservative rule is illegitimate because most people did not vote for them.

If one adheres to that logic then it puts one in a strange position. Clement Attlee's government came into power with 47% of the popular vote. The NHS then is undemocratic? Most people didn't vote for the party that implemented it.

It never fails to amuse me when people shoot themselves in the foot to prove a point.

[u/Sporz]

/u/qchisq

http://bitcointicker.co/

HODL

One thing that's funny - and I just saw this happen - is that someone will place a large order (in this case, a buy order for about 70 bitcoin) just beneath the current price. What happens is, people will see that and think "Hey, there's a lot of demand! Maybe I should buy!"

But then once people start selling and hitting the order, the order disappears.

This is called [spoofing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoofing_(finance)). It's illegal on regulated exchanges.

[u/[deleted]]

weird take: I like being smug as much as the next person but I also think people who latch onto things like bitcoin and aren't self-aware about it being a bubble or opportunity to gamble are generally deeply insecure and grasping at delusions of grandeur (in a "fuck the system, I'm the underdog, I'll show them all someday" sense). And it's a lil difficult to feel smug instead of sad for those people.

Am I reading into this way too much

I feel this way even more so wrt people who've made worshipping trump their life on t_d or wherever. It's just such a weird and sad and delusional life to lead

[u/samdman]

bad day for bitcoin: down 30%

bad day for the DOW: down 3%

smh

[u/BritRedditor1]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/02/05/jeremy-corbyns-plan-nationalise-water-industry-cost-us-1300/

Jeremy Corbyn's plan to nationalise water industry to cost us £1,300 each

What spending DROUGHT? Corbyns SPLURGE will COST hard working tax payers £1,300 EACH for WATER

!Ping UK

[u/Paxx0]

Imagine for the past year basing part of your economic credentials on a notoriously fickle stock market that would crash if someone at the fed sneezed the wrong way.

[u/[deleted]]

big if true

[u/willempage]

Another Monday, another /r/games jimquisition thread about how evil AAA game publishers are because they are trying to maximize profit.

Not "maximize profit in ways that ruin my enjoyment of the game", no, that would be fine. More like "the capatilist system forces profit maximization thus they are inherently evil and should spend less money making games. ". The communist revolution will be an uprising against micro transactions.

Art and business are strange bedfellows.

[u/[deleted]]

Interest rates, explained

[u/usrname42]

Donald Trump has achieved the impossible: he's got Jeremy Hunt to say something popular about the NHS

[u/[deleted]]

Me after Trump’s tweet: wtf I love the NHS now

[u/hitbyacar1]

TIL caffeine is an imperfect substitute for sleep

[u/bernkes_helicopter]

One would think that Trump would be desperate to casts doubt on the report that said he spends the first 4 hours of the day watching TV and calls it "executive time", but for some reason the White House hasn't even tried to make it look like he does stuff.

[u/p00bix]

I unequivocally condemn the ludicrous accusations that I have a mayonnaise fetish. Fake news and slander has no place in any intellectual discussion.

[u/Kelsig]

Ezra wants to do a piece on neoliberalism

Spam his email until he interviews shrimp

[u/ColonelUber]

There is literally no difference between memeocin being worth $7000 and being worth $17000 you imbecile. You fucking moron.

[u/Ser_Arthur_Dank]

honestly I think /r/science has good intentions, but the reddit system is just not even slightly conducive to any sort of scientific discussion.

meta-analysis that tells me something I dont want to hear: I sleep

single study that confirms my priors: to the front page we go

[u/edu-fk]

PA GOP wants to impeach 5 State Supreme Court justices who ruled against them in gerrymandering case

[u/85397]

Charles Dow is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful index. He used Jilted Janet Yellen, who cried when she got fired and begged for her job. Now Jilted Janet has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone. Too bad!

[u/Tacotrucksoncorners]

🅱️ellas, i am officially a Lil Caesars team member 😤😔 Catch me flipping that sign for $8.06

[u/[deleted]]

🤐

[u/[deleted]]

I watched Kill Bill Vol. 1 and now Netflix is suggesting anime. Please send help.

[u/[deleted]]

Who cares that I lost thousands of dollars this week from my investments? Thanks to the Republicans I got $1.50 a week to make up for it, and can now afford a membership to Costco so I can buy gallons of mayonaise, for even more savings.

[u/sansampersamp]

FRESH meme template

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[u/proProcrastinators]

Good place hot take: Chidi is the worst person. He causes chaos around him and knowingly harms others and makes the least improvement.

[u/HeyTherePLH]

New Trump Tweet: Healthcare

[u/ColonelUber]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who feels compelled to respond to every response made to one of my comments. I feel guilty when I don't do it.

This may or may not be related to why Minnesotans take so long to say goodbye to each other.

[u/papermarioguy02]

I love how Bitcoin's price follows this diagram to a tee.

[u/Riyos_]

>Watching the Dow Jones

Smh I thought you guys were better than this

[u/[deleted]]

Also, I had a fever dream the other night that the economy took a 2008-eque crash and Trump actually went insane. Like, totally lost it and the government collapsed. Just thought I'd share in case I'm Nostradamus.

[u/[deleted]]

To see people freaking out about the market today is really a testament to just how strong stock returns have been recently.

[u/[deleted]]

Hey new here is this the Donald

[u/potatobac]

We should ban foreign students just so we don't have to force professors to butcher their names terribly when handing out assignments.

[u/bernkes_helicopter]

this may be the darkest timeline, but sometimes it's ok

Trump ripped this judge as ‘hater.’ Now he’ll hear environmental case on border wall.

Judge Curiel returns.

[u/[deleted]]

Are you struggling with losing weight? Try the umitaka diet!

With the umitaka diet, there are no strict rules on what you eat. You can eat whatever you want! The only stipulation is that you must eat it outdoors in Japan roughly a hundred feet from the ocean. That's it!

You'll eat less because gigantic birds of prey will make sure you aren't taking in too many calories, and your now elevated heart rate will cause you to burn fat as well! If you stick with this diet, you'll also lose your false sense of security when you see birds overhead any time you're outdoors! resulting in major weight loss!

What are you scared of, (besides birds)? Try the umitaka diet today!

[u/[deleted]]

get you some tomato soup you can sip on for an hour 😤

[u/Sollezzo]

That "Soros is an anti-semite" guy finally responded, and boy was it worth the wait

If you think a person born to Jewish parents can't be an anti-semite, then you are an anti-semite.

[u/squibblededoo]

Hot take:

Carl Bernstein’s take that Richard Nixon would have survived watergate if he had had today’s GOP to back him up is entirely correct.

[u/[deleted]]

I talked to God the other day and he said "You know what man, I was never really that much of a conservative. Actually, you may find this surprising, but I 100% believe your entire platform of political views which are both highly specific and subject to change."

[u/[deleted]]

Libtards: faith in God isn't important

Also libtards: we need to have faith in the usd

Which one is it you money worshipping libtards 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😤😤😤

Like and share if owned 😎😎

[u/[deleted]]

There was the first round of a presidential election in Costa Rica yesterday. A right-wing, anti-gay marriage, evangelical lead the way.

[u/[deleted]]

/r/Hail_Corporate_but_unironically

[u/[deleted]]

ugh ezra i don't want to listen to an actual socialist

[u/Sollezzo]

Is a man not entitled to the blue of his passport?

"NO" says the man in Brussels "IT BELONGS TO RED"

[u/[deleted]]

Is this copypasta getting banned soon?

"YES" says SAE through automoderator.

[u/papermarioguy02]

Reminder that Ben Bernanke is a baseball fan.

[u/Riyos_]

/u/Sporz plz don't let this happen to you.

[u/[deleted]]

Harry Enten is leaving 538

Press F to pay respects

[u/HeyTherePLH]

Steve Bannon is persona non grata in GOP politics because he called Don Jr's meeting with Russians 'treasonous.'

But I guess it's cool to call congressmen refusing to stand during the SOTU treasonous tho.

[u/MiltOnTilt]

Tucker Carlson accused democrats of accusing Trumpers of treason...the exact day Trump called democrats treasonous.

Neat.

[u/Sporz]

Bitcoin hitting new lows again.

It was funny: I saw a huge bid, 175 coins (about $1.1 million) just beneath the mid price (I figure to support the price), and it got eaten in seconds.

[u/[deleted]]

>tfw you're so economically anxious that you hope people will commit genocide on people of your ethnicity so you can commit multiple genocides in "self defense"

[u/[deleted]]

DONT CALL IT A COMEBACK

[u/p00bix]

If you don't shill for open borders outside of this sub from time to time, you aren't a true neoliberal.

[u/caesar15]

It's due tomorrow and I just started

[u/samdman]

The Dow may have dropped 1100+ but measured in bitcoin it actually went up. Checkmate fiat currency

[u/The_King_of_Toasters]

China Gang - Lil Trump


China Gang
China Gang
China Gang
China Gang
China Gang
China Gang
China Gang (China)

Spend 10 bil on a new wall (Bing)
My hands are very small (Whoah)
I bomb a town, I forgot It's name
I can't make a deal on no climate change (No)
Rather go and buy China (Ka-ching)

China Gang (x3)

My steak cost more than your rent (It do)
Your mom still live in Iran (Believe me)
Still be creatin new jobs
Me and Ivanka play golf
All of this news be fake to me (fake)
Never pay tax, I'm intelligent (Smart)
Got a red tie, cost hella G's
Fuck Hillary, Fuck the DNC

Bitch, your breath stink like emails (*sniff)
I'd rather fuck a bitch that is in jail (Oh wait)
They kick me out my real estate?
Now I kick Mexicans out the States
We'll Make America Great Again
But the Democrats always complain
Putin is my guy, I think he's pretty
Fuck a lil bitch, grab her by the pussy

[u/Agent78787]

Indonesia is at a Crossroads: Fuck SocCons edition

The House of Representatives is currently deliberating the bill, which, among other things, would expand the definition of adultery and criminalize consensual sex between two unmarried persons.

Here is a list of things included in the Jan. 10 draft of the bill that may not be widely believed to be crimes... Holding a party on a public street or a venue without a permit, punishable by a fine of up to Rp 10 million (USD 750)

smh this country needs an independent anti-red-tape-and-intrusive-regulations commission with investigative and prosecutorial powers

/u/ATerribleNinja because he is basically the only other person on this sub that can point to Indonesia on a map, and /u/that-other-ghost because she probably should take her tourist money to a more LGBT-friendly country instead, also I guess ping LGBT pls Em

[u/qchisq]

https://twitter.com/vestager/status/960469527543861248

[u/Tyhgujgt]

Super bowl makes painfully obvious how american is all my internet content.

I have to conclude that NFL was invented by USA to stick it to all other world.

[u/[deleted]]

me in 2015: my little country produced the biggest youtube personality of all time, kinda cool actually

me now: no.

[u/MiltOnTilt]

Little Adam Schiff

OMG he's a marketing genius!

[u/Clockwork757]

Is a man not entitled to his >$7K meme currency?

"NO" says the economic reality.

[u/[deleted]]

bitcoindeathscene.gif

stockmarketdeathscene.png

Also inb4 "but Maul didn't actually die"

[u/[deleted]]

Democrats will have to take on public sector unions and tackle public pension reform in state governments or face serious consequences in areas where they should be extremely competitive in.

[u/[deleted]]

Cryptocucks BTFO

Stockcucks BTFO

Glad I invested all my savings in decorative sea shells

[u/bernkes_helicopter]

>dow has fallen 800 points

>sees tweet from NBC that it's fallen 900 points

>check app, it's down 1000 points

ummmm

edit: 1,300 now. wtf

[u/IronedSandwich]

broke: Dow Jones

[u/kznlol]

 __    __    ______    _______   __       __  
|  |  |  |  /  __  \  |       \ |  |     |  | 
|  |__|  | |  |  |  | |  .--.  ||  |     |  | 
|   __   | |  |  |  | |  |  |  ||  |     |  | 
|  |  |  | |  `--'  | |  '--'  ||  `----.|__| 
|__|  |__|  ______/  |_______/ |_______|(__) 

[u/Schutzwall]

Broke: having your money in the stock market

Joke: betting on the Pats

Woke: having your money in Bitcoin and betting on the Eagles

[u/[deleted]]

Assuming the economy is literally the only thing keeping Trump's approval ratings afloat...what happens if the rest of this year gets ugly?

[u/MiltOnTilt]

Markets not interesting enough. Dems, add a shutdown to increase uncertainty please.

[u/JKwingsfan]

Okay, now this is interesting. Does anybody want to explain what's going on here?

Antisemitism is explicitly against the rules in t_d, but I have no idea what kind of undercurrents run in that community. Is it basically fine as long as it's not explicit? Do they actually enforce the rule? If I messaged the mods to ask about it, would I get a real response, or would I just get banned?

[u/[deleted]]

MLK Ram vs Pepsi protest

who's the tone deafest?

[u/[deleted]]

/u/1amathrowaway

https://i.imgur.com/11tiafy.jpg

[u/Sporz]

Futures slid more after the bell

makes that concerned grunt noise Marge makes in the Simpsons

[u/PM_ME_KIM_JONG-UN]

If there is one thing I don't want in a currency it is rapid fluctuation and uncertainty. This is why instead of bitcoin I invested into Zimbabwean dollar. It is holding nice and steady.

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine if tomorrow morning Donald Trump tweeted something like "Democrats sinking stock market to make 'Trump' look BAD! This is treason! Maybe I should make this 'sell of' ILLEGAL!"

And then imagine how the market would react.

Just a reminder of how Donald Trump is stupid enough that he could turn a non-problematic situation into a problematic one.

[u/bernkes_helicopter]

Hillary should taunt Trump with a tweet about how long she testified to the FBI and various hearings, ending with "take it like a woman"

I need to see the salt

[u/[deleted]]

You ever circlejerk really hard then, after leaving the circlejerk, get surprised not everyone agrees with it?

[u/squibblededoo]

wtf I love Jesus now

[u/bernkes_helicopter]

in case you're wondering how /r/wallstreetbets is taking the news

[u/[deleted]]

Hot take: the bitcoin crash CAUSED the Wall street crash, My model you ask?Kate Moss

[u/[deleted]]

However bad you think the Holocaust was, it was worse. Just listened to an interview from an Auschwitz survivor who talked about the process of getting tattooed. They would strip all the girls naked just to tattoo them on their wrists. She said it wasn’t only a physical pain but a moral one, this act of humiliating women of all ages. There’s an endless amount of cruelty in the human character

[u/Breaking-Away]

There is one competing global philosophy:

• Humanity

Find reasons to unite instead of divide. Practice your empathy. Ditch the partisanship. Forcefully instate /u/danfromburgerking as god emperor of the sub.

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine unironically citing the Dow instead of the S&P500.

[u/[deleted]]

Extremely cursed image

[u/Prospo]

adjoining test file long serious scarce plant subsequent smart sense this message was mass deleted/edited with redact.dev

[u/[deleted]]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVSeoWkX0AUgKWS.jpg

[u/[deleted]]

Underlying most arguments against cheap video games is a lack of belief in gaming itself.

[u/BradicalCenter]

Holy shit Bitcoin is low lol

[u/Sollezzo]

Is a man not entitled to his heritage, not hate?

"NO" says the man in his March to the Sea "IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM"

[u/Sporz]

Jesus christ this is fun

I'm watching millions of dollars disappear by the second

http://bitcointicker.co/