Like how it’s currently legal for hedge funds to short a stock and essentially drive a company into the ground?

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Feb 1, 2021
9:16:09am

Probable Sacko All-American

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Probable Sacko

Previous username: Cougarmus Prime
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I’m gonna come out and say it... y’all are just as bad as the looters last year

Revolution

2/1/21 8:46am

RE: I’m gonna come out and say it... y’all are just as bad as the looters last year

letthewookieewin

2/1/21 8:47am

RE: I’m gonna come out and say it... y’all are just as bad as the looters last year

byuluvr

2/1/21 8:47am

Congrats on one of the worst takes ever on CB. Comparing retail investors to the looters.

byuluvr

2/1/21 8:48am

RE: I’m gonna come out and say it... y’all are just as bad as the

WP17

2/1/21 8:49am

Board name doesn't check out

BYUFootballisBack

2/1/21 8:49am

Hedge funds have manipulated billions of dollars from us and you're going to

The Old Y

2/1/21 8:49am

Ahh... vigilante justice.

Revolution

2/1/21 8:55am

Nah. Just getting some of my money back. Sorry you missed the dip! GME 🚀🚀🚀🚀

The Old Y

2/1/21 8:56am

Vigilante justice is illegal. Buying a stock is legal.

Probable Sacko

2/1/21 8:57am

Just because it’s (currently) legal doesn’t mean it’s right.

Revolution

2/1/21 9:04am

Just because it doesn't feel right to you doesn't make it wrong.

fldnstrm

2/1/21 9:06am

We like the Stock!

The Old Y

2/1/21 9:08am

Very naive

WDaddy

2/1/21 9:14am

I’m afraid you’re naive that this isn’t going to have drastic repercussions.

Revolution

2/1/21 9:38am

Drastic repercussions...such as?

WDaddy

2/1/21 10:04am

Drastic Repercussion: Hedges stop over-shorting companies, market goes up

The Old Y

2/1/21 10:08am

Like how it’s currently legal for hedge funds to short a stock and essentially drive a company into the ground?

Probable Sacko

2/1/21 9:16am

Currently? You anticipate stock purchasing becoming illegal?

Loafer

2/1/21 9:31am

Vigilante justice would require them not following the legal means of...

Eddie

2/1/21 9:25am

Is it right for hedge funds to intentionally devalue a company to the point of

Star-Lord

2/1/21 8:49am

How is shorting a stock "intentionally devaluing" a company?

cougarmeister

2/1/21 8:58am

If you haven’t read much on it and admit as such, maybe you shouldn’t then

Star-Lord

2/1/21 9:00am

Are you saying cougarmeister and revolution are the same person?

dratax

2/1/21 9:30am

You’re right. I didn’t catch that it was a different poster.

Star-Lord

2/1/21 9:34am

When you promise to give out more shares of stock than actually exist dont you

Charles Darwin

2/1/21 9:02am

Apologies to cougarmeister for the confusion I had in my post above.

Star-Lord

2/1/21 10:14am

That being said, Gamestop is one of the worst places in america to work.

rtNelson

2/1/21 9:19am

Hard to decide which or your current takes is worse this one today or this...

Grit for Brains

2/1/21 8:50am

Looting is illegal. Trading on the stock market isn't.

WDaddy

2/1/21 8:51am

don't worry, hedge funds are insured.

Cougarclaw

2/1/21 8:51am

If we're being strictly honest, what's been going on with GME probably isn't the

shoganai

2/1/21 8:53am

RE: If we're being strictly honest, what's been going on with GME probably isn't

WDaddy

2/1/21 8:56am

Agreed, ꓘomrad. The government needs to step in and do more.

HuskerFan2

2/1/21 8:54am

I'm with you..I hate when billionaires lose.

ordinary tri guy

2/1/21 8:56am

RE: I’m gonna come out and say it... y’all are just as bad as the

Roko's Basilisk

2/1/21 8:59am

Boardname does not check out.

byubyu

2/1/21 9:01am

Excuse me while I open the champagne, light a cigar, and cry about the injustice

vagabonder

2/1/21 9:02am

RE: I’m gonna come out and say it... y’all are just as bad as the

CougarTailDevourer

2/1/21 9:03am

True. Few on here see this as amoral. Many are entrenched that they deserve to

Revolution

2/1/21 9:09am

Did you have this same energy in 2008?

Bluedarts

2/2/21 12:21am

Few? Actually, just one. You. Because you're wrong about this.

The Old Y

2/2/21 7:57am

If you want to compare them to riverboat gamblers, sure. I can see that.

Eddie

2/1/21 9:21am

I hope this was sarcasm.

Fargo

2/1/21 9:57am

What's not right is they way hedge funds game the system that they profit from.

TailgateU

2/1/21 10:49am

It's gambling, it isn't theft. If someone wins the lottery are they an immoral

califcougar

2/1/21 10:51am

RE: I’m gonna come out and say it... y’all are just as bad as the

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