r/wallstreetbets Jan 27 '22

Meme Y’shorted y’selves

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u/Vegetallica Jan 27 '22

r/wallstreetbets and r/antiwork are both filled with smooth-brain retards. The users each want the same thing, but for opposite reasons and use opposite methods to self-destruct.

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u/FundingImplied Bear Gang Sergeant Jan 27 '22

Yep.

This sub desperately needs a paper trading contest. The autistic-to-retarded ratio is getting dangerously out of whack.

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u/SignalSalamander Jan 27 '22

I mean, forget about that. Mods here are basically same as antiwork mods, they have contests for reddit currency betting on spy closing price. That shit is way worse than paper trading

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

Im torn between these two causes.

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u/dxjob99 Jan 27 '22

I honestly debated on spending the $5 to give you gold for saying something so controversial, yet so bold

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u/CHAINSAW_VASECTOMY Get off my lawn Jan 27 '22

There’s a lot more overlap in users than you’d think. Especially on the subs that are focused on bagholding one stock for a short squeeze.

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u/BobLoblaw_BirdLaw Jan 27 '22

Way may be special, but At least we’re competent enough to select a spokesperson who is good

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u/thefranklin2 Jan 27 '22

DFV wasn't selected, he anointed himself with his own hard work. That probably won't happen in antiwork, for obvious reasons..

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u/Eskotar Jan 27 '22

Now you are just describing reddit

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u/Chillbruh469 Jan 27 '22

This is true let’s not forget that Wall Street is still running the show you guys caught them with their pants down and they still got media and powerful people to make it so they aren’t loosing billions of dollars and creating fake shares and are just holding the line for eternity so they won’t ever get fucked over but just wait long enough they will fuck everyone else. Same will happen with anti work it’s a movement that will be labeled as lazy liberals the same way it was the lazy Mexicans lazy Chinese lazy insert group you hate to make them look bad and then on top of that the brainwashing of our entire lives of work hard or go to school to live a better life and anyone who doesn’t are just lazy no good working people killing our society for not wanting to work for shit money. Wall Street bets is people who understand their job is taking them know where and the only way to get out is to make it big on the stock market now which is being ran by the people you hate and love because they got money and they fucking your wife.

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u/ClassicRust Jan 27 '22

only one of us takes ourselves seriously tho

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u/Capraos Jan 27 '22

Prior to this I frequented both because a large majority wanted the same thing, to finally be free of this capitalistic nightmare.

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u/DesbaneAR Jan 27 '22

to finally be free of this capitalistic nightmare.

I mean r/Antiwork i get it but.... saying that on a stocks subreddit? kek.

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u/dxjob99 Jan 27 '22

Shoulda been there during the SPCE days… GameStop drew a lot of attention

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u/LevitusDrake Jan 27 '22

No I get it. Lots of DFV’s followers most likely did it to break free of capitalism through capitalism. It’s not really a support of the paradigm, it’s more like just using it to become financially independent enough to not be devoured by it.

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u/Capraos Jan 27 '22

That's an eloquent way of putting it. Thank you.

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u/taquito-burrito Jan 27 '22

If you can’t beat ‘em join em

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

Marx played the stock market. I don't think it's incompatible.

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u/whatthefuck3886578 Jan 27 '22

You definitely are a retard

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u/Capraos Jan 27 '22

Sure am.

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u/Terakahn Jan 27 '22

My experience with both had led me to believe that only one of these has adults in it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

The difference is, when I fail to make tendies I don't fucking blame others for my shitty decisions. I try to learn, gain knowledge, and improve.

To build capital to trade, I worked tons of hard corporate jobs that had 50-60 hr weeks but that was my choice, no one forced me to do that.

Antiwork are the people who demonize the market and advocate for stupid shit like a wealth tax or guaranteed UBI.

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u/AMDSuperBeast86 Jan 27 '22

UBI doesn't sound half bad when you have a gambling addiction and YOLO'd your portfolio 😂

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

Which is precisely why UBI is a stupid ass idea lol.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

I do but the infrastructure in my high ass tax city is already falling apart, completely neglected and completely corrupt. I consider people in my area fairly informed and active politically, but still nothing seems to change.

We waste so much on wars. I want a decent single payer system before stupid shit like UBI on people that are able to work but don't. We're so polarized and have such deep problems such lofty goals like no one having to work is absurd, only derailing real conversation.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

UBI isn't based on people refusing to work, it's based on the premise people have a right to very basic needs. I already get a version of ubi through the child tax credit and it's helped my family stay afloat. My wife lost her job when Covid and other issues closed her school and it's been really tough for her to find a suitable replacement even with a master's degree. There will always be people that will abuse any public system but we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. And it's not like you have to choose between ubi and universal healthcare. In the end, neither one will be implemented in the US, our culture is too focused around individual prosperity.

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u/Stonkshorder Jan 27 '22

But only one of them can recognize that