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A HERETIC I AM

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11. That always make me shake my head.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 11:06 PM
Dec 2018
It's especially annoying to see how people crow as if they've won some great victory every time the stock market goes down, even a little bit. There are rarely posts about the up days.


The famous regular thread in another group (! I should come up with an acronym for it.....I'll have to think about that!) was ALWAYS crowing about the down days but when the market was up, none of the regulars would say a bloody word.

It's the old "If it bleeds, it leads" concept. Bad news is more fun to talk about!

"I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry

Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
(etc)

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blond
Who comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye
It's interesting when people die
Give us dirty laundry"

Old song, Same shit.

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