The most obvious stupid scam ever conceived and they actually managed to hook a bunch of actual corporations

Square Enix, Nickelodeon, Coke, KFC, and more fell for this shit while regular people were laughing about how obvious a con it was.

Really puts into question the capitalist myth of the genius entrepreneur and the idea that these corporate types are rich because they are smart or deserving in some way.

    • ExternalAlpaca [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You said

      No idea what a GameStop is

      Your insistence that blockchain is the future and use of the Extremely SuperStonk term “hedgie circle jerk” has determined…

      THAT IS A LIE

      Even the equating of (former) accountants who work 80 hour weeks for $60,000 a year with hedge fund tycoons is the funniest thing I’ve heard all week, thanks, I’ve really been in a sour mood and needed it.

        • ExternalAlpaca [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Heh. There’s a lot of shit I don’t know about. There’s one or two things I do.

          The first “job”, the first task I ever had as a professional accountant was to go and bust some super high muckity muck who was violating every rule, every actual law, regarding the use of taxpayer money to get multi-thousand dollar checks for travel reimbursement. It was paying for his literal mansion. Barack Obama was on a first name basis with him, but there’s maybe a half dozen people who are on a first name basis with Barack Obama. It’s two different things.

          And of course, much the same way the blockchain people act, his response was “Who the fuck are you? What the fuck do you know? Don’t you know who I am?”

          Every accountant, somewhere deep in their heart, wishes they were a half ass lawyer.

          I don’t like debating and I don’t like engaging in the marketplace of ideas… But I fucking LOVE going down a line of questioning. If someone outside of an official setting actually entertains me long enough to finish it… I usually don’t miss.