No, they were willing to take a bet against hedge fund managers that had over-shorted a stock. And they knew if enough redditors joined in and held the line, those hedge funds would be paying all of them a ton of money. The uber-rich fundies who constantly manipulate the stock market for their personal gain got a…

The stock market produces nothing, though. It’s a zero-sum game (in order for you to earn a buck, someone else must spend a buck), and brokers and investors are merely leeches hanging off the teats of society, sucking off value for themselves while contributing nothing in return.

With enough small traders rallied to its cause, WallStreetBets can create its own stock market reality, at least for a little while

Naw. That subreddit’s been around for a long time doing it’s very Kramer-esque thing. I’m pretty sure there are as many misses as hits in there.

Like a dumbass (or so I thought a few years ago), I bought 100 shares of Gamestop in 2014 in a IRA account that I had from a previous job’s 401K rollover. I also bought other things (including Apple, and an S&P 500 Index fund) that have done well over the years. Being an avid gamer I should have known that Gamestop’s…

Considering this every expensive game is screwing over a whole lot of Wall Street assholes, I say more power to them.

Imagine an industry created solely for producing wealth. 

Part of what’s going on with GameStop is a test to see whether the financial alchemy that makes one company succeed where another fails can be manipulated by sheer determination.

It’s the ultimate cringe, but how else am I supposed to convey that to people that aren’t normally following the culture?

Instead they’re focusing on GTA Online... Which is making them hundreds of millions of dollars.

Shit. You can all pay me to talk with you. I have a PhD in Child development and 25 years experience working with young children including infants ( my actual specialty).

Final Boss Bernie:

Results of other blindingly obvious studies:

I mean, yeah? If there is one lane to share, the bicyclist gets a pretty shitty deal if the driver decides not to share it...

I my area, the bicyclists and the drivers do communicate regularly.  The Bicyclists in particular seem to want to tell motorist that there is only one lane to share.

I believe you mean

I am very skeptical. I have a lot of years riding motorcycles, and almost as many in custom metal fabrication. This looks more like a college kid’s industrial design project than something really well thought out from a manufacturing point of view. In other words, designed to look cool rather than be functional.

Grandia’s battle system is so excellent that it floated the series through an obtusely awkward sequel (Xtreme) and a straight up bad sequel (Grandia 3).

Grandia 2 is still a great JRPG. Deserves a spot on the list.