dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
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dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
2d ago
You're betting against other people though. The marketplace/exchange doesn't care how much you win.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
3d ago
I mostly only saw Trump announce insane thing, people sold off expecting the crisis to deepen and then lock in a loss when Trump backpedaled.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
3d ago
Trump announces something insane and then the stock market hits an all time high after a brief freakout, which may or may not involve a backpedal. It's been like 9 times so far. Did you predict that?
I was reading Catch-22 on my subway commutes in NYC. Then 9/11 happened in the middle of it.
So I had this feeling of being at war, but not really sure who we were at war with. People randomly bursting out into tears sitting next to me. Overhearing some of the most jingoistic stuff ever. Huge delays because people were hallucinating suspicious packages and people everywhere.
The book suddenly felt very, very relevant.
The absurdity of war and bureaucracy. The true believers intersecting with the grifters. The loyalty oaths. Before 9/11 the book came off as a work of almost gonzo journalism and afterwards read like an autobiography.
I probably would have abandoned it out of boredom if not for 9/11.
I'm not that old but I think aside from the tan suit controversy Obama had the best aesthetics in living memory? Europe was so gosh darn proud of us.
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