Woman explains GameStop short-selling likes she's five

[frauenfelder]

Originally published at: Woman explains GameStop short-selling likes she's five | Boing Boing

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[euansmith]

I wonder with shorting shares, why the gambling commission isn’t involved?

[anon81034786]

“I own stocks so I have a pretty good understanding of the stock market”

[knoxblox]

That delivery was excellent. Someone give this comedian a sitcom.

[deedub]

I held it together until “online reading club”.

[Papasan]

[Lisa_Beebe]

I loved, “Not today! We want hedges too.”

[sme]

Online reading groups FTW.

BTW In case folks haven’t seen it, Cory’s explanation has everything:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/28/payment-for-order-flow/#wallstreetbets

[peterk]

I showed this video to my wife a couple days ago. Once it got to the “Not today!..” bit, she lost it.

[kiki]

That’s an excellent writeup. As they say, the real crime is what’s legal.

[anon47741163]

I’m re-watching The Magicians where “Hedges” are going around paying for things with “deweys” and it feels like that should fit right in.

[generic_name]

What a great name “Avalon Penrose” is.

I hope that’s her birth name and not a stage name, but either way it’s nice.

[MildBill]

So it boils down to a shrubbery? Now I totally get it.

[NukeML]

Hope this works;

https://nintendowiimote.tumblr.com/post/641682707634683904

[Groundman]

That actually improved my understanding of the situation.

[some_guy]

It’s funny how cars have become a defacto private space to make videos. Shades of “Americathon.”

[Sludge]

This reminds me of the former President of the United States when he explained modern medicine to me.

[KingGhidorah]

Carsplains should be a word.

[ChrisRyanJonex]

I almost skipped it for that reason. Glad I didn’t.