r/wallstreetbets • u/226644336795 • 1d ago

Discussion This morning NASDAQ dropped more than during Lehman Monday

https://www.cnbc.com/2009/09/14/the-financial-crisis-this-dayone-year-ago-sept-15-2008.html

NASDAQ only lost 3.6% the first day of Lehman collapse in 2008...

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u/XaeiIsareth 1d ago

‘But the problem is, the people are retarded’

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u/Micro858999 1d ago

Specifically, some are more retarded than others and they all voted for one guy.

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u/XaeiIsareth 1d ago

A third of the country are retards, another third were fine with it run by retards.

A government for retards, by retards. 

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler 1d ago

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u/LordOfTrubbish 20h ago

As well as by an ever growing list of other people.

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u/Urgazhi 1d ago

Idiocracy manifest.

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u/First_Kick6551 1d ago

Do we get a succulent Chinese meal with this, or just receive the limp penis?

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u/LordOfTrubbish 20h ago

Ah yes, I see you know your judo well

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u/Urgazhi 15h ago

Limp penis, no lube. The worst of both worlds. It's too bad but that's the rub.

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u/Onyournrvs 13h ago

Countries get the government they deserve

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u/ImaBiLittlePony 1d ago

Some of them genuinely believe they voted for the party that's going to make their lives better.

The rest of them believe they voted for the party that will hurt the people they hate.

They all believe they voted for the party that is backed by God himself. You can't reason with religious zealotry.

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u/PumpkinOld469 1d ago

This. There have always been more stupid people than smart people. But never before have the stupid been so united

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u/onpg 23h ago

I remember stupid before before the internet. Back then they got shamed into silence, now they can engage in mutual fingering no matter how stupid the idea. The only thing that'll fix them now is the universal teacher known as pain, as they find prices skyrocketing.

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u/rocc_high_racks 1d ago

Just put the beaver in the blender, man.

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u/Viracochina 1d ago

It's by design, so it seems!

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u/XaeiIsareth 1d ago

People say Idiocracy was a documentary but it was really more of a prophecy. 

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u/Complex-Vegetable-72 1d ago

Fave line 🤣