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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Awkward silence for ten minutes

Guy with gun: .... How about now?

Moneybags: ... not yet, we have to wait until it peaks

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

When is that?

Well when it gets to the top of course

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That reminds me, where did GameStop close today?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

26.97, which is about $25 more than that corpse of a mediocre childhood memory is worth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I'm old so my childhood was the 60s and I have no skin in that game but it was fun to watch.

[–] TootSweet 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Remember this child actor?

The animated character Caillou. The character being held at gunpoint in the web comic in the original post bears a striking resemblance to Caillou, but appears quite a bit older.

This is him now. Feel old yet?

[–] chonglibloodsport 4 points 1 week ago

Mugger picked a bad day for this one! Nvidia took a record-setting bath today! $600 billion wiped out. Maybe there’s light at the end of this AI madness tunnel after all…

[–] finitebanjo 3 points 1 week ago

"Transfer it to my etrade IRA, then."

"Frankly, thats not how an IRA works and you wouldn't want to irregardless because that would trigger an increased taxrate for withdrawing before maturity.

You need a standard brokerage account."

[–] misterdoctor 2 points 1 week ago

Me waiting for the AMC short squeeze a bunch of youtubers and dudes on Reddit were sure would happen five years ago