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A HERETIC I AM

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11. That always make me shake my head.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #9)

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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I have to say there is one thing I am seriously thankful for regarding this group. [View all] A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 OP

Admin insiders caused the crash after short selling the market and made tons of $$$ progree Dec 2018 #1

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I don't have a 401k anymore -- I converted it to an IRA before the fat cats could skim the cream off progree Dec 2018 #3

After the tech stocks, yeah. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #4

Oh darn! Yonnie3 Dec 2018 #5

LOL!! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #8

Glad you knew my tongue was firmly in cheek. Yonnie3 Dec 2018 #10

Yup. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #12

First, these ups and down led the network news question everything Dec 2018 #6

Thanks for the compliment. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #7

Yeah, there is a lot of nonsense posted in GD about markets and investing. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #9

That always make me shake my head. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #11

Here's one comment from a well-known contributor to a famous regular thread progree Dec 2018 #13

Ah yes. Tansy Gold. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #14

I haven't seen one of those threads in more than a year. Yonnie3 Dec 2018 #15

It has sort of morphed into this DU "tradition" that can't be let go..... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #16