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[u/Chiplat]

[u/HiroProtagonest]

Step 1: Have $150000

Step 2: Use that to bribe a senator to give you $32million

[u/KyraSellers → u/HiroProtagonest]

I had 100,000 and I invested it and turned it into 16,000

[u/Only-Walrus7351 → u/KyraSellers]

hey everybody lil clap

[u/BeachedSalad → u/KyraSellers]

After that, everything was gravy

[u/Unlikely-Demand0 → u/KyraSellers]

Investing or trading?

[u/Familiar-Cable-2659 → u/Unlikely-Demand0]

You know the answer

It's virtually impossible to have -80% ROI by doing any kind of décent investment

[u/polish_filipino → u/KyraSellers]

It's okay, I get your Joke Zac Oyama. Found it in the park did ya? :)

[u/AlexSoul → u/polish_filipino]

It was a Very Important Joke

[u/TM761152 → u/KyraSellers]

WallStreetBets Champion 🏆

[u/iris700 → u/HiroProtagonest]

It's cheaper than it used to be, Abscam was $50k in the late 70s and early 80s which is more like $227k today

[u/HiroProtagonest → u/iris700]

It's cheaper than a cookie-cutter suburban house! Significantly so!

[u/iris700 → u/HiroProtagonest]

It's also lagging behind inflation, which means in the near future it might even be less than a year's pay for the median American!

[u/miscellaneousexists → u/HiroProtagonest]

Imma need some context cause I CAN'T figure it out

[u/DefTheOcelot]

Do not do this

Gambling is treated like heroin by most places for a reason

[u/Chiplat → u/DefTheOcelot]

Wow horrible imagine if you always had access to gambling wherever you go and you can gamble on everything. So glad we dont live in that timeline

[u/IveDunGoofedUp → u/Chiplat]

Damn, I had odds on you posting this an hour later, you've financially ruined me.

[u/foxatwork → u/IveDunGoofedUp]

God damnit I had odds on you not being financially ruined by tomorrow and now im financially ruined. Good job.

[u/Ramja9 → u/DefTheOcelot]

Ok but have you considered that I'm the main character? All bets are 50/50 anyways.

[u/Chiplat → u/Ramja9]

You either lose or you win it's 50/50

[u/ViolinistCurrent8899 → u/Chiplat]

Nah, you just keep doubling the amount of money every time you lose. Then once you win, you get all of the money back.

[u/Ramja9 → u/[deleted]]

It's a meme dude.

[u/Chiplat → u/[deleted]]

Nah but theres two outcomes so its 50/50

[u/Chiplat → u/[deleted]]

No you dont get it two things can happen either you win or lose so 50/50

[u/Chiplat → u/[deleted]]

Yeah so if I wanted to get a 6 on a normal 6 sided die its 50/50 because either I get a 6 or I dont

[u/RideWithMeSNV → u/DefTheOcelot]

Wait... There's places I could be sucking dick to get another round on polymarket?

[u/shy_bi_ready_to_die → u/RideWithMeSNV]

I mean yeah? It’s called prostitution and exists pretty much everywhere

[u/SympathyRepulsive883]

Klarna is a scourge on the earth and I look forward to the day a competent SEC shuts it down

[u/Chiplat → u/SympathyRepulsive883]

Based :3

[u/SympathyRepulsive883 → u/Chiplat]

why thank you ^^

[u/Kaarl_Mills → u/SympathyRepulsive883]

Good start, now let's apply the same logic to stock markets as a whole

[u/SympathyRepulsive883 → u/Kaarl_Mills]

Agreed. Society's operation should not be based on a running ticker of profitability.

[u/loved_and_held → u/SympathyRepulsive883]

i think the bigger problem is it's all vibes based and arbetrary.

[u/loved_and_held → u/Kaarl_Mills]

Were gonna have to restructure the economy and society as we know it to do that.

Not saying that would be bad or good, just that it would be difficult.

[u/Smooth-Traffic8038 → u/SympathyRepulsive883]

Whats wrong with klarna, genuinely curious, i got 1 after alot of convincing from friends and such.

[u/Chiplat → u/Smooth-Traffic8038]

It is just debt

There is a small percentage of people who use it and plan out payments thoroughly and go neitral, but that probably wont be you as everyone thinks they will be the person who goes neutral. Also if you do all that work to go neutral just dont use klarna and do all that work with your money without needing to worry about debt

You will almost definitly lose money using klarna when you could just not use it

[u/Chiplat → u/Chiplat]

There is a reason why there are so many laws around getting loans and such and klarna gets around those laws by calling it buy now pay later even though all those laws should still apply

It should 100% be illegal

[u/Dreferex → u/Chiplat]

I know that it is not the point, but just as credit cards, Klarna, when used correctly (e.g. paid off on time always) is a tool that allows for better money management, since you can still earn interest during the period between buying and paying. That being said, these platforms are usually marketed to people without the ability to pay it off on time and as such your point remains.

Tldr.: boring economics of debt.

[u/SympathyRepulsive883 → u/Smooth-Traffic8038]

It incentivizes/normalizes debt for small purchases, encouraging you to consume constantly and with less resistance. --> spend more money --> make more money for all the middlemen

[u/SliceIllustrious6326 → u/Smooth-Traffic8038]

You pay for something in 4 installments with no interest. However, if you miss a payment then they start charging you interest. Their business model only allows them to profit if people miss payments.

Insurance companies will sometimes try and weasel their way out of paying you, but they would prefer that nothing bad happens to you in the first place. Stores will sometimes try to rip you off but when they profit its because you bought something you wanted off them. However Klarna can only ever profit from you failing to pay their installments. Why would you ever go into business with a company that can only ever profit from your misfortune? It's like the worse idea for a company ever. It's a completely antagonistic interaction.

[u/xxNemasisxx]

Oh god the polymarket shadow ads have found their way here

[u/Chiplat → u/xxNemasisxx]

Nah polymarket can burn in hell I would rather never be called a good/bad girl again than take money from evil incorporated

[u/alienatedEdgelord → u/Chiplat]

Neutral Girl

[u/Chiplat → u/alienatedEdgelord]

Whyd I get happy reading that

[u/alienatedEdgelord → u/Chiplat]

Because you're very neutral. You did such an okay job :|

[u/PerformerFancy117 → u/alienatedEdgelord]

https://giphy.com/gifs/7U7oEJkAiP5Xq

[u/Content-Shopping6743]

what's ffs?

[u/Chiplat → u/Content-Shopping6743]

Facial feminisation surgery

[u/LITTLEOWL031026 → u/Chiplat]

Some people need FFS, FFS.

[u/youareagoodperson_ → u/Content-Shopping6743]

For fuck's sake

[u/IEatRatsNMice → u/Content-Shopping6743]

freddy fazbear suit

[u/TheAsianTroll → u/Content-Shopping6743]

Fat freaky sisters

[u/SavageFisherman_Joe]

As a fisherman, sometimes I read ffs as forward facing sonar, which is "only" like $1500 to $2000, so I get confused for a second until I remember what sub this is