This is something a little bit more light-hearted (depending on your perspective)
But I wish to draw your attention to the current Meme that is GameStop Stocks.
The TL;DR version is a multi-billion dollar Hedgefund looked at the Gamestop stocks (which have been falling ever since Steam killed off brick-and-mortar Game stores for PC Gaming) and placed a whole bunch of Short options on it. Expecting the stock to plummet and for them to make a lot of money....
The a particular SubReddit saw this and said 'No, Fuck that' and decided to buy Gamestop Stocks and inflate the price.... Then others joined in... And others.... The stock has experienced a near vertical growth spike, making some of those early investors quite rich.
Oh and the Multi-Billion dollar hedge fund? Yeah... they lost about $5 BILLION thanks to a bunch of pissed off Redditors and gamers who decided to pick a fight, make a Meme and stick it to the 'Elites'.
Now - many of you know, I'm a proud capitalist - I don't complain when Big companies do certain things (that are legal) to make a profit, however seeing all the crying by those same Groups/People when it was done to them - that has been a delicious twist of Irony.
Feel free to read more: https://www.google.com/search?client...gamestop+stock
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